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South Koreans rally to demand 'Park-free' 2017
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» SEOUL - More than half a million South Koreans marked New Year's Eve with a massive protest Saturday calling for the immediate arrest and ouster of impeached President Park Geun-Hye.
South Korea pension chief arrested in corruption probe
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea's former health minister was arrested under a court order on Saturday in a widening probe to determine whether impeached President Park Geun-Hye took bribes from businesses including Samsung.
S. Korea pension chief admits pushing Samsung deal in Park probe
AFP, Published on 29/12/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea's National Pension Service chief admitted to pressuring the state-run fund to back a controversial merger of two Samsung units, prosecutors said Thursday during a widening probe into a corruption scandal engulfing impeached President Park Geun-Hye.
S. Korea pension fund head detained in Park probe
AFP, Published on 28/12/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea's state-run pension fund chief was detained Wednesday in a widening probe to determine whether President Park Geun-Hye forced companies including Samsung to offer bribes, a spokesman said.
China pledges funds for new Philippines jail: govt
AFP, Published on 14/12/2016
» MANILA - China has pledged funds for a new detention facility in the Philippines as part of its support for President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, the Philippine jail chief said Wednesday.
New action in Italy to shore up top bank
AFP, Published on 08/12/2016
» PARIS - UniCredit said Thursday it had agreed to sell off its holding in the Polish bank Pekao as Italy's top lender scrambles to raise funds amid rising market uncertainty.
Free weddings, gravestones in Turks' plan to boost lira
AFP, Published on 07/12/2016
» ANKARA (TURKEY) - Convert your hard currency to Turkish lira and you could enjoy a free wedding package, a meal and a loaf of bread. Or even a gravestone.
S. Korea's Lotte, SK raided over corruption scandal
AFP, Published on 24/11/2016
» SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Thursday raided the finance ministry and the headquarters of two of the country's most powerful companies in connection with a snowballing corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye.
Samsung offices raided over influence-peddling scandal
AFP, Published on 23/11/2016
» SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday raided offices of the Samsung Group as the electronics giant is dragged further into a snowballing influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-Hye.
N.Korea to top agenda at final Obama-Xi meeting
AFP, Published on 18/11/2016
» LIMA - President Barack Obama will use his final meeting with China's President Xi Jinping Saturday to press for an increase in the pace and severity of sanctions against North Korea.