Young and inexperienced, Kim Jong-un is seen as poised to take over North Korea with the death of his father and extend the Kim dynasty's rule over the reclusive state for a third generation.

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The dollar rose against other currencies on Monday following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had died, which sparked worries over instability in the reclusive state.

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Kim Jong Il, the mercurial and enigmatic North Korean leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69.

North Korea's state television broadcast scenes of 'indescribable sorrow' after Monday's announcement of the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, as hysterical people pounded the ground in a display of grief.

A Dutch architectural company has designed two skyscrapers that would be built in South Korean capital that resemble the World Trade Centre exploding during the 9/11 attacks.

The twin towers, that wi

A building design by a Dutch architectural firm has attracted criticism from Web readers in the United States.

Many feel the design, for a project in Seoul, South Korea, has an uncanny similarity wit

South Korea's nuclear envoy left for Russia on Wednesday to review efforts to restart long-stalled regional talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, the foreign ministry said.

Lim Sung-Nam's visit

Korean Grand Prix organisers have warned that the loss-making event is under threat of closure unless Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone gives them a cheaper contract, a report said.

Promoter Park Wo

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Monday it was trying to block the sale of Apple's newest iPhone in Japan and Australia, escalating a legal battle with the US company after several setbacks.

North Korea and the United States will hold a second round of talks in Geneva next week to discuss ways to restart regional talks on disabling North Korea's nuclear weapons program, South Korean media