Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said.

Eight of the 12 killed in the early

Civilians on five South Korean border islands were ordered today to take shelter after Seoul announced it would stage a live-fire drill despite North Korean threats of retaliation.

China called for emergency talks on resolving a crisis on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, and Seoul and Tokyo said they would study the proposal, as the United States and South Korean militaries started a massive drill.

India had its way at the two-day conference of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors, with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee describing achievements on IMF reforms and the currency war, ma

Group of 20 finance leaders struck a landmark deal on Saturday to boost developing countries’ power in the International Monetary Fund even as they failed to set targets for a wide-ranging global economic rebalancing.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s brother-in-law was promoted and a Premier who apologised for a currency debacle was replaced on Monday in a rare parliamentary session with strong signs that the secr

Leading policymakers were unusually candid on Friday in voicing fears that the euro zone’s financial and banking woes could derail the global economic recovery.
The troubles of Greece and other heavily indebted European governments dominated conversations ahead of a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 of the world’s top developed and emerging economies, Canadian finance minister, Mr Jim Flaherty, said.