In December 2002 Australian Nguyen Tuong Van, then 22 years old, born in a Thai refugee camp to a Vietnamese mother fleeing communism, was caught in Changi airport while in transit from Cambodia.. [May.19,2006 15:49 KST]

By Praful Bidwai The death penalty issue is making headline news in India, as an Indian, Sarabjit Singh, faces capital punishment in Pakistan for spying and involvement in terrorism. There is.. [May.19,2006 15:41 KST]

The gap between official positions and reality in the case of the death penalty in Israel and Palestine is quite remarkable. While the Israeli penal code doesn't include the death penalty, the s.. [May.19,2006 15:38 KST]

Execution day in any provincial city or town in China is an extravagant affair. Handcuffed and shackled, the condemned men - and sometimes women - are paraded in public on the back of trucks befor.. [May.19,2006 15:34 KST]

The Dalai Lama recently applied for a visa to visit Korea at the country’s embassy in India, according to a group organizing a conference... [May.19,2006 10:22 KST]

Civic organizations of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan will form an international solidarity group to protest the visit of Japanese political... [May.18,2006 10:04 KST]

South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday urged North Korea to follow the footsteps of Libya, which normalized full diplomatic ties with the United States in return for abandoning its weapons of ma.. [May.17,2006 16:18 KST]

Families of Megumi Yokota and Kim Young-nam, a Japanese and South Korean kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s, met on May 16 for the... [May.17,2006 11:18 KST]

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed Seoul-Tokyo ties during his talks with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on Tuesday, Roh's aides said. Annan, .. [May.16,2006 18:08 KST]

The moment that Iran will emerge as a nuclear power has been expected to come ever since the revolution against the king (Shah) emerged victorious. The Mullas (the religious people) emerged.. [May.16,2006 13:57 KST]