North Korea’s wealth gap is reportedly widening, as luxury goods circulate among affluent border residents while ordinary citizens face growing extreme poverty. According to Daily NK on Nov. 22, ...

When Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated as the 10th president of South Korea in February 2008, it was an astonishing outcome for a poor boy from Pohang, whose No. 1 dream had been simply to get a job.

South Korea has the highest poverty rate among elderly people despite more than 45 percent of its senior citizens being part of the labor force, according to a new survey. About 43.4 percent of South ...

Wealthy residents living near the border with China are buying high-end luxury items brought in by ethnic Chinese traders.

He told BI it was surprising that the tour guides didn't try to hide the country's poverty. The influencer has visited almost every country in the world — he has just two more to go. I've wanted to ...

At a meeting with journalists on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia fears a harsh reaction from China to the issue of attracting military personnel from North Korea to participate ...

South Korea may be known for its high-tech advances, luxury skin care products and rapid economic rise, but these days, the generation largely responsible for all that growth isn't faring so well.

North Korean defector, two-time author and human rights activist Yeonmi Park was invited to speak at an event hosted by Texas ...

Kenya: Kenya has signed an agreement with South Korea for a grant to reduce poverty and establish sustainable economic and social development. National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich and ...

Last summer I taught an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation course at the University of Hawaii. It was part of UH’s APEC Certificate and Internship Programs. During the course students asked me whether ...