US women's soccer to play Olympic send-off match in Washington in July

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. women's soccer team will play a send-off match against Costa Rica in the nation's capitol before departing for the Olympics. The match announced Tuesday is set for July 16 at Audi Field in Washington. It will be the fourth friendly under new coach Emma...

South Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country's most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection law...

North Korean leader Kim leads rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack against enemies

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said Tuesday, adding to tests and threats that have raised tensions in the...

North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into the sea in its latest weapons test

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday test-fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, the country’s neighbors said, as speculation swirled that it could soon launch a banned satellite into orbit. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons...

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast

North Korea says it tested 'super-large' cruise missile warhead and new anti-aircraft missile

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday it tested a “super-large” cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile in a western coastal area as it expands military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United States and South Korea. North...

US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims

TOKYO (AP) — The American envoy to the United Nations called Friday for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who became the first U.S. cabinet member to visit Nagasaki,...

Envoy says US is determined to monitor North Korean nukes, through UN or otherwise

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and its allies are discussing options “both inside and outside the U.N. system” to create a new mechanism for monitoring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, the American ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday. ...

South Korea slows plan to hike medical school admissions as doctors' strike drags on

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Desperate to end a weeks-long strike by thousands of doctors, South Korea’s government said Friday it will slow down a plan to admit more students to the country's medical schools from next year. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns...

A Chinese official meets North Korean leader Kim in Pyongyang in highest-level talks in years

BEIJING (AP) — A top ranking official Chinese official reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting Saturday with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un in the capital Pyongyang, China's state media reported, in the highest-level talks between the allies in years. The visit by...