Lee Sang-min
S Korea urges doctors to return to work as protests continue
South Korea called Monday for trainee doctors to return to work, saying they would be spared punitive actions if they went back to the hospitals, as protests over medical reforms entered a second week.
N Korea urges 'positive and offensive' security ahead of nuclear talk deadline
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called at a ruling party meeting for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure security ahead of a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearisation talks with the United States, state media KCNA said on Dec. 30.