U.S. says N. Korea's rocket launch would be 'highly provocative'

Mexico swears in president amid violent protests

Police: Chiefs' Belcher kills girlfriend, self

Belcher kills girlfriend, self

Egypt’s president sets date for constitution vote

Lee Dong-hwan leads PGA Tour Q-school

Protests flare in Bahrain for Kim Kardashian visit

Default-prone household debts reach 25.6 tln won: data

Park, Moon vow to rein in prosecution

Study: Women spend more time ogling women

7 missing after tunnel collapse outside Tokyo

Key Park aide dies in car accident

N.J. woman charged with kidnapping

Messi nears goal record

McDowell clings to 2-shot lead at Sherwood

Lee Dong-hwan leads PGA Tour Q-school

Beckham wins 2nd MLS title

Sharapova aims for top spot

Wade’s 34 lifts Heat past Nets

Outspoken Swedish Academy member, awarder of Nobel, dies

‘Pieta’ wins top prize at Blue Dragon Awards

Psy grabs four awards at MAMA

Patricia Kaas pays tribute to French singing icon

Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen get Billboard honors

Sarah Chang holds Korea recital tour

Karl Lagerfeld photo exhibition arrives in Seoul

Louvre masterworks to light up ex-mining town

China unearths ancient palace ruins: state media

[Cass R. Sunstein] Holiday shopping traps to avoid

[Noeleen Heyzer] Building disability-inclusive society in Asia-Pacific

Abe’s dangerous manifesto

Syria: Is the world waiting for genocide?

Turkish economy meets EU entrance criteria

[Robert Reich] The plight of U.S. retail workers

[Editorial] Gender wage gap

[Editorial] N.K.’s missile gamble

UAE on path of growth despite global uncertainty

UAE celebrates 41 years of unity

Toyota leads Japanese auto firms in cutting China output

Hyundai Motor grapples to satisfy BRIC tastes

Taking the big cat for a stroll

Rolls-Royce cars plans expansion as wealth spreads

Female CEOs still tiny minority

Sale of KAI may be delayed to next year

Samsung, Hyundai strong in U.S. phone, car markets

Korea sweeps global ‘phablet’ market: data

Watchdog to probe cosmetics franchises

Shares expected to be rangebound this week

Financial market for retirees to triple until 2020: report

Trade surplus widens to $4.48b in November

German parliament approves aid for Greece

Moody’s cuts rating of ESM rescue fund

No deal in sight 1 month before U.S. ‘fiscal cliff’

Eurozone unemployment hits record

Siemens’ unit says set to cut 4,700 jobs

South Korea, Mexico vow efforts to boost cooperation

Philippines denounces China’s plans to board ships

Mexico swears in president amid violent protests

Israeli settlement expansion ‘sets back’ peace bid: Clinton

Several charred bodies found in Japanese tunnel collapse

Syrian Internet largely restored after blackout

Taliban attack U.S.-Afghan base

Around 30 killed in Congo plane crash

Congolese rebels complete Goma pullout

KAIST team uses nanotech to solve vehicle battery problem

Like trees, lobsters show age in growth rings

Envoy brings exhibition on Portuguese architecture to Korea

Singaporean envoy gets top prize from Korean culture group

New envoy urges Korea-Thai FTA to reach trade goals

Only daughter raises fathers’ sense of gender equality

Lee says North Korean launch won’t affect election

Park, Moon struggle for upperhand

[Newsmaker] Sailors freed from 19-month Somali ordeal

Increased overseas visits push card spending to record high

Kim leads polls for Time’s Person of the Year; Psy 4th

North Korea to push ahead with rocket launch

Ahn, TV debates rise as key variables

N. Korea will face much tougher sanctions if it launches

Freed S. Korean sailor describes 19-month ordeal as living