SEOUL - South Korea's health ministry said Friday it would spend 193 billion won (152 million dollars) to secure vaccines against swine flu for 13 million people -- more than a quarter of the population.
MORONI, Comoros—The only known survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash—a 12-year-old girl who doesn’t know how to swim—clung to wreckage in the Indian Ocean for 13 hours before she was rescued by a passing boat.
North Korea on Thursday fired two short-range missiles off its east coast amid already high tensions sparked by its nuclear test in May, South Korean military officials said.
TOKYO, Japan—The defense ministry is considering deploying troops on an island in the East China Sea near a group of islets that is claimed by Tokyo, Beijing, and Taipei, a ministry spokesman said Thursday.
MORONI, Comoros—The only known survivor of the crash of the Yemenia airliner clung to wreckage in the Indian Ocean for more than 10 hours before she was rescued, officials said Wednesday, hailing the girl's courage.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras—In the face of growing international pressure, the interim leader of Honduras has warned that only a foreign invasion would return President Manuel Zelaya to office, setting up a showdown with his ousted predecessor who is preparing to come home accompanied by world leaders.
