April 24 (UPI) --South Korea is bracing for the ... and lowered growth forecast. The Bank of Korea announced Thursday that Asia's fourth-largest economy contracted by 0.2% in the first quarter ...

The region is increasingly seen as the future of the Catholic Church ... that South Korea had some 6 million Catholics, representing 11.3 per cent of the total population, or the third largest ...

South Korea's currency dropped 2.3% to 1,467.8 won against the U.S. dollar, its biggest single-day decline ... Cardinals of the Catholic Church present in Rome have announced the conclave to ...

Leaders representing major religions in South Korea called for ... The National Council of Churches in Korea, the most progressive of the four largest Protestant alliances in the country, said ...

Members of the 1.4 billion-member global Catholic community expressed grief on Monday at the death of Pope Francis aged 88, ...

A devout Roman Catholic couple in East Timor has seen firsthand two popes visit their tiny Asian country and now they are ...

PAOAY, Ilocos Norte—The biggest hazards between Filipino cyclists ... A total of 119 cyclists, including teams from South Korea (Gapyeong Cycling Team), Malaysia’s Pro Cycling, Taiwan (Bryton ...

South Korea has opened its biggest rechargeable battery research center in Cheongju ... When the Vatican goes offline, it doesn’t just pray – it protects. As the Church prepares to elect a new pope, ...

Busan is the second largest city in Korea and Christians make up less than 10 percent of its population, according to Sang Gyoo Lee, professor of church history at Kosin University in Busan. The ...

PIC1|SEOUL, South Korea – Over 100,000 Christians from all over the world are expected to attend a massive prayer conference next month in Seoul, Korea, organised by the world’s largest church.