Oral vaccines have played huge part in the global battle to wipe out polio. When the WHO endorsed the goal of eradicating polio in 1988, some 350,000 children in 125 countries were being paralysed by the virus that caused the disease. That number has dropped precipitously and there were only about 1,000 cases of polio across the world last year.

Car makers in South Korea are preparing to roll out electric vehicles in Asia's fourth-biggest economy as the government will have set up the necessary support infrastructure, including charging st

South Korean steel making company Posco will invest $200 million to expand the production capacity of Tuwairqi steel plant located near Port Qasim.

India will commence price negotiations with Japan for export of iron ore by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in the next few weeks, with the iron ore miner recently receiving the dra

South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Yonhap news ag

The Orissa government has failed to keep its commitment for renewal of the revised agreement with Posco-India for the 12-million tonne steel plant near Paradip by July end, as the South Korean comp

South Korean city planners and developers were blamed yesterday for allegedly causing "man-made" disasters that killed at least 59 people and left thousands homeless after record rainfall this week

Mudslides set off by torrential rain crushed mountainside houses and tourist dwellings in South Korea on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, the police said.

The South Korean government on Wednesday finalized an $17.9 billion blueprint to create an "ecological tourism belt" in regions near the border with North Korea by 2030, local media reported.

Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said.