The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea

N.Korea Confirms Ouster of Jang Song-taek: North Korea confirmed Monday morning that leader Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song-taek, widely seen as the eminence grise of the regime, has been dismissed from all posts. The official KCNA news agency said he challenged the country's leadership. >> Full Text

China Stages Drills Near Korean Peninsula: The Chinese military has staged massive military exercises around the Korean Peninsula after it declared a new air defense identification zone late last month that partly overlaps with South Korea's and Japan's. The exercises also came amid reports of the ouster of North Korean eminence grise Jang Song-taek. >> Full Text

Will Korea Benefit from Favorable World Cup Draw?: Korea got off relatively lightly in the group draw for the 2014 World Cup in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil on Friday, but officials from all four teams seemed more than content with the result, even joking later that Group "H" stands for four "happy" teams. >> Full Text