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

Korea Declares New Air Defense Zone: The government on Sunday announced a new air defense identification zone with the same boundaries as Korea's Flight Information Region and overlaps with both the Chinese and Japanese zones. >> Full Text

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 challenged the country's leadership and tried to organize his own faction. >> Full Text

Layoff Fears in Korea as Chevrolet Gives Up on Europe: General Motors has decided to halt sales of Chevrolets in Europe from 2016 since there is no interest in the chunkily designed and unimpressively performing models. That means GM Korea, which manufactures 90 percent of the U.S. automaker’s cars sold in Europe including the Spark subcompact, Cruze compact and Orlando MPV, is expected to take a huge hit. >> Full Text