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

Should Globe Theatre's Hamlet Tour Take in N.Korea?: The Globe Theatre's ebullient artistic director Dominic Dromgoole may have gone a step too far with plans for Shakespeare's 450th birthday. A planned two-year global tour of "Hamlet" to mark the Bard's jubilee in April 2014 is to take in 250 countries. >> Full Text

Growing Chinese Influence Worries N.Korean Officials: There are "serious concerns" among some North Korean officials that North Korea could turn into a vassal state of China amid growing economic dependence on its sole ally, a defector said Monday. >> Full Text

Pope Francis to Visit Korea in August: Pope Francis will visit Korea in August to attend a meeting of young Asian Catholics here. The Vatican on Monday said the pope is visiting Korea on Aug. 14-18 at the invitation of President Park Geun-hye and bishops here. He becomes the third pontiff to visit the country and first in 25 years. The last was John Paul II in 1989. >> Full Text