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Almost 60 years after the end of the Korean War, the U.S. and North Korea have reached an agreement to resume searching for the bodies of American soldiers who died during that war.

World number one Luke Donald lost ground in his battle with Webb Simpson for the PGA Tour money list title as the Briton carded a one-under-par 71 in Friday's second round of the Disney Classic at Lake Buena Vista in Florida.

Blizzard Entertainment's sixth annual Blizzcon event started on Friday afternoon at the Anaheim Convention Center with the announcement of a new World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.

Android currently enjoys almost half of the global Smartphone market, versus 19 percent for Apple.

The U.S. Senate, on a bipartisan vote of 74-26 on Thursday, confirmed former energy company executive John Bryson as commerce secretary, despite the objection of some Republicans due to his background as an environmentalist.

Airplane maker Boeing predicted Tuesday that more sales cancellations were on the horizon for its Dreamliner 787 after a Chinese airline cancelled orders, however they expect large growth in the next 20 years in the Northeast Asia market.

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co., which has so far been on the defensive in its ongoing patent battle with Apple Inc., has finally launched an attack of its own on its Cupertino-based rival.

The Gunners host the Black Cats on Sunday.

Two beleaguered coaches meet Sunday, as Arsenal hosts Sunderland at Emirates Stadium in a battle of underachieving squads.

Yarns, made of the tiny straws of carbon called nanotubes, have an astounding ability to twist as they contract, according to scientists. The effect, reported in Science, is similar to the action of muscles found in elephant trunks and squid tentacles.

The Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) reduced its forecast for the country’s economic growth this year to 4.58 percent from its previous 5.02 percent estimate.

President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday hailed a long-sought trade deal as an engine for job creation in both countries and presented a united front in the North Korean nuclear standoff.

Roubini Global Economics, the global investment research firm co-founded by NYU economist Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini, is reportedly for sale, as it continues to lose money, according to a report from CNBC’s David Faber.

Indian business conglomerate Sahara group has invested $100 million in Force India and taken a 42.5 percent stake in the Formula One team which it now co-owns with liquor baron Vijay Mallya while Dutch entrepreneur Michiel Mol takes a backseat.

Apple rolled out its iOS 5 mobile operating system, one week after pancreatic cancer claimed the life of its former CEO and visionary Steve Jobs. The update adds voice recognition software called “Siri”, instant messaging and support for Apple’s iCloud service, although the inclusion of Siri is limited to the iPhone 4S. MacWorld’s Dan Moren says the free update is “ambitious” and that “there’s hardly a part of Apple’s mobile operating system that isn’t altered in some way”. Engadget’s Dante...

Samsung has been denied the chance to sell its newest tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, in Australia until a patent dispute with Apple, maker of the iPad 2, is settled following a trial.

Occupy Wall Street, the four-week-old protest movement against the excesses of corporate America, has now taken root 7,000 miles away in Seoul, South Korea.

Samsung and Google delayed the release of their new products following the death of Steve Jobs out of respect for the legendary man that changed the landscape of the technology world forever.

While Samsung is still rolling out its Galaxy S2 in the U.S., details of the Galaxy S3 has been leaked to Phandroid, which received a snapshot of a slide allegedly within an internal presentation on smartphone evolution to carrier and retail representatives.

Hana Financial Group is willing to renegotiate its agreed $4.1 billion deal to buy Korea Exchange Bank from Lone Star , should the U.S. fund decide not to appeal a court verdict against it, Hana's chairman said on Tuesday.

Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called on Monday for a new era of U.S. global engagement based on strong economic partnerships and a leading role in what he said would be a new Pacific Century.