Justice Department lawyers showed "poor judgment" but did not commit professional misconduct when they let CIA interrogators use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the US war on terror, an internal review said.

North Korea’s release of a South Korean worker it had detained for months signals an attempt to improve ties with Seoul and Washington amid tensions over the regime’s nuclear weapons programme, analysts said.

NEWLY freed South Korean church workers apologised to their government yesterday for causing trouble in Afghanistan by being kidnapped by the Taliban for six weeks.

THE almost legendary Baracouda failed in his bid to become the first horse to win three Ladbrokes’ World Hurdles (formerly the Stayers’) when going down by three lengths to the four years younger Inglis Drever at Cheltenham yesterday.

A SOUTH Korean court yesterday sentenced a man to death for 20 killings in the country’s worst serial murder case in decades.

A South Korean court today sentenced a man to death for 20 killings in the country’s worst serial murder case in decades.

SOUTH Korean police have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of killing at least 19 people in what could be the country's biggest case of serial murder.

The teams have been announced for the South Korea v Italy clash.

The teams have been announced for the South Korea v Italy clash.

South Korea's Park Ji Sung scored the goal that saw the joint hosts qualify for the second round and knocked Portugal out of the World Cup.

Soccer Teams - South Korea v USA

South Korea coach Guus Hiddink led the rapturous World Cup celebrations on an historic night in Busan.

South Korea’s footballers sparked one of the biggest parties in the country’s history when they beat Poland to record their first win in the World Cup finals.

South Korea’s footballers sparked one of the biggest parties in the country’s history when they beat Poland to record their first win in the World Cup finals.

Hwang Sun-hong sent the whole of South Korea into ecstasy when he scored their first goal of the World Cup against Poland in the Asiad Stadium.

South Korea v Poland - teams

South Korea v Poland - teams