Virtual rallies and singing wives beckon South Korea votes
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It's election time in super-wired South  Korea and the young democracy's once giant, and raucous,  rallies have gone quiet.
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With the presidential election just a few weeks away, the pressure is mounting on both camps to effectively use the Internet to help woo voters and secure an Election Day win.
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Faced with a shortage of potential brides at home, many South Korean men are traveling abroad to pick wives and hold weddings in a matter of days.
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Are your words of love genuine?  The "Love Detector" service in South Korea uses cell phones to analyze voice patterns to determine if the speaker is truly affectionate.
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Iraqis in Australia danced in the streets on Friday, twirling scarfs and singing, and proudly displaying blue ink on their fingers which told the world they had cast the first votes in Iraq's long-awaited election.
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South Korea has become one of the worldâs most credit-card-friendly countries. With cards everywhere, however, the challenge is to attract consumers.
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The daughter of South Korea's assassinated president Park Chung-hee on Monday launched a bid to be the country's first woman leader in a race dominated by her main challenger for the opposition conservative's nomination.
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A wrenching musical play about North  Korea's prison camps drew a standing ovation from a  high-powered Washington audience -- a reaction activists said  hoped would focus attention on human rights even as the world  grapples with Pyongyang's threat of a nuclear test.
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Churches across the world are able to  sing the Lord's praises online after the launch of the first  major digital hymn book on Thursday.
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Some female voters came in buses and others stepped out of chauffeur-driven cars at polling stations Thursday, as women in Kuwait voted in parliamentary elections for the first time.
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The Internet and the voting process are developing a manifold relationship. In February, US voting will actually move to the Web with the Democratic Party's first ever online global primary.
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SEOUL -- The politically charged film "The President's Last Bang" is a shot at the heart of the South Korean establishment.
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ANDONG, South Korea  - Looking like South Korea's president-in-waiting, Lee Myung-bak makes a pledge or two on local improvements but as he campaigns across the country, his main message never varies.
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In a first for the Philippines' cumbersome electoral process, Filipinos working in Singapore can use the Internet to vote for their candidates in May mid-term elections, the service provider said.
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This nation&#39;s first presidential election took a step toward legitimacy Sunday when Afghan and international officials celebrated the turnout of millions of
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South Korea's struggling liberal politicians are teaming up in what analysts said on Wednesday was their only real chance to snatch what seems certain victory by the right-wing in December's presidential election.
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Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak overcame doubts about his ethics to win South Korea's presidential election by a landslide on Wednesday with promises to make voters better off and to stand up to North Korea.