SEOUL (Reuters) - It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favourite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a family corruption scandal and struggled with a sceptical press. Former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon feeds a eldery woman at a social welfare facility in Eumseong, South Korea, January 14, 2017. Photo taken January 14, 2017. Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via REUTERS Ban, 72, has been unable to capitalise...

SEOUL — Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps. The popularity of augmented-reality Pokemon Go around the world has generated crowds of people in parks and other public places as users search for monsters to train, but with temperatures well below freezing, there was no sudden, noticeable buzz on the streets of Seoul. “We have waited very long and...

SEOUL (Reuters) - It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favorite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a family corruption scandal and struggled with a skeptical press. Former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon disinfects a vehicle at a checkpoint in Eumseong, South Korea, January 14, 2017. Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via REUTERS Ban, 72, has been unable to capitalize on his much-anticipated homecoming after a...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps. Dennis Hwang (L), art director of Niantic Inc, and Lim Jae Boem, chief executive of Pokemon Korea, pose for photographs during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, January 24, 2017. Lee Dong-won/News1 via REUTERS The popularity of augmented-reality Pokemon Go around the world has generated...

Rep. Joe Kennedy III thinks the U.S. needs to do more to stop gun violence in the wake of the recent mass shooting that killed 17 at a Florida high school. Kennedy expressed strong opinions on the necessity of Congress taking more action and discredited the debate being focused on mental health issues. “We’re not doing enough," Kennedy, D-Mass., said during an appearance today on "The View." "I came into office in 2013. I can't even tell you how many times we have uttered our thoughts and...