A plan to develop  a 22,000 hectare plantation area for corn and beans is being actively studied by the South Korean government.

The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.

Ice swimmers from team 'Morozhenki' (Ice-creams) in Vladivostok enjoy their own cold war, and insist it is healthy.

Sensational find of  head of the beast with its brain intact, preserved since prehistoric times in permafrost.

Focus placed on the Far East of Russia, with duty-free zone, tax incentives, and lower costs for ships.

Scientists get inside a woolly mammoth's head to understand behaviour of the extinct species.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

President Vladimir Putin this week unveiled a new $25 billion pipeline transporting Siberian oil to the Pacific.