South Korea to allow food aid to North for first time since Kim's death CNN January 20, 2012 -- Updated 0734 GMT (1534 HKT) File photo of South Korea's trucks carrying 530 tons of flour for North Korean flood victims on September 16, 2010. | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The South Korean government on Friday approved the first shipment of food aid to North Korea since the dea...
'Path open' for North Korea talks, neighbours say BBC News A "path is open" for a return to stalled nuclear talks with North Korea, officials from the US, Japan and South Korea have said. | The comments came after top diplomats met in Washington. | The three countries remained committed to a 2005 deal under which Pyongyang agreed to give up its nuclear ambi...
South Korean activists send balloons carrying boxes of socks to North Korea The Washington Post | PAJU, South Korea — South Korean activists have floated giant balloons carrying boxes of socks into North Korea. | The activists hoped Saturday that North Koreans could wear the socks or trade them for food during the harsh winter. Associated...
South Korea sends socks to impoverished North The Australian | SOUTH Korean activists released huge gas-filled balloons filled with socks over the border into impoverished North Korea despite threats from Pyongyang. | The socks can be worn to help survive the harsh winter, be sold for cash or exchanged in the ...
Sock on that, Kim: South Korea floats footwear to communist North The Daily Telegraph Australia | SOUTH Korean activists released huge gas-filled balloons filled with socks over the border into impoverished North Korea despite threats from Pyongyang. | The socks can be worn to help survive the harsh winter, be sold for cash or exchanged in the ...
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North Korea announces prisoner amnesty BBC News North Korea says it will grant an amnesty for prisoners to mark the birthdays of two late leaders. | State news agency KCNA said that the amnesty would begin from 1 February, in ho...
South Korea's Lee Myung-bak heads to China for talks BBC News South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is on his way to Beijing today to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | Mr Lee will "discuss ways to develop the strategic partnership betwe...
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North Korea Tries to Build New Leader’s Image The New York Times | Connect With Us on Twitter | Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. | | | | SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’...
North Korea Warns South but Accepts Food Aid The New York Times | SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea warned on Friday that a South Korean military drill around front-line islands could lead to a “full-scale war” as South Korean trucks crossed the border carrying private food aid for North Korean c...
Nathan Burns hoping move to Korea will kickstart his international career The Daily Telegraph Australia | FRINGE Socceroo Nathan Burns believes his move to Korea can kickstart a return to the national team, with the aim of securing a place at the next World Cup. | Burns joined K-League side Incheon United this week after quitting AEK Athens, overlookin...
U.S. to send MIA team to North Korea for first time since '05 CNN January 28, 2012 -- Updated 0327 GMT (1127 HKT) | Editor's note: A team dedicated to finding, recovering and identifying every missing U.S. service member opens its doors to CNN International. Watch "World's Untold Story" Friday January 27 at 2330 ET...
Seoul sees chance for better ties with North Korea Jakarta Globe South Korea sees an opportunity for better relations with North Korea as its new leader takes power, President Lee Myung-Bak said Monday, while vowing to respond strongly to any provocations. | "Our biggest goal is the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula," President Lee Myung-Bak said in a televised New Year address. "We are leaving the win...
