World Agenda: Ban Ki-moon hopes to make his reputation in North Korea The Times | Ban Ki-moon got his job as United Nations Secretary-General because of one item on his curriculum vitae. | The former South Korean Foreign Minister had served as Seoul's representative to the six-party talks on the country's hermetic neighbour North Korea. | In that position, Mr Ban was well known...
US missionary Robert Park returns home from North Korea The Times | A US missionary released by North Korea after entering the country on Christmas Day to protest human rights abuses is back in the United States. | "Robert Park arrived Saturday night at Los Angeles airport," said airport spokesman Albert Rodriguez. | North Korea had detained the 28-year-old for il...
N. Korea accuses S. Korea of plot amid push for nuclear talks Inquirer | SEOUL—Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime, souring relations again as a top Chinese official visited North Korea in a new drive to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks. | In another blow for inter-Korean ties th...
S. Korea fires E. Asia warning shot Daily Yomiuri | As if to remind Japan coach Takeshi Okada who has been to the World Cup semifinals and who hasn't, South Korea came out firing in the East Asian Championship. | A night after Okada's side barely avoided defeat to China in a 0-0 draw, | South Korea ...
Reagan downplayed rights in S.Korea meet: documents Breitbart | Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju,aides for ... | Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju, US president Ronald Reagan's aides made a concerted bid not to stress human rights with leader Chun D...
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North Korea to free 'repentant' US missionary Khaleej Times SEOUL - North Korea announced on Friday it would release a US missionary who crossed into the communist state last Christmas Day on a lone campaign to publicise its human rights ab...
Somali Pirates Hijack North Korea's Cargo Ship Pravda RU | Somali pirates have once again struck, this time hijacking a North Korean cargo ship on Wednesday with an unknown number of crew on board, the European Union Naval Force said. BR...
Envoys go to North Korea for nuclear talks push Khaleej Times SEOUL - A senior Chinese official was in North Korea on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to have the reclusive state return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. | The high-profile engagement this w...
Ivory Coast to play South Korea in friendly in London BBC News | Ivory Coast will take on fellow World Cup finalists South Korea in a friendly match in London on 3 March. | According to the Ivory Coast Football Federation the match will be played at Loftus Road, the home of Championship side Queens Park Rangers....
North Korea threatens South amid push to restart talks Tulsa World SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea warned South Korea that any attempt to bring down the communist country would draw "strong measures" from its military, a threat issued Monday even as Pyongyang embarked on a flurry of diplomacy with Seoul, Washingt...
India wants nuke reactors from Seoul DNA India | New Delhi: South Korean president Lee Myung-bak is this year’s chief guest for the Republic Day parade, an honour in keeping with India’s growing economic and political ties with the East Asian power. | The president flew into Chennai on Sunday where he spent time meeting Korean businessmen. South Korean car major Hyundai has its plan...
