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U.S., N.K. dialogue provides optimism over 6-party talksForeign affairsJul 31, 2011Regional powers likely to increase small-scale contact The six partners of the stalled regional dialogue aimed at denuclearizing North Korea are expected increase small-scale contact in the following weeks after Washington and Pyongyang made a breakthrough in their recent talks, analysts and officials here said Sunday. Two days of rare talks between the U.S. and North Korea ― the first in 19 mo... -
Japanese lawmakers to leave for UlleungdoForeign affairsJul 31, 2011Japanese lawmakers are expected to go ahead with their planned trip to an island near South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo on Monday, upping tensions as the Seoul government plans to ban them from entry. Despite South Korea’s official announcement that it will bar the Tokyo politicians from entering its land, three lawmakers of Japan’s opposition Liberal Democratic Party said they would go ...
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South Korea seeks to ban Japanese lawmakers from visiting its territoryForeign affairsJul 28, 2011South Korea said Thursday it will ban two Japanese lawmakers from visiting an island near the country’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, a move that has been rekindling criticism over Tokyo’s longstanding territorial claims. Four lawmakers of Japan’s opposition Liberal Democratic Party said last week they plan to visit the island Ulleungdo on Aug. 1 to see for themselves “how South Koreans feel” abo...
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Seoul braces for more rainSocial affairsJul 28, 2011Seoulites must be prepared for more rain through Friday, with the weather agency forecasting some 150 millimeters of rainfall in the central region. Rain will continue in central parts of the peninsula through Friday afternoon with the rain front moving southward later that day, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. A section of the Olympic Expressway and parts of a riverside park near ... -
Seoul mulls sending malaria aid to North KoreaNorth KoreaJul 27, 2011South Korea is considering sending anti-malaria supplies to North Korea, an aid group here said Wednesday, indicating Seoul’s softening stance toward its northern rival. The Seoul government is positively considering the group’s request to approve sending two items of ultrasonic diagnostic equipment to the North, the Korean Sharing Movement said. Charity groups here need government approval to ...
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China demanded S. Korea stop activities near IeodoForeign affairsJul 27, 2011Ieodo is not a disputed territory and both South Korea and China are aware that this submerged rock in the East China Sea cannot be claimed by either side, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry unofficially announced its position as news reports unveiled China had recently renewed its territorial claim over Ieodo by demanding South Korea halt its work to hoist a sunken commercial...
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Seoul, U.S. may have different positions on N.K.North KoreaJul 26, 2011North Korean envoy Kim leaves for New York, expected to hold talks Thursday While South Korea and the U.S. are seemingly very much together in dealing with North Korea patiently, the allies may find themselves in different positions after the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington talks, analysts and officials here said Tuesday. Pyongyang’s First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan reportedly left for Ne... -
Police probe calls related to alleged bugging of DP meetingSocial affairsJul 22, 2011Police said Friday they are currently investigating telephone calls made between a reporter and politician related to the alleged bugging of a Democratic Party meeting. “We are currently looking into telephone calls made by the reporter, politician and his aides to verify whether they shared information over the alleged bugging,” an officer at the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul said Friday...
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N. Korea opening up toward Western media for better tiesNorth KoreaJul 21, 2011‘Chance of North’s News analysis communication with S. Korean media slim’ North Korea’s recent gesture to open its doors wider to Western media indicates the reclusive state’s dilemma of wanting to escape international isolation while keeping its people marooned, analysts and officials here say. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency recently signed agreements with the New York-based...
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‘N.K. importing luxury goods as civilians starve’North KoreaJul 20, 2011North Korea’s imports of luxury goods from China almost doubled in a year, a report from China showed Wednesday, indicating the ongoing shopping spree by the elite class of the reclusive regime even as its people are supposedly dying of hunger. According to Beijing customs, quoted by Seoul officials, the total volume of trade between Pyongyang and its last-remaining ally and economic benefactor ...
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Seoul may ban Japan lawmakers’ tripForeign affairsJul 19, 2011Foreign minister warns Tokyo to end Korean Air boycott over Dokdo Japan has more to lose than gain from its recent boycott against South Korea’s main airline, as such a move is far from enough to undermine South Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo islets or Korean Air’s business, the Foreign Ministry here said Tuesday. Last week, Japanese foreign minister instructed officials to refrain from using K...
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Eyes on Koreas at regional security forumPoliticsJul 18, 2011Official says Seoul will not highlight N. Korea’s attacks in chairman’s statement An unofficial meeting between top diplomats of the two Koreas during a regional security forum this week may pave the way for the resumption of long-stalled official dialogue between the countries, officials and analysts said Monday. South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan will visit Indonesia from Thursday to...
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Heavy rain feared to deepen N. Korea food shortagesNorth KoreaJul 17, 2011North Korea reported deaths and damage to farmland and homes from heavy rain, sparking concerns as the communist state is already struggling to overcome chronic food shortages that were deepened by floods last year. Downpours hit several provinces from July 12-15, “leaving dwelling houses, public buildings and roads destroyed and causing casualties,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agen... -
N.K. farmers vow to send rice to militaryNorth KoreaJul 17, 2011Starving North Koreans have been conducting aggressive campaigns to deliver rice to their 1.2 million-strong active military, the South Korean government said Sunday, as disputes continue over the conditions in the communist state. North Korean farmers vowed to “carry out active campaigns to send more rice to the military” during a July 4 assembly, the Seoul government said, quoting a recently a...
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‘Unification path can be decided later’North KoreaJul 14, 2011Advisory body vice chief calls for preparations for North Korea’s hard landing The reunification of the two Koreas has an absolute, significant value that must not be undermined by rash discussions over insignificant details, according to vice chief of Seoul’s presidential advisory body on reunification. The ways and forms of reunification, such as “how much it would cost us to reunite with it ...
