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Seoul insists on N. Korea apology before dialogue

Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2011

North Korea will have a hard time making progress in its peace talks with the rival South and other regional powers unless it first apologizes for the two deadly attacks it conducted against Seoul la...
Court suggests ‘conditional discharge’ bail of suspects

Social affairsApril 18, 2011

Korea’s Supreme Court suggested Monday that judges be allowed to discharge suspects on conditional bail as a way to bridge differences with the prosecution over the country’s controversial pre-trial ...
Assembly panel fails to pass EU FTA

PoliticsApril 15, 2011

A South Korean parliamentary subpanel failed to pass the country’s free trade pact with the European Union on Friday, discouraging the conservative Lee Myung-bak administration’s hopes of expanding e...
N.K. celebrates late founder’s birthday

North KoreaApril 15, 2011

North Korea was busy reporting events related to the 99th birthday of the regime’s late founder Kim Il-sung Friday, momentarily abandoning its ongoing appeals for outside food aid. Hordes of North K...
S. Korea to spend $500m to aid Afghanistan

Foreign AffairsApril 14, 2011

South Korea will be spending $500 million within the next five-year period to increase its contribution to ongoing international peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry announce...
N.K. prepares to greet late founder’s birthday

North KoreaApril 14, 2011

A line of people carrying armfuls of symbolic red flowers was formed in front of a giant statue of North Korean President Kim Il-sung, official media in the isolated country said Thursday, a day befo...
Military conducts emergency nuke drill

Foreign AffairsApril 13, 2011

Gori-1, nation’s oldest reactor shut down because of electrical fault South Korea’s military staged Wednesday a comprehensive nuclear emergency drill with anti-terror police and government officials...
S. Korean schools to teach N. Korea power transfer

North KoreaApril 13, 2011

South Korea has included a section about North Korea’s young heir apparent in its annually-released guidelines for unification education, noting the need for students to develop critical views about ...
Clinton to visit Seoul over N.K. peace talks

Foreign AffairsApril 12, 2011

China ups pressure over 6-party talks Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Korea later this week to coordinate the allies’ position on the resumption of peace talks with North Korea, ...
Koreas hold 2nd round of volcano talks

North KoreaApril 12, 2011

Meeting downgraded to civilian level to maintain focus of discussion The two Koreas held another meeting of geologists over a volcano the North honors as its leader’s birthplace Tuesday, a move view...
Seoul in dilemma over N.K. food aid

Foreign AffairsApril 11, 2011

Officials delay food situation report as international calls grow for assistance Unlike past springs, South Korea has not been making public its own assessment of the food situation in the North, in...
Seoul, Tokyo officials to discuss measures on radiation danger

Foreign AffairsApril 11, 2011

Nuclear experts from South Korea and Japan will meet in Tokyo Tuesday to discuss countermeasures for the radiation leaks from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan, officials...
North Korea pushes Seoul on mountain tours

North KoreaApril 11, 2011

Hyundai urges Pyongyang to withdraw threat to strip rights to Mount Geumgang travel North Korea’s threat to strip a South Korean firm of exclusive rights in conducting tours to its scenic resort app...
N. Koreans in Libya ordered not to return

North KoreaApril 10, 2011

North Korea has ordered its citizens in Libya not to return home, a move apparently aimed at preventing the news of anti-government movements in the northern African state from spreading among its is...
N.K. parliament opens amid succession speculation

North KoreaApril 7, 2011

North Korea opened its parliament Thursday as speculation ran high over whether its ailing leader Kim Jong-il would name his youngest son to a post that would officially make him the reclusive state’...