North Korea threatens to re-examine n-issue
July 21st, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Pyongyang will "re-examine its nuclear issue" following the uncovering of US-South Korean alleged plots to destroy a statue of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung, ... Read more...
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S. Korea hold second round of volcano activity talks with N. Korea
April 12th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Apr 12 (ANI): South Korea and North Korea have had a second round of talks over joint research into volcanic activities at the highest mountain on the peninsula.Experts from both sides ... Read more...
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South Korea agrees to hold talks with North Korea
January 21st, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (South Korea), Jan.21 (ANI): South Korea has finally agreed to hold talks with North Korea following several entreaties from the latter to discuss escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.Signaling a ... Read more...
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US hints at renewing nuke talks if ‘right signals’ emanated from North Korea
January 15th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Jan 15 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reportedly hinted that America might be willing to renew nuclear talks with North Korea without preconditions, if the right signals emanated from ... Read more...
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S. Korea hold new massive army, air force drills in show of force against N. Korea
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S. Korea), Dec. 23 (ANI): In a show of force aimed at countering potential and possible threats from North Korea, the South Korean army and air force held its largest ... Read more...
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South Korean President expects Kim Jong-un to continue dynastic rule in North Korea
October 12th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Oct 12(ANI): South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has said that Kim Jong-il's third son, Kim Jong-un, is expected to continue the dynastic succession in North Korea."It seems quite clear North Korean ... Read more...
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US, S.Korea to hold second joint naval drill to deter N.Korea
September 24th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S. Korea), Sept.24 (ANI): South Korea and the United States will hold anti-submarine drills next week in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula as a deterrent to North Korea, the ... Read more...
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Typhoon kills dozens in North Korea
September 15th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Sep 15 (DPA) Typhoon Kompasu killed dozens of people in North Korea when it hit the country two weeks ago, state media reported Wednesday.
"Cloud bursts, strong winds and landslides" were responsible ... Read more...
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S.Korea begins Yellow Sea anti-submarine drills, cocks a snook on N.Korea
August 5th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S. Korea), Aug. 5 (ANI): South Korea began massive anti-submarine drills in waters off the west coast of the divided Korean peninsula on Thursday despite a warning from North Korea that ... Read more...
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US, South Korea discuss UN resolution against North Korea
June 17th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 17 (DPA) A senior US diplomat met with high-level officials in Seoul Thursday to discuss how to respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, news reports ... Read more...
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US, South Korea military exercise to snub North Korea
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US and South Korea will hold military exercises in the Yellow Sea next week to send a "strong signal" to North Korea, a media report said ... Read more...
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South Korea announces trade restrictions on North Korea
May 24th, 2010 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 24 (DPA) South Korea warned Monday that it was ready to use military force in case of further "provocations" and announced far-reaching trade restrictions after finding that North Korea sunk ... Read more...
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Peninsula heading towards war: North Korea
May 21st, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 21 (DPA) North Korea Friday charged South Korea with creating an atmosphere in which war could break out at any time, a day after an international inquiry found that a ... Read more...
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South Korean ship carrying nine goes missing near sea border with North Korea
April 3rd, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by BNO News
SEOUL (BNO NEWS) -- A South Korean fishing boat has gone missing near the tense western sea border with North Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported on early Saturday.The 99-ton boat, carrying ... Read more...
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Hopes dim of finding more survivors of sunken Korean ship
March 28th, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, March 28 (DPA) Hopes of finding more survivors waned Sunday as South Korean military officials prepared to salvage the wreckage of a warship that exploded and sank Friday night, Yonhap News ... Read more...
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We won’t give up n-weapons for aid, asserts North Korea
February 19th, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Feb 19 (DPA) North Korea said Friday it would not trade its nuclear weapons for "petty" economic aid and announced no-sail zones ahead of artillery exercises near the disputed maritime border ... Read more...
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South Korea, Japan for nuclear talks with North Korea
February 11th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Feb 11 (DPA) Seoul and Tokyo Thursday called on Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks without preconditions.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan and his Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada, speaking ... Read more...
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Seoul’s first strike threat ‘declaration of war’: North Korea
January 24th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Jan 24 (DPA) North Korea warned Sunday that it regarded South Korea's threat of a military "first strike" as an "open declaration of war", the state-controlled KCNA news agency reported.
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US nuclear envoy ends visit to North Korea
December 10th, 2009 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, Dec 10 (DPA) US President Barack Obama's special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth ended his visit to North Korea Thursday.
Bosworth had arrived in the Stalinist state Tuesday tasked with ... Read more...
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Nuke talks: Obama says will send envoy to N.Korea
November 19th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Nov. 19 (ANI): Having arrived from Chinese capital Beijing, US President Barack Obama said here on Thursday that he will send a special envoy to North Korea next month to ... Read more...
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South Korea on high alert after navy battle with North Korea
November 11th, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Nov. 11 (ANI): South Korean troops went on high alert on Wednesday in anticipation of a possible retaliation by North Korea after one of its navy ships was nearly destroyed in ... Read more...
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Bill Clinton arrives in North Korea
August 4th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Aug 4 (DPA) Former US president Bill Clinton arrived Tuesday in Pyongyang, state media reported, as South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said the focus of the trip would be to ... Read more...
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US journalists admit to smear campaign, says North Korea
June 16th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 16 (DPA) Two US journalists jailed in North Korea have admitted their part in a "smear campaign" against the country, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday.
They entered ... Read more...
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US, South Korea raise surveillance level over North Korea
May 28th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 28 (DPA) South Korea and the US Thursday ramped up their surveillance over North Korea, as Pyongyang nullified its truce with Seoul and threatened war.
The armed forces of both countries ... Read more...
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South Korea agrees for talks with North Korea
April 19th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, April 19 (Xinhua) The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week.
It will be the first governmental talks between South ... Read more...
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US to ship more fuel oil to North Korea
February 23rd, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by admin
Seoul, Feb 23 (IANS) The US plans to ship an additional 54,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil to North Korea in early March under a six-party deal aimed at denuclearising the communist ... Read more...
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