Drama, innocence & creativity on bookshelf (IANS Books this Week)
June 2nd, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The bookshelf this week is pure innocence and drama - from children's cult writer Ruskin Bond to one of the greatest story-tellers of our times ... Read more...
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US troops parachuted into North Korea : official
May 30th, 2012 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 29 (IANS) A senior US official has revealed that the US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to collect intelligence on underground military ... Read more...
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Obama to visit Korean DMZ
March 21st, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama will visit Sunday the demilitarized zone separating North and South Koreas, ahead of next week's nuclear security summit in Seoul, ... Read more...
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Frank Potenza ‘Uncle Frank’ dies
August 24th, 2011 - 1:39 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Frank Potenza, popularly called Uncle Frank on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show, has died at the age of 77 years. Frank was a police officer but ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
North and South Korea exchange fire
August 10th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Artillery shells fired from North Korea Wednesday landed near the disputed sea border with South Korea. In response, South Korea's military also fired artillery shells ... Read more...
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China formally invites N. Korea heir for a visit
March 5th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Mar.5 (ANI): China is reported to have formally invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent Kim Jong-un for a visit, but no dates have been revealed.South Korea's spy agency believes ... Read more...
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North Korea soldiers chase defectors into China to kill
January 12th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 12 (IANS) In a rare cross-border pursuit, North Korean troops chased their seven defectors into China and shot five of them dead, the Daily Mail reported here.According to South Korean ... 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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North Korea says South’s “childish play with fire not worth responding to”
December 21st, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Pyongyang (North Korea), Dec 21(ANI): North Korea has said that it "was not worth reacting" to the latest "military provocation" by South Korea.Air raid bunkers in Yeonpyeong shook during the live-fire ... Read more...
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S.Korea says will continue live-fire drill off coast next week
December 12th, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Dec.12 (ANI): The South Korean Government has said that it will continue to stage live-fire military drills off all coasts of the Korean peninsula following North Korea's deadly attack on one ... Read more...
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North Korea Attacks South Korea, USA Cries Foul
November 24th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an incident that has sent shock waves in the international circles, neighboring North Korea and South Korea were found engaged in exchange of artillery fire ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
US assures shoulder to shoulder support for ‘close friend and ally’ South Korea
November 24th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 24(ANI): United States President Barack Obama has said that his country would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea and stage joint military exercises in response to 'a provocative, ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
North Korea, South Korea Get Involved In Artillery Duel
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Seoul, Nov 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The artillery firing that ensued across the border was initiated by South Korea, according to North Korean officials. The cross-border duel claimed the lives of ... Read more...
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South Korea, DPRK hold Red Cross talks on family reunion
September 17th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Sep 17(ANI): South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have began a round of Red Cross talks over reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.According to ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
North and South Korea discuss family reunions
September 17th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Sep 17 (DPA) The Red Cross organisations of North and South Korea met Friday to discuss reunions between family members separated by the country's split 60 years ago, a news report ... Read more...
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North, South Korea to hold family reunion talks on Sept.17
September 14th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Sept.14 (ANI): North and South Korea will hold working-level talks on family reunion in Kaesong on September 17, the South Korean Unification Ministry has said.According to a Yonhap news agency report, ... Read more...
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North Korea proposes restarting family reunions
September 11th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Sep 11 (DPA) South Korea is considering a North Korean proposal to restart reunions of divided families, a news report said Saturday.
An official from the unification ministry in Seoul confirmed that ... Read more...
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North Korea fires artillery shells near maritime border
August 9th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Aug 9 (DPA) North Korean forces fired over 100 artillery rounds into the Yellow Sea near the disputed border with the South Monday, a media report said.
About 110 rounds were fired ... Read more...
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North Korea demands own probe into ‘Cheonan’ sinking
July 17th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 17 (ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) military has demanded that it be allowed to conduct its own investigation into the March sinking of a South Korean warship ... Read more...
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South Korea claims proof that North Korean torpedo sank its ship
May 19th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 19 (ANI): South Korea will claim that a North Korean torpedo was the culprit in sinking their naval ship, according to domestic media reports.The torpedo smashed into the ... Read more...
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North Korean ships cross sea border, South fires shots
May 16th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 16 (DPA) Two North Korean naval boats crossed into South Korean waters Saturday, but retreated after warning shots by the South Korean navy, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said ... Read more...
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Korean diplomat sees more business with Maharashtra (With Image)
April 20th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) There is great potential for increased commercial relations between Maharashtra and South Korea, the country's newly appointed consul-general in Mumbai Seo-Hang Lee said Tuesday.
Making a courtesy call on ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
South Korea says sea mine may have caused ship explosion
March 29th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by BNO News
SEOUL (BNO NEWS) -- South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young on Monday said that a sea mine may have caused the explosion that sank a South Korean warship last week, the Yonhap ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
North Korea vows n-buildup ahead of US-South Korea war games
March 7th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, March 7 (DPA) North Korea warned Sunday that South Korea's planned military exercises with the United States would force it to build up its nuclear defences and reverse the process of ... Read more...
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China wants to resume stalled six-party nuke talks with N. Korea before July
March 5th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar. 5 (ANI): China's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, Wu Dawei, has said that Beijing wants the stalled nuclear disarmament talks with Pyongyang to resume before July.It was the first ... Read more...
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Former US secretary of state Alexander Haig dead
February 20th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 20 (DPA) Alexander Haig, a former NATO commander and a top official in three Republican administrations, died Saturday, Fox News reported, citing Haig's family.
Haig, 85, had been hospitalised ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
North Korea restarts firing artillery shells in Yellow Sea
January 28th, 2010 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, Jan 28 (DPA) North Korea Thursday fired artillery shells near the disputed maritime border with South Korea for a second day, media reports said.
The North began firing towards the South Korean ... Read more...
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North Korean diplomat defects to South via embassy
January 26th, 2010 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Jan 26 (DPA) A North Korean diplomat defected to South Korea this past autumn by seeking asylum at Seoul's embassy in Ethiopia, news reports said Tuesday.
The 40-year-old doctor by training had ... Read more...
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Mystery novelist Robert Parker dies
January 20th, 2010 - 9:01 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Jan 20 (DPA) Robert Parker, author of the 'Spenser for Hire' books, which were developed into a successful TV series, has died in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home at age 77, ... Read more...
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US rejects North Korea’s call for peace treaty
January 12th, 2010 - 5:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US Monday rejected North Korea's proposal to discuss a peace treaty saying Pyongyang should first take steps towards denuclearisation.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Pyongyang has ... Read more...
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Ban vows to assist in ridding Korean peninsula of n-arms
January 12th, 2010 - 3:53 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 12 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he would provide "all possible efforts" to make the Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons.
Ban's remarks were in reaction to ... Read more...
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South Korea offers aid to North
October 26th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Oct 26 (DPA) South Korea Monday offered North Korea its first food aid in nearly two years as part of a recent cautious rapprochement between the two neighbours.
South Korea made the ... Read more...
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North Korean threat growing with missile, n-programmes: Gates
October 21st, 2009 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Oct 21 (DPA) The danger posed by North Korea has grown as it develops its nuclear and missile programmes and engages in proliferation, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday on ... Read more...
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Families separated by Korean War meet at rare reunion
September 26th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Sep 26 (RIA Novosti) Hundreds of North and South Koreans separated by the Korean War (1950-53) met north of the border Saturday in the first such reunion in two years, a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
South Korea demands North apologise for fatal dam release
September 8th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Sep 8 (DPA) South Korea Tuesday demanded an apology from North Korea for what it said was the unannounced release of water from a dam that created a wave of water ... Read more...
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