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A South Korean man looks at a map of North Korean capital of Pyongyang beside a picture of a North Korean rocket, which was fired in April, on display in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Sunday, July 5, 2009.
(photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
S Korea steps up alert after North fires seven missiles
The Australian
| SOUTH Korea's military was on guard last night after North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles in a show of improved firepower that earned widespread international condemnation. | The missiles - which North Korea is banned from firing under UN resolutions - were launched into the Sea of Japan ...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from right, inspects honor guards as Han Duck-soo, South Koran ambassador to the United States, right, looks on upon her arrival at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Clinton says North Korea's leadership situation is uncertain and the United States is worried the Stalinist country may soon face a succession crisis to replace dictator Kim Jong
(photo: AP / Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae)
Report Says NKorea's Kim Convalescing By The Sea
CBS News
News Report Says Kim Jong Il Likely Convalescing At NKorean Seaside Villa, Young Son In Charge | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo | () (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been living at an east coast villa since mid-May and is likely convalescing after reportedly suffering a stroke...
Arroyo addicted to foreign travel
Inquirer
| The President's visit to Japan and Brazil from June 17 to 25 further buttressed her growing reputation as presidential globetrotter nonpareil. She or her Malacaņang spinmeisters offer various justifications or excuses for her presidential junkets. ...
Seoul turns to green
Hong Kong Standard
The South Korean government aims to raise 2 trillion won (HK$12.24 billion) from the private sector and increase fiscal and financial aid to help so-called "green industries." The money for the industries, which include companies developing alternati...
Missiles become more accurate
NZ Herald
4:00AM Monday Jul 06, 2009 | Related links: | SEOUL - North Korea's weekend missile launches show the communist country is improving its capability and accuracy and are a cause for concern, officials say. | North Korea launched seven ballistic missil...
Call the bully's bluff
The Australian
| IT is time for China to confront its North Korean client. | IN a standard ritual that always occurs on significant occasions in the US, North Korea marked the fourth of July by firing ballistic missiles 400km into the ocean. It followed tests of sh...
A Filipino doctor demonstrates how to test samples for the swine flu virus inside a laboratory at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in suburban Alabang, south of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, May 14, 2009.
AP / Aaron Favila
 SKorea to spend R1,2bn on swine flu vaccine
Independent online
| Seoul - South Korea's health ministry said on Friday it would spend 193 billion won (R1,2-billion to secure vaccines against swine flu for 13 million people - more than a quarter...
The file photo, taken on December 18, 2007, and released on Friday June 27, 2008, by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, shows the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear complex near Pyongyang, North Korea.
(AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Wei, FILE)
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared
Denver Post
| Click photo to enlargeFILE-In this file photo taken on Monday, June 15, 2009, a South Korean protester carries a mock North Korean missile with portraits of North Korean leader K...
North Korean female soldiers wave as they patrol along the waterfront of North Korea's Yalu River, opposite side of the Chinese border town of Hekou, northeast of Dandong, China, Monday, March 23, 2009. Two American journalists detained by North Korean soldiers after they "illegally intruding" in its territory after crossing the border from China, and are believed to have been sent to Pyongyang for questioning, a news report said Sunda
AP / Andy Wong
NKorea test-fires 2 short-range missiles amid heightened nuclear tensions
Star Tribune
| SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates the already high tensions following Pyo...
China hopes relevant sides of Korean nuke issue remain calm
China Daily
| BEIJING: China hopes that relevant parties of Korean nuclear issue stay calm and restraint, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Sunday. | When asked to comment on the reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had fired...
South Korea says North Korean missiles could hit key government, military targets in South
Star Tribune
| SEOUL, South Korea - The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang's firep...
SKorea Says NKorean Missiles Can Hit Key Targets
ABC News
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Writer | SEOUL, South Korea July 5, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press | South Koreans walk by a North Korean mock Scud-B missile, left, and other South Korean mock missiles... South Koreans walk by a North Korean mock S...
Digital Technology
Computer IBM
(photo: WN / theresa)
IBM Builds Public Safety System for South Korea's Incheon Free Economic Zone
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | SEOUL, South Korea (Map) - SEOUL, South Korea, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that it has been selected to implement a city infrastructure project as part of the U-safety City project for Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), which was set up by the government in a...
Disarmament Diplomacy
North Korean female soldiers wave as they patrol along the waterfront of North Korea's Yalu River, opposite side of the Chinese border town of Hekou, northeast of Dandong, China, Monday, March 23, 2009. Two American journalists detained by North Korean soldiers after they "illegally intruding" in its territory after crossing the border from China, and are believed to have been sent to Pyongyang for questioning, a news report said Sunda
(photo: AP / Andy Wong)
NKorea test-fires 2 short-range missiles amid heightened nuclear tensions
Star Tribune
| SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates the already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment. | The missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan on Thursday afternoon, a ministry...



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