South Korea Recalls Ambassador to Japan Over Island Claim
Region: Korea, Republic of
Posted by FindingDulcinea Staff A territorial dispute over a long-contested set of small islands threatens to upset diplomatic ties between the two countries. The South Korean government announced Monday that it is recal... more
Views: 763Japanese Politician's Abduction Comments Spark Harsh Reactions
Region: JapanPosted by Chris Salzberg to Global Voices Online Liberal Democratic Party member and former Chief Secretary Koichi Kato has sparked harsh reactions from bloggers [ja] and on 2channel [ja] with a comment he made ... more
Views: 5213Seoul's 2nd Internatioal High-Wire Champ Zips By in 11mns
Region: ChinaSEOUL, South Korea (GroundReport) - According to published reports, a professional tightrope walker from China zipped along a wire strung across the Han River in just under 11 minutes to win Seoul's second international... more
Views: 1297North Korea says it will not make political changes
Region: KoreaThe National Defense Commission of North Korea said Friday through a statement picked up by South Korea's Yonhap agency will not make policy changes, a day after proclaiming Kim Jong-un as the new "supreme leader" af... more
Views: 1068Two Koreas, a border conflict become global challenge
Region: KoreaThe death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il ensures that, even for a moment, focus too much in a state that is on the other side of the planet and we hear from time to time with regard to its ballistic missile program n... more
Views: 1035Seoul and U.S. agree on a strong defensive posture
Region: CaliforniaDefense Minister of South Korea, Kim Kwan-jin, and Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, agreed on Tuesday to maintain a strong defensive position on Pyongyang after the announcement yesterday of the death of its leade... more
Views: 644A Path to the Bomb: Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov Discusses North Korea’s Dirty Secret
Region: KoreaIs North Korea enriching uranium to use for nuclear bombs? While North Korean government officials say no, all evidence points to the contrary, according to experts like Russian nuclear non-proliferation scientist ... more
Views: 1459Pingpong Diplomacy to be revived at Qatar tournament
Region: QatarKoreas to field unified team at historic Peace and Sport Table Tennis Cup in Qatar Peace and Sport Table Tennis Cup in Doha on November 21 and 22 Doha Qatar: Forty years after a week of tabl... more
Views: 1636We Stand Corrected: Why Can’t the Media Get Gennady Timchenko Right?
Region: Russian FederationThere are some leading public figures the media just can’t seem to get right. Or worse yet, as is the case with Finnish energy trading businessman Gennady Timchenko, there are some people the media can only get wrong... more
Views: 1190North Korea prepared launch
Region: United StatesFor rocket launch between April 4 - 8 North Korea’s preparations are final level. North Korea said it will launch a communication satellite into space orbit using a long-range Taepodong-2 missile. On Thursday the U.... more
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