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- U.S. Navy shadows N. Korean cargo ship
A U.S. warship is following a North Korean cargo boat in the South China Sea under the pretext that it may carry ?banned cargo.? In another threat against North Korea, the Pentagon is deploying a ground-based missile system in Hawaii and a sea-based
- Seoul to spend billions on thwarting North Korea threat
South Korea Friday announced plans to spend billions on sophisticated technology to counter the perceived threat of a North Korean nuclear attack. The defence ministry, reacting to the latest rocket tests by North Korea, said it would be budgeting a
- Korea's Planned Parenthood promoting births? Why?
Provider Provider Choi Seon-jeong, president of the Planned Population Federation of Korea, warned in the JoongAng Daily that his government must combat a 'national crisis of super-low fertility', or Korea will disappear. MercatorNet asked him to
- S. KOREA'S NUMBER OF UNSOLD HOUSES DECLINES IN MAY
The number of unsold houses in South Korea declined in May as tax benefits aimed at bolstering transactions and improving signs of an economic rebound began to take effect, a government report showed Friday. According to the report by the Ministry of
- US drone kills militants in Pakistan
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- US fears as N Korea fires missiles
WATCHING THE NORTH: South Koreans watch a television broadcasting a N Korea launch missile, at the Seoul Railway Station. N Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday. N. Korea's anti-sanctions rally N Korea urged to return to talks N Korea third
- Syria invites Obama to talk
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- This is not your father's Korea
OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Have you ever heard the phrase, ' ?' As always is the case, there is an exception. Proving that an assignment in Korea truly is becoming the assignment of choice, Master Sgt. Frank Irvin, Sortie Support Flight Chief
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After World War II, a republic was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style government was installed in the north. The Korean War (1950-53) had US and other UN forces intervene to defend South Korea from North Korean attacks supported by the Chinese. An armistice was signed in 1953 splitting the peninsula at the 38th parallel known as the DMZ. Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth, with per capita income rising to 13 times the level of North Korea. In 1997, the nation suffered a severe financial crisis from which it continues to make a solid recovery. South Korea has also maintained its commitment to democratize its political processes. In June 2000, a historic first south-north summit took place between the south's President KIM Dae-jung and the north's leader KIM Chong-il. In December 2000, President KIM Dae-jung won the Noble Peace Prize for his lifeling committment to democracy and human rights in Asia. He is the first Korean to win a Nobel Prize.
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AFP - Britain's ambassador to Pyongyang said Friday there was currently no evidence that North Korea was preparing to launch a long-range missile, the day after it test-fired four short-range ones.
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