S.Korea, US end drills as N.Korea hails war "victory"
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:07:24 -0700
Seoul (AFP) July 28, 2010 A full-scale US and South Korean military exercise designed to deter North Korea ended without incident Wednesday despite Pyongyang's threats of possible nuclear retaliation. The two allies, who accuse the North of a deadly submarine attack on a South Korean warship, said they staged the four-day naval and air exercise to send a "clear message" that any future ...
S. Korea, US end drills as North hails war 'victory'
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:34:26 -0700
SEOUL: A full-scale US and South Korean military exercise designed to deter North Korea ended without incident Wednesday despite Pyongyang's threats of possible nuclear retaliation. The two allies, who accuse the North of a deadly submarine attack on a South Korean warship, said they staged the four-day naval and air exercise to send a "clear message" that any future provocations would not be ...
S.Korea, US end naval drills
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:16:28 -0700
A full-scale US and South Korean military exercise designed to deter North Korea ended without incident Wednesday despite Pyongyang's threats of possible nuclear retaliation.
South Korea, US host major naval drill
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:37:10 -0700
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has attended a concert marking "victory" in the Korean War, official media said Wednesday, as US and South Korean forces pressed on with a military exercise to deter Pyongyang.
Nine O'Clock
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:56:22 -0700
The Foreign Ministry in Tiraspol sent an official letter to the United Nations asking that the Transdniester Republic be acknowledged internationally, according to Moldovan news agency Unimedia, quoted by Hotnews.
UK-World Summary
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:50:45 -0700
Taliban say they're holding U.S. soldier and second killed
North saboteur Kim leaves; visit 'very meaningful': Sengoku
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:06:30 -0700
Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui left Japan on Friday afternoon for South Korea, completing a four-day visit during which she met with relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang. Kim departed from Tokyo's Haneda airport aboard a Japanese government-chartered plane at around 3:30 p.m.
Murderess as VIP guest puzzles media
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:06:00 -0700
OSAKA — Overseas reaction to Kim Hyon Hui's four-day visit to Japan to discuss the abduction of Japanese nationals to North Korea ranged from puzzlement to surprise as to the government's motives, since she had already been questioned on what she knew. Japan not only allowed into the country a former North Korean saboteur who killed 115 people by planting a bomb on a South Korean jetliner, but ...
Kim: North failed to turn abductees into spies but wouldn't kill them
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:07:32 -0700
Ex-North Korean saboteur Kim Hyon Hui stressed Thursday to relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang that their loved ones may still be alive. Although Kim, who has not been in the North since the 1980s, offered no new revelations in a meeting with the abductees' kin in Tokyo, she said Pyongyang would "properly" treat the kidnap victims and would not execute them, according to Tsutomu Nishioka ...
Abductee Taguchi seen six years ago: Nakai
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:05:32 -0700
Kidnap victim Yaeko Taguchi was alive and well in Pyongyang apparently after the North in 2002 allowed what it claimed were the five surviving Japanese abductees to return home, a Cabinet member indicated Thursday. Separately, a spokesman for kin of South Korean abductees said Taguchi is still alive and disclosed her whereabouts.
Japan media condemns hospitality for ex-North Korea spy
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:37:00 -0700
Japanese media and opposition party lawmakers criticised on Thursday the government's costly hospitality for a former North Korean spy who is in Japan to meet with families of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.
Clinton slaps 'provocative' N. Korea with new sanctions
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:22:14 -0700
SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday announced new U.S. sanctions against North Korea that are aimed at halting money-making schemes it uses to fund its nuclear program.
Former North Korean spy visits Japan
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:00:00 -0700
JAPAN Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday that the visit of a former North Korean spy could help resolve a decades-long mystery about the abduction of at least 17 Japanese citizens, an issue that is hindering normalization of ties between the two countries. North Korea - Asia - South Korea - Megumi Yokota - Kim Hyon Hui
Nudge North Korea on abduction talks
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:42:35 -0700
Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent responsible for the fatal 1987 bombing of a Korean Air passenger jet, has arrived in Japan. During her stay through Friday, Kim is scheduled to meet the famil .....
National › Yokotas say ex-N Korea spy had little info on their abducted daughter
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:10:40 -0700
Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui provided few details about the whereabouts of Megumi Yokota, one of the Japanese abducted by North Korea, her…
Ex-spy from N. Korea visits Japan, renewing inquiry into 17 abductees
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:47:00 -0700
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday that the visit here of a former North Korean spy could help resolve a decades-long mystery about the abduction of at least 17 Japanese citizens, an issue at the heart of Japan's indignation toward North Korea. North Korea - Asia - Japan - South Korea - Megumi Yokota
N.Korea spy meets families of Japan kidnap victims
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:59:08 -0700
A former North Korean spy on Wednesday met Japanese relatives of people abducted decades ago by agents of Pyongyang's communist regime.
N. Korea ex-spy meets Japanese kidnap families
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:21:59 -0700
A former North Korean spy turned author was Wednesday due to meet Japanese relatives of people abducted decades ago by agents of Pyongyang's communist regime.
Ex-Pyongyang agent here, meets kin of abductees
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:04:00 -0700
Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who downed a Korean Air jetliner in 1987, arrived in Japan early Tuesday to meet relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang. This is Kim's first trip outside South Korea, where she now lives, since she was sentenced to death for the bombing and later given a 1990 presidential pardon.
N.Korea spy meets relatives of Japanese abductees
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:09 -0700
A former North Korean spy who once blew up a Korean Air passenger jet visited Japan under tight security on Tuesday to meet the families of people who were abducted by Pyongyang's agents.
