News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
Tokyo, April 11: Japan Friday decided to extend sanctions against North Korea for another six months. T he sanctions, which were imposed on Pyongyang after it conducted a nuclear test in October 2006, had been due to expire Sunday. The sanctions were...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 year ago
More signs of tension emerged between North and South Korea this week, as voters in the South handed a legislative majority to political conservatives. For the second time in weeks, Pyongyang ejected a South Korean official from a joint economic...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 year ago
Impoverished North Korea is seeking international aid to battle one of its worst food shortfalls in years, a senior U.N. official based in Asia said on Friday. Agricultural experts in Seoul have said the shortfall may be one of the worst since famine...
News Source: Japan Times
| about 1 year ago
Kyodo) South Korea has named a lawmaker from the ruling Grand National Party to head its diplomatic mission in Japan, the presidential office said Thursday. Kwon Chul Hyun, a three-term lawmaker, is known as an expert on Japan and has been a deputy...
News Source: Gulf News
| about 1 year ago
Reuters Published: April 11, 2008, 01:01 Seoul: South Korea's new president won the parliamentary majority he needs to push through promised major economic reforms but bitter squabbling in his conservative camp could hamper the ambitious plans,...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 year ago
North Korea on Thursday expelled a South Korean official working on a family reunion centre at its Mount Kumgang resort near the border, amid raised tensions on the peninsula, South Korean officials said...Lee, who took office in February, has...