News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 17 days ago
FOR the relatively novel threat of swine flu, South Koreans seem to have mustered some level of alarm. A noticeable number of the citizens of Seoul are wearing surgical face masks on trains, planes and in lifts. Children can choose pink masks or ones
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 18 days ago
Greg Goodman ... helping reorganise family assets. Illustration: John Shakespeare It seems investors have been getting carried away with the idea that America and the rest of the developed world are in the early stages of an economic recovery.
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
North Korean efforts to install one of ailing leader Kim Jong-il's sons as a hereditary successor are likely to fail, a senior defector from the communist country said on Tuesday. Kim Kwang-jin, a former state insurance executive who helped unveil
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
Its brazen outline has towered over Pyongyang for more than two decades. Sitting empty and unfinished, the Ryugyong Hotel is regarded as an example of communist folly. It has variously been called ''the hotel of doom'' and ''the worst building in the
News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| about 1 month ago
Thousands of couples from more than 100 countries traveled here to tie the knot Wednesday in what was seen as the last mass wedding officiated by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial and enigmatic founder of the Unification Church.
News Source: Asia Times
| about 1 month ago
North Korea begins 'Plan C' "History demonstrates that developing China-North Korea relations are in keeping with the fundamental interests and shared wishes of both countries' peoples. Chinese President Hu Jintao "Denuclearization of the Korean
News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 month ago
US evangelist Franklin Graham arrived in North Korea on Tuesday hoping to play a role in improving the country's relations with the United States, state media reported...It quoted Graham as saying after arriving in Pyongyang that he wanted "to play
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
S North Korean leader quoted as saying he's prepared to revive six-party talks if progress is made in dialogue with Washington North Korea 's leader, Kim Jong-il, said his country is prepared to return to international nuclear disarmament talks if