Obama meets Wen as China visit winds down
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama continued courting China in talks with Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, opening an opportunity to press him on the economic and currency strains that have shadowed his goodwill visit.
Nations:North Korea South Korea People:Barack Obama Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S.
2009-11-17
Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise
BEIJING - Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China - one that would exclude the United States.
Nations:Japan China Afghanistan South Korea Singapore North Korea People:Robert Gates Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:Japan-U.S. China-U.S.
2009-11-09
Light sentence for disgraced Korean cloning scientist
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk got a light sentence Monday for faking stem-cell research in a case that scandalized the scientific community and shocked Koreans who had elevated him to the status of a national hero.
Nations:South Korea Activities:2005 Korean Cloning Scandal Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-26
North Korea may fire more missiles ahead of talks
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea was preparing to fire a fresh barrage of short-range missiles, a report said on Tuesday, in a move seen as an attempt to boost its bargaining position ahead of expected talks on ending its nuclear weapons program.
Nations:South Korea North Korea People:Hillary Clinton Kim Jong Il Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-13
Report: NKorea fires 5 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, news reports said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor.
Nations:South Korea North Korea Russia People:Lee Myung-Bak Hillary Clinton Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-12
North Korea says ready to return to nuclear talks
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday signaled it could return to nuclear disarmament talks it had declared dead six months ago, but a report it was near restoring its atomic plant underlined the secretive state would keep the stakes high.
Nations:U.S. China South Korea Russia North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Wen Jiabao Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-06
NKorea considers return to nuclear talks
PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier the North was prepared to return to multinational disarmament talks but said that will depend on progress in its two-way negotiations with the U.S.
Nations:South Korea Russia North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Wen Jiabao Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis China-North Korea Source:(AP)
2009-10-06
SKorea aborts rocket launch minutes before liftoff
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Wednesday aborted its first domestic launch of a rocket just minutes before scheduled liftoff because of a technical problem, delaying space ambitions that have threatened to anger rival North Korea.
Nations:South Korea India North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Bill Clinton Lee Myung-Bak Bill Richardson Barack Obama
2009-08-19
SKorea loses champion of peace: Kim Dae-jung
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea lost its most fervent champion of peace and democracy with the death of former President Kim Dae-jung, winner of the Nobel Prize for his efforts to foster reconciliation on the Korean peninsula.
Nations:South Korea North Korea People:Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong Il Lee Myung-Bak Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-08-18
Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon
BURBANK, Calif. - Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests.
Nations:North Korea U.S. Kenya South Korea Russia People:Bill Clinton Kim Jong Il Barack Obama Madeleine Albright Al Gore George W. Bush Activities:N Korea Detaining US Journalists
2009-08-05
NKorea: ex-President Bill Clinton in Pyongyang
SEOUL, South Korea - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to North Korea on Tuesday amid an international standoff over the country's nuclear program and concerns about two U.S. reporters imprisoned in Pyongyang since March.
Nations:North Korea U.S. South Korea People:Bill Clinton Kim Jong Il Al Gore Jimmy Carter Activities:N Korea Detaining US Journalists North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-08-03
Protesters call for end to Iranian rights abuses
LONDON - Protesters across the world on Saturday called on Iran to end its clampdown on opposition activists, demanding the release of hundreds rounded up amid demonstrations against the country's disputed election.
Nations:Australia South Korea People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Iran Election Source:(AP)
2009-07-25
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