UN: US food aid arrives in North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea - A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the communist nation agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished people, the U.N. food agency said Monday.
Nations:North Korea Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
North Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower
YONGBYON, North Korea - North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
Nations:North Korea People:Christopher Hill Condoleezza Rice Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-27
Bush says he will lift sanctions against N. Korea
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an "axis of evil."
Nations:U.S. North Korea People:Yasuo Fukuda Christopher Hill Activities:Bush Admin. Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-26
China admits taking, burying US POW from Korea
WASHINGTON - After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he "became mentally ill," according to documents provided to The Associated Press.
Nations:North Korea U.S. China Activities:Korean War Source:(AP)
2008-06-19
Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
Torch faces S.Korea protests, festivities in North
Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons.
Nations:South Korea North Korea Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch
2008-04-27
War demands strain US military readiness
A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned.
Nations:North Korea Lebanon People:Robert Gates Activities:Second Gulf War Afghan Terror War
2008-02-09
China urges U.S. help in blocking Taiwan vote
The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
Nations:Taiwan North Korea People:John Negroponte Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Dai Bingguo Chen Shui-bian Wen Jiabao Activities:China-U.S.-Taiwan Relations
2008-01-17
Uranium traces found on North Korean tubes
U.S. scientists found traces of enriched uranium on smelted aluminum tubing from North Korea, which appears to contradict its denials of a secret uranium-based nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Nations:North Korea Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis
2007-12-21
Conservative wins SKorea presidency by landslide
Lee Myung-Bak won South Korea's presidential election by a landslide Wednesday, as voters backed the former Hyundai chief executive to revive the economy and disregarded fraud allegations against him.
Nations:South Korea North Korea People:Lee Myung-Bak
2007-12-19
U.S., Russia to talk about missile defense
The United States and Russia will hold senior-level talks about missile defense in Budapest next Thursday, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday.
Nations:Russia U.S. North Korea Poland Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-12-08
Bush sends letter to North Korean leader
President Bush sent a "personal letter" to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the Communist country's official news agency said Thursday, although it did not reveal its contents.
Nations:North Korea South Korea People:Christopher Hill Kim Jong Il Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S.
2007-12-06
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