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On North Korea, caution is better than rash words
Perhaps there has been nothing more baffling to American eyes than the photographs of hordes of obviously grief-stricken North Koreans mourning the death of their 69-year-old dictator, Kim Jong Il. Under his reign and that of his father, the people of the...Tags: Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Muammar Gaddafi, Culture
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South Korean trade deal: A small step toward fixing the economy
President Barack Obama's jobs bill, a relatively modest effort given the risks the economy faces and the toll that extended joblessness has taken on American workers, is bogged down in a divided Congress and is about to get more so. Senate leaders are...Tags: Labor Markets, South Korea, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Trade Agreements, Federal Reserve
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FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch on the Korean peninsula
ReutersBy Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL, May 23 (Reuters) - Tension on the Korean Peninsula has once again been raised by North Korea's failed launch of a long-range rocket in April, and all eyes are on the reclusive state to see if it will carry out another...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Parliament, South Korea, Kim Jong Un, Polls
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S.Korea's KDB to seek approval in August for $1.7 bln IPO-exec
ReutersSEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's state-owned KDB Financial Group plans to seek approval as early as August from the country's stock exchange for an initial public offering worth around $1.7 billion, a senior executive said on Tuesday. The...Tags: Finance, South Korea, Citigroup Incorporated, Financing and Stock Offerings, Financial Markets
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South Korea unveils missiles, says can hit any North Korea target
World NowAfter a failed North Korean rocket launch that upset and unsettled the region, South Korea showed off new cruise missiles to reporters, boasting that they could hit any target in North Korea.... -
South Koreans rally around imprisoned political agitator
World NowSouth Korean protest: Activists and average people continue to agitate on behalf of a former legislator and popular Podcast hope imprisoned for spreading false information against the president. Critics call the jailing politically based.... -
President Obama arrives in South Korea for nuclear summit
World NowPresident Obama landed in South Korea early Sunday, and his first stop was slated to be the heavily fortified military encampment facing the country's secretive neighbor to the north.... -
In South Korea, Obama salutes U.S. troops at 'freedom's frontier'
World NowREPORTING FROM PANMUNJOM, South Korea -- Trekking up to one of the last outposts of the Cold War, President Obama on Sunday gazed out over the heavily fortified barrier that cuts through the Korean peninsula and thanked U.S. troops for guarding "freedom's... -
North Korea Refuses to Halt Launch Plan, Despite Obama's Warnings
CNNNorth Korea said Tuesday that it would not abandon its plan to carry out a satellite launch next month despite recent warnings from President Barack Obama over the move. The North "will not give up the satellite launch for peaceful purposes, which is a...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Iran, Weaponry, Russia, Satellite Technology
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One people, two very different Koreas
SEOUL — North and South Korea played their own distinctive games of power politics last week. The processes of leadership selection were enacted almost simultaneously, a coincidence that defined them so sharply as to provide a classroom lesson on...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, Kim Dae Jung, South Korea, Weaponry
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Little Angels say thank you
The Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea are the South Korean people's roving goodwill ambassadors.
On Wednesday night, before a sold-out Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, the 32 members of the troupe's present-day generation of child performers...Tags: Entertainment Events, Concerts, International Military Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), Richard Nixon
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Hundreds protest China's return of defectors to North Korea
World NowProtests in Seoul and Chicago highlight China's policy of forcibly returning North Korean defectors caught within its borders....
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