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Pyongyang military envoy in Beijing

The Standard - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

(36 mins ago) North Korea has sent a top military official to China as a special envoy of leader Kim Jong Un, at a time of strained relations between Pyongyang and its allies in Beijing, state media reported. Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the Korean People's Army politburo flew to China today, the Korean Central News Agency said, without detailing the agenda or length of his ...
North Korea opens border town to Western visitors

eTN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

"Warmly welcome Simon Cockerell David." The colorful, electric sign was something of an unusual and unexpected greeting for Briton Simon Cockerell, 35, who this week embarked on a landmark visit to Sinuiju, North Korea's largest border town. Separated by a river from China's Dandong City and easily accessible from Dandong by car or train, Sinuiju has long been a popular ...
N. Korea releases detained Chinese sailors and boat

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BEIJING: North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat yesterday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains between the neighbours."All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," China's Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from ...

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China demands DPRK free crew of Chine...

SINA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

China is urging Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew reported to have been held since May 5. Counsellor Jiang Yaxian of the Chinese Embassy in the DPRK told Xinhua news agency yesterday that Yu Xuejun, the boat's owner, called the embassy for help on May 10 and it had immediately contacted the North Korean side. The Chinese ...
Kim Jong-un tries to rebuild bridges with release of Chinese hostages

The Independent - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Pyongyang has backed down from a potentially damaging confrontation with its closest ally by releasing the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held hostage for over two ...
Pentagon plays down Korean Peninsula tensions after missile tests

Global Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A KN-02 missile, the kind that it is believed North Korea has launched six times in the last few days. The US has tried to downplay the missile tests, citing decreased tensions on the peninsula. (Wikipedia/Wikimedia ...
Chinese hostages released as North Korea backs down

The Independent - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Pyongyang has backed down from a potentially damaging confrontation with its closest ally by releasing the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held hostage for over two ...
‘North Korea has gone too far’ Chinese fishermen beaten held for ransom by gunmen wearing North Korean military ...

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BEIJING — Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat Tuesday after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel’s fuel, the boat’s owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the $100,000 ransom they had demanded. The seizure May 5 in what boat owner Yu Xuejun said were Chinese waters was the latest ...
Video UN chief worried by North Koreas missile launches

The Globe and Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

In response to North Korea's recent missile launches, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges Pyongyang to return to talks and avoid further ...
U.S. shrugs off North Korean missile tests

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Recent missile launches by North Korea haven't led to additional security concerns on the Korean Peninsula, a U.S. government spokesman said. The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reported that Monday marked the third consecutive day that North Korea launched short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan. A North Korean underground test of a nuclear device in February sparked concerns about ...

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Seoul World Design Capital

In 2010, Seoul held the title of World Design Capital for the year, a coveted acknowledgment of the city’s progress in the development of its design-oriented industries and a foundation for the implementation of further development projects in preparation for 2010.

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Much of Seoul bears the distinct stamp of the 21st century -- 12-lane freeways carry a constant stream of traffic between steel-and-glass skyscrapers. But if you look more closely, you'll find ancient temples miraculously spared destruction in the Korean War, as well as painstakingly restored historic palaces whose designs date back centuries. Great effort has gone into preserving Korean history and culture despite what seems like a headlong rush into the future. Mere steps away from the bustle of commerce, you can find yourself in the serenity of a traditional garden or a market overflowing with ginseng, jade and dried squid.

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Top North Korean official visits China

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

PYONGYANG, North Korea - In an indication that North Korea may give diplomacy a chance to end regional tension, its leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday sent a special envoy to China to win the confidence of its most important ally. The trip by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, comes after months of ignoring Chinese warnings to ...
North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid report

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

London: Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank cut ties with main foreign exchange bank, a humanitarian group said on Wednesday.The freeze - imposed amid growing concern over North Korea's nuclear ambitions - has made it impossible for aid agencies to transfer money to fund projects, many of them aimed at helping chronically ...
North Korea frees Chinese fishing boa...

SINA - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

North Korea has freed Chinese fishing boat and its crew, the ship owner Yu Xuejun confirmed on May 21. 16 Chinese fishermen were missing after apparently been kidnapped by armed men from the North Korea two weeks ago. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is demanding that Pyongyang secure the release of the men. "China calls on the DPRK to deal with this in a proper manner, and to ...
Special envoy from DPRK arrives

China Daily - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

DPRK 's Vice-Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, in Beijing on Wednesday. Ding Lin / ...

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Search for survivors nearly over in Oklahoma as damage estimate is $2bn

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...
Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects shot dead by FBI

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...
Senate panel approves plan to ease hiring of foreign techies

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WASHINGTON - A US Senate panel has cleared a proposed legislation that relaxes restrictions on IT companies to hire foreign techies, thus clearing one of the major hurdles to ushering changes in American immigration law in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill after its authors won a bipartisan support with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats in the 18-member ...

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Bernanke says more positive signs needed before scaling back stimulus

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Wednesday said it was too soon to scale back the monetary stimulus and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking a decision. A decision to scale back the $85 billion in bonds the Fed is buying each month could come at one of the central bank's "next few meetings" if the economy looked set to maintain ...
Higher exports fail to plug widening Japan trade deficit

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit rose substantially more than expected in the month April to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), which is a 70% jump over the trade deficit during the corresponding month a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.. The deficit, for the tenth consecutive month, was wider than what many economists had forecast. A survey from the Nikkei business daily ...
Vitamin C offers hope of tackling drug resistant TB

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WASHINGTON - Adding vitamin C to existing tuberculosis drugs regime could shorten the therapy for drug resistant TB, claims new research findings published in the online scientific journal Nature Communications. The striking discovery, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria in laboratory ...
IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

Seoul News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...