S.Korea slams N.Koreas provocative missile launches

West Australian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea on Sunday condemned North Korea's latest short-range missile launches as "provocative" and again urged it to hold talks about a suspended jointly-run industrial park.The North Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles off its east coast, apparently as part of a military drill, at a time when cross-border relations remain icy after months of ...

Japan defends PM aides surprise N.Korea trip

West Australian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese minister on Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang.Akira Amari, state minister of economic revitalisation, said the four-day trip by Isao Iijima reflected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resolve to have North Korea come ...

N Korea fires three short-range missiles S Korea

Times of India - Sunday 19th May, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok ...

DPRK wins first table tennis title in 36 yrs

China Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

DPR Korea's Kim Jong (L) and Kim Hyok Bong pose with their trophy after winning their mixed doubles final against South Korean pair Lee Sangsu and Park Youngsook at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Paris May 18, ...

More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Growing concern about North Korea's nuclear program has led many in South Korea to favor the idea of building atomic weapons. Japan too is discussing such a ...

N. Korea fires up tension

New York Post - Saturday 18th May, 2013

North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters yesterday - launches that come during a period of tentative diplomacy with South Korea.In March, North Korea launched what appeared to be two KN-02 missiles off its east coast. Experts believe the country is trying to improve the range and accuracy of its arsenal.Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes ...

Abes advisor Iijima returns briefs his DPRK trip

SINA - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Isao Iijima, an advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, returned Tokyo Saturday and briefed Cabinet Chief Secretary Yoshihide Suga on his unannounced visit to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), reported local media. Iijima said he had "frank talks" with senior DPRK officials, including Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's ...

Eric Schmidt Kim Jong Un Could Turn On North Koreas Internet if He Wanted

The Atlantic - Saturday 18th May, 2013

A group of people bow at the base of the giant bronze statue of the state founder and Great Leader Kim-Il Sung in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. (Reuters) As you might expect, North Korea's "Internet" mirrors North Korea itself: Sad, secluded, and limited to just a handful of propagandistic sites. There's ...

Tensions put aside as N.Korea beat South for table tennis gold

West Australian - Saturday 18th May, 2013

PARIS (AFP) - North Korea saw off a spirited comeback by South Korea to claim the mixed doubles title in a politically-charged final at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Saturday.But despite the ongoing tensions between the two nations, heightened by North Korea's nuclear test in February and further strained by reports of the North launching three short-range missiles into ...