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North Korea is among topics of discussion as Obama wraps up Asia tour in Seoul

SEOUL -- With none of the tension presented by a rising China and a willful Japan , President Obama's visit to South Korea on Thursday was short, congenial in substance and splendid in form. This Story N. Korea among topics of discussion as Obama wraps ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Lee Myung-bak,  Kim Jong-il,  David Axelrod

Obama, ending Asia visit, talks of penalizing Iran

SEOUL -- With none of the tension presented by a rising China and a willful Japan , President Obama's visit Thursday to South Korea was short, congenial in substance and splendid in form. Ending a sometimes bumpy week-long tour of East Asia, Obama said ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Lee Myung-bak,  Kim Jong-il

Obama to discuss vexing N. Korean behavior with S. Korean leader

President Obama embarks on a nine-day tour of Asian countries, including Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. Obama is expected to address topics such as security, environment, the economy and U.S.-Asia relations. Comments that include profanity ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Lee Myung-bak,  Kim Jong-il,  Robert Gates,  Bill Clinton

In Seoul, Obama will confront trade and security issues

In a meeting Thursday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, whom he has met twice before, Obama will discuss how to bring North Korea back to six-party nuclear disarmament talks in Beijing, as well as strategies to persuade the government of Kim ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Kim Jong-il,  North American Free Trade Agreement,  Lee Myung-bak,  U.S. Congress

Japan mulls over relocation of U.S. Marine base

The two leaders now warmly address each other as Barack and Yukio, but they sharply disagree over the purpose of a "high-level working group" that they announced on Friday to sort out an increasingly heated dispute over the future of the Marine air ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  US Marine Corps,  White House,  Robert Gates

For U.S. presidents, Hiroshima is a dreaded invitation

Yet many Japanese have been talking about the invitation for much of this year, and it remains open: Come see what a U.S. atomic bomb did 64 years ago in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Obama -- maker of stirring speeches about "a world without nuclear weapons" ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Pew Research Center,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician),  US Marine Corps,  U.S. Congress

North Korea: Naval skirmish was 'provocation' by South

When naval vessels from North and South Korea exchanged fire Tuesday near a disputed border in the Yellow Sea, a North Korean patrol boat sustained major damage, the South Korean military said. Repeatedly hit by cannon fire from South Korean speed ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  US State Department,  Kim Jong-il

North, South Korean ships exchange gunfire

TOKYO -- A brief naval skirmish erupted Tuesday between North and South Korea , raising tension in Northeast Asia as President Obama prepares this week for a visit to the region. This Story Obama will send top diplomat to North Korea for direct talks ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Robert Gibbs

N.Korea military means business

As it deepens its dominance over nearly every aspect of daily life, the Korean People's Army is also deploying soldiers to take first dibs on all food harvested in the isolated, chronically hungry country, according to the latest assessments of ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, The Washington Post,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Kim Jong-il,  Nintendo

Gates warns Japan not to back out of plan to relocate US air base

TOKYO - Playing hardball with its closest ally in Asia, the Obama administration warned Japan yesterday of serious consequences if it backs out of a commitment to allow the relocation of a US air base on Okinawa. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said ...

From BLAINE HARDEN, Boston Globe,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: US Marine Corps,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician),  Robert Gates,  Barack Obama

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