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Chinese defense chief affirms alliance with NKorea

The defense chiefs of North Korea and China reaffirmed pledges to strengthen their nations' 60-year-old alliance, North Korean state media reported Monday, amid renewed attempts to draw the country back to disarmament talks. Chinese Defense ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, eTaiwan News,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Kim Jong-il

NKorea cargo ship arrives in SKorea after skirmish

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean cargo ship visited a South Korean port Monday, showing that trade between the rival countries is continuing despite their bloody naval skirmish last week. ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009

SKorea investigates cause of shooting range fire

South Korean police and fire officers Sunday investigated what caused a blaze that raced through an indoor shooting gallery killing 10 people, including eight Japanese tourists. The fire Saturday occurred in a five-story building in the ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, eTaiwan News,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lee Young

North Korea threatens South over naval clash

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened South Korea on Thursday after their first naval skirmish in seven years, as Seoul expressed confidence it can deter any retaliation from its communist neighbor. The two Koreas clashed at sea Tuesday for ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, NevadaAppeal.com,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Lee Myung-bak

SKorea troops on high alert after navy skirmish

South Korea is ready to deter any retaliation by North Korea following the two countries' first naval clash in seven years, officials said Wednesday, as the top U.S. diplomat said the skirmish will not scuttle a planned visit to Pyongyang by an ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, eTaiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Lee Myung-bak

SKorea troops on high alert after navy battle

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea's troops went on high alert Wednesday for possible retaliation by North Korea after one of its navy ships was nearly destroyed and an officer reportedly killed in a skirmish with the South, ahead of a visit by President ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  US State Department,  Lee Myung-bak,  White House,  Robert Gibbs

Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire near border

SEOUL, South Korea A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, the first such clash in seven years, South Korean officials said. There were ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, San Diego Union-Tribune,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Lee Myung-bak

Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire

Navy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, a South Korean military officer said. A South Korean warship shot at a North Korean navy ship that crossed the disputed western sea border on Tuesday ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

Former South Korean spy master Lee Hu-rak dies

Former South Korean spy chief Lee Hu-rak, who brokered the signing of a historic 1972 peace document with North Korea following a secret trip to Pyongyang, died Saturday. He was 85. Lee, who had been hospitalized since early May, died of old age ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, eTaiwan News,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kim Dae-jung,  Kim Jong-il,  Kim Il-sung,  Chun Doo Hwan,  Central Intelligence Agency

Cloning expert guilty of fakery

3 Seoul, South Korea By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Published: 10/27/2009  2:24 AM Last Modified: 10/27/2009  2:24 AM A South Korean stem-cell scientist once hailed as a hero for bringing hope to people with incurable diseases and creating the world' ...

From HYUNG-JIN KIM, Tulsa World,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Korean Air

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