South Korean residents rushed to emergency shelters Thursday as part of an annual military exercise with the United States that has prompted dire warnings from rival North Korea. Police and fire fighters directed residents to shelters throughout the capital, Seoul, while elsewhere U.S. troops joined more than half a million South Korean forces in the […]
South Koreans Take to Emergency Shelters in Annual Drill
Posted August 18th, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
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North Korea Sends Academics to Study Business in Canada
Posted August 18th, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has sent six professors to a Canadian university to study free-market economics in the reclusive nation’s most extensive educational exchange to date. South Korean news outlets quote officials at the University of British Columbia confirming the six academics arrived in Vancouver last month to begin a six-month program. The professors will study international […]
Barenboim Leads Korean Border Concert
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim has held a concert in South Korea, near the tense border with North Korea. Barenboim led his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra of Israeli and Arab musicians Monday in a performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, aimed at promoting peace on the Korean peninsula. A South Korean choir accompanied the choral fourth movement of […]
South Korean President Urges Mutual Trust With North
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is calling for North and South Korea to build mutual trust in order to open up an age of peace and cooperation on the divided peninsula. Mr. Lee made the remark during a Liberation Day speech Monday as South Koreans celebrate the 66th anniversary of independence from Japanese colonial rule. […]
South Korea Marks 66th Anniversary of Independence
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
South Koreans across the country are set to celebrate Monday the 66th anniversary of independence from Japanese colonial rule. The government of South Korea, formally called the Republic of Korea, was founded August 15, 1948. The Yonhap news agency says President Lee Myung-bak is expected to call for nationwide harmony and unity in his National […]
UN Chief Calls on Academics to Find Solutions to Global Woes
Posted August 10th, 2011 at 9:05 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the world’s academic community to find solutions to global hunger, poverty and intolerance. Mr. Ban told an international forum in the South Korean capital Wednesday that there can be no peace, justice and dignity in the world if billions of people are forced to live in chronic […]
Report: South Korea Upset by U.S. Selection of “Sea of Japan” Name
Posted August 8th, 2011 at 10:00 pm (UTC-5)
South Korean news media say the country’s officials are criticizing the U.S. government’s decision to call the body of water between Japan and South Korea the Sea of Japan, instead of the East Sea, as preferred by Seoul. Koreans are campaigning for the international usage of the name East Sea, or at least both names. […]
Chinese Ships Leave North Korea After Anniversary Visit
Posted August 8th, 2011 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two Chinese naval vessels have left North Korea after a four-day visit, marking 50 years of friendship between the two countries. The training ship Zheng He and the frigate Luoyang set sail Monday from the port of Wonsan where they had docked during the rare goodwill visit. While in North Korea, the Chinese delegation, led […]
Russia to send 50,000 Tons of Food Aid to North Korea
Posted August 8th, 2011 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country will send 50,000 tons of grain to North Korea to help it cope with food shortages after devastating floods. Lavrov spoke to reporters Monday after a meeting with visiting South Korean counterpart Kim Sung-hwan. The South Korean minister for foreign affairs and trade arrived in Moscow Sunday […]
Report: South Korean Security Adviser Heads for US
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 10:05 pm (UTC-5)
A South Korean news report says the country’s top presidential security adviser is likely to travel to the United states this week to discuss the future of international talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament. The Yonhap news agency says Chun Yung-woo is expected to depart for Washington Monday at the invitation of Tom Donilon, his […]
