Tag: South Korea
N Korea imposes tight curbs at border
North Korea has begun tightly restricting border crossings in protest at what it calls South Korea's hostile policy, a move which could hit a joint industrial estate built as a symbol of reconciliation.[MORE]
NKorea shuts down cross-border cargo train
A cargo train once seen as a symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation has made its last trip across the border.[MORE]
NKorea to suspend cross-border rail service
North Korea has announced it will suspend a historic cross-border railway service from December 1 in protest at what it calls South Korea's policy of confrontation.[MORE]
Bush defends free trade in farewell
US President George W Bush urges fellow leaders to embrace free markets and free trade to solve the global financial crisis.[MORE]
S Korea seeks to ban anti-Pyongyang leaflets
The South Korean Government is seeking to ban activists from sending anti-North Korean leaflets across the border, an official said.[MORE]
Australia asked to supply N Korea energy aid
Washington has asked Australia, New Zealand and the European Union if they could replace Japan in supplying energy aid to North Korea, South Korea's foreign minister was quoted as saying.[MORE]
North Korea threatens strike on South for leaflets
North Korea is threatening to turn South Korea into "debris" unless it stops activists sending anti-North propaganda leaflets across the border.[MORE]
S Korean project 'killed birds, destroyed wetlands'
An environmental report on a large South Korean land reclamation project says it has destroyed wetlands, killed migratory birds and pushed endangered species toward extinction.[MORE]
Two Koreas agree to hold military talks: Seoul
North and South Korea have agreed to hold talks next week to discuss improving military hotlines between the two nations, the South Korean defence ministry said.[MORE]
ASEAN takes action to insure against financial meltdown
East Asian nations will move to form a $US80 billion ($120 billion) currency swap scheme by the first half of 2009 to fight the global financial crisis and to launch a regional surveillance agency, according to a statement released today.[MORE]
US, S Korea to search DMZ for bodies
The United States and South Korea are to search the buffer zone between the two Koreas for the first time since the war between 1950 and 1953 that divided the peninsula. [MORE]
S Korea announces financial safeguards
South Korea has announced a financial package including government guarantees to banks, to safeguard foreign-exchange borrowings for the next three years. [MORE]
N Korea threatens to cut ties with South
There is increased tension between North and South Korea, with Pyongyang threatening to cut off all ties with the South.[MORE]
North Korea's seductress spy jailed
A South Korean court has convicted a North Korean woman defector charged with extracting state secrets from military officers in return for sexual favours, and sentenced her to five years in jail, media reports say.[MORE]
NZ court told tourist's head cut off with spade
A woman has told a New Zealand court how one of the trio accused of murdering Korean tourist Jae Hyeon Kim admitted to her strangling him before chopping off his head with a spade.[MORE]
Korea's Kim claims first LPGA triumph
South Korean 20-year-old In-Kyung Kim has birdied the last two holes in the final round to win the LPGA Challenge in California by three strokes over American Angela Stanford.[MORE]
NKorea to resume disabling nuclear plants
N Korea said it would resume disabling nuclear plants after the US dropped it from a terrorism list. [MORE]
N Korea nuclear talks expected to resume soon
South Korea's nuclear envoy said he expected six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs would resume soon after the communist state was taken off a US terrorism blacklist.[MORE]
Young Socceroos win ASEAN Championships
The Young Socceroos have won the ASEAN Under-19 Championships, defeating South Korea on penalties in the final in Thailand.[MORE]
N Korea 'developing nuclear warhead'
North Korea is working to develop a nuclear warhead for a long-range missile, South Korea's top military officer has said, a day after the communist state tested its short-range weaponry.[MORE]
South Korean actress Choi found dead
A South Korean actress dogged by internet rumours over the suicide of an actor has apparently taken her own life.[MORE]
Korean tourist drowns in WA
A 25-year-old Korean man on a working holiday has drowned in the Ord River at Kununurra in Western Australia's north.[MORE]
Stosur falls short in Korea
Australia's Samantha Stosur has been defeated in the final of the Korean Open in Seoul.[MORE]
Stosur into Korean Open decider
Australia's Samantha Stosur has won through to a fourth WTA Tour final with a straight sets victory in her semi-final at the Korean Open. [MORE]
Stosur through to Korean semis
Australia's Samantha Stosur has won through to the semi-finals of the Korean Open in Seoul.[MORE]
