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added 2007 Thu Jun 14 13:54:29 by Fabienne
From Flickr: "SafeSearch is a feature that allows you to control what turns up in your searches on Flickr, and it's on for everyone by default. Note: If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong or Korea you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service so won't be able to turn SafeSearch off." A full revolt is going on at Flickr over this censorship.
added 2007 Sat Jun 9 21:21:17 by Alexia
In a time-honored practice in South Korea's corporate culture, the 38-year-old manager at an online game company took his 10-person team on twice-weekly after-work drinking bouts. He exhorted his subordinates to drink, including a 29-year-old graphic designer who protested that her limit was two glasses of beer.
added 2007 Mon Jun 4 6:56:00 by STONERS
North Korea 's sole nuclear reactor for making radioactive material for bombs recently restarted operations after a suspension of some 10 days, an official said Monday. News reports said the halt was due to technical problems at the facility.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 17:42:19 by populist
Such enthusiasm for a protracted U.S. presence modeled after Korea is grimly ironic. Back in 1964, when "the war in Vietnam was only a small dark cloud on the very distant horizon," President Lyndon Johnson privately told National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy that "getting into another Korea" was the very thing he feared:
added 2007 Fri May 25 23:06:55 by SusanParrish
North Korea fired several short-range guided missiles Friday in an apparent test launch, South Korean officials and media reports said. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the launches, but said it was still investigating how many missiles were fired and where exactly the tests occurred. 'The short-range missile launches are believe
added 2007 Fri May 18 5:20:37 by y_soitenly
MUNSAN, South Korea ΓΆβ;¬" The divided Koreas sent trains lumbering through their heavily armed border for the first time in more than half a century Thursday, reaching another symbolic milestone in a reconciliation process often hindered by the North's nuclear weapons ambitions.
added 2007 Mon May 7 16:46:50 by DavePee
A look at a British TV show called 'Cooking In The Danger Zone", which visited Inuit country to eat seal, and South Korea to sample dog meat. Also includes an editorial on whether it's right to decry people who eat dog or seal, while we eat all manner of other meats every day.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 12:49:15 by Bananaas
So as to prevent the spread of nuclear technology world community established the non-proliferation treaty and North Korea signed this treaty under the pressure of international authorities in 1985 also.

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added 2007 Sun Apr 22 5:51:54 by KelLuv
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reached a deal with North Korea on Sunday to resume massive rice aid to its impoverished neighbor, as well agreeing to the first run of trains across their heavily fortified border in 50 years.
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 13:42:40 by charbarred
the father of Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-hui reportedly committed suicide. Radio Korea, a broadcaster for Korean expatriates in Los Angeles, said rumors spread in Virginia's Korean community that the killer's father slashed a main artery with a knife after learning that his son was identified as the gunman in the shooting massacre.
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 16:41:35 by WildGoose88
The Arrival of a Rival for America
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 17:48:54 by STONERS
South Korea may suspend rice aid to North Korea to ratchet up pressure on the North to comply with its nuclear disarmament pledges after it missed a deadline to shut an atomic reactor.
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 10:11:15 by gandsdu
Photos from North Korea - the world's last remaining totalitarian state.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 20:19:18 by STONERS
An American delegation traveled to North Korea last week ostensibly to recover the remains of missing U.S. troops. Hitching a ride, almost unnoticed, was the highest-ranking Bush administration official known to have visited Pyongyang since 2002.
added 2007 Mon Apr 9 13:48:41 by pagey
North Korea's top nuclear negotiator told a visiting American delegation Monday that U.N. inspectors would be invited back once $25 million in frozen funds are released, but said it could be difficult for Pyongyang to meet a Saturday deadline for shutting down its main nuclear reactor.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 16:56:14 by STONERS
The United States did not act to prevent a recent shipment of arms from North Korea to Ethiopia, even though sketchy intelligence indicated the delivery might violate a U.N. Security Council resolution restricting North Korean arms sales, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
added 2007 Sat Apr 7 23:45:10 by tomboy501
Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country's nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions, according to senior American officials.
added 2007 Sat Apr 7 1:43:01 by WeirdAsiaNews
A rabbit breeder who sold 12 of his animals to North Korea so the communist country could start its own breeding program fears they have been eaten by officials.
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 18:30:18 by jovial
The fate of 12 German giant rabbits delivered to North Korea is in doubt. The breeder who sent them suspects they have been eaten by top officials rather than used to set up a bunny farm. Berlin's North Korean embassy denies the allegation. One thing is sure: the country will have to find another seller.
added 2007 Thu Mar 22 10:40:34 by gatitabonitasen
From the article: "Talks on North Korea's nuclear program ground to a halt in Beijing on Thursday, with the North Korean and Russian envoys both leaving for the airport after four days of negotiations went nowhere. North Korea had avoided discussing a February deal to shut its main nuclear reactor by mid-April since the talks began on Monday, demanding that $25 million frozen in a Macau bank first be transferred to a bank in Beijing."
added 2007 Tue Mar 20 19:45:32 by populist
China said Tuesday that North Korea was ready to close its main nuclear reactor and allow UN inspectors back, despite the Stalinist regime refusing to budge until it received 25 million dollars.
added 2007 Sat Mar 17 13:16:40 by Soren85
North Korea told delegates at international nuclear talks on Saturday that it is preparing to shut down its main nuclear facility, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy said, a key step promised in a landmark pact last month.
added 2007 Thu Mar 15 3:00:26 by populist
North Korea says it's "willing to fully cooperate" with international monitors in shutting down its main nuclear facility as soon as Washington lifts financial sanctions against a Macau bank, the U.N. nuclear chief said Wednesday.
added 2007 Sun Mar 11 6:42:49 by ochs
U.S. and South Korean war games on the divided peninsula have the effect of holding a gun to North Korea's head and could hamper efforts to negotiate an end to its nuclear weapons development, Pyongyang said.
added 2007 Sat Mar 10 3:55:46 by populist
The abrupt end to normalization talks between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea is casting a shadow on US-led efforts to halt the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons drive.
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 7:55:14 by STONERS
A top North Korean official said the U.S. must lift sanctions against his country before it will shut down its nuclear reactor as part of an international disarmament deal, news reports said Friday.
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 19:50:41 by populist
Japan and North Korea chose the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, as the venue for their delicate talks on normalising relations after decades of hostility.
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 17:47:56 by STONERS
The general in charge of U.S. forces in South Korea said Wednesday he remains wary of North Korea 's nuclear intentions, despite Pyongyang's recent agreement to begin dismantling its weapons programs in return for aid.
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 15:34:10 by Fabienne
From the article: "Bilateral talks between North Korea and Japan aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations - a key part of Pyongyang's agreement to shut down its nuclear program - have been canceled, the North Korean Embassy said Wednesday.The embassy did not provide a reason for the abrupt move, which came hours after the start of the talks."