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Thursday, March 6, 2014

News from South Korea- Telegraph

Latest South Korea News

North Korea test-fires four short-range missiles

The North Korean rocket Unha-3  
South Korea says neighbour fired missiles from a mountain range near the border in apparent exercise drill
27 Feb 2014

South Korea and United States begin military drills

The start of this year's drills overlaps with the first reunion for more than three years of families divided by the Korean War (file photo)  
Annual exercises could inflame relations with North Korea after recent friendly overtures between Seoul and Pyongyang
24 Feb 2014

South Koreans head for emotional reunions with family in the North

South Koreans head for emotional reunions with family in the North  
The reunion event at Mount Kumgang is the result of tortuous, high-level negotiations between Pyongyang and Seoul
20 Feb 2014
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10 dead in South Korea roof collapse

South Korea's south eastern Gyeongsang Province. At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an auditorium packed with students collapsed at a resort near the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju, officials said. More than 560 college students participating in a freshman orientation were believed to have been attending a concert in the building when the roof caved in.  
10 people die at student ceremony as roof comes down
18 Feb 2014
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DNA proves women reunited via YouTube are twin sisters

What are the chances? Woman says she found long lost twin on Youtube  
Separated at birth, twins grew up in Paris and Los Angeles were unaware of each other's existence
12 Feb 2014

North and South Korea hold high-level meeting

The meeting was requested by North Korea, which has launched a recent charm offensive after raising tensions last spring
12 Feb 2014

North, South Korea agree to rare high-level talks

Pyongyang's apparently conciliatory steps coinicide with intelligence reports that regime is ready to conduct a fourth nuclear test
11 Feb 2014

Kamizake letters submitted to UNESCO register

South Korea opposes addition of pilots' personal items to historical record
06 Feb 2014

North and South Korea agree to first family reunions in four years

People in South Korea fear charm offensive is another manoeuvre and that reunions may again fall victim to North's machinations
05 Feb 2014

North Korea ready to talk on family reunions

Family reunions back on the agenda as two Koreas decide to talk
03 Feb 2014

Woman finds 'long lost twin' on Youtube

The pair, originally from Seoul, are trying to raise money for DNA tests on fundraising website
02 Feb 2014

North Korea threatens nuclear war in run-up to US-South Korea war games

North Korea has ratcheted up its rhetoric against its southern neighbour and the States in the run up to Foal Eagle, an annual war game between the US and South Korea
29 Jan 2014

South Korea to 'invest £900m in 5G development'

South Korea's science ministry is reportedly investing 1.6 trillion won (around £900m) in the development of 5G
27 Jan 2014
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Kim Jong-un 'executes direct relations of purged uncle'

North Korean leader has purged entire familes closely related to Jang Song Thaek, according to South Korean media
26 Jan 2014
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North Korea proposes family reunions with South

Kim Jong-un's regime sends surprise letter to South Korea calling for reconciliation
24 Jan 2014
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South Korean hostage freed in Libya

Head of Korea trade mission reported to be in good health after being released
23 Jan 2014

Credit card details of 20m South Koreans leaked

Credit card details from almost half of all South Koreans may have been exposed by an employee at a credit ratings firm
20 Jan 2014
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South Korean trade official kidnapped in Libya

Whereabouts of Han Seok-woo and reason for his abduction unknown after head of trade relations at Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency in Libya is taken by kidnappers
20 Jan 2014

How to make petrol with bacteria

Scientists have found a way of harnessing bacteria found in our stomachs to make petrol
17 Jan 2014
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Let's end insults and provocation, North Korea tells South Korea

Seoul rejects 'fake peace offensive' after Pyongyang calls for an end to cross-border abuse - but also warns of 'nuclear holocaust' over war games
17 Jan 2014

North Korea warns South and US over 'provocative' drills

In strongly worded statement North Korea tells US and South Korea to 'stop the dangerous military exercises which may push the situation on the peninsula and north-south ties to a catastrophe.'
16 Jan 2014

Are China, Japan and South Korea fanning the flames of war?

There is no political framework to settle the rancorous confrontation in the South China Sea over disputed islands' sovereignty, says John Everard
06 Jan 2014
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South Korea dismisses Kim Jong-un's unity call

South Koreans respond to Kim Jong-un's New Year's Day speech calling for improved relations between the two nations by urging nuclear disarmament steps as a first move
03 Jan 2014

Kim Jong-un 'very drunk' when ordered executions

Drink was taken as the North Korean leader ordered the purge of his uncle's inner circle
23 Dec 2013

South Korea warns that purge points to a reign of terror

China and South Korea raise concerns over stability of North Korea regime after Kim Jong-un purges uncle
10 Dec 2013
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