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A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.
U.S. President Barack Obama listens to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, not shown, speak to members of the media following their multilateral meeting with the ASEAN 10 members in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
There was no doubt it. President Barack Obama got by far the loudest cheers of his six-day East Asian odyssey Thursday in a rousing 15-minute talk before about 1,000 troops.
Peggy Ann Keith Coyne, 76, Florence, died Nov. 15, 2009, at her home. She was a homemaker, taught music St. Benedict's School and art at Baker Hunt in Covington.
The lessons of war and what being a veteran means were two of the subjects discussed Nov. 6 at the Fifth Annual Veterans Day Luncheon at Charles Boehm Middle School.
On his recent trip to Asia, President Obama found China, Japan and South Korea — like many nations these days — in no mood to hear more American lectures. Beijing is worried about owning so much American debt. Tokyo is tiring of an American military base in Okinawa, and wants to redefine its relationship with us. Seoul is starting to doubt American commitment to keep it safe from North Korea ...
Sweden says two North Korean diplomats have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes into the Nordic country. Swedish Customs spokeswoman Monica Magnusson says the diplomats -- a man and a woman -- were arrested when they arrived in Stockholm on a passenger ferry from Finland on Wednesday.
Obama ready to help a non-nuclear North Korea SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation if Pyongyang stopped a cycle of threats and finally moved toward nuclear disarmament. Speaking to...
Tourists are allowed to enter only two subway stations in Pyongyang, North Korea. Descending the escalator to the station platform, they are accompanied by “minders” — government employees working with guides and translators, watching th...
Visiting North Korea is like peering in the window of a store that closed long ago but where old merchandise mysteriously remains. I walk through the aisles feeling privileged, fascinated and curious, a little nervous, but not scared.
By MAY LATTANZIO YOUNGSTOWN I was a proud participant in the mooning of Rep. Allen Boyd. Inside that "cavernous" gym with the terrible PA system, gathered several hundred citizens and Gulf Coast Community College security. Boyd was arrogant,...
IGO - A black granite monument honoring Korean War veterans is being dedicated Saturday at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery.The dedication ceremony, which features a variety of guest speakers and other activities, begins at 1 p.m.Maurice Johannessen, a former state senator and former secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs , is the keynote speaker, while Bill Shadish ...
SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama said Thursday that North Korea must “break the pattern” of provocative actions and return to international talks if it hopes to get economic aid and reduced sanctions.
New York - The UN Security Council's trade sanctions against North Korea inflicted a sharp drop in business, but the country appeared to have eluded the arms embargo because of its sophisticated international network, a sanctions panel said Thursday....
If it hadn’t been for the fact that he looked at a bulletin board at the Nevada City Hall last year, U.S. veteran Paul Dohlman, 58, isn’t sure what his life would be like today.
LOMA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Retired Army Col. Lewis L. Millett, 88, a Medal of Honor winner for leading what reportedly was the last major bayonet charge, has died, the Pentagon said.
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