Taliban threaten South Korea over Afghan troops
AP - Thu Dec 10, 1:50 am ETThe Taliban has threatened to retaliate against South Korea for its decision to send troops back into Afghanistan, according to a statement e-mailed to media outlets.
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The Taliban has threatened to retaliate against South Korea for its decision to send troops back into Afghanistan, according to a statement e-mailed to media outlets.
SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama's envoy on North Korea said Thursday that officials in Pyongyang agreed on the need to resume nuclear disarmament talks but did not say when they would return to the negotiating table.
TROY — As Troy’s economic resources diminish, “the key to our recovery will be continued emphasis on economic development,” said Patrick Titterington, the city’s director of public services and safety.Retaining and helping current businesses grow is one alternative. But another is making additional trips to Asia, including Japan , China and South Korea , and working with a consultant in Europe ...
North Korea agreed Thursday to accept medicine from South Korea to fight an outbreak of swine flu, a Cabinet minister said, in a development that could improve relations between the nations after a deadly maritime clash.
South Korea's central bank Thursday left its key interest rate unchanged at 2 percent for the 10th straight month while noting the economic recovery.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA--(Marketwire - December 10, 2009) - Online gamers from across the world all turned their attention to BEXCO, Busan on November 29 where the Grand Final of online game competition GNGWC 2009 (Game&Game World Championship) was in progress. The Grand Final was hosted as the main event of G*STAR 2009 for 3 days from November 26 and it singled out the world champions of 3 Korean ...
Oncothyreon Inc. today announced that Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, has initiated a Phase 3 trial of Stimuvax® in Asian patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer . The trial, named INSPIRE , is anticipated to enroll approximately 420 patients in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Yoon Sung Duk says people called him “crazy” when he expanded his factory just as the financial crisis hit South Korea. His decision helps explain why the nation is at the forefront of the global recovery.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A senior U.S. envoy said Thursday his talks with North Korea were "very useful," a report said, as he wrapped up a rare trip to the communist nation aimed at prodding it back to international nuclear negotiations. Envoy Stephen Bosworth made the remark at an airport in Pyongyang as he headed to South Korea after a three-day trip, according to China's Xinhua news agency ...
North Korea has accepted South Korea's offer of drugs to stem a swine flu outbreak, in what will be the first direct government aid since relations soured last year, officials said Thursday.
South Korea vowed Thursday to press ahead with plans to send troops back to Afghanistan despite a Taliban threat of retaliation.