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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Indonesia Builds LPDs
Strategy Page - Wed Dec 9, 5:18 am ETDecember 9, 2009: Indonesia has commissioned its first domestically built LPD (landing platform dock) amphibious ship. This is the third of four Makassar class ships. The first two were built in South Korea. The last two ships of the class are being built in Indonesia.
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East Asian Games football previews WCup
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 5:06 am ETThe lineup for the knockout stages of the East Asian Games football tournament bears a striking resemblance to Asia's World Cup 2010 competitors, at least on the surface. Japan and South Korea, which have both qualified for the finals in South Africa next year, face off in the semifinals on Thursday while North Korea -- which next year will make its first appearance at the World Cup since 1966...
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IBHOF 2009 Inductees
Fightnews.com - Wed Dec 9, 4:35 am ETThe full list of 2010 inductees in the International Boxing Hall of Fame are light flyweight champion Jung-Koo Chang (South Korea), featherweight champion Danny “Little Red� Lopez (USA), manager Shelly Finkel (USA), referee/commissioner Larry Hazzard (USA), promoter Wilfried Sauerland (Germany), matchmaker Bruce Trampler (USA) and journalist Ed Schuyler (USA). Posthumous honorees are light ...
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Green growth advocate hopes for bigger changes from the Copenhagen conference
Los Angeles Times - Wed Dec 9, 3:12 am ETRae Kwon Chung of South Korea believes nations can profit from energy efficiency and emission reduction. More than a policy position, it's a paradigm shift -- and it's catching on. Rae Kwon Chung glanced out the window of a terrace restaurant, down at hundreds of diplomats in suits and activists in T-shirts who milled happily in a grand atrium of Copenhagen's Bella Center. He frowned.
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Taliban warns Seoul against sending more troops to Afghanistan
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 3:01 am ETKabul - The Taliban on Wednesday warned the South Korean government against sending 500 soldiers to Afghanistan to take part in the fight against insurgents, saying Seoul must be prepared for bad consequences if the troops are deployed. South Korea...
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U.S. envoy arrives in North Korea
The Durango Herald - Wed Dec 9, 2:33 am ETSEOUL, South Korea - An envoy dispatched by President Barack Obama launched a mission Tuesday to coax North Korea to rejoin international talks on ending its nuclear programs amid warnings of strong sanctions if Pyongyang refuses.
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U.S. Envoy Makes Rare Visit to North Korea
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wed Dec 9, 2:26 am ETSEOUL, South Korea -- President Obama's special representative to North Korea arrived in Pyongyang, the North's capital, on Tuesday, the highest-level American official visit in more than a year. The rare trip is part of an effort to halt the North's reactivated nuclear weapons program and persuade the North Koreans to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
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South Korean Producer Prices Fall, Household Lending Climbs
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 2:11 am ETDec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea’s producer prices dropped for a seventh straight month in November and bank lending to households rose, highlighting the difficulty policy makers face on when to raise interest rates.
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ASIA MARKETS: Korea's Smartphone Launch To Have Mixed Impact
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 9, 1:04 am ETAn explosion of pending launches in South Korea's nascent "smartphone" market in 2010 may ring louder at the cash registers of handset makers, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., than at the domestic mobile- service providers, say analysts.
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South Korea November Producer Prices Rise On Month
INO News - Tue Dec 8, 11:25 pm ET(RTTNews) - Producer prices in South Korea increased 0.4% month-on-month in November, rebounding from the 0.8% decrease in the previous month, the Bank of Korea reported on Wednesday.
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