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| Apr. 26 |
South Korea |
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Tight security at Seoul torch relay
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| Apr. 24 |
Syria |
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Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'  | The United States has accused N. Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that 'was not intended for peaceful purposes'. A covert nuclear reactor destroyed last year in Syria would have been capable of producing plutonium. But ... | |
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Maoists extend poll lead
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| Mar.27 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'test-fires missiles'
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| Dec.19 |
South Korea |
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Lee set for landslide
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| Dec.7 |
South Korea |
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Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea
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Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000
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| Oct.1 |
North Korea |
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President Roh crossed Demilitarized Zone South Korea's president crossed the Cold War's last frontier in a symbolic walk of reconciliation for talks with his North Korean counterpart
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| Aug.30 |
Afghanistan |
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Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban
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| Aug.13 |
North Korea |
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'Hundreds dead' in floods
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| May. 9 |
North Korea |
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Famine fears
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| Apr. 27 |
North Korea |
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North Koreans cheer Olympic torch |
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| Apr. 26 |
South Korea |
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Tight security at Seoul torch relay Protesters promised to put police to the test as the Olympic torch began the 17th leg of its relay in South Korea's capital
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| Apr. 24 |
Syria |
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Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'  The United States has accused N. Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that 'was not intended for peaceful purposes'
| A covert nuclear reactor destroyed last year in Syria would have been capable of producing plutonium. But senior intelligence officials had only low confidence that the facility was meant to build nuclear weapons
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| Apr. 23 |
U.S. Congress |
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U.S. to cite N. Korea-Syria nuclear link |
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| Apr. 21 |
South Korea |
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Samsung chief resigns from post
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| Apr. 19 |
Washington |
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Bush, Lee hopeful of swaying North Korea |
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| Apr. 17 |
South Korea |
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S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'
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North Korea |
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North Korea at risk of famine, says U.N. |
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Maoists extend poll lead
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| Mar.27 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'test-fires missiles' North Korea has test-fired short-range missiles off its western coast. S. Korea seemed the move as the part of 'ordinary military training'
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| Mar.26 |
North Korea |
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N Korea expels S Korean managers |
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| Mar.18 |
Japan |
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Asian markets lift after Fed cut |
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| Feb.20 |
South Korea |
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President-elect Lee Myung-bak cleared |
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| Feb.15 |
South Korea |
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First order for pet dog cloning |
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Stranded take buses anywhere
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| Jan.21 |
Sydney |
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Australasia markets see further losses |
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| Dec.24 |
South Korea |
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14 sailors missing |
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| Dec.19 |
South Korea |
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Lee set for landslide Lee Myung-Bak, a former Seoul mayor and Hyundai executive, claimed victory in presidential election
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| Dec.10 |
South Korea |
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Inter-Korean train service starts |
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| Dec.7 |
South Korea |
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Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea Thousands of tons of oil spilled off the western coast of South Korea after an oil tanker collided with a barge carrying a crane
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Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000
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| Oct.30 |
Somalia |
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Crew retakes ship after fight with pirates |
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Talks hope as Suu Kyi leaves home
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| Oct.3 |
North Korea |
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Korean leaders sign declaration
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North Korea |
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N Korea agrees nuclear deadline |
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| Oct.2 |
North Korea |
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Two Koreas open summit talks |
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| Oct.1 |
North Korea |
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Kim greets Roh in Pyongyang |
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North Korea |
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President Roh crossed Demilitarized Zone  South Korea's president crossed the Cold War's last frontier in a symbolic walk of reconciliation for talks with his North Korean counterpart
| His meeting with Kim Jong-il is only the second such meeting since the Korean war
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9 dead in crackdown
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| Sep.1 |
South Korea |
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Freed Koreans return home
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| Aug.30 |
Afghanistan |
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Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
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| Aug.29 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages |
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Student riots flare
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| Aug.13 |
North Korea |
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'Hundreds dead' in floods Flooding caused by heavy rain has left hundreds of people dead or missing. The rain had destroyed more than 30,000 homes
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Afghanistan |
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Two female Korean hostages freed
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| Jul.30 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban: Male hostage shot dead |
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| Jul.25 |
South Korea |
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S Korea urges release of hostages |
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Afghanistan |
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Taliban kills South Korean hostage |
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Former king Zahir Shah dies
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| Jul.20 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans
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Nuke plant leaked after earthquake
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
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U.N.: N. Korea reactor shut down |
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| Jul.14 |
North Korea |
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N Korea 'closes nuclear reactor' Map of Yongbyon North Korea US state department spokesman: North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon
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| Jul.13 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea receives oil shipment |
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| Jun.23 |
North Korea |
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NK gets hands on frozen millions North Korean funds that had been frozen by the U.S. have been transferred to a North Korean account at a private Russian bank
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| Jun.16 |
North Korea |
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Atomic inspectors can return North Korea has invited inspectors from IAEA back into the country to monitor the shut down of its main nuclear reactor
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| May.16 |
North Korea |
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Korean trains in historic link-up |
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| Apr.17 |
Virginia |
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S Korean named as campus gunman |
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| Apr.13 |
North Korea |
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N Korea reaches nuclear deadline |
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Chinese PM: Better Japan ties
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| Apr.6 |
North Korea |
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N Korea fund row solution found |
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| Mar.18 |
Beijing |
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Breakthrough over NK funds |
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Shanghai Composite index sank 8.8%
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| Feb.19 |
North Korea |
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North Korea to give up nuclear program
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| Feb.13 |
Beijing |
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N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament
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| Feb.9 |
South Korea |
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New bird flu outbreak |
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Chinese test missile obliterates satellite
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| Jan.2 |
UN |
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New U.N. chief Ban Ki moon takes over
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| Dec.22 |
Beijing |
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Six-party talks end, no agreement |
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| Oct.31 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea agrees to return to nuclear talks
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'Al Qaeda school' attack: 80 dead
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| Oct.20 |
North Korea |
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North Korea sends mixed messages |
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North Korea |
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N. Korea not planning second nuke test |
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| Oct.19 |
North Korea |
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N. Korean ship may test sanctions |
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| Oct.17 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea may planning 2nd nuclear test
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| Oct.14 |
UN |
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U.N. slaps sanctions on North Korea  | The Council voted unanimously to slap trade, travel and other sanctions. The vote had been delayed because of concerns by China and Russia. The US has revised its dra... | |
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| Oct.13 |
UN |
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South Korean named U.N. leader| The General Assembly has appointed S. Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to serve as the next secretary-general. Ban, 62, will be the 8th secretary general and the first from Asia since U Thant of Burma. Kofi Annan second ... | |
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Washington |
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Evidence of radioactivity from N. Korea |
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| Oct.9 |
UN Security Council |
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Outcry at N Korea 'nuclear test'
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UN Security Council |
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S Korean proposed as new UN chief
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North Korea |
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North Korea claims nuclear test Map of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test.png| Official Korean Central News Agency: North Korea claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test. South Korean officials confirmed that North Korea performed its first nuclear test. The apparent test was conducted at 10:36 a.m. in Hwaderi near Kilju city. China was given a 20-minute war... | |
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| Oct.3 |
North Korea |
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North Korea said will conduct nuclear test The UN was due to discuss the issue later amid growing fears over Pyongyang's military capabilities
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| Oct.2 |
UN |
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Korean looks likely as Annan's successor |
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Abe elected as new premier
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| Sep.23 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea speeds up nuclear bomb plan |
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Army chief leads coup while PM away
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| Jul.15 |
UN Security Council |
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Sec. Council votes for N. Korea sanctions
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| Jul.5 |
North Korea |
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N Korea vows more missile tests |
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UN Security Council |
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Outcry over N Korea missile test |
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| Jul.4 |
North Korea |
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North Korea tests long-range missile North Korea also fired 5 shorter-range rockets. The closely watched long-range test failed within a minute
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| Jun.15 |
North Korea |
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NK readies missile test |
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| May.11 |
South Korea |
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S. Korea charges stem-cell pioneer |
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| Mar.8 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea fires missiles
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Mud wipes out village, 1,000 dead
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| Jan.9 |
South Korea |
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Scientist's embryo cloning faked
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| Dec.22 |
South Korea |
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Cloning research was fake Research into cloning stem cells, hailed as a breakthrough earlier this year, was fabricated
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| Nov.17 |
South Korea |
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APEC leaders gather amid protests |
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| Oct.3 |
South Korea |
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Concert stampede kills 11 |
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| Sep.19 |
North Korea |
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N Korea puts terms on arms deal |
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| Sep.18 |
Beijing |
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Agreement in N. Korea talks
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| May.20 |
South Korea |
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Stem cells tailored to patients |
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Pakistan seizes 'al Qaeda No. 3'
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| May.1 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea apparently tests missile
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Protests target Japan
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| Feb.19 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'rejects nuclear talks' |
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| Feb.9 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks North Korea publicly admitted for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and suspending participation in talks
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| Sep.12 |
North Korea |
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N Korea says it blew up mountain |
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| Sep.11 |
North Korea |
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Big blast reported A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding
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| Jun.22 |
Iraq |
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South Korean hostage beheaded |
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bin Laden tape offers gold for Bremer
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| Apr.22 |
North Korea |
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Many casualties in train crash 2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured
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| Mar.11 |
South Korea |
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National Assembly votes to impeach Roh
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South Korea |
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Roh impeachment vote gets physical |
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| Feb.12 |
South Korea |
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Scientists cloned human embryos
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WHO: 4th death linked to bird flu
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| Oct.1 |
North Korea |
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N Korea 'boosts nuclear arsenal' |
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| Sep.13 |
South Korea |
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Typhoon toll 'may top 100'
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| Aug.28 |
Beijing |
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N Korea talks fail to ease tension |
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| Aug.3 |
South Korea |
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Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death' |
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| Jul.31 |
Washington |
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U.S.: N Korea nuke talks on track |
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Armed men seize center of Manila
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
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Enough plutonium to make 6 nukes
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| Apr.18 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'reprocessing fuel rods' |
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First alert over SARS
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| Mar.3 |
North Korea |
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N. Korean jets intercept U.S. plane |
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| Feb.26 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea restarts nuke reactor |
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| Feb.24 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea test fires missile
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| Feb.17 |
South Korea |
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182 died after arson attack in subway 135 people are believed to be injured as firefighters struggled to free those still trapped in the city of Daegu
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| Feb.6 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea issues war warning |
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| Feb.5 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea restarts nuke plant
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| Jan.11 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea 'may resume missile tests' |
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| Jan.9 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea pulls out of nuclear treaty North Korea will withdraw from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, according to the official North Korean news agency
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
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Nuclear inspectors expelled
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| Dec.25 |
North Korea |
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Nuke fuel rods moved |
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| Dec.21 |
North Korea |
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N Korea removes nuclear monitors |
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| Dec.19 |
South Korea |
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Roh claims victory presidential vote |
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| Dec.16 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea: Only treaty will prevent war |
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| Dec.12 |
North Korea |
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N. Korea to reactivate nuke plants Pyongyang regards a joint agreement with the United States, Japan and South Korea as defunct
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| Dec.10 |
Yemen |
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Scud missile ship seized |
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Zemin, 5 other leaders stepping down
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| Oct.16 |
North Korea |
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North Korea admits it has nuke program |
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| Sep.16 |
North Korea |
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Japan, North Korea historic meeting |
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Typhoon Sinlaku hits, 1,000 evacuated
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| Sep.1 |
South Korea |
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Clean up after deadly typhoon |
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Million people battling lake
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| Jul.10 |
South Korea |
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Prime minister replaced |
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Vice president shot dead
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| Jun.28 |
South Korea |
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Korean ship battle kills four |
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| Jun.25 |
South Korea |
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Germany 1-0 South Korea in semi-final |
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| Jun.18 |
South Korea |
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South Korea beat Italy |
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Former king opened loya jirga
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| May.31 |
South Korea |
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France 0-1 Senegal in World Cup opening |
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| Apr.14 |
South Korea |
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Chinese jet crashes |
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Kabul mob kills minister
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| Aug.4 |
Moscow |
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Putin meets Kim Jong Il |
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| Jun.15 |
North Korea |
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Presidents of Koreas sign peace accord
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