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Famine fears 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   Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'
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Apr. 27  North Korea  North Koreans cheer Olympic torch
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Apr. 24   Syria  
  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
Apr. 23  U.S. Congress  U.S. to cite N. Korea-Syria nuclear link Apr. 21   South Korea Samsung chief resigns from post Apr. 19  Washington  Bush, Lee hopeful of swaying North Korea Apr. 17   South Korea S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'  North Korea  North Korea at risk of famine, says U.N. Maoists extend poll lead Mar.27   North Korea   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' Mar.26  North Korea  N Korea expels S Korean managers Mar.18  Japan  Asian markets lift after Fed cut Feb.20  South Korea  President-elect Lee Myung-bak cleared Feb.15  South Korea  First order for pet dog cloning Stranded take buses anywhere Jan.21  Sydney  Australasia markets see further losses

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Dec.24  South Korea  14 sailors missing Dec.19   South Korea   Lee set for landslide   Lee Myung-Bak, a former Seoul mayor and Hyundai executive, claimed victory in presidential election Dec.10  South Korea  Inter-Korean train service starts Dec.7   South Korea   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 Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000 Oct.30  Somalia  Crew retakes ship after fight with pirates Talks hope as Suu Kyi leaves home Oct.3   North Korea Korean leaders sign declaration  North Korea  N Korea agrees nuclear deadline Oct.2  North Korea  Two Koreas open summit talks Oct.1  North Korea  Kim greets Roh in Pyongyang   North Korea   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
9 dead in crackdown Sep.1   South Korea Freed Koreans return home Aug.30   Afghanistan     Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban  Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials Aug.29  Afghanistan  Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages Student riots flare Aug.13   North Korea   '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   Afghanistan Two female Korean hostages freed Jul.30  Afghanistan  Taliban: Male hostage shot dead Jul.25  South Korea  S Korea urges release of hostages  Afghanistan  Taliban kills South Korean hostage Former king Zahir Shah dies Jul.20   Afghanistan Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans Nuke plant leaked after earthquake Jul.15  North Korea  U.N.: N. Korea reactor shut down Jul.14   North Korea     N Korea 'closes nuclear reactor' Map of Yongbyon North Korea  US state department spokesman: North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon Jul.13  North Korea  N. Korea receives oil shipment Jun.23   North Korea   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 Jun.16   North Korea   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 May.16  North Korea  Korean trains in historic link-up Apr.17  Virginia  S Korean named as campus gunman Apr.13  North Korea  N Korea reaches nuclear deadline Chinese PM: Better Japan ties Apr.6  North Korea  N Korea fund row solution found Mar.18  Beijing  Breakthrough over NK funds Shanghai Composite index sank 8.8% Feb.19   North Korea North Korea to give up nuclear program Feb.13   Beijing N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament Feb.9  South Korea  New bird flu outbreak Chinese test missile obliterates satellite Jan.2   UN New U.N. chief Ban Ki moon takes over

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Dec.22  Beijing  Six-party talks end, no agreement Oct.31   North Korea N. Korea agrees to return to nuclear talks 'Al Qaeda school' attack: 80 dead Oct.20  North Korea  North Korea sends mixed messages  North Korea  N. Korea not planning second nuke test Oct.19  North Korea  N. Korean ship may test sanctions Oct.17   North Korea N. Korea may planning 2nd nuclear test Oct.14   UN   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...
Oct.13   UN     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 ...
 Washington  Evidence of radioactivity from N. Korea Oct.9   UN Security Council Outcry at N Korea 'nuclear test'   UN Security Council S Korean proposed as new UN chief   North Korea   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...
Oct.3   North Korea   North Korea said will conduct nuclear test   The UN was due to discuss the issue later amid growing fears over Pyongyang's military capabilities Oct.2  UN  Korean looks likely as Annan's successor Abe elected as new premier Sep.23  North Korea  N. Korea speeds up nuclear bomb plan Army chief leads coup while PM away Jul.15   UN Security Council Sec. Council votes for N. Korea sanctions Jul.5  North Korea  N Korea vows more missile tests  UN Security Council  Outcry over N Korea missile test Jul.4   North Korea   North Korea tests long-range missile  North Korea also fired 5 shorter-range rockets. The closely watched long-range test failed within a minute Jun.15  North Korea  NK readies missile test May.11  South Korea  S. Korea charges stem-cell pioneer Mar.8   North Korea N. Korea fires missiles Mud wipes out village, 1,000 dead Jan.9   South Korea Scientist's embryo cloning faked

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Dec.22   South Korea   Cloning research was fake  Research into cloning stem cells, hailed as a breakthrough earlier this year, was fabricated Nov.17  South Korea  APEC leaders gather amid protests Oct.3  South Korea  Concert stampede kills 11 Sep.19  North Korea  N Korea puts terms on arms deal Sep.18   Beijing Agreement in N. Korea talks May.20  South Korea  Stem cells tailored to patients Pakistan seizes 'al Qaeda No. 3' May.1   North Korea N. Korea apparently tests missile Protests target Japan Feb.19  North Korea  N. Korea 'rejects nuclear talks' Feb.9   North Korea     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  N Korea says it blew up mountain Sep.11   North Korea   Big blast reported  A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding Jun.22  Iraq  South Korean hostage beheaded bin Laden tape offers gold for Bremer Apr.22   North Korea   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 Mar.11   South Korea National Assembly votes to impeach Roh  South Korea  Roh impeachment vote gets physical Feb.12   South Korea Scientists cloned human embryos WHO: 4th death linked to bird flu

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Oct.1  North Korea  N Korea 'boosts nuclear arsenal' Sep.13   South Korea Typhoon toll 'may top 100' Aug.28  Beijing  N Korea talks fail to ease tension Aug.3  South Korea  Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death' Jul.31  Washington  U.S.: N Korea nuke talks on track Armed men seize center of Manila Jul.15   North Korea Enough plutonium to make 6 nukes Apr.18  North Korea  N. Korea 'reprocessing fuel rods' First alert over SARS Mar.3  North Korea  N. Korean jets intercept U.S. plane Feb.26  North Korea  N. Korea restarts nuke reactor Feb.24   North Korea N. Korea test fires missile Feb.17   South Korea   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 Feb.6  North Korea  N. Korea issues war warning Feb.5   North Korea N. Korea restarts nuke plant Jan.11  North Korea  N. Korea 'may resume missile tests' Jan.9   North Korea   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 Nuclear inspectors expelled Dec.25  North Korea  Nuke fuel rods moved Dec.21  North Korea  N Korea removes nuclear monitors Dec.19  South Korea  Roh claims victory presidential vote Dec.16  North Korea  N. Korea: Only treaty will prevent war Dec.12   North Korea   N. Korea to reactivate nuke plants  Pyongyang regards a joint agreement with the United States, Japan and South Korea as defunct Dec.10  Yemen  Scud missile ship seized Zemin, 5 other leaders stepping down Oct.16  North Korea  North Korea admits it has nuke program Sep.16  North Korea  Japan, North Korea historic meeting Typhoon Sinlaku hits, 1,000 evacuated Sep.1  South Korea  Clean up after deadly typhoon Million people battling lake Jul.10  South Korea  Prime minister replaced Vice president shot dead Jun.28  South Korea  Korean ship battle kills four Jun.25  South Korea  Germany 1-0 South Korea in semi-final Jun.18  South Korea  South Korea beat Italy Former king opened loya jirga May.31  South Korea  France 0-1 Senegal in World Cup opening Apr.14  South Korea  Chinese jet crashes Kabul mob kills minister

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Aug.4  Moscow  Putin meets Kim Jong Il

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Jun.15   North Korea Presidents of Koreas sign peace accord