« Previous Entries

Koreas

North Korea’s heir apparently rises again (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

North Korean soldiers march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)Reuters - The death of a North Korean military official and the naming of leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un to the funeral preparation committee was jumped on by South Korean media on…

Koreas exchange gunfire at land border (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

North Korean soldiers march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)Reuters - North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed land border on Friday, the South’s military said, despite an apparent thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula…

North Korea’s Kim and heir appear at lavish parade (AP)

October 10th, 2010

North Korea leader Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un, left, stands with a general during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - The next leader of North Korea from the only ruling family the isolated nation has ever known made his public debut Sunday, clapping and smiling as tanks and…

Koreas hold first military talks in 2 years (AP)

September 29th, 2010

North Korean soldiers march at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. The ascension of Kim Jong Il's little-known, 20-something son to a prominent ruling party post put him well on the path Wednesday to succeed the supreme leader at the helm of nuclear-armed North Korea and carry the family dynasty into a third generation. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North and South Korea began their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said, as Pyongyang vowed to strengthen its nuclear deterrent in response…

South Korea says 2 Koreas to hold military talks (AP)

September 29th, 2010

AP - North and South Korea have agreed to hold their first working-level military talks in two years, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Tags: military, Koreas, talks, Korea, says, military talks,…

2 Koreas hold talks on split families’ reunions (AP)

September 24th, 2010

A bus carrying South Korean Red Cross chief delegate Kim Eyi-do and other officials waits to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong as South Korean soldiers and a United Nation Command soldier, right, stand guard at at the customs, immigration and quarantine office for North Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Red Cross officials crossed into North Korea on Friday to discuss Pyongyang's proposal to resume the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the latest sign of easing tensions on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Red Cross officials from the two Koreas discussed holding another round of reunions for families separated by war more than a half-century ago, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said…

2 Koreas meet to arrange split families’ reunions (AP)

September 24th, 2010

A bus carrying South Korean Red Cross chief delegate Kim Eyi-do and other officials waits to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong as South Korean soldiers and a United Nation Command soldier, right, stand guard at at the customs, immigration and quarantine office for North Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Red Cross officials crossed into North Korea on Friday to discuss Pyongyang's proposal to resume the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the latest sign of easing tensions on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Red Cross officials from the two Koreas discussed on Friday holding another round of reunions for families separated by war more than a half-century ago, South Korea’s Unification…

Exclusive: How S. Korea’s naval ship really sank (Time.com)

August 13th, 2010

File photo of a giant floating crane lifting the stern of the South Korean warship. The 1,200-tonne patrol combat corvette PCC-772 Cheonan was split in two by a big external explosion. North Korea attacked a South Korean warship after the South balked at its request for economic aid in return for a proposed summit, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Hong Jin-Hwan)Time.com - Despite North Korea’s denials and the skepticism of South Korean politicians, Seoul has insisted that Pyongyang sank the Cheonan. Now it has an internationally vetted technical report to…

South Korea’s prime minister offers to resign (AP)

July 29th, 2010

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan delivers a speech regarding his resignation during a press conference at the Government House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Chung said he has offered to resign following a dispute over a government relocation project. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea’s prime minister offered to resign Thursday after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government ministries out of the capital.


Tags:…

Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions (AP)

July 27th, 2010

A North Korean soldier takes picture of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom Tuesday, July 27, 2010. On Tuesday, both Koreas and the U.S. marked the 57th anniversary of the signing of the armistice against the backdrop of the military drills. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)AP - On the 57th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, U.S. and South Korean ships intensified high-profile military exercises Tuesday that underscore rising tensions in a…

PAGE 1 of 212