Before hauling disabled parts of its nuclear reactor out of warehouses this week, North Korea told the United States that it planned to reassemble the plant, South Koreas foreign minister said Thursday. The notification dimmed hopes that the resumption of North Korean activities at Yongbyon, about 60 miles north of Pyongyang...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) North Korea has stuck to its promise and has begun taking steps once again to dismantle its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon under an agreement it reached with the United States last weekend, the State Department said Friday. The North Koreans have in their efforts reversed all their reversals in the reactor, said Sean McCormack, a State Department spokesman.
SEOUL, South Korea In its first major act of defiance since Senator Barack Obamas election, North Korea said Wednesday that it would bar international nuclear inspectors from taking soil and nuclear waste samples, which are considered crucial to determining the extent of its weapons program. Work at the industrial complex at Kaesong, North Korea, as seen from South Korea...
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea has begun reassembling its main nuclear complex, its only known source of bomb-making plutonium, the South Korean government said Wednesday, but the United States cast doubt on the seriousness of the Norths efforts. The North announced last week that it had stopped disabling its nuclear facilities at the complex, known as Yongbyon...
Some 300,000 workers will lose their jobs by 2011 as Britain falls into a recession, a leading business group warned last night. The number of people out of work could rise to almost two million over the next three years, according to the British Chamber of Commerce. In what is the first prediction of recession by a major business group, they warned that unemployment will soar by between 250...
Choe Sang-hun reported from Seoul, South Korea, and Helene Cooper from Washington. North Korea Is Off Terror List After Deal With U.S. SEOUL, South Korea North Korea welcomed its removal from Washingtons list of terrorism sponsors and confirmed on Sunday that it would resume disabling its main nuclear weapons complex and allow international monitors back to the site.
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea said Friday that it no longer wished to be removed from the United States terrorism blacklist, signaling that it is hardening its stance amid reports that its leader, Kim Jong-il, may be seriously ill.
The United States has shrugged off criticism from North Korea and maintained that it should adopt measures to verify its nuclear program before being delisted from Washington's terrorism blacklist."What we require right now is that verification package from North Korea before we can go forward with the delisting...
SEOUL, South Korea In its first major act of defiance since Senator Barack Obamas election, North Korea said Wednesday that it would bar international nuclear inspectors from taking soil and nuclear waste samples, which are considered crucial to determining the extent of its weapons program.
Research has shown that orange, apple and grapefruit juice can also wipe out the benefits of some antibiotics and hay-fever pills. It is thought the drinks stop drugs from entering the bloodstream and getting to work in the body - possibly rendering them useless. The potential effects are so serious, researchers warned, that if in doubt...
If you were keeping a scorecard of the nuclear brinkmanship between North Korea and the United States, today it would show game, set and match for Pyongyang over the world's only remaining superpower. The totalitarian state secured a major strategic victory at the weekend over the US, which finally removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist...
SEOUL, South Korea In this citys Apgujeong district, famous for its high-end boutiques and plastic surgeons, tourist buses unload Chinese and Japanese visitors looking for a nip and tuck as part of their packaged tour. Gregory Kellstrom, an American, recently visited the Wooridul Spine Hospital in South Korea. Baialinova Dariakul, 49, center, the wife of a Kyrgyzstan businessman...
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea carried out a rocket engine ignition test for a long-range ballistic missile at a previously unknown missile launching site this year, according to unconfirmed reports in South Korean news media on Tuesday. The engine test did not mean that a missile test was imminent.
Middle-aged men earning between 20,000 and 60,000 pounds in Britain's sprawling public sector are most likely to get bullied at work, said a survey on Friday which showed one in seven workers have faced abuse. The YouGov survey for the Trades Union Congress (TUC) showed more than a fifth of workers say bullying is a problem where they work.
Longtime North Korea watchers say recent public moves by the country fit a familiar and consistent pattern, and that they may even signal an upturn in relations with the United States.
South Korea administers the islets it calls Dokdo, but Japan claims them as Takeshima. The history of the dispute is long. A version of this article appeared in print on August 31, 2008, on page A6 of the New York edition. Past CoverageFlush With Cash, More Asian Tourists Flock to Japan(July 26, 2008)South Korea Recalls Envoy to Japan Over Territorial Claim(July 15...
