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Tokyo, Seoul shares lead Asian losses on Korea tensions
Dec 21st
HONG KONG: Rising tensions on the Korean peninsula hit Asian stocks on Monday with markets in Seoul and Tokyo leading regional losses.
South Korea''s decision to press ahead with a live-fire artillery test has led to concerns the North wil…
Seoul goes ahead with firing drill despite war threat
Dec 20th
YEONPYEONG: South Korea launched live firing drills in a disputed area on Monday despite threats of war from Pyongyang after an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting failed to agree on how to defuse the crisis.
South Korea''s military confir…
SKorea says sea fog delays start of live-fire drill
Dec 20th
SEOUL: Sea fog has delayed the start of a live-fire drill on a South Korean border island, the defence ministry said, after announcing the exercise would go ahead Monday despite North Korean threats.
Spokesman Kim Min-Seok, announcing the delay, said …
South Korea readies for live-fire drill
Dec 20th
YEONPYEONG ISLAND: South Korea ordered civilians on five border islands to take shelter ahead of a live-fire exercise Monday despite North Korean threats of deadly retaliation.
The drill loomed as UN efforts to calm the peninsula''s worst tens…
UN Security Council deadlocked on Korean crisis
Dec 20th
UNITED NATIONS: Disagreements on the UN Security Council over the crisis on the Korean peninsula are so severe that it is unlikely they can be resolved, the US envoy to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Sunday.
“The gaps that remain are unlikely t…
N Korea raises alert before U.N. meeting
Dec 19th
YEONPYEONG: North Korea''s military has raised an alert for artillery units based along its west coast ahead of a planned live-fire drill by the South, Yonhap news agency said on Sunday, quoting a government source.
The report of the move rais…
China urges restraint as SC meet over Korea crisis
Dec 19th
YEONPYEONG: The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session on Sunday in bid to cool tensions on the Korean peninsula, as bad weather delayed Seoul''s planned firing drill at a disputed border that has enraged Pyongyang.
The stand-off b…
Obama reassures lawmakers on missile defenses
Dec 19th
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama reassured lawmakers on Saturday that he was committed to building U.S. missile defenses despite wording in a new strategic nuclear treaty with Russia that Republicans fear could limit U.S. options.
Republicans debati…
Pakistan handed Champions Trophy spot
Dec 19th
International Hockey Federation hands Pakistan a place in 2011 Champions Trophy.
China urges U.S. to cooperate over N Korea
Dec 17th
BEIJING: China told visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg that the two big powers should cooperate more in defusing tension over North Korea, playing down discord over how to rein in Pyongyang.
China''s top diplomat, Dai Bing…
