Japan foreign minister says review of US troops is to ensure sustainable US military presenceOctober 7th, 2009 Japan: US troop review needed for sustainabilityTOKYO — Japan's new foreign minister said Wednesday he wants to review the deployment of U.S. troops in Japan to ease the burden on the people of Okinawa, where many U.S.
SKorea president says world must stand firm on NKorea, despite North's softening toneSeptember 25th, 2009 SKorea leader pushes tough stand on NKoreaPITTSBURGH — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday the world must take a strong stand against North Korea's nuclear ambitions, despite recent conciliatory gestures from Pyongyang. After months of threatening nuclear war and conducting nuclear and missile tests, North Korea has recently eased its angry rhetoric and appeared more willing to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks.
South Korea's first rocket carrying an observation satellite blasts off from launch padAugust 25th, 2009 SKorea launches its first rocket into spaceGOHEUNG, South Korea — South Korea has sent its first rocket into space from a launch pad in the south — about four months after rival North Korea drew international sanctions for its own rocket launch. The two-stage Naro rocket lifted off Tuesday from the country's space center on an island off the southern coast.
North Korea will 'closely watch' international response to South Korea's satellite launchAugust 10th, 2009 NKorea closely watching SKorea's rocket launchSEOUL, South Korea —North Korea said Monday it will closely watch the international response to South Korea's planned satellite launch after Pyongyang was brought before the U.N. Security Council for what it said was a similar move.
Clinton says allies agree on need for North Korea's 'irreversible denuclearization'July 22nd, 2009 Clinton pushes for NKorea denuclearizationPHUKET, Thailand — North Korea must completely and irreversibly end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and "the unrelenting pressure" of international sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.
North Korea tests six missiles, says South Korea (Fourth Lead)July 4th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said. The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 km, were fired over the Sea of Japan between 8 a.m.
Obama reassures South Korea, Japan on their securityMay 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama reassured the leaders of South Korea and Japan Monday that the US was committed to their security in telephone calls to coordinate the reaction to North Korea's nuclear test. Earlier Monday, the UN Security Council unanimously and strongly condemned the violation of international law represented by the early Monday explosion of a nuclear device by Pyongyang.
Japan to provide up to $60 billion in crisis fundMay 3rd, 2009 BALI ISLAND - Japan will establish an emergency fund of up to 60 billion dollars in the event of an Asian financial crisis, Japanese Finance Minister Kauru Yosano said Sunday. The fund is separate from the amount Japan committed to the Chiang Mai Initiative, a $120 billion regional foreign-exchange reserve pool, Yosano told a seminar of the Asian Development Bank's board of governors on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
South Korea agrees for talks with North KoreaApril 19th, 2009 SEOUL - The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week. It will be the first governmental talks between South Korea and North Korea since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year.
World powers agree UN draft statement on North KoreaApril 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - The world powers have agreed on a UN Security Council draft statement condemning North Korea's rocket launch, diplomats said Sunday. The five permanent members of the council and Japan agreed Saturday to the draft statement seen as a compromise between the supporters of tough measures against North Korea and restrained response to the communist regime's rocket launch.
North Korea making final preparations for rocket launchApril 3rd, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea has begun final preparations for its controversial long-range rocket launch and could fire the weapon as early as Saturday, South Korean media reported Friday. 'North Korea seems to have almost finished fuelling the rocket, so it is highly likely it will launch it,' The Korea Times quoted an anonymous government official as saying.
Hilary Clinton warns N. Korea of "consequences" for missile launchApril 1st, 2009 THE HAGUE - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned North Korea that its plans to launch a missile is being considered as another provocation against Japan, and hence, North Korea should be ready to face the consequences. "It is an unfortunate and continuing example of provocation by the North Koreans.
North Korea vows to attack US, South Korea, JapanMarch 9th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Monday warned that any attempt to intercept its satellite launched for 'peaceful purpose' would result in a war against the US, South Korea and Japan. 'We will retaliate any act of intercepting our satellite for peaceful purposes with prompt counter strikes by the most powerful military means,' a spokesman for the Korean People's Army (KPA) was quoted as saying by the official Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea threatens to shoot down South Korean planesMarch 6th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Thursday indirectly threatened to shoot down South Korean passenger aircraft in its airspace, amid growing tension on the Korean peninsula. North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea made the threat as the US and South Korea prepared to undertake joint military exercises next Monday.
North Korea says ready for 'all-out confrontation' with SouthFebruary 18th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Thursday said its army was ready for an 'an all-out confrontation' with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported. The Lee Myung-bak administration of South Korea, which is trying to find a way-out of its serious inner crisis through escalating confrontation with North Korea, will meet 'the merciless and stern punishment by the army and people of North Korea,' a military spokesman for Korean People's Army (KPA) said.
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