North Korea demands South Korea return 11 defectors, but Seoul says it won'tOctober 4th, 2009 North Korea demands SKorea return 11 defectorsSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Unification Ministry says North Korea has demanded Seoul return 11 people who defected to the South by sea last week. The ministry says in a statement that the North sent its demand in a message Sunday.
WFP says restrictions, funding shortfall hindering food aid for North KoreaJuly 1st, 2009 WFP says funding shortfall for NKorea food aidBEIJING — The U.N.'s food agency cannot feed millions of hungry women and children in impoverished North Korea because international donations have dried up and the communist regime has restricted its operations, an official said Wednesday. The World Food Program has received only 15 percent of the $504 million it needs to feed 6.2 million vulnerable North Koreans as the food situation worsens during a lean growing season before the November harvest, according to Torben Due, the WFP's representative for North Korea.
North Korea threatens military strike against South KoreaMay 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Wednesday warned it will respond militarily to South Korea joining a US-led initiative to intercept ships carrying illicit weapons, the South Korean Yonhap news agency said.
Food insecurity looms large in Nepal: ReportMay 14th, 2009 KATHAMANDU - About 40 percent of the population in the mountain and hill districts in Nepal are facing a severe food crisis, a government report has said. The number of people affected stands at 3.35 million, out a total of 8.4 million people living in these areas, said the report released Wednesday by the agriculture and cooperatives ministry.
Record wheat procurement in Punjab, HaryanaMay 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Wheat procurement in Punjab and Haryana has achieved a historic record this season. Both states have jointly procured over 17.6 million tonnes of wheat so far.
Record wheat procurement in Punjab, HaryanaMay 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Wheat procurement in Punjab and Haryana has achieved a historic record this season. Both states have jointly procured over 17.6 million tonnes of wheat so far.
Punjab wheat procurement hits all-time high at 10m tonnesMay 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Wheat procurement in Punjab has touched an all-time high - higher than the target of 10.05 million tonnes set by the government agencies this year, the chief minister's office said here Wednesday. A record 10.06 million tonnes of wheat was procured by Punjab and central government procurement agencies till Tuesday evening, officials said.
Punjab wheat procurement crosses 10 mn tonnesApril 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Over 10.1 million tonnes of wheat has been procured in Punjab this season, a record in recent years, food and supplies officials said here Thursday. The officials said the record procurement till Wednesday evening had been achieved in just over 20 days this year.
South Korean delegation in North Korea for talksApril 21st, 2009 SEOUL - A South Korean delegation reached North Korea Tuesday morning to participate in talks amid mounting tensions in the Korean Peninsula. 'The delegation has crossed the border,' a spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry said.
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.
Dhaka to import 60,000 tonnes of wheat from IndiaMarch 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh is to import 60,000 tonnes of wheat from India to meet its domestic demand. It has selected two private firms, an Indian and a local, to carry out the task estimated at Taka 863 million ($1.3 million).
North Korea refuses US food shipmentsMarch 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - North Korea has informed the United States that it no longer wants to receive food shipments as tensions grow over the stalled nuclear negotiations and Pyongyang's plans to launch a rocket next month. US State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Tuesday North Korea did not provide a reason for cutting off the aid, but added that Washington regrets the decision.
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 has 100 tonnes of uranium: officialJanuary 20th, 2009 MOSCOW - North Korea has about 14,800 unused fuel rods, the equivalent of just over 100 tonnes of uranium, a South Korean news agency reported Tuesday. 'North Korea asked us to focus on the issue of unused fuel rods,' South Korea's deputy chief nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook told reporters after returning from a five-day visit fact-finding mission to decide whether to buy the rods.
'North Korea will not quit nuclear programme under US threat'January 16th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons programme under US threat, a foreign ministry spokesman said here Saturday. 'If there is something to be desired by us (North Korea), it is not normalisation of relations with the US, but to boost nuclear deterrent in every possible way,' the official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
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