North Korea has conducted its second nuclear test, the country’s state news agency announced Monday. The confirmation came little more than an hour after the U.S
North Korea confirms nuclear test
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Mergers fail more often than marriages
Every time you look around, seems like companies are trying to hook up. The proposed marriage of AirFrance-KLM and Delta Air Lines is the latest to make the rounds. But the suitors must first gain the approval of regulators, who are sure to supervise the courtship with care because of the size of the dowry: North Atlantic air traffic, which the airlines plan to operate as one carrier.
Ji-Sung Park hopes to make history
South Korea midfielder Ji-Sung Park has told CNN he dreams of making history by becoming the first player from his homeland to figure in the Champions League final, Europe’s premier club match.
Clinton hopeful for detained U.S. journalists
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that North Korea’s announcement of a trial date for two American journalists could signal that their detention will be resolved soon
North Korea sets trial date for American journalists
Two American journalists will be tried in a North Korean court on June 4, Pyongyang’s official news agency said Thursday. The two reporters for Current TV, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, are accused of entering the country illegally and intending “hostile acts.” Ling and Lee were taken into custody March 17 along the China-North Korea border
Why North Korea is So Crazy
North Korea’s rocket launch of April 5, the U.N. Security Council vote to condemn the launch and strengthen sanctions, and the North’s decision of April 14 to pull out of the six-party talks have thrown a monkey wrench into prospects for a negotiated resolution of Pyongyang’s nuclear-weapon and missile programs. On the surface it appears that North Korea is again embarked on a threatening course; it has vowed to continue work on its contested weapons programs
U.S. journalists to be tried in N. Korea
Two U.S. journalists will stand trial for alleged crimes in North Korea, the government announced Friday. “A competent organ of [North Korea] concluded the investigation into the journalists of the United States,” state-run news service KCNA reported
Stimulated: Does S. Korea offer hope for bailouts?
It was a photo finish, but South Korea surprised market watchers by narrowly avoiding recession.
Report: Reporters to be tried in N. Korea
North Korea has concluded an investigation of two detained American journalists, and they will stand trial, according to the nation’s state-run news service, KCNA. “A competent organ of (North Korea) concluded the investigation into the journalists of the United States,” the news service reported Friday. “The organ formally decided to refer them to a trial on the basis of the confirmed crimes committed by them.” The two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, entered the country illegally and intended “hostile acts,” according to KCNA last month.
Russian foreign minister in North Korea for talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday for talks with North Korean officials, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported.