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DPRK moved warships to its sea border with South Korea
base near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, the de factor sea border, reported South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo. Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in the framework of the G-8 summit in from Voice of Russia Read more »
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China says it will return escaped POWs to South Korea
the first of its kind, in a meeting with Gen. Jung Seung-jo, the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Chosun Ilbo reported Friday. Some 500 South Korean POWs are believed to still be alive in the north since the Korean War ended in 1953. A from United Press International Read more »
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Activists criticize reported NKorean repatriation
men and two women were flown home Tuesday via China despite a request from South Korea that Beijing not repatriate them, the Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper in Seoul reported Thursday, citing unidentified South Korean government officials. The Yonhap news agency from FindLaw: AP News Read more »
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North Korea Floats Idea Of Basketball Tournament Against Japan, China
by the North Korean media group. “I can’t give you details,” one ABU employee based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, told Chosun Ilbo. “But it’s true that there were talks between the ABU and KRT. But no progress has been made in this regard.” The unnamed employee from The Business Insider Read more »
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Chinese man arrested for smuggling powdered human flesh capsules in S Korea
Chinese man was arrested by police for smuggling capsules containing powdered human flesh to South Korea, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported on Monday. The man, an ethnic Korean named Kim, has smuggled the so-called "cure-alls" 41 times from China to South from SINA English Read more »
