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Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them
SEOUL, South Korea—The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats of nuclear war. That in itself is progress, though there are alr from TwinCities.com Read more »
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North Korea changes course, calls for talks with South
The statement referred to the anniversary of a landmark June 15, 2000, summit in Pyongyang between North Korea’s Kim Jong Il and then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who won the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of his so-called “Sunshine Policy.” But f from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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The Hillarys of Asia
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to an audience at the Asia Society in New York Feb. 13, 2009. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) What do you think? BOSTON — Every political culture must have one. The politician who gets up when she's knocked down from Global Post Read more »
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Former S Korean PM Kim to visit Jakarta
Former South Korean prime minister Kim Suk-soo will arrive in Jakarta on Wednesday night to participate in the one-day Korea-Indonesia Forum 2013 and to meet several senior Indonesian officials, a Korean diplomat said. “Our former prime minister, Kim, wi from The Jakarta Post Read more »
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Bill Gates ‘Rude’ Handshake Causes Controversy In South Korea
Bill Gates was criticized for being rude this week after he was photographed shaking hands with South Korea President Park Geun-hye. The handshake probably doesn’t seem like a big deal to the American audience but South Koreans were upset with the Micros from The Inquisitr Read more »
