Mar 292013
 
N Korea ‘readies rocket force’

Click for detailed story SEOUL  – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Friday ordered missile units to prepare to strike US mainland and military bases, vowing to ‘settle accounts’ after US stealth bombers flew over South Korea. The order came after US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, with tensions soaring on the Korean peninsula, said Washington would not be cowed by Pyongyang’s bellicose threats and …

Mar 032013
 
South Korea police shoot US soldier after chase

Click for detailed story SEOUL – An US soldier was shot injured by South Korean police after a dramatic car chase through the capital Seoul early Sunday, media reports said. The 23-year-old Private First Class, who was not named, was shot in the shoulder shortly after midnight, Yonhap news agency said. The agency and several other news outlets cited police in Yongsan district near the huge US military base in …

Feb 252013
 
Ist female S Korean president

Click for detailed story SEOUL  – Park Geun-Hye became South Korea’s first female president Monday, vowing zero tolerance with North Korean provocation and demanding Pyongyang “abandon its nuclear ambitions” immediately. As leader of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, Park, the 61-year-old daughter of late military strongman Park Chung-Hee, faces challenges of slowing growth and soaring welfare costs in one of the …

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