Tag: North Korea

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:16 UTC

  South Korea has first female president: pledges ‘trust-politik’ with Pyongyang

  

  Park Geun-hye made history Monday by becoming South Korea's first female president, pledging to secure South Korea against the threat of an increasingly hostile North Korea at the same time as mending bridges with Pyongyang.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:45 UTC

  Business as usual says North Korea regime; calls Seoul politicians ‘foolish puppets’

  

  North Korea sounded on Friday a bellicose note in its first communication with the outside world since the death of leader Kim Jong-il, saying its confrontational stance against South Korea would not change and labelling its opponents “foolish.”

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 18:47 UTC

  Desperate call from FAO for aid to North Korea to combat spread of FMD

  

  Around one million US dollars of equipment and vaccines are urgently needed to help stem outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in North Korea, where farm animals are crucial to food security, the United Nations warned.