UNDP to resume operations in N. Korea in February
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. development agency plans to restart its
operations in North Korea in February after a two-year hiatus, a U.S. radio
station reported Saturday.
President Lee due to visit UAE to help sell nuclear power plants
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak will visit the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) this weekend as part of South Korea's last-minute efforts to win a
(3rd LD) S. Korea summons Japan`s envoy to protest education handbook on Dokdo
(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by S. Korean FM, Japan's education minister; CHANGES
headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
Yellow dust warning issued on Christmas Day
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weather watchdog issued a yellow dust
warning on Christmas Day, advising the residents of the capital Seoul and its
S. Korea raps Japan's new education handbook on Dokdo
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with official's briefing, other details; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
Ruling party to come up with 2010 budget revision plan over the weekend
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) plans to
announce a revision plan to the government's 2010 national budget over the
N. Korea may detonate 3rd nuclear device: think tank
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may detonate a third nuclear device and
provoke border clashes in the future that could escalate tension on the Korean
S. Korea says no territorial dispute with Japan
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed regret Friday over Japan's
renewed campaign to teach teenaged students about its controversial claim to
Korean culture center to be built in city of Bau Bau
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean culture center will be established in
an Indonesian city of a minority tribe that has adopted the Korean alphabet,
S. Korea to call in Japan's ambassador to protest
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to call in Japan's top envoy here on
