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Report: N. Korea serious about city shutdown
North Korea said Monday it will shut down tours of the city of Kaesong and halt cross-border train service with South Korea starting ...
USA Today – Nov 24, 2008 05:41 AM [GMT] – comment?
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North Korea said Monday it will shut down tours of the city of Kaesong and halt cross-border train service with South Korea starting ...
USA Today – Nov 24, 2008 05:41 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Report: NKorea serious about Dec. 1 shutdown
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Monday it will suspend a joint tourism project and halt cross-border train service with South Korea starting next week because of Seoul's hard-line stance on the communist nation....
AP – Nov 24, 2008 05:14 AM [GMT] – comment?
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Monday it will suspend a joint tourism project and halt cross-border train service with South Korea starting next week because of Seoul's hard-line stance on the communist nation....
AP – Nov 24, 2008 05:14 AM [GMT] – comment?
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NKorea to restrict cross-border movements, suspend rail serviceAFP - North Korea announced Monday it would clamp down on cross-border movements and suspend a historic railway service from December 1 in protest at what it called South Korea's policy of confrontation.
Yahoo! – Nov 24, 2008 04:31 AM [GMT] – comment?
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NKorea to suspend cross-border rail serviceAFP - North Korea announced Monday it would suspend a historic cross-border railway service from December 1 in protest at what it called South Korea's policy of confrontation.
Yahoo! – Nov 24, 2008 03:35 AM [GMT] – comment?
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No Stranger to Winning, Korean, 20, Takes Title
Ji-Yai Shin, a 20-year-old from South Korea, defeated Karrie Webb, a 33-year-old L.P.G.A. Hall of Famer, by one stroke to win the ADT Championship and a $1 million check.
New York Times – Nov 24, 2008 02:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Ji-Yai Shin, a 20-year-old from South Korea, defeated Karrie Webb, a 33-year-old L.P.G.A. Hall of Famer, by one stroke to win the ADT Championship and a $1 million check.
New York Times – Nov 24, 2008 02:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
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South Korea stands firm as tension rises with North
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as Seoul's antagonistic approach to relations.
Reuters – Nov 24, 2008 01:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as Seoul's antagonistic approach to relations.
Reuters – Nov 24, 2008 01:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
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South Korea builds city from sea at wetland's expenseReuters - South Korea is betting a multi-billion dollar land reclamation project about seven times the size of Manhattan will lift the economy but environmentalists say it could be one of the country's biggest ecological blunders.
Yahoo! – Nov 24, 2008 01:25 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Sydney, Seoul stocks decline on financials
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets were mixed Monday, in spite of hefty gains on Wall Street, as financials such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Shinhan Financial Group declined on worries about global financial markets. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Australia's S& ... more »
MarketWatch.com – Nov 24, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets were mixed Monday, in spite of hefty gains on Wall Street, as financials such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Shinhan Financial Group declined on worries about global financial markets. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Australia's S& ... more »
MarketWatch.com – Nov 24, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Wistful US leader in nostalgic mood at summit farewell
He has sometimes appeared a reluctant traveller, and has not always made friends overseas. But the outgoing US president, George Bush, was in wistful, nostalgic mood at the weekend as he completed his last scheduled foreign trip.Attending a summit of Pacific rim countries in Peru, he said his farewe ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 24, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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He has sometimes appeared a reluctant traveller, and has not always made friends overseas. But the outgoing US president, George Bush, was in wistful, nostalgic mood at the weekend as he completed his last scheduled foreign trip.Attending a summit of Pacific rim countries in Peru, he said his farewe ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 24, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Shin caps golden year with third LPGA victory
MIAMI (Reuters) - South Korea's Shin Ji-yai capped a superb 2008 campaign by winning the LPGA Tour's season-ending ADT Championship by one shot in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday.
Reuters – Nov 23, 2008 10:19 PM [GMT] – comment?
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MIAMI (Reuters) - South Korea's Shin Ji-yai capped a superb 2008 campaign by winning the LPGA Tour's season-ending ADT Championship by one shot in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday.
Reuters – Nov 23, 2008 10:19 PM [GMT] – comment?
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