The Korea Herald

Radiation levels fall in Tokyo area: officials

TOKYO (AFP) - The levels of radiation detected in Tokyo and neighboring Chiba fell back Tuesday after rising above normal levels possibly due to radiation emitted from a quake-hit nuclear power plant, officials said.Tokyo officials said they detected 0.809 of a micro-sievert between 10:00 and 11:00 am in the capital, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of the troubled Fukushima plant on the

World News March 16, 2011

Fire at Japan nuke plant, radiation rises: Kan

TOKYO (AFP) - A fire has broken out at the number-four reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 atomic power plant and radiation levels have risen considerably, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday.

World News March 15, 2011

N. Korean Red Cross expresses sympathy for quake-ravaged Japan

North Korea's state-run media said Monday that the North's Red Cross sent a message of sympathy to its Japanese counterpart, a rare move considering the communist state has remained largely mum on the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan."Jang Jae-on, chairman of the DPRK Red Cross Society, Monday sent a message of sympathy to Konoe Tadateru, president of the Japan Red Cross Society," said

North Korea March 15, 2011

N. Korean Red Cross expresses sympathy for quake-ravaged Japan

Part of troubled reactor container appears damaged: Japan

TOKYO (AFP) - Part of the container of a troubled nuclear reactor appears to be damaged, the Japanese government said early Tuesday, indicating possible serious radiation leaks.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters that "damage appears on the suppression pool" -- the bottom part of the container, which contains water used to cool down the reactor and control air pressure inside."But w

World News March 15, 2011

Japan says explosion heard at another nuclear reactor: media

TOKYO (AFP) - An explosion was heard at another reactor of an earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant early Tuesday, the Japanese government said, according to local media.

World News March 15, 2011

Tokyo shares plunge 6.18%

TOKYO (AFP) - Tokyo shares plummeted more than six percent Monday as investors reacted to the biggest earthquake in Japan's history, a devastating tsunami and an unfolding nuclear emergency.Shares tumbled below as the key index fell below the 10,000 point mark. The day's plunge in the Nikkei-225 was the biggest since October 2008.The Nikkei index closed down 6.18 percent, or 633.94 points, at 9,62

March 14, 2011

Quake may cost insurers $34 billion; tsunami toll yet to come

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese insurers and global reinsurance companies that backstop their policies may face claims of as much as 2.8 trillion yen ($34 billion) tied to last week’s earthquake, AIR Worldwide said.The top-of-range preliminary estimate, which AIR disclosed yesterday in a statement, doesn’t include damage caused by the tsunami that followed the March 11 temblor. AIR is working to quantify

March 14, 2011

Quake may cost insurers $34 billion; tsunami toll yet to come

Japan quake affects S. Korea-US military drill

SEOUL, (AFP) - US and South Korean troops will consider scaling down a planned joint sea drill after a US aircraft carrier joined rescue and recovery efforts in Japan, officials said Monday.The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and its strike group arrived Sunday off Japan's northeast coast devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that is feared to have killed more than 10,000.This image provided by

Defense March 14, 2011

Japan quake affects S. Korea-US military drill

Won falls on Japan quake, but stock market unscathed

The South Korean currency lost ground against the U.S. dollar on growing jitters over the impact of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, but the local stock market remained almost unscathed, analysts said.The local currency traded at 1,131.40 won to the dollar, down 7.2 won from Friday's close, as of 2:15 p.m. as investors sought safe assets in the aftermath of the 9.0-magnitude temblor and

March 14, 2011

India world's biggest arms importer 2006-10: think tank

STOCKHOLM, (AFP) - India over the last five years was the world's biggest importer of weapons, said a report published Monday, which also showed big arms suppliers had scrambled during the period to sell to Libya."India is the world's largest arms importer," the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement upon releasing the report."India receives nine percent of th

Defense March 14, 2011

India world's biggest arms importer 2006-10: think tank

40 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake

TOKYO (AP) _ A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people, as widespread fires burned out of control. Tsunami warnings blanketed the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.Authorities said at least 40 people were killed and 39 missing

World News March 11, 2011

40 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake

[Japan quake] Death toll reaches 19: reports

TOKYO (AFP) - The death toll from the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, causing huge tsunamis along its Pacific coast, has reached 19, press reports said.The dead included a 67-year-old man crushed by a wall and an elderly woman killed by a fallen roof, both in the wider Tokyo area, press reports said.Three were crushed to death when their houses collapsed in Ibaraki prefe

World News March 11, 2011

Top court finds Lone Star Korea chief guilty of stock rigging

South Korea's top court on Thursday found Lone Star Korea's chief guilty of manipulating the stock price of a former credit card firm, in a ruling that overturned a lower court ruling that acquitted its head in a controversial 2003 deal.Yoo Hoi-won, also known as Paul Yoo, who led Lone Star's South Korean operations, was indicted on charges of driving down the share price of Korea Exchange Bank (K

March 11, 2011

Top court finds Lone Star Korea chief guilty of stock rigging

Dalai Lama to resign as Tibetan political leader

DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - The Dalai Lama announced Thursday he would step down as political head of Tibet's exiled government, but continue to push the Tibetan cause in his key role as its spiritual figurehead.In a speech on the anniversary of a failed uprising in 1959 against Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama said he would seek an amendment allowing him to resign his political office when the exiled

World News March 11, 2011

Dalai Lama to resign as Tibetan political leader

Ancient S. Korean medical book to go global

An ancient South Korean medical book, listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, will be published in English for global distribution, the health ministry said Thursday.An English version of "Donguibogam" is slated to be released in 2013, the 400th anniversary of the book's publication, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Donguibogam, compiled and edited by Joseon Dynasty (1392-

Social Affairs March 10, 2011

Ancient S. Korean medical book to go global

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