BALI, Indonesia, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan urged North Korea on Saturday to take actions to dismantle its nuclear program before the resumption of stalled multinational talks can take place.In a joint statement after a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of a key ASEAN forum, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and

Foreign Affairs July 23, 2011

TOKYO, July 23, 2011 (AFP) - A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the weather agency said.The quake happened at 1:34 pm (0434 GMT) off the Pacific coast of Miyagi prefecture, around the same area as the giant March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The depth of the quake was 40 kilometres (25 miles), it s

World News July 23, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ Police investigating the suspicious deaths of five patients at a hospital in northern England said Friday that they had charged a 27-year-old nurse in the case.Police and prosecutors say that Rebecca Leighton endangered the lives of patients at the Stepping Hill Hospital in the town of Stockport, near Manchester, by damaging saline bags, saline ampoules, and unspecified medical produ

World News July 23, 2011

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's gross national income (GNI) is forecast to grow to $30,000 per capita by 2014 before increasing by an additional $10,000 in the four years that follow, the finance minister said on Saturday."Our country's gross national income may exceed $30,000 in the first quarter of 2014 and $40,000 in 2018," Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan said in a for

July 23, 2011

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 23, 2011 (AFP) - The United States said Saturday it was "encouraged" by unexpected and rare talks between North and South Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told regional foreign ministers at an Asian security forum in Indonesia that the onus remained squarely on the North to prove its sincerity before six-party talks could

World News July 23, 2011

BALI, Indonesia, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan held a brief meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Pak Ui-chun, on the sidelines of a key ASEAN forum here, an official said Saturday.The informal meeting between Kim and Pak came a day after the chief nuclear envoys from the two Koreas met for the first time since 2008 and agreed to make joint efforts to resume

North Korea July 23, 2011

Korean touches are being introduced to dishes at major restaurants located in the Big Apple, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.Jean Georges, who has three Michelin stars, started to provide fusion Korean food like pepper paste & butter steak and kimchi hotdogs at his New York restaurants Perry St. and Mercer Kitchen.Georges, who also owns 20 restaurants aroun

Food July 22, 2011

Two college students were arrested for growing, selling, and consuming marijuana, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.The accused, known only by their surnames Seo and Jang, had sold some 300 grams of home grown marijuana in college campuses.Having green cards at the United States and Argentina respectively, the two Koreans smuggled seeds from America and had been cultivating them at the

Social Affairs July 22, 2011

A man crashed into mother’s house with a light aircraft after making a phone call that he would “drop by.”Konrad Schmidt, a 47 year-old engineer from Switzerland, had attempted a suicide attack with his rented Diamond Aircraft DA42 in his town, located north of Zurich last Saturday.Luckily, the 68 year-old mother survived from the crash because she was in the basement when the incident occurred.Sh

World News July 21, 2011