1.
Study: More than half of pets overweight
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- South Korea's unification minister said President Roh Moo-hyun plans to attend the pro-communist Arirang Festival while in North Korea.
Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said Roh plans to attend the festival, which includes pro-communist slogans and a pro-unification mass-gymnastics performance, along with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il while the president is in North Korea for the Second South-North Korea Summit Oct. 2-4, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
Conservative politicians in South Korea have criticized Roh's decision to attend the festival because it promotes communist ideology and idolizes the North's deceased founder Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il.
However, Lee said the two countries are in talks to have some sensitive materials removed from the performance before it is watched by Roh.
"The sight of the two Korean leaders seated side by side at one stadium to watch the Arirang Festival performance would send a message of peace across the world," Lee said. "It will give a message that both sides are working together towards peace."
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
|
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Hollywood's Paramount Pictures says director Michael Bay is to helm a fourth Transformers movie to be released in 2014.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Texas police said they arrested an 18-year-old woman who led them on a chase while wearing nothing but a pair of cowboy boots.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
