PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH DIRECTOR OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
President George W. Bush (R) meets with the Director-General of the World Health Organization Lee Jong-wook to discuses the treat of Avian Bird Flu, in the The White House in Washington on December 6, 2005. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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North Korea has taken its propaganda war against South Korea to a new arena with an onslaught of faxes sent to South Korean companies, authorities said.
Two-hundred North and South Koreans, separated by war for six decades, are set to be reunited beginning Oct. 30, South Korea said Wednesday.
North Korea has been asked to free the crew of a South Korean fishing boat that Pyongyang seized three days ago, South Korea said Wednesday.
The number of South Korean employees at a joint factory complex with North Korea will be allowed to increase from 500 to 600, the government said Friday.
A sacrifice fly by Lee Jong-wook in the ninth inning Wednesday lifted South Korea an 8-7 win over the United States in their Olympic baseball opener.
Soaring oil prices and a weak won may keep South Korea's inflation this year higher than the central bank's 3.5 percent target, a bank official said Wednesday.
Kim Choong-bae was surprised to see the results of a survey he conducted while serving as head of Seoul's Korea Military Academy, the equivalent of West Point in the United States.
North and South Korea have a long way to go to end military tensions across their heavily fortified border, despite progress on nuclear disarmament in the communist country.
South Korean researchers exploring the Antarctic have discovered five meteorites, the Korea Polar Research Institute said.
The new World Health Organization chief said bird flu remains a global threat and noted that reports show outbreaks have increased recently.
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