Seoul - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived Thursday in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, for talks after the communist state's decision to withdraw from international negotiations to end its nuclear weapons programme. Lavrov was expected to try to persuade North Korea's leaders to return to the six-nation talks, in which Russia, North Korea, South Korea, China, the United States and Japan participate.
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Lavrov's arrival without giving details of his visit. The Russian foreign minister was scheduled to visit South Korea Friday.
Seoul - South Korea's economy unexpectedly grew slightly by 0.1 per ce
Seoul - North Korea said Friday it has concluded its investigation into the alleged illegal entry of two US journalists now detained by the Stalinist state and formally decided to put them on trial. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said "hostile acts" had been concluded and the two women were also to be indicted on charges of illegal entry.
Seoul - South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co said Thursday that its net profits declined 42.7 per cent in the first three months of 2009, owing to a global drop in demand and rising marketing costs. Net profit fell to 224.9 billion won (166.7 million dollars) from 393 billion won in the January-to-March quarter of 2008, South Korea's leading carmaker said.
Seoul - Pyeongchang will join the bid race for the 2018 Winter Olympics as the South Korean town aims to come third time lucky. The South Korean Olympic Committee confirmed on Thursday that the winter sport resort some 180 kilometres north-east of the capital Seoul will make another attempt to land the Games.
Seoul - North Korea on Wednesday accused South Korea of deliberately moving a border marker northward amid a backdrop of rising tension on the Korean Peninsula.
