en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/north/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/seoul_may_shut_n_korea_ministry/ South Korea's incoming president wants to scrap a ministry handling relations with North Korea, his aides say. Lee Myung-bak, who takes office on 25 February, will merge the Unification Ministry with the Foreign Ministry. Four other ministries are b news world 2008-01-16 08:17:18 http://www.newsique.com/world/seoul_may_shut_n_korea_ministry/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7191107.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/seoul_may_shut_n_korea_ministry/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/train_service_starts_between_kor/ North and South Korea began regular freight train service across their heavily armed border Tuesday for the first time in more than a half century, in another symbolic step in their reconciliation. The 12-car train carried construction materials to a N news world 2007-12-11 08:18:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/train_service_starts_between_kor/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22196808/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/train_service_starts_between_kor/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_sets_aside_vast_northern_/ Canada's government yesterday set aside 25 million acres of wilderness -- 11 times the size of Yellowstone National Park -- for conservation, a move that environmentalists called one of North America's most important acts of nature preservation. The la news world 2007-11-23 08:22:49 http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_sets_aside_vast_northern_/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/21/AR2007112102113.html?hpid=sec-world http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Amazing [11] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_sets_aside_vast_northern_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/undercover_cops_tried_to_incite_/ Organizers of the protests at the North American leaders' summit in Montebello, Que., say they have video that shows police disguised as masked demonstrators tried to incite violence on Monday. About 1,200 protesters were in the small resort town near news world 2007-08-23 09:50:15 http://www.newsique.com/world/undercover_cops_tried_to_incite_/ CBC http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/08/22/ot-police-070822.html?ref=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbc/ 98 Shocking [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/undercover_cops_tried_to_incite_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_explorers_dismiss_critic/ The Russian explorers who planted a flag beneath the North Pole have made a triumphant homecoming and say they do not care about foreign critics who have complained their mission was a crude land grab. "The Arctic always was Russian, and it will remain Ru news world 2007-08-07 08:13:48 http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_explorers_dismiss_critic/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/07/arctic.sub.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_explorers_dismiss_critic/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/n_korea_closes_more_nuclear_site/ North Korea has shut down all five nuclear facilities at its main Yongbyon complex, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei says. IAEA monitors in North Korea had verified the four new closures, Mr ElBaradei told journalists in Malays news world 2007-07-18 04:49:48 http://www.newsique.com/world/n_korea_closes_more_nuclear_site/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6903894.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [8] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/n_korea_closes_more_nuclear_site/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_to_reclaim_arctic_waters/ Canada has announced plans for six naval patrol vessels and a deep-water port in the north to assert its claim to territorial waters in the Arctic. Other countries, including the US, say the waters are international territory. The $3bn announcement news world 2007-07-10 08:27:35 http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_to_reclaim_arctic_waters/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6287436.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/canada_to_reclaim_arctic_waters/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/putins_arctic_invasion_russia_la/ Russian leader Vladimir Putin has made an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic, giving himself claim to its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth. His audacious argument that an underwater Russian ridge is linked to the North Pole is news world 2007-06-28 15:33:50 http://www.newsique.com/world/putins_arctic_invasion_russia_la/ Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=464921&in_page_id=1811 http://www.newsique.com/sources/daily_mail/ 91 Shocking [9] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/putins_arctic_invasion_russia_la/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_inspectors_visit_n_korea_reac/ We go to see the facilities and continue our discussions in more details," Heinonen said as he left Pyongyang on Thursday morning for the journey to Yongbyon. However he emphasized that the visit to Yongbyon, expected to last into Friday, was not a fo news world 2007-06-28 10:40:28 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_inspectors_visit_n_korea_reac/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/36C4DBBC-AB7B-4763-A18C-8D860619D9B4.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Important [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_inspectors_visit_n_korea_reac/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/kim_jong_il_ate_my_rabbits_for_h/ The offspring of the 12 giant rabbits were supposed to help to feed starving North Koreans. Now doubts about their fate have brought an abrupt halt to one of the more unlikely hunger-alleviating projects. Karl Szmolinsky sold the rabbits to Pyongyang s news world 2007-04-23 08:27:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/kim_jong_il_ate_my_rabbits_for_h/ Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1615350.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/times_online/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/kim_jong_il_ate_my_rabbits_for_h/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/us_mission_heads_to_north_korea/ An American delegation led by the governor of New Mexico and former ambassador to the UN, Bill Richardson, is leaving shortly for North Korea. Mr Richardson said he aims to secure the release of remains of US servicemen killed in the Korean war in the news world 2007-04-08 00:44:56 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_mission_heads_to_north_korea/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6536269.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [8] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_mission_heads_to_north_korea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/on_road_to_kosovo_independence_a/ Thuggish Serbian “bridge watchers” still maintain their vigil on the north side of the Ibar River here, ready to punish any ethnic Albanian who dares to cross the unofficial boundary between Serbian and ethnic Albanian territory in Europe’s unfinish news world 2007-02-03 21:24:10 http://www.newsique.com/world/on_road_to_kosovo_independence_a/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/world/europe/04kosovo.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/on_road_to_kosovo_independence_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/japan_to_lift_n_korea_sanctions/ Japan is to partially lift sanctions against North Korea after it agreed to conduct a new probe into the issue of abducted Japanese nationals. Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said a ban on charter flights and travel between the two sides would be lift news world 2008-06-13 08:20:18 http://www.newsique.com/world/japan_to_lift_n_korea_sanctions/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7452253.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/japan_to_lift_n_korea_sanctions/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_probes_us_syria_reactor_claim/ The UN's nuclear watchdog says it will investigate US claims that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korean help. US officials said the alleged Syrian reactor "was not intended for peaceful purposes", after CIA officials briefed mem news world 2008-04-25 08:23:33 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_probes_us_syria_reactor_claim/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7366658.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_probes_us_syria_reactor_claim/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/ny_philharmonic_arrives_in_n_kor/ The New York Philharmonic Orchestra arrived in North Korea Monday to perform a historic concert in the secretive communist nation's capital. When the tour was announced in December, orchestra president and executive director Zarin Mehta billed it as "a ma news world 2008-02-25 08:16:51 http://www.newsique.com/world/ny_philharmonic_arrives_in_n_kor/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/nkorea.nyphilharmonic/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/ny_philharmonic_arrives_in_n_kor/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/seoul_poll_winner_tough_on_north/ The president-elect of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, says he will press North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons. Such a move was a prerequisite for full economic co-operation between North and South, he said, adding that Pyongyang must improve its human r news world 2007-12-20 08:21:40 http://www.newsique.com/world/seoul_poll_winner_tough_on_north/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7153147.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/seoul_poll_winner_tough_on_north/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/rail_link_reconnects_two_koreas/ The first regular rail service for more than 50 years has begun operating across the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea. The flower-strewn cargo train, carrying raw materials for an industrial zone, left South Korea early in the mor news world 2007-12-11 08:18:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/rail_link_reconnects_two_koreas/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7137739.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/rail_link_reconnects_two_koreas/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/n_korea_bush_sent_letter_to_kim/ In a rare move, President Bush has sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the North’s official news agency said Thursday without giving further details about the message. US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill delivered the letter to North Kore news world 2007-12-06 08:25:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/n_korea_bush_sent_letter_to_kim/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22126678/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/n_korea_bush_sent_letter_to_kim/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/koreas_begin_key_security_forum/ The defence ministers of North and South Korea have begun talks in Pyongyang aimed at reducing tension along the disputed border. They are also expected to discuss a joint fishing area in the Yellow Sea to end gun battles over fishing rights. This i news world 2007-11-27 08:22:12 http://www.newsique.com/world/koreas_begin_key_security_forum/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7114329.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/koreas_begin_key_security_forum/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/two_koreas_agree_rail_timetable/ North and South Korea have agreed a timetable for establishing cargo rail services between their two nations, the first for more than 50 years. Trains will begin crossing the border on 11 December, connecting South Korea with an industrial zone in the news world 2007-11-16 08:27:08 http://www.newsique.com/world/two_koreas_agree_rail_timetable/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7096004.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/two_koreas_agree_rail_timetable/#comments