Archive for May 19th, 2008

S Korea expresses regret over Japan’s claim to disputed islets

Monday, May 19th, 2008

South Korea on Monday expressed regret over Japan's claim to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan called in Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie to deliver a message of war ...

U.S. experts to visit DPRK in preparation for food assistance

Monday, May 19th, 2008

A group of U.S. experts will travel soon to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in preparation for Washington's planned food assistance delivery, said U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Alexander Vershbow on Monday. "Experts' me ...

S Korea, Kyrgyzstan seek agreement on double taxation

Monday, May 19th, 2008

South Korea will discuss a double taxation avoidance pact with Kyrgyzstan this week to boost investment and bilateral exchanges with the resource-rich country, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday. The meeting, the fi ...

UN chief to visit cyclone-hit Myanmar to accelerate relief efforts

Monday, May 19th, 2008

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Myanmar this week to accelerate relief efforts in the wake of the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country on May 2. Ban's spokesperson Michele Montas announced Sun ...

Colombia denies intrusion into Venezuelan territory

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday denied a Venezuelan accusation that Colombian troops had illegally entered into Venezuelan territory last week. The soldiers "were doing nothing. I have been informed that ther ...

Mexican police seize 7 tons of drugs

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Mexican police seized about five tons of drugs in the Gulf of California and more than two tons at the International Airport of Mexico City on Saturday, authorities said on Sunday. Three ships were found on Saturday transporting mor ...

Venezuela insists Colombian army illegally entered its territory

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Venezuelan Information Minister Andres Izarra said Sunday that Caracas has photos and other materials to prove that Colombian troops illegally crossed the Venezuelan border last week. But Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santo ...

High-ranking foreign officials look into Myanmar cyclone relief works

Monday, May 19th, 2008

British Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch Brown and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Kimura are currently in Yangon to look into the status of Myanmar's relief and resettlement works in the aftermath of the cyclone disaster, the ...