Archive for May 19th, 2008
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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