Published on July 13, 2010 by Technology Slice
North Korea Calls Off Ship Sinking Talks – North Korea’s military representatives asked for a delay “for administrative reasons,” the U.N. Command said in a statement. An official there said the North may have decided it was not ready for the talks. No new date has been set. A joint team of investigators involving military [...]
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Published on June 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
North Korea threatened Thursday to increase punishment for an American who was sentenced to hard labor for illegally entering the country, citing what it called a hostile U.S. policy toward it. Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from Boston, was sentenced in April to eight years of hard labor and fined $700,000 for entering the country illegally and [...]
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Published on May 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
North Korea Puts Military On Alert – South Korea on Monday announced steps to tighten the vice on the North’s already stumbling economy in punishment for sinking one of its navy ships, and both sides intensified war-like rhetoric. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, in a nationally televised address, said he would take the issue to [...]
Tags: Ban Ki Moon, Cheonan, Clashes, Communist Economy, Diplomats, Interdiction, International Investigators, Korea Economy, Korean War, Lee Myung Bak, Naval Exercise, Navy Ships, north korea, President Lee, S South, Sailors, Seoul, South China, South Korea, South Korean President
Posted in Politics
Published on April 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
Cargo Ship Crew Charged For Barrier Reef Spill – Three people have been charged with steering a cargo ship through a protected part of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. The men, from Vietnam and South Korea, will appear in an Australian court on Monday, accused of taking their coal carrier on [...]
Tags: Australian Federal Police, Bulk Carrier, Cargo Ship, Chinese Vessel, Climate Change, Coal Carrier, great barrier reef, Korean Man, Largest Living Organism, Marine Wildlife, Maritime Authorities, Navigational Equipment, Reef System, Restricted Area, Sailors, Ship Crew, South Korea, Spill, Three Men, Wildlife Reserves
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