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San Francisco plane crash: Dead Chinese teenagers Wang Linjia and Ye Minguan were at start of US college tour
Monday 08 July 2013
Coroner orders probe to determine whether rescuers ran over one of the teenagers who died
North and South Korea ditch breakthrough talks set for this week - because they can't agree who should lead delegations
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Meeting promised a cool in relations after a tense few months on the peninsula
North and South Korea announce diplomatic breakthrough with talks set for this week
Monday 10 June 2013
Meeting could cool relations after a tense few months
North and South Korea agree to meet for talks
Thursday 06 June 2013
The talks will be the Koreas' first government-level negotiations since South Korean President Park Geun-hye took office in February
Steve Bunce on Boxing: Carl Froch handed rare chance of revenge with dream rematch
Tuesday 21 May 2013
IBF super-middleweight champion will face Mikel Kessler on Saturday night, tasked with beating the man who handed Froch his first defeat
Revealed: Stunning new images show gold-plated, ultra-luxurious Riyadh metro station that Saudi king has ordered to be built
Monday 20 May 2013
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station has been designed by half-British architect Zaha Hadid
Simon Calder: A short hop from Seoul, budget flights in Europe, and a billion passengers in Asia
Saturday 20 April 2013
The man who pays his way
North Korea: Why the media needs a sausage maker in Seoul
Sunday 14 April 2013
World View: Any source is a good source when desperate journalists can't dig up the most basic of facts
John Kerry meets China's top leaders to discuss North Korea
Saturday 13 April 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry met China's top leaders today in a bid to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back its belligerent rhetoric and, eventually, return to nuclear talks.
Brace yourself for Psy's second act - but will it live up to Gangnam Style?
Thursday 11 April 2013
It was impossible to escape his first single – but can the Korean rapper strike it big a second time?
Spy claims Kim Jong-un is struggling to control the North Korean army
Wednesday 10 April 2013
A former North Korean spy has claimed Pyongyang’s threats of military action are a sign that Kim Jong-un is struggling to control his armed forces.
'If war comes, we will fight because we have to': Life goes on near Korea's demilitarised zone
Monday 08 April 2013
Tourists peer through telescopes from the southern side of the demilitarised zone (DMZ), trying to catch a glimpse of life across the line that divides North and South Korea.
The South Korean reaction: 'Pyongyang has been crying wolf for some time'
Friday 05 April 2013
South Koreans, who have seen it all before, are carrying on as normal
South Korea warn of retaliation against North's aggression
Monday 01 April 2013
Kim Jong-un announced a 'state of war' over the weekend
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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