Economic Armageddon: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Double Dip is Here!

The worst nightmare forecast by economic specialists over the previous years has come true: new research by economic gurus in the United States of America has revealed a bleak scenario: the United States’ economy is in a state of depression. Yes, it is the Double Dip, a roller-coaster ride to economic catastrophe and it has arrived. To come: massive debt default, the failure of entire nations and widespread starvation in the western world.

Russia Becomes Involved in Korean Conflict

A group of Russian experts arrived in Seoul, South Korea, today to study the results of the investigation of the sinking of the Cheonan corvette, which blew up and sank in the Yellow Sea on March 26.A spokesman for the defense ministry of South Korea said at a news conference that the specialists would examine the fragments of the sunken vessel recovered from the bottom of the sea.

The Truth About the Situation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

World May Soon Face Beginning of Holy War

The USA and South Korea launched a massive military exercise in the Sea of Japan on July 25. The large-scale event, which has obviously raised serious indignation of North Korea, will last through July 28.The exercise was supposed to start on June 8, but was then delayed because the UN Security Council was supposed to consider the resolution about the sinking of the South Korean Cheonan warship in the

First Nuclear World War Just Around the Corner?

 

Seoul and Pyongyang have started another stage of the verbal war following the start of military drills in the Yellow Sea. The drills are being held to intensify South Korea's response to asymmetrical provocations on the part of the potential enemy. S. Korean officials repeatedly stated that the nation would not tolerate any provocations from the North.

Confessions, Japanese Style: Apologize Selectively

Kyodo News said that the nation's government in the face of Prime Minister Naoto Kan had presented official apologies to South Korea for the colonization of the Korean Peninsula during 1910-1945. Japan also set out a hope for establishing long-term bilateral relations between the two countries.

It took Japan 100 years to acknowledge the fact that the nation's colonial ambitions paved way to the hell of

North Korea's Kim Makes Powerful Juche Step as Pyongyang Suffocates

The visit of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to China surrounded by a veil of secrecy triggered a wave of various theories in the media. Meanwhile, the media of the DPRK have not reported on the Beijing visit of Kim Jong Il.

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Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan flood relief

Monday 30th August, 06:38 AM JST

ISLAMABAD —

Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the nation’s history, the head of a group of Islamic states said Sunday.

36 die in Ecuador bus accident

QUITO, Ecuador —

A bus ran off a highway and overturned on Sunday, killing at least 36 people, Ecuadorean officials said. At least 12 others were badly hurt.

7 U.S. troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting

KABUL, Afghanistan —

Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.

Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile —

Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and government trying to decide whom to blame.

Anti-Islam protesters clash with police in UK

A right-wing group that opposes what it calls the spread of Islam in Britain clashed with riot police in northern England on Saturday, throwing bottles, rocks and a smoke bomb at authorities.
The demonstration by the English Defense League occurred in Bradford, a city with one of the country’s largest Pakistani and Muslim communities.

Volcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia —

A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years.

Government volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name, said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago and the minor morning eruption has mostly stopped.

80,000 in Hong Kong mourn for victims in Manila bus hijack

HONG KONG —

About 80,000 people marched Sunday to demand for justice in the killing of eight Hong Kong citizens in last week’s deadly Manila bus hijacking, according to organizers. Dressed in black, the protesters marched in silence while holding banners calling for a thorough investigation of the incident and offering condolences to the victims.

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Ministry to seek 5.7% ODA hike

Kyodo News

The Foreign Ministry said Thursday it plans to request ¥436.96 billion for foreign aid in its fiscal 2011 budget, up 5.7 percent from the initial budget for fiscal 2010, in a bid to curb the declining trend of the nation's official development assistance.

Red Cross team off to Pakistan

 

NARITA, Chiba Pref. (Kyodo) A medical team of the Japanese Red Cross Society left Narita airport Friday for Pakistan to help treat survivors of flooding there.

The seven-member team will set up a clinic and also travel to distant areas to treat patients during a one-month stay in the country, the Red Cross said. The ...

Beijing's plan for early North nuke talks rebuffed by Tokyo

BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan and China were at odds Saturday over how to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, with Beijing seeking an early resumption but Tokyo taking a cautious stance.

¥16 billion Hayabusa-2 space probe project gets green light

Kyodo News

The government has decided to include a ¥16.4 billion project for the Hayabusa-2 probe in its space program, following the successful seven-year round trip to an asteroid by the probe's predecessor.

Actions needed to repent for colonial rule: S. Korea

By CHO KYUNG WOOK

Kyodo News

SEOUL — Ahead of the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, South Koreans are renewing their call for Japan to truly repent for its past wrongdoings and act on its apology.

Asakusa Samba Carnival in Taito Ward, Tokyo

Aug. 29, 2010

Samba dancers show off their skills during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday. Dancers in 16 groups joined the annual summer event, which marked its 30th anniversary.

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