http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295314,poland-back-to-winning-ways-serbia-end-south-koreas-run.html Hamburg - New Poland coach Franciszek Smuda got his first victory against Canada Wednesday while South Korea's 27-match unbeaten run in international football came to an end with a 1-0 defeat to Serbia in a friendly match played in London. Nikola Zig... Sports Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295314,poland-back-to-winning-ways-serbia-end-south-koreas-run.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295492,un-trade-sanctions-bite-north-korea-but-arms-embargo-stings-less.html New York - The UN Security Council's trade sanctions against North Korea inflicted a sharp drop in business, but the country appeared to have eluded the arms embargo because of its sophisticated international network, a sanctions panel said Thursday.... World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295492,un-trade-sanctions-bite-north-korea-but-arms-embargo-stings-less.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291201,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea--summary.html Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanc... US,World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:52:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291201,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291196,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea.html Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanctions will not be relaxed unt... US,World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:04:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291196,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291191,jordan-awards-195-million-dollar-contract-to-south-koreas-hanwha.html Amman - South Korea's Hanwha group on Wednesday won a 195- million-dollar contract from Jordan's state-owned power utility to build two gas turbine stations with an overall capacity of 285.7 megawatts for the Samra Power Plant. The agreement was sign... Business Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:22:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291191,jordan-awards-195-million-dollar-contract-to-south-koreas-hanwha.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290113,swedish-coach-eriksson-linked-to-north-korea-job.html London - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is in talks to manage North Korea at next summer's World Cup, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Eriksson, who led England at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, is reported to be heading to... Sports Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:34:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290113,swedish-coach-eriksson-linked-to-north-korea-job.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291339,korea-national-oil-corp-buys-canadian-oil-company.html Seoul - The state-owned Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) has bought the Calgary-based Harvest Energy Trust of Canada, the energy ministry in Seoul announced Thursday. KNOC will pay 4.1 billion Canadian dollars (3.9 billion US dollars) for the company, ... Business Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:46:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291339,korea-national-oil-corp-buys-canadian-oil-company.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292084,toyota-launches-four-new-models-in-south-korea.html Seoul - Toyota Motor Korea has begun selling four flagship models in South Korea aimed at cracking a market dominated by native car makers Hyundai and Kia. The models are the Prius sedan, the Camry sedan and hybrid sedan, and the RAV4 sport utility v... Cars,General Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:10:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292084,toyota-launches-four-new-models-in-south-korea.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291758,south-korean-economy-sees-biggest-growth-in-seven-years.html Seoul - South Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in seven years in the third quarter, rising 2.9 per cent from the quarter before, the central bank said Monday. The third-straight quarterly growth for Asia's fourth-largest economy was better th... Business Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:40:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291758,south-korean-economy-sees-biggest-growth-in-seven-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292554,south-korea-plans-more-troops-for-afghanistan-after-2007-withdrawal.html Seoul - South Korea said Friday that it plans to send troops to Afghanistan to protect its citizens engaged in reconstruction work there, nearly two years after it withdrew its soldiers from the conflict-ridden country. An appropriate number of pol... Asia,World Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:04:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292554,south-korea-plans-more-troops-for-afghanistan-after-2007-withdrawal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293030,north-korea-says-it-has-completed-plutonium-work--summary.html Seoul - North Korea said Tuesday that it has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to obtain plutonium for nuclear weapons. The work was completed by the end of August at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, the state-run Korean Central News... Asia,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293030,north-korea-says-it-has-completed-plutonium-work--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293019,south-korea-declares-red-alert-against-swine-flu.html Seoul - South Korea on Tuesday raised the flu alert level to its highest status because of the rising spread of swine flu. The red alert level, the highest on South Korea's four-level scale, means that government authorities would be mobilized to fig... Asia,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:10:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293019,south-korea-declares-red-alert-against-swine-flu.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293973,report-north-and-south-korean-warships-exchange-fire--update.html Seoul - Warships belonging to North and South Korea clashed off their west coast Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a defence official in Seoul. A North Korean patrol ship crossed the Northern Limit Line, the countries' disput... Asia,World Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:58:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293973,report-north-and-south-korean-warships-exchange-fire--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294644,extra-obama-on-north-korea-we-will-not-be-cowed.html Tokyo - US President Barack Obama Saturday called for North Korea to return to denuclearization talks, urging it to choose international integration over isolation that has compounded the horrific repression of its own people. Obama was speaking t... Asia,World Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294644,extra-obama-on-north-korea-we-will-not-be-cowed.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294630,us-urges-north-korea-to-avoid-provocative-steps.html Washington - The United States urged North Korea on Friday to avoid taking any provocative steps following a clash earlier in the week between North and South Korean warships. Ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to South Korea next week, Pyongyan... US,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:52:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294630,us-urges-north-korea-to-avoid-provocative-steps.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294398,south-korean-firm-withdraws-offer-for-chipmaker-hynix.html Seoul - South Korea's Hyosung Group on Thursday withdrew its offer to buy a 28-per-cent stake in chip manufacturer Hynix Semiconductor Inc. The group's Hyosung Corp said it abandoned its bid for Hynix due to various unfounded rumours including those... Business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294398,south-korean-firm-withdraws-offer-for-chipmaker-hynix.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294393,north-korea-accuses-south-of-naval-conspiracy--summary.html Seoul - North Korea charged Thursday that a naval skirmish this week with South Korea was a conspiracy by its neighbour aimed at thwarting a current thaw in tensions and threatened retaliation. Navy vessels from the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday,... Asia,World Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:40:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294393,north-korea-accuses-south-of-naval-conspiracy--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294199,us-to-send-envoy-to-north-korea-despite-naval-clashes.html Singapore - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday said a recent clash between warships from North and South Korea would not affect the decision to send a US special envoy to the Stalinist state. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth would... US,World Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:58:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294199,us-to-send-envoy-to-north-korea-despite-naval-clashes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295409,obama-world-running-out-of-patience-with-iran-north-korea.html Seoul - US President Barack Obama said Thursday that the international community's patience in the nuclear disputes with Iran and North Korea was running out. Neither Iran nor North Korea could continue to bank on the world community continuing to ac... Asia,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:04:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295409,obama-world-running-out-of-patience-with-iran-north-korea.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294531,north-korea-threatens-military-action-to-defend-sea-border.html Seoul - North Korea warned Friday it would use merciless military action to defend its sea border with South Korea. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's military demanded an apology for a naval clash ear... Asia,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:46:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294531,north-korea-threatens-military-action-to-defend-sea-border.html