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NEAL PIERCE: South Korea source of out-of-the box transit ideas

Source: New Haven Register, Jul 21 2012, 6:16pm CDT

OUR friends in South Korea have developed a sheaf of ingenious transportation strategies. My favorite is elevated bicycle freeways. The idea is to foster cycling in busy world cities by constructing two-directional ...

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North Korea`s bid to return to N-talks welcomed by Moscow

Source: Zee News  |   May 24 2013, 10:36pm CDT

Moscow: Russia regards as a "positive development" reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a Russian diplomat said. China's Xinhua news agency and South Korea's Yonhap reported Fr ...

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9 hours ago

Bay Area Man On a Mission to Supply North Korea With Wheelchairs

Source: Oakland Local  |   May 24 2013, 4:21pm CDT

Despite a mountain of international sanctions and grinding poverty, North Korea’s leaders have proven adept at procuring everything from the latest in digital toys to nuclear technology. But for the country ...

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10 hours ago

Don’t Become a Statistic This Memorial Day Weekend

Source: YoublawG  |   May 24 2013, 3:32pm CDT

As people prepare to enjoy Memorial Day weekend across the United States, transportation officials estimate that at least 89 percent of travelers will be driving this weekend. That amounts to over 31.2 million people and has ...

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10 hours ago

Veteran journeys back to Korea

Source: Coquitlam Now  |   May 24 2013, 2:57pm CDT

More than 60 years ago Korea was at war. It wasn't international, but at home, brother against brother. A democratic south, supported by Canada and the United Nations, and a communist north, supported by Russia and ...

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11 hours ago

North Korea’s Turn to Diplomacy: Resuming the Six-Party Talks?

Source: Brookings Institution  |   May 24 2013, 2:28pm CDT

But this is all part of Pyongyang’s playbook. We have seen these peace offensives before. The crucial question now is the basis on which North Korea might be willing to negotiate. Is it the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, which is the ...

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13 hours ago

Teenager's sex slavery claim doubted

Source: The Nation - Thailand  |   May 24 2013, 12:44pm CDT

New questions have emerged about a Thai teenager's claim that her aunt forced her into prostitution in South Korea. The aunt, Piangjai Kim, flew back to Thailand late on Thursday for police interrogation, in which she firmly denied the alle ...

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14 hours ago

A new technology from South Korea promises to triple the efficiency of lithium-ion batteries

Source: GSM Arena  |   May 24 2013, 11:07am CDT

A new technology developed by a group of South Korean scientists can triple the efficiency and in turn the capacity of lithium-ion batteries, according to a report from the country’s science ministry. The s ...

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14 hours ago

South Korea mulls North Korean detente

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 10:56am CDT

SEOUL, May 24 (UPI) -- The South Korean government is examining a proposal from North Korea to resume annual rapprochement celebrations, a spokesman said Friday. North Korea this week proposed by fax a return to annual celebrations ...

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16 hours ago

'She's a maniac', N Korea says of Park

Source: Herald Sun  |   May 24 2013, 9:33am CDT

South Korea's president Park Geun-Hye waves to supporters in Seoul. Source: AFP NORTH Korea accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of hurting the dignity of its leadership and slammed her as "a confrontation maniac''. The warning came a day a ...

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South Korea to keep sanctions until North apologizes for ship sinking

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 9:03am CDT

SEOUL, May 24 (UPI) -- North Korea must show remorse for sinking a South Korean warship before the South will consider easing or lifting sanctions, a government spokesman said Friday. The North has denied any responsibility for ...

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