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Obama Ready to Cut Nukes Again

Matt Cantor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:44:00 CDT

President Obama still thinks we could stand to get rid of a bunch of our nukes, and has promised a renewed effort to cut American and Russian nuclear arsenals following 2010's START treaty . "We can already say with confidence that we have more nuclear weapons than we need," the president...

Architects Apologize for Design Echoing 9/11

Mark Russell — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:00:00 CST

A Dutch architecture firm is apologizing for the design of a new luxury high-rise it announced last week, after people complained it was reminiscent of the exploding World Trade Center on 9/11, reports Reuters . Called The Cloud, the development in Seoul, South Korea, called for two white high-rises of 54...

'Occupy' Protests Hit ... South Korea

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:38:18 CDT

Apparently the Occupy Wall Street protest movement has gone global. A coalition of 30 civic groups is planning a two-day “Occupy Seoul” protest, calling on Koreans to gather throughout South Korea’s capital, including in its Yeouido financial district, the Yonhap news service reports. “We will join the global movement and...

South Korea Town has Highest Autism Rate Ever

Tim Karan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:09:47 CDT

Researchers have discovered the highest rate of autism ever found in a general population within a suburb of Seoul, South Korea. About 2.6% of the children in Ilsan have some form of the disease, reports the Los Angeles Times . That contrasts with the 1% figure found in the US...

South Korean Cops Raid Google Offices

Kevin Spak — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:59:05 CDT

South Korean police raided Google’s Seoul office today based on suspicions that its AdMob mobile advertising unit had “collected personal location information without consent or approval from the Korean Communication Commission,” a police official tells Reuters . Google confirmed the raid, and said it was cooperating with police. Neither would elaborate...

South Korea Eases Retaliation Rules

Matt Cantor — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:00:00 CST

After declaring plans to boost defenses , South Korea announced a shift in military policy to make retaliation easier, the New York Times reports. New rules will allow South Korea’s military a more forceful response to any attack from Pyongyang. But with the public largely opposed to a military response, President...

South Korea Defense Minister Resigns

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:30:33 CST

South Korea promised today to boost defenses on the island North Korea attacked, as the country’s defense minister resigned and China offered an official response to the incident. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held a security meeting today to draft new defense strategies and rules of engagement including increasing and...

'Guidelines,' No Specifics, at G20

Matt Cantor — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:07:37 CST

G20 leaders have agreed to curb “persistently large imbalances” in saving and spending and set “indicative guidelines” against trade imbalances, but more specific decisions on how to identify and fix said imbalances were left until next year, reports the New York Times . The finance minsters are to agree on these...

US-South Korea Trade Deal Hits the Rocks

Kevin Spak — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:21:06 CST

After days of furious negotiating, the US has failed to strike a free trade deal with South Korea. President Obama still hopes that the deal can be reached within a few weeks, but probably not before Obama leaves Seoul, the LA Times reports—a Korean official said that Lee Myung-bak...