Positive news from South Korea
South Korean Emergency Aid Heads For NorthSeoul, Korea - The first shipment of emergency aid from South Korea to the North since devastating floods last month, which reportedly left up to 10,000 people dead or missing, left on Thursday, an aid group said |
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Gigantic fusion reactor gets the green lightBrussels, Belgium - Plans to develop the most advanced nuclear fusion reactor to date were signed off by officials from the EU, the US, Russia and four Asian nations on Wednesday. |
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Korea unveils world’s second androidSeoul, KR - Korea has developed its own android [a female modeled after two movies stars and a singer, called Ever-1] capable of facial expressions on its humanoid face, the second such machine to be developed after one from Japan. |
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Amid Mines and Barbed Wire, Wildlife Thrives in a Cold War No Man’s LandYanggu, South Korea - Within earshot of a truckload of South Korean troops, a family of wild boars approaches a military base looking for an afternoon snack. Just down the road, water deer dash into a forest dotted with mines. |
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Roll Over, Aibo: Meet S.Korea’s Robot DogSeoul, South Korea - A South Korean company is stepping into to the gap left by Sony's decision to end production of its mechanized canine Aibo with a new robot hound that can recognize spoken commands and act as a watchdog with a camera built into its snout. |
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World’s Top Polluters to Fight Climate ChangeCanberra, Australia - The United States, Japan, China, India, Australia and South Korea will hold the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate - a pact they say will complement, not rival, the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases. |
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North Korea signals desire to negotiateSeoul, Korea - After a week of confusing and harsh rhetoric, North Korea appeared to soften its stance Friday on the crisis surrounding its nuclear program, saying it was willing to negotiate with the United States in a new round of talks and welcoming a possible visit by the top U.S. negotiator. |
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Demilitarised Zone that Divides Koreas Serves as Nature PreserveDorasan - The Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula has been a no man's land for over 50 years and because of that, it has also become a wildlife sanctuary for a variety of plant and animal life. |
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North to return to talks in last week of JulySouth Korea - While welcoming North Korea's Saturday announcement that it will return to the six-party talks over its nuclear weapons program later this month, officials in both Seoul and Washington emphasized that "real progress" needs to be made in those negotiations. |
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North Korea Declares its Bird Flu Outbreak OverSeoul, Korea - North Korea has confirmed that a bird flu outbreak that began in February had been stamped out, three months after a UN body declared the outbreak over. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse
News from East Asia
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR rays
- Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
- Chinese police ‘smash’ trafficking gangs, frees 181
- China to ban shark fin soup from official functions
- 75% of Japan’s NW Pacific whale hunt unsold: official
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- Amazon removes whale meat products from Japanese site
- North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium
- Shark Fin Soup Off The Menu At China Luxury Hotels