Saturday, July 20, 2013

Threats from North Korea - A Week in Review (July 20, 2013)


And now, the week in review of what's what at the Korean peninsula...

July 15, 2013

- Two Koreas ended talks of the normalization of an inter-Korean complex without reaching agreement.

- A resolution to the conflict over just what former SoKor president Roh Moo-Hyun said to former NoKor leader Kim Jong-il regarding the Northern Limit Line back in 2007 may be near.

July 16, 2013

- The Park Geun-hye administration has set up a presidential youth committee that will focus on creating high-quality jobs for young people.

- The Korean government says it is highly likely that North Korea's behind the cyber attacks back in June 25th.


July 17, 2013

- The fourth round of working-level talks between North Korea and South Korea ended without an agreement today.

- It's the 65th anniversary of Korea's Constitution and to mark the occasion, key figures from the legislative, executive and judicial branches came together at the National Assembly.

July 18, 2013

- Two more containers of weapons were discovered aboard the North Korean vessel that was seized in Panama, according to officials.

- The National Archives of Korea has acknowledge that it does not keep a much-wanted transcript of South Korea's 2007 summit with North Korea, confirming a mysterious disappearance of the top-secret file.

- The second round of negotiations between Korea, China, and Japan over a FTA will kick off later this month.

July 19, 2013

- The United Nations says it will send a team of inspectors to Panama next month to investigate whether North Korea violated UN sanctions with its attempted arms shipment.

- US Vice President Joe Biden says Washington will only resume dialogue with Pyongyang if it is serious about engaging in "genuine negotiations".

- Prosecutors have started combing through the evidence they collected from the homes and offices of former president Chun Doo-hwan and his family members.

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