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A South Korean court prepared to deliver a verdict Monday in the trial of a disgraced scientist whose fraudulent claims of breakthroughs in stem cell research shook the international scientific community.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) will make a small grant of humanitarian aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), ending its suspension of handouts after a series of conciliatory gestures from its rival, an official said on Monday.
Until recently, this spot where the fish merchant was standing, in a man-made desert at the edge of nowhere, represented one of the world's worst environmental calamities.
UN inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection that raised Western suspicions about the extent and intent of Iran's nuclear program.
Sixteen countries across Asia and the Pacific are cozying up to find their way out of the economic recession together.Premier Wen Jiabao said China said it would provide $15 billion in credit to other ASEAN countries.
The Pakistani army claimed advances in its eight-day old offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Sunday, while the militants' chief warned of more terrorist attacks around the country unless the military halted the assault.
Japan's navy held its triennial fleet review Sunday, its first major demonstration of power under the country's new government, which has vowed to cut back on some of its already limited activities overseas.
A student takes part in the re-enactment of the traditional state examinations at Gyeongbok-gung in Seoul October 25, 2009. The practice of holding "Gwageo" to select government officials began in the Republic of Korea in 788 and was abrogated in 1894.
The 4th East Asia Summit was held on Sunday, where ASEAN leaders and their counterparts from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand met to discuss regional cooperation topics.China, India agree on border issues
The Republic of Korea (ROK) is considering sending up to 3 million tons of corn to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in what would be its first direct food aid to its impoverished neighbor in nearly two years, a news report said Sunday.
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