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NKorea to close border with South
08:55:57, 25 November 2008, Radio Australia News
North Korea says it is clamping down on cross-border movements and is suspending a historic railway service in protest at what it calls South Korea's policy of 'confrontation'.
US, SKorea pledge to ratify FTA
13:20:36, 23 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States and South Korean leaders, meanwhile, have reaffirmed the need to ratify a bilateral free trade.
South Korea, Japan, China to meet over economies
22:02:23, 21 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China will meet next month to discuss closer cooperation in combating the global financial crisis.
SKorea trying to ban leaflet drops into North
22:53:04, 17 November 2008, Radio Australia News
A spokesman for South Korea's unification ministry says the government is seeking to ban activists from sending anti-North Korean leaflets across the border.
Filipinos, South Korean held hostage off Somalia
20:13:45, 16 November 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korean officials say gunmen have hijacked a Japanese-managed cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, carrying 18 Filipinos and five South Koreans.
South Korea wants to ease tensions with the North
07:59:55, 14 November 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korea is calling for talks with North Korea to ease tensions.
North Korea to close land border with South Korea
07:54:27, 13 November 2008, Radio Australia News
North Korea says it will close its land border with South Korea, in protest against policies of the South Korean government.
SKorean police seize fake US dollar bills
17:43:24, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korean police have seized almost ten thousand fake $US 100 bills, known as 'supernotes' for their high quality.
Pets, vets feel pinch of S Korean slowing economy
15:35:43, 11 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Pets and vets are feeling the pinch as South Korea's economy slows.
![A North Korean soldier (L) and a South Korean soldier stand guard across their heavily-armed border. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/nkorea_skorea_border_afp_08.jpg "A North Korean soldier (L) and a South Korean soldier stand guard across their heavily-armed border. [AFP]")
![Heads of state at the APEC summit in Lima pose for a photograph in typical Peruvian ponchos. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/apec_rtr_231108.jpg "Heads of state at the APEC summit in Lima pose for a photograph in typical Peruvian ponchos. [Reuters]")
![US President George Bush, pictured here with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is hosting the G20 leaders in Washington with the global financial crisis top of the agenda. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indo_susilobush_rtr_151108.jpg "US President George Bush, pictured here with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is hosting the G20 leaders in Washington with the global financial crisis top of the agenda. [Reuters]")
![War veterans gather at the Cenotaph in central London for Remembrance Day. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/remembrance_rtr_111108.jpg "War veterans gather at the Cenotaph in central London for Remembrance Day. [Reuters]")
![The Malaysia High Court has ruled that the home minister had acted outside his powers charging Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the ISA. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/malay_kamaruddin_afp_1008.jpg "The Malaysia High Court has ruled that the home minister had acted outside his powers charging Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the ISA. [AFP]")
![President Ma (R) has hosted China envoy Chen Yunlin (L) in Taipei, a Taiwanese leader's highest level face-to-face meeting since 1949. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/taiwan_ma_chen_afp_1108.jpg "President Ma (R) has hosted China envoy Chen Yunlin (L) in Taipei, a Taiwanese leader's highest level face-to-face meeting since 1949. [AFP]")
