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Asian countries agree to set up Sea of Japan shipping route
17:38:34, 5 September 2008, Radio Australia News
China, Japan, Russia and South Korea have signed an agreement to set up an 800-nautical-mile joint shipping route around the Sea of Japan.
Reforms expected in South Korea parliament's first session
16:15:09, 1 September 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korea's new parliament has started its first full session with ruling party MPs saying they plan to push through pro-business reforms and a free trade deal with the United States.
China's president talks trade with South Korea
15:42:59, 25 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Chinese President Hu Jintao is in South Korea for talks on expanding bilateral trade and ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Military exercise could jeopordise nuclear disarmament: NKorea
22:31:13, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
North Korea says a major US-South Korean military exercise could impede progress on an international nuclear disarmament deal.
Mobile subscriptions top 45 million in SKorea
14:48:27, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 per cent of the total population.
South Korean Buddhists rally against 'pro-Christian' president
07:57:36, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korean Buddhists have staged a protest against what they see as religious bias by the government of President Lee Myung-Bak, a devout Christian.
Korean vessels collide off east coast
14:35:46, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A North Korean fishing boat has sunk after colliding with a South Korean cargo vessel in North Korean waters.
Australia, S Korea to discuss trade deal
18:20:57, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia and South Korea will begin formal discussions on a free trade agreement in Canberra next month.
Australia's prime minister in South Korea
14:30:41, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's prime minister has paid respects to Australian war dead at the United Nations war cemetery in South Korea.
North Korea refuses envoy factory access
01:12:21, 8 August 2008, Radio Australia News
North Korea has rejected a request from the United States special envoy on human rights in North Korea to visit the Kaesong industrial complex.
Australian PM prepares for Olympic trip
02:24:42, 7 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd leaves for China today, but his promise to raise human rights concerns while he's attending the Olympics has done little to appease supporters of Tibet.
US, South Korean leaders meet
00:45:55, 7 August 2008, Radio Australia News
US President George W Bush says its premature to drop North Korea from his 'axis of evil'.
SKorea to build power plant on disputed islands
19:48:41, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korea says it will build a solar power plant on remote islands claimed by Japan, as part of moves to reassert its sovereignty.
Tight security for President Bush's South Korean visit
07:51:06, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
US President George Bush has had a mixed reception to the start of his two-day visit to South Korea.
South Korea's ambassador returns to Tokyo
02:51:17, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The South Korean ambassador to Japan has returned to Tokyo, three weeks after he was recalled by Seoul over a territorial dispute between two nations.
US President arrives in South Korea
20:18:11, 5 August 2008, Radio Australia News
US President George W Bush has arrived in South Korea.
US president on Asia visit
15:47:16, 5 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The US president, George W Bush, is starting a three-nation trip to Asia during which he will attend the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Australian PM plans South Korea, Singapore visit
11:46:16, 5 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, says he'll visit South Korea and Singapore after attending the Olympics in Beijing.
Avalanche 'deadliest day' in K2 history
01:57:14, 4 August 2008, Radio Australia News
An avalanche near the summit of the world's second highest mountain, K2, in northern Pakistan, has left at least nine people dead.
Arrests after South Korean protest
16:41:32, 3 August 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korean police say they are holding 11 people in custody for illegally taking to the streets during an anti-US protest ahead of President George W.
Disputed islands belong to South Korea: US
01:17:25, 1 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States says it will recognise South Korea as the owner of a tiny group of islands halfway between South Korea and Japan.
First US beef shipment in five years arrives in SKorea
21:13:58, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A shipment of US ribs has arrived in South Korea for the first time in nearly five years under a new import deal which has sparked weeks of massive street protests.
Korean firm 'interested' in PNG biofuel project
03:25:08, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A multi-million dollar cassava biofuel project near the Papua New Guinean capital, Port Moresby, looks like attracting another major investor.
US beef imports prompt SKorean riot
19:51:58, 27 July 2008, Radio Australia News
South Korean riot police have clashed with protesters on the streets of Seoul overnight, when a rally against US beef imports turned violent.
SKorea backs down on privatisation plans
22:20:15, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The South Korean government says it has dropped plans to privatise a string of public utilities.
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