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South Koreans pay respects to Kim Jong Ilupdated: Mon Dec 26 2011 08:31:00

A delegation of South Koreans traveled to the Communist North Monday to pay their respects to the late leader Kim Jong Il, lying in state at Kumsusan Memorial Palace.

South Korea holds funeral for 46 sailorsupdated: Thu Apr 29 2010 10:11:00

The mood was somber in South Korea Thursday as the nation officially honored the sailors who were lost when their warship went down near disputed waters off North Korea last month.

South Korea honors fallen sailorsupdated: Thu Apr 29 2010 10:11:00

The South Korean navy honors 46 sailors killed or left missing when a ship sank in waters near North Korea.

South Korea remembers Kimupdated: Sun Aug 23 2009 22:19:00

Former South Korean President and Nobel Laureate Kim Dae-jung laid to rest.

Ex-president's funeral warms Korea relationsupdated: Sun Aug 23 2009 22:19:00

South Korea bade farewell to former President Kim Dae-Jung Sunday in a ceremony attended by thousands of citizens, dignitaries and politicians.

S. Korean leader gets message from Kim Jong Ilupdated: Sat Aug 22 2009 23:29:00

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday met with a visiting North Korean delegation, and received a message from the North's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, according South Korea's state media.

N. Korean delegation arrives to honor Kimupdated: Fri Aug 21 2009 04:46:00

A North Korean delegation arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday to mourn former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, best remembered for trying to foster better relations between the two neighbors, the South's media reported.

Fmr. S. Korean president diesupdated: Wed Aug 19 2009 03:45:00

A look back on the life of former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung. CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae reports.

North Korea to send delegation to Kim funeralupdated: Wed Aug 19 2009 03:45:00

North Korea will send a delegation to the funeral of former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, who is best remembered for trying to foster better relations between the two neighbors.

Former South Korean leader, Nobel winner on respiratorupdated: Thu Jul 16 2009 07:54:00

A former South Korea president who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering better relations between North and South Korea has been placed on a respirator in a hospital, a news agency reported Thursday.

S. Korea's Lee willing to meet Kimupdated: Mon Jan 14 2008 02:55:00

South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak said on Monday he is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to help in the denuclearization process as the reclusive Communist nation dismantles its nuclear program.

North Korean disarmamentupdated: Thu Jan 10 2008 03:29:00

A U.S. envoy returns to Asia hoping to kick-start stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament. CNN's Kyung Lah reports

Two Koreas talk for peaceupdated: Fri Oct 05 2007 00:31:00

CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae looks at various peace measures agreed upon between the leaders of the two Koreas.

Roh crosses Korean borderupdated: Fri Oct 05 2007 00:31:00

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun crosses into North Korea for a summit.

Korean leaders sign peace pledgeupdated: Fri Oct 05 2007 00:31:00

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun signed an eight-point peace agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Thursday at a summit in Pyongyang, North Korea.

North, South Korean leaders meetupdated: Wed Oct 03 2007 00:07:00

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday at the start of only the second-ever summit between leaders of the two nations, but Kim won't meet formally with Roh until Wednesday.

Korea Peninsula talksupdated: Tue Oct 02 2007 19:31:00

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il begin their summit. CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae reports.

U.S. endorses plan to disable North Korea's nuclear facilitiesupdated: Tue Oct 02 2007 19:31:00

The United States said Tuesday it has backed a plan aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear facilities by the end of the year, The Associated Press reported.

Time.com: The Two Koreas Plan to Meet Againupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 11:00:00

Seven years after a historic but virtually fruitless meeting, the rivals schedule a summit. But will it be any more successful?

Two Koreas to hold summitupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 04:20:00

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will hold a summit later this month aimed at raising relations between the two nations "to a higher level," according to a joint statement released by their respective governments on Wednesday.

Kim Dae-jung Talkasia Transcriptupdated: Mon Nov 20 2006 03:33:00

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Fortune: U.S. Slowdown Is Strong Medicine for Asia...updated: Mon Feb 05 2001 00:01:00

The true heroes of East Asia's recovery from the 1997 currency crisis--credit card-wielding American mall rats with their insatiable appetite for imports--finally seem tapped out. That means that n...

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