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South Korea Recalls Envoy to Japan
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Kim said the South Korean government planned to send an official message calling for the North's cooperation later Tuesday through a liaison office in the border village of Panmunjom. (article 4)
On Tuesday, Kim also raised other questions, such as why a witness claimed to hear gunfire about 30 minutes after the North said the shooting occurred. (article 4)
South Korea and Japan both lay claim to a group of desolate, rocky islets which Seoul calls Dokdo and Tokyo calls Takeshima. (article 7)
The foreign ministry said Japan had reasserted its claim to the islands, which are under South Korean control in waters between the Asian neighbours. (article 6)
North Korea has agreed to disable its main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon by the end of October in return for deliveries of fuel oil and other economic aid. (article 2)
Seoul has complained that North Korea is failing to co-operate with an investigation into the killing of a South Korean tourist. (article 5)
Park Wang-ja was shot dead by a North Korean soldier in a special tourism zone in the mountains of the communist state on Friday morning. (article 5)
Officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas agreed Pyongyang would finish disabling its main nuclear facility by October. (article 1)
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Korea, Korean, South, Japan, North |
Source articles
- N Korea agrees to nuclear checks (BBC News, 07/12/2008, 388 words)
- N Korea to disable main reactor (ft.com, 07/13/2008, 422 words)
- New S Korea call for North talks (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 349 words)
- SKorea presses North to probe shooting (boston.com, 07/15/2008, 365 words)
- Pyongyang criticised over killing (BBC News, 07/12/2008, 375 words)
- South Korea to recall Japan envoy (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 343 words)
- ABC News: SKorea-Japan Island Row: Envoy Recalled (ABCNews, 07/14/2008, 302 words)
- South Korea Recalls Envoy to Japan (nytimes.com, 07/15/2008, 359 words)
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