S.Korean Farmers Clash with Police on Rice Imports
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South Korean police used water cannon in  central Seoul Friday to disperse at least 15,000 farmers  protesting against a government plan to further ease  restrictions on rice imports.
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North Korea has accused South Korea of &quot;grave provocation&quot; after the South fired warning shots at its vessels. In a statement published by the official KCNA news agency, North Korea said an armed clash was only avoided thanks to its navy&#39;s restraint.
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North and South Korean generals seek common ground on a sea border row at high-level military talks.
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South Korea is unlikely to resume beef imports from Canada anytime soon despite stricter rules imposed by the exporter because buyers are still not convinced that supplies are safe, a Korean official said on Monday.
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The BBC's Mark Duff visits rice farmers and chefs worried about the threat to Italian rice from free trade agreements.
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SEOUL: South Korean authorities stopped a shipment of a potentially lethal chemical to North Korea this year, but at least two other shipments got through to the communist state, South Korea said on Friday.
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South Korean opposition lawmakers are staging a sit-in protest demanding President Roh Moo-Hyun stop his drive to regain wartime control over his army from the United States, party officials said.
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In the face of new competition primarily from China, produce farmers have joined forces for the first time.
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Clashes erupted between soldiers and Muslim separatist rebels in the southern Philippines, with both sides accusing the other of violating a truce ahead of peace talks.
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Authorities in South Korea mobilised more than 50,000 riot police as protesters vowed to press ahead with a wave of demonstrations against a proposed free trade deal with the United States.
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Riot police beat back protesters including monks at a Rangoon pagoda at the heart of anti-junta unrest, reports say.
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Police clashed Thursday with students, environmentalists and left-leaning Brazilians protesting a visit by President Bush and his push for an ethanol energy alliance with Latin America's largest nation.
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South Korean police fought Saturday to quell thousands of rioting farmers in Seould after a rally against foreign rice imports, the BBC reported.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns criticized South Korea for halting beef shipments from a U.S. meatpacker, saying authorities there had "invented" a standard for imports.
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Monks and pro-democracy protesters in clashes with riot police.
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Tens of thousands of Italian farmers protested Wednesday against the lack of clear and detailed labels on agricultural products, saying cheap imports from China were hurting their bottom line.
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South Korea said it plans to crack down on people who demand money for organizing mass-defections of North Koreans. So-called brokers - often Koreans living in China, South Korean