S.Korea Checking Report of Kidnapping in Iraq
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The South Korean government was checking  reports that one or two of its nationals may have been  kidnapped in Iraq, Foreign Ministry officials said on Sunday.
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SEOUL : South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun made a surprise visit to his troops in northern Iraq on his way home from a European tour, a top presidential aide said.
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South Korea has evidence that rice aid intended for the hungry in destitute North Korea has been diverted to the communist state's powerful military, a South Korean defense ministry official said on Thursday.
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North Korea will conduct a thorough  investigation into the kidnapping of Japanese citizens, a  departure from its stand that the divisive issue has been  settled, a source with ties to Pyongyang said on Thursday.
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21 August 2004 -- Nepalese officials say they are trying to confirm reports that 12 Nepalese nationals had been seized by a militant group in Iraq.
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South Korean officials said Tuesday they were trying to verify North Korea&#39;s claim that a huge explosion last week was caused by the demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project.
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MANILA -- A Filipino who was among four people abducted in Iraq is believed to be an accountant working for a Saudi Arabian company catering food to American troops, sources said Tuesday.
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North Korea will conduct a thorough investigation into the kidnapping of Japanese citizens, a departure from its stand that the divisive issue has been settled, a source with ties to Pyongyang said on Thursday.
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South Korean government officials are struggling to confirm persistent reports from North Korea of the recent death of its leader Kim Jong Il&#39;s favorite mistress, a former
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Families of eight Chinese hostages in  Iraq pleaded on Thursday for their release as a deadline set by  their captors neared, and Japan said it was checking reports  one of its citizens had been kidnapped.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea  has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its  nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia,  saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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South Korea is seeking independent  verification on the nature of a huge blast in North Korea last  week, which its communist neighbor has said was linked to a  hydroelectric scheme, government officials said on Tuesday.
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Japan scrambled on Friday to check a  report that an Asian body had been found in Iraq after a  deadline expired for the beheading of a Japanese youth whose  captors had demanded that Tokyo withdraw its troops.
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Twenty-three South Korean kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan are in good health, but any use of force to rescue them would put their lives at risk, a Taliban spokesman said on Monday.
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President Roh Moo-hyun made a surprise visit Wednesday to northern Iraq where 3,600 South Korean troops are helping rebuild the violence-wracked country, his office said.
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Australia was investigating whether a foreigner found dead in central Iraq could be one of two Australians allegedly kidnapped in the country earlier this week.
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SEOUL : South Korea has said it is investigating sketchy reports of a big explosion in North Korea last week but was unsure what triggered the blast near a secret underground military base.