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S.Korea Waiting for Delhi's Proposal to Set Nuke Facility

S.Korea Waiting for Delhi's Proposal to Set Nuke Facility

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (NNN-Bernama) -- South Korean Ambassador to India im Joong-Keun on Wednesday said Seoul was waiting for New D...

India Joins S.Korea & U.S Against N.Korea's Planned Satellite Launch

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the leaders of the<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Nuclear Security Summit, in Seoul on March 27, 2012.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Photo © PIB<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">SEOUL  (NNN-Bernama) -- India has joined South Korea and the United States in voicing their concern over North Korea's plan to launch an 'application satellite', a move that is likely to escalate tension in the peninsula, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In a joint statement after their meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for maintaining peace and stability in the peninsula including its denuclearisation. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Noting North Korea's announcement made on March 16, that it plans to launch the so-called "application satellite", the leaders said that nothing should be done which increases tensions in the region and violates the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Nothing should be done which could increase tensions in the region," Sanjay Singh, Secretary (East), in the Ministry of External Affairs told reporters. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama warned North Korea that it risks deepening its isolation in the global community if it proceeds with its planned long-range rocket launch. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"North Korea will achieve nothing by threats or provocations," Obama said, who is here to attend a nuclear security summit. The US President spoke following a private meeting with President Lee. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Both leaders warned there would be consequences if North Korea proceeds with next month's launch. The move would jeopardise a deal for the US to resume stalled food at to the North, Obama said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Bad behaviour will not be rewarded," Obama said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">North Korea plans to launch a satellite using a long-range rocket next month, which the US and other powers said would violate a UN ban on nuclear and missile activity because the same could be used for long-range missiles. --NNN-BERNAMA <o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

India Joins S.Korea & U.S Against N.Korea's Planned Satellite Launch

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the leaders of the Nuclear Security Summit, in Seoul on March 27, 2012. Photo © PIB SEOUL...

Indian PM Invites Korean Investments in Solar & Nuclear Sectors

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">SEOUL (NNN-Bernama) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked South Korean businessmen to help India expand its burgeoning solar and nuclear power sectors by investing in these environment-friendly technologies, according to Press Trust of India (PTI). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“We are committed to increasing energy efficiency and the share of renewables, including solar and nuclear power, in our energy mix,” visiting Manmohan told a group of top Korean CEOs here. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Among the CEOs present was Kim Joong-Kyum of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) which has interests in nuclear power that meets 45 per cent of Korea’s electricity requirements. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“There will be large business opportunities and I am aware of Korean capabilities in environmentally friendly technologies,” the Prime Minister said at a meeting organised by Korean industry chambers. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, during a bilateral meeting with Manmohan Sunday, had requested that his country be allocated a site in India to build nuclear reactors. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sensing the concerns of the Korean businessmen with regard to the much-delayed US$12 billion Posco steel project in Odisha, the Prime Minister told the CEOs that "our processes can be slow but there are effective mechanisms for resolution of problems and differences and a strong rule of law.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“The government is keen to move forward with the Posco project and there is some progress in this regard. I believe that India is a stable and profitable long-term investment opportunity,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Besides KEPCO, CEOs of Samsung Electronics, Tata Daewoo, Ssangyong Motors, Hyundai Motors and Doosan Heavy Industries were present at the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Furthermore, he added that investment from Korea is a priority for India and many states have been encouraging foreign investment and the Union Government to support these efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"Therefore, I urge Korean industry to have faith in India as India is one of the fastest growing major economies of the world and poised to continue to be a frontline player in the global knowledge economy," Manmohan said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>-- NNN-BERNAMA <o:p></o:p></span></div></blockquote></div>

Indian PM Invites Korean Investments in Solar & Nuclear Sectors

SEOUL (NNN-Bernama) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked South Korean businessmen to help India expand its burgeoning solar and...

Indian P M Leaves for Seoul Tomorrow for Bilateral Talks, Nuke Security Summit

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">  <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NEW Delhi (NNN-UNI) -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave tomorrow for a four-day visit to South Korea during which he will hold bilateral talks with President Lee Myung bak and attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on March 26 and 27.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A bilateral agreement on Simplification of Visas will be signed between the two countries during the visit of the Prime Minister, aimed at giving depth and greater meaning to the strategic partnership and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and the Republic of Korea.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"The Prime Minister's visit, at the invitation of President Lee Myung-bak, aims to give depth and greater meaning to our Strategic Partnership and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, strengthen people-to-people contacts between our two countries, strengthen cooperation in the field of science and technology, and also coordinate our thinking in matters relating to regional security, international events," External Affairs Ministry officials said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During his official visit to Korea on March 24 and 25, the Prime Minister will hold discussions with the Korean President both in restricted and delegation-level formats. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"A bilateral agreement on Simplification of Visas will be signed and a joint statement will be issued," Foreign Secretary Rajan Mathai has said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also on the agenda of the visit is an interaction with leading CEOs of Korean corporations on March 26.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The elements of the programme include a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial Tower on March 25. This will be followed by an official welcoming ceremony at the Blue House, which is the official residence of the Korean President.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The visit to South Korea is the second bilateral visit by a Prime Minister of India. The last visit was in 1993 by then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr Lee had visited India on a State visit as chief guest for the Republic Day in 2010 and President Pratibha Devisingh Patil had visited RoK in July 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">External Affairs Ministry officials say India and South Korea have a strategic partnership since 2010. --NNN-UNI</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></span><br />
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Indian P M Leaves for Seoul Tomorrow for Bilateral Talks, Nuke Security Summit

NEW Delhi (NNN-UNI) -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave tomorrow for a four-day visit to South Korea during which he will hold b...

South Korean Officials Take Nuclear Agenda to Beijing, Moscow

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region w:st="on">South  Korea</st1:country-region>'s chief nuclear negotiator is in <st1:city w:st="on">Beijing</st1:city> for the latest round of talks on efforts to restart negotiations on <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s nuclear programs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The visit comes as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak flies to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:city> for talks expected to deal with the nuclear issue as well as a proposed trans-Korea gas pipeline.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam told reporters in <st1:city w:st="on">Beijing</st1:city> Tuesday he expects to brief his counterparts on a series of recent diplomatic contacts, including last week's direct talks between <st1:country-region w:st="on">North Korea</st1:country-region> and the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">He said he would also discuss the next steps in the effort to re-start six-nation nuclear talks involving the two <st1:country-region w:st="on">Koreas</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United  States</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Lee's office said the nuclear negotiations would also figure in the South Korean president's talks Wednesday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A breakthrough on the nuclear issue would help to clear the way for a proposed pipeline to carry Russian natural gas across <st1:country-region w:st="on">North Korea</st1:country-region> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seoul</st1:city></st1:place>. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has endorsed the plan, but <st1:country-region w:st="on">South  Korea</st1:country-region> will need assurances that gas supplies will not be disrupted by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Pyongyang</st1:city></st1:place>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Diplomacy aimed at re-starting the six-party talks has escalated since July, with North Korean negotiators meeting twice each with <st1:country-region w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region> and the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> officials emerged from the latest round of meetings with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">North Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place> saying that, with goodwill on both sides, it should be possible to find terms to restart the negotiations.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pyongyang</st1:place></st1:city> seeks an unconditional resumption of the negotiations, which would give it financial and diplomatic benefits in exchange for dismantling its nuclear weapons programs. The <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place> say the North must first shut down a newly disclosed uranium enrichment program and honor other commitments made in previous talks. ---VOA News</div></div>

South Korean Officials Take Nuclear Agenda to Beijing, Moscow

South Korea 's chief nuclear negotiator is in Beijing for the latest round of talks on efforts to restart negotiations on North Korea...

North, South Korea agree to resume six-party talks

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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Topic: North Korea's nuclear program<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">MOSCOW(RIA Novosti)-South and North Korea have agreed to take joint efforts to resume the stalled six-party talks on ending the North's nuclear program "as soon as possible," Yonhap news agency said on Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The agreement came after a two-hour meeting between South Korean chief nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac and his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Bali, Indonesia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The two sides also reaffirmed their "willingness to implement" the 2005 statement in which the North agreed to give up its nuclear program, Ri said.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting on Friday with his North Korean counterpart on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit. "We [Russia] hail Pyongyang's readiness to resume six-party talks without any preconditions," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions involving the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan came to a halt in April 2009 when North Korea walked out of negotiations to protest the United Nations' condemnation of its missile tests.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">North Korea is banned from conducting nuclear or ballistic missile tests under UN Resolution 1718, adopted after Pyongyang's first nuclear test on October 9, 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
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North, South Korea agree to resume six-party talks

Topic: North Korea's nuclear program MOSCOW(RIA Novosti)-South and North Korea have agreed to take joint efforts to resume the st...

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Officials said Saturday that South Korean troops fired at a passenger plane carrying 119 passengers and crew, thinking it was a North Korean warplane. Two Marine guards on Gyodong island off the western coast of South Korea fired their K-2 rifles (similar to the M-16) at the ASIANA plane as it descended for landing Friday at Seoul's Incheon airport. The passenger liner was on a flight from China and was undamaged, because it was out of range of the rifles. Officials say the firing lasted about 10 minutes, with the guards discharging around 99 shots. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 5.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">VOA News</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></b><br />
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S Korea troops fire at passenger plane

Officials said Saturday that South Korean troops fired at a passenger plane carrying 119 passengers and crew, thinking it was a North Ko...