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SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Times of India) - North Korea on Thursday fired artillery shells near the disputed maritime border with South Korea for a second day, media reports said.

December 2, 2009 (London Telegraph) - In an alleged bid to curb inflation and suppress its growing black market, North Korea implemented a currency revaluation on Monday, according to Yonhap, the South Korean news agency.

 

TOKYO November 13, 2009 (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.

November 11, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - North Korea has warned South Korea that it will face "costly consequences" over a naval clash along the two countries' disputed sea border earlier this week.

November 10, 2009 (AFP) - A North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, as cross-border tensions rose a week before a scheduled US presidential visit.

October 24, 2009 (AFP) - Asian nations discussed plans at a major summit Saturday to "lead the world" by boosting economic and political cooperation and possibly forming an EU-style community.

SEOUL October 12, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired short-range missiles on Monday, South Korean media reported, sparking consternation just as the reclusive state had been signaling to the outside world it might return to nuclear talks.

 

SINGAPORE October 8, 2009 (Wall Street Journal) — The U.S. dollar continued to tumble against most Asian currencies Thursday, prompting a wave of foreign-exchange intervention by central banks in South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Thailand seeking to limit damage to their export industries.

 

SEOUL October 5, 2009 (AFP) – North Korea said Tuesday it was willing to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, but only on condition it first holds talks with the United States to improve "hostile relations".

September 23, 2009 (AFP) - South Korea Wednesday launched two new high-speed patrol boats armed with missiles to guard the border with North Korea, as the incoming defence minister warned of ongoing military tensions.