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If you haven't heard of Gangnam Style by now, it's a silly Korean pop song that went spectacularly viral online and has since become tremendously popular. Its music video on YouTube has more than a b...
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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Dayton heads to Japan, South Korea on trade mission
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton leaves today on a South Korea trip, via Japan, to promote trade. The Democratic governor said he hopes to help open the door to increased trade. Twenty-four business, agr...
Posted on 9/23/11 at 1:12 AM
Vets of “Forgotten War” remembered in Fargo 
Sixty years gone, the Korean War still holds a grip on Sid Erstad.
The 85-year-old Ada, Minn., man got to Korea in 1952 and was an infantryman with the 5th Regimental Combat Team.
By Helmut Schmidt , April 08, 2013
Grand Forks man takes gold in Special Olympics
A Grand Forks man recently won a gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Korea. 21-year-old Tommy Mikkelson won a gold medal in the Alpine Novice Super G.
By Forum News Service , February 04, 2013
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, known for mass weddings, dies
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, best known for conducting mass weddings involving thousands of couples, was a self-proclaimed messiah, but he was at least as good at attracting dollars as he was at drawing converts. Moon died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul.
By Associated Press , September 03, 2012
Dayton launches Korean trade mission
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton leaves today on a South Korea trip, via Japan, to promote trade. The Democratic governor said he hopes to help “open the door” to increased trade. Twenty-four business, agriculture and academic leaders will accompany Dayton.
By Don Davis , September 22, 2011
Minnesota business finds niche for Asian market
Jade In, a native of Korea, is the owner and president of Circle C Seeds in Gary, Minn. The fast-growing company processes and sells nongenetically modified and organic soybeans, as well as several other crops, to food companies, primarily in Japan and Korea.
By Jonathan Knutson , July 24, 2011
Remains of Minnesotan Korean War POW finally coming home after 60 years
More than 60 years after he died as a prisoner of war in Korea, Cpl. James Norman Sund is coming home. Sund’s remains, which were recently recovered and identified by the Army, were scheduled to arrive in Fargo on Friday night at Fargo’s Hector International Airport, where the Minnesota Army National Guard’s Honor Guard were to perform military honors.
By Forum Communications , July 23, 2011
North Korea warns war would bring 'nuclear holocaust'
North Korea welcomed the new year today with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war "will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust."
By Foster Klug and Kim Kwang-Tae , January 01, 2011
International court investigating North Korea
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today he has opened an preliminary investigation into possible war crimes by North Korea resulting from its recent clashes with South Korea.
By Toby Sterling , December 06, 2010
Diplomatic memo leaks complicate picture in North Korea
A top South Korean official dismisses China's nuclear negotiator as "incompetent." A Chinese envoy mocks North Korea as a "spoiled child."
By Christopher Bodeen and Jean H. Lee , November 30, 2010
WikiLeaks releases U.S. documents despite pleas from government
Leaked U.S. cables reveal sensitive diplomacyHundreds of thousands of State Department documents leaked today revealed a hidden world of backstage international diplomacy, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea.
By Matthew Lee , November 28, 2010
U.S., South Korea launch war games in tense Yellow Sea
UPDATED 11:39 A.M.A U.S. supercarrier and South Korean destroyer took up position in the tense Yellow Sea today for joint military exercises that were a united show of force just days after a deadly North Korean artillery attack.
By Jean H. Lee and David Guttenfelder , November 28, 2010
U.S. condemns North Korean attack on South Korea
UPDATED 1:05 P.M.The White House said President Barack Obama was "outraged" today following North Korea's artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, the latest in a series of provocations that have reawakened concerns about the threat posed by the communist country and its reclusive leadership.
By Julie Pace and Pauline Jelinek , November 23, 2010
Scientist: North Korea has 'stunning' new nuke facility
UPDATED 10:27 A.M.North Korea's claim of a new, highly sophisticated uranium enrichment facility could be a ploy to win concessions in nuclear talks or an attempt to bolster leader Kim Jong Il's apparent heir.
By Foster Klug , November 21, 2010
South Korea says military plane crashes
South Korea's Defense Ministry says one of its military planes has crashed during routine training.
By Associated Press , November 11, 2010
North Korea prints photos of heir apparent Kim Jong Un
North Korea introduced its heir apparent to the world today, a chubby-faced young man with a serious expression, combed back hair cut high and tight on the sides and wearing a communist-style black suit.
By Kelly Olsen , September 30, 2010
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