South Korea launches its first rocket into space
South Korea has launched its first rocket into space just a week after the Naro Space Centre abandoned a first attempt because of a software glitch.
Seoul says the launch is meant to get the country into the satellite market, but North Korea remains skeptical.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Seoul, the South Korean capital.
Kim Dae-jung aids Korean unity in life and death
In life and in death, Kim Dae-jung, the former South Korean president, has helped to inch the two Koreas towards warmer ties.
Kim’s “sunshine policy” led to rapprochement between the rivals in the 90s and now his death has led to a cooling of tensions that have been rising in the peninsula for the last few months, with North Korea announcing plans to send a delegation to attend his state funeral.
Tony Birtley reports from Seoul.
Sri Lanka’s government says they have cornered in the Tamil Tiger fighters in a 300 sq km stretch of land of northeastern coast.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports on the heavy violence that has been intensifying inside the jungle bases where LTTE rebels have been hiding.