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  1. Ominous sign for #Japan Prime Min. Kan?: For 2nd time in several weeks Reuters issuing its Possible Kan Replacements Factbox. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. #Japan health ministry: Prevenar and ActHIB vaccines suspended amid possible link to 4 infant deaths. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. #ROK officials say they won't bring 4 N. Koreans who want to defect to proposed Red Cross talks at the DMZ. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Unification Ministry confirms #DPRK requesting Red Cross talks with #ROK on repatriation of 31 N. Koreans. about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. Media reports here quoting #ROK officials saying #DPRK asking for Red Cross talks this week on fate of 31 N. Koreans who drifted South. about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. #ROK Unification Ministry: Will again try to return 27 N. Koreans from fishing boat. #DPRK refusing unless oth… (cont) http://deck.ly/~qSZlR about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. #Japan prime minister says his chief cabinet secretary to temporarily double as foreign minister following Maehara resignation. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. PTWC: No #tsunami threat seen from M6.6 quake that just hit Solomon Islands. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Imjin-gak balloon launch organizers say winds not favorable today. Now planning to send balloons towards DMZ on 9th or 10th. #Korea about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. Yonhap: Hard disc drive destructions reported among zombie computers which carried out DDoS attack on #ROK go… (cont) http://deck.ly/~XIRlI about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. #Japan foreign min. Maehara resigns, apologizes to the nation for funds scandal. about 21 hours ago via ÜberSocial
  12. Kyodo: Foreign Min. Maehara tells Prime Min. Kan of intention to resign, rejects plea to stay. #Japan about 21 hours ago via ÜberSocial
  13. #Japan media report Foreign Minister intends to quit. about 22 hours ago via ÜberSocial
  14. Yonhap quotes #ROK defense officials saying #DPRK began jamming GPS reception Friday, possibly to disrupt current ROK-US joint war games. 10:24 PM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
  15. KCNA: #DPRK will use "every possible means" to get returned group of N. Koreans whose boat drifted into the South. 8:59 AM Mar 5th via web
  16. KCNA: #DPRK again sends the South verbal notice "demanding unconditional & prompt repatriation" of all 31 deta… (cont) http://deck.ly/~EBIoQ 11:53 PM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
  17. Cyberattack reported for 2nd straight day against key S. Korean gov't & financial web sites. 10:16 PM Mar 4th via ÜberSocial
  18. #ROK says #DPRK today refused to accept at DMZ the 27 N. Koreans who wanted to return home. Insists all 31 must be returned together. 5:08 AM Mar 4th via ÜberSocial
  19. Yonhap quoting Ahn Lab (top infosec company in S. Korea) that additional DDoS attacks expected to begin at 1830 KST [0930 UTC]. 6:51 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
  20. Affected #ROK sites hit by DDoS attack seem OK now. #Korea 6:46 PM Mar 3rd via web
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