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First Japanese elders to visit SKuril island visa-free.
VLADIVOSTOK, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- A group of 61 Japanese elderly
people will arrive visa-free on Friday on the South Kuril Island of
Kunashir, which Tokyo claims from Russia together with three other islands of the range.
The first delegation from Hokkaido this year will stay on the island
for three days. Some of its members are 70-75 years old and were born on
the Kuril Islands, which Russia gained after the Second World War. They
will render tribute to their ancestors who lived on Kunashir and were
buried there.
A total of twenty-six Japanese delegation comprising over 1110 people
will visit South Kurils visa-free this year, while seven groups of Kuril
residents (310 people) plan to visit Japan.
The visa-free exchanges between South Kurils and Japan began in 1992.
In 2009 they involved 900 Japanese and 350 Kuril residents.
.NKorean party mouthpiece calls on US to sign peace treaty.
PYONGYANG, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- North Korea's Communist Party
mouthpiece Nodon Sinmun newspaper again called on the United States on
Friday to "urgently sign a peace treaty instead of current armistice
agreement."
The daily said "a peacekeeping regime" is necessary to decrease
tensions on the Korean Peninsula, put an end to confrontation and free the
region of the danger of war in the interests of the whole Korean nation
that wants peace and stability."
The newspaper said U.S. sanctions failed to exert any influence on the
country. "Therefore, the U.S. administration should reject empty talk
about peace and security and immediately sign a peace treaty that would
formally end the Korean war of 1950-53," the publication said.
Nodon Sinmun first called for a peace treaty with the United States in
early May, but days later claimed North Korea has succeeded in producing a
nuclear fusion device.
Next day North Korea received a warning from Chinese media to stop
playing nuclear games.
"It must be borne in mind by North Korea that it is playing a
dangerous game with Northeast Asian powers while relying on its
considerably weak national strength," the Global Times said.
The South Korean Yonhap news agency said it was a rare move for
Chinese state-controlled media to criticize Pyongyang and recalled that
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pledged to create "favorable conditions"
for the resumption of six-party talks at his meeting with Chinese
President Hu Jintao last week in Beijing.
.NKorea dismisses senior army official.
PYONGYANG, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- North Korea said on Friday it
dismissed a senior army official from all his posts because of advanced
age.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) cited Decision No. 06
of the National Defense Commission (NDC) issued on Thursday as saying Kim
Il-chol, 80, was relieved of his posts of an NDC member and first vice
minister of the People's Armed Forces.
Kim Il-chol joined the 13-member NDC, chaired by North Korea's leader
Kim Jong-il, in 1998 and served as minister of the People's Armed Forces
in 2000-2009.
.At least 7 killed by coalmine blast in China.
BEIJING, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- At least seven miners were killed by a
gas explosion in a coalmine in southwestern China, Xinhua news agency
reported on Friday saying the accident occurred late on Thursday.
It said 31 workers were in the Yuanyan mine near the town of Anshun.
Ten of them succeeded to escape. Seven bodies were found and 14 miners are
missing.
Xinhua said rescue operation is in full swing.
.Putin to discuss modernization with key ministers.
MOSCOW, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will
gather the governing boards of the finance ministry and the economic
development ministry to discuss economic modernization and investment
climate on Friday.
Last time Putin convened such a meeting six years ago, in March 2004.
The government press service said Putin, Finance Minister Alexei
Kudrin and Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina will discuss
"mid-term economic and social development guidelines, macroeconomic
stability and implementation of the program to promote efficient budget
spending."
"One of the major issues will be the creation of conditions to
encourage innovations and economic modernization," the press service said,
adding the ministers will discuss "transition from consuming economy to
investment growth model."
Other issues on the agenda include investment climate, innovation
policy, economic recovery, and support to small and medium-sized
businesses.
.Two earthquakes registered at Kamchatka coast.
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKI, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Two earthquakes with a
magnitude of 3.5 and 5.3 were registered overnight at the coast of
Kamchatka, the Far Eastern emergencies center said on Friday adding there
were no casualties or damage and no tsunami warning.
It said the first tremor was registered in the Pacific Ocean 102
kilometers northeast of the village of Nalychevo. The focus of the
earthquake was 100 kilometers deep.
The second earthquake occurred two hours later in the Sea of Okhotsk
78 kilometers northwest of the village of Krutogorovo.
The center said no tremors were felt in the residential settlements.
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people will arrive visa-free on Friday on the South Kuril Island of
Kunashir, which Tokyo claims from Russia together with three other islands of the range.
The first delegation from Hokkaido this year will stay on the island
for three days. Some of its members are 70-75 years old and were born on
the Kuril Islands, which Russia gained after the Second World War. They
will render tribute to their ancestors who lived on Kunashir and were
buried there.
A total of twenty-six Japanese delegation comprising over 1110 people
will visit South Kurils visa-free this year, while seven groups of Kuril
residents (310 people) plan to visit Japan.
The visa-free exchanges between South Kurils and Japan began in 1992.
In 2009 they involved 900 Japanese and 350 Kuril residents.
.NKorean party mouthpiece calls on US to sign peace treaty.
PYONGYANG, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- North Korea's Communist Party
mouthpiece Nodon Sinmun newspaper again called on the United States on
Friday to "urgently sign a peace treaty instead of current armistice
agreement."
The daily said "a peacekeeping regime" is necessary to decrease
tensions on the Korean Peninsula, put an end to confrontation and free the
region of the danger of war in the interests of the whole Korean nation
that wants peace and stability."
The newspaper said U.S. sanctions failed to exert any influence on the
country. "Therefore, the U.S. administration should reject empty talk
about peace and security and immediately sign a peace treaty that would
formally end the Korean war of 1950-53," the publication said.
Nodon Sinmun first called for a peace treaty with the United States in
early May, but days later claimed North Korea has succeeded in producing a
nuclear fusion device.
Next day North Korea received a warning from Chinese media to stop
playing nuclear games.
"It must be borne in mind by North Korea that it is playing a
dangerous game with Northeast Asian powers while relying on its
considerably weak national strength," the Global Times said.
The South Korean Yonhap news agency said it was a rare move for
Chinese state-controlled media to criticize Pyongyang and recalled that
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pledged to create "favorable conditions"
for the resumption of six-party talks at his meeting with Chinese
President Hu Jintao last week in Beijing.
.NKorea dismisses senior army official.
PYONGYANG, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- North Korea said on Friday it
dismissed a senior army official from all his posts because of advanced
age.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) cited Decision No. 06
of the National Defense Commission (NDC) issued on Thursday as saying Kim
Il-chol, 80, was relieved of his posts of an NDC member and first vice
minister of the People's Armed Forces.
Kim Il-chol joined the 13-member NDC, chaired by North Korea's leader
Kim Jong-il, in 1998 and served as minister of the People's Armed Forces
in 2000-2009.
.At least 7 killed by coalmine blast in China.
BEIJING, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- At least seven miners were killed by a
gas explosion in a coalmine in southwestern China, Xinhua news agency
reported on Friday saying the accident occurred late on Thursday.
It said 31 workers were in the Yuanyan mine near the town of Anshun.
Ten of them succeeded to escape. Seven bodies were found and 14 miners are
missing.
Xinhua said rescue operation is in full swing.
.Putin to discuss modernization with key ministers.
MOSCOW, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will
gather the governing boards of the finance ministry and the economic
development ministry to discuss economic modernization and investment
climate on Friday.
Last time Putin convened such a meeting six years ago, in March 2004.
The government press service said Putin, Finance Minister Alexei
Kudrin and Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina will discuss
"mid-term economic and social development guidelines, macroeconomic
stability and implementation of the program to promote efficient budget
spending."
"One of the major issues will be the creation of conditions to
encourage innovations and economic modernization," the press service said,
adding the ministers will discuss "transition from consuming economy to
investment growth model."
Other issues on the agenda include investment climate, innovation
policy, economic recovery, and support to small and medium-sized
businesses.
.Two earthquakes registered at Kamchatka coast.
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKI, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Two earthquakes with a
magnitude of 3.5 and 5.3 were registered overnight at the coast of
Kamchatka, the Far Eastern emergencies center said on Friday adding there
were no casualties or damage and no tsunami warning.
It said the first tremor was registered in the Pacific Ocean 102
kilometers northeast of the village of Nalychevo. The focus of the
earthquake was 100 kilometers deep.
The second earthquake occurred two hours later in the Sea of Okhotsk
78 kilometers northwest of the village of Krutogorovo.
The center said no tremors were felt in the residential settlements.
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