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August 2007
- Final Korean Hostages Walk Free
  
  CNN | Aug 30, 07 1:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taliban militants in Afghanistan freed the remaining seven South Korean hostages today, CNN reports, ending an episode that began July 19 with the abduction of 23 Christian aid workers. After two were executed, the remaining hostages were gradually released as the South Korean government negotiated with the captors, promising to halt missionary work in Afghanistan and proceed with troop withdrawal. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • Korean hostages • release
- Taliban Frees 4 More Captives
  
  Associated Press | Aug 30, 07 10:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taliban militants released four of their remaining seven South Korean hostages today. The two men and two women were released to Red Cross officials on a road in central Afghanistan, the AP reports. The Red Cross is on its way to pick up the three remaining hostages from the original 23. None of the freed hostages, held for six weeks, has talked to reporters yet. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • Red Cross • release
- 8 Korean Hostages Freed
  
  BBC | Aug 29, 07 6:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Taliban released eight hostages today, a day after reaching a deal with the South Korean government. Three who were released earlier this morning were brought to the town of Ghazni by tribal elders—acting as mediators—then handed over to the Red Cross. South Korea has agreed to pull out its troops from Afghanistan (as already planned) and stop its citizens from traveling there. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • Red Cross • release • Ghazni
- Deal Reached on Hostages
  
  CNN | Aug 28, 07 8:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Talks between the Taliban and the South Korean government have resulted in the outline of a deal to release the remaining 19 hostages held in Afghanistan for over a month. The agreement involves withdrawal of Korea's 200 noncombat troops and an end to missionary activity, CNN reports, but not payment of ransom. Their release may not be imminent. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • missionary
- Asian Markets Soar After Fed's Rate Cut
  
  Bloomberg | Aug 20, 07 1:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The global equities sell-off ground to a halt today as Asian stocks had their biggest gains in five years. Responding to Friday’s cut in the US Federal Reserve’s discount rate, Japan’s Nikkei 225, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and South Korea's Kospi indexes all saw huge gains as panic over the US subprime mortgage crisis largely subsided. More »
  
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  Federal Reserve • Japan • South Korea • stocks • Asian markets • Hong Kong • Nikkei • Singapore • Hang Seng • global market • Kospi index
- Police Raid Frees Kabul Hostage
  
  CNN | Aug 19, 07 6:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Afghan police stormed a secret location in Kabul today and freed a German aid worker held by kidnappers this weekend, CNN reports. Her abductors had circulated a video of her asking for the release of unknown prisoners and pleading for her own freedom. The captors said only that they are “a special network” and “not bad people;" police claim that the Taliban was not behind the abduction. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • Kabul • Korean hostages
- Korean Hostage Talks Fail
  
  Reuters | Aug 18, 07 11:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As the 19 remaining Korean hostages await news of their fate, negotiations to secure their release have failed, according to a Taliban spokesman. The terror group says its principal demand—the liberation of insurgents being held by coalition forces—was not met; South Korean officials have insisted Seoul has no power to release captured them. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • insurgents • South Korea • hostage • Kabul • Korean hostages • Seoul • negotiations
- Mission Church Does Some Seoul Searching
  
  BBC | Aug 15, 07 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As 19 South Korean aid workers wallow in a Taliban prison camp, many in the world community are openly wondering why they were in Afghanistan in the first place. Even as they pray for the release of their fellow parishioners, members of a suburban Seoul church are dodging critics who say their charity mission ignored official warnings about traveling to—let alone proselytizing in—the war zone. More »
  
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  South Korea • hostage • charity • church • Korean hostages • Christians • Seoul • missionary • Christian missionaries
- Taliban Frees 2 South Korean Hostages
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Aug 13, 07 8:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Taliban freed two of the South Korean hostages abducted in Afghanistan today, releasing them to the Red Cross in Ghazni province, the Telegraph reports. A BBC reporter saw the two women, who were reported to be in "fair" health and were released after talks with South Korean negotiators. Two of the 23 prisoners have already been killed. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • Ghazni
- Taliban to Free 2 Hostages
  
  Associated Press | Aug 11, 07 1:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Taliban will release two South Korean hostages who have become sick after nearly a month of captivity in Afghanistan. The announcement came during talks between the militant group and South Korean emissaries, but hasn't been confirmed by international groups monitoring the situation. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • Korean hostages • release
- South Korea Begins Taliban Hostage Talks
  
  Reuters | Aug 10, 07 5:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A South Korean team began face-to-face negotiations with the Taliban today, hoping to secure the lives of 21 Korean aid workers abducted last month. The meeting is taking place in an Afghan government-controlled zone where the Taliban has been guaranteed temporary safe passage. Seoul has already cautioned that it doesn't have the power to release any Taliban prisoners, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • prisoners • Korean hostages
- Two Koreas Set Summit
  
  Reuters | Aug 8, 07 7:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for a three-day summit at the end of the month for the first time in 7 years, Reuters reports. The summit in Pyongyang is expected to have little impact on the six-party negotiations that succeeded in inducing the North Koreans to shut down its nuclear reactor in exchange for shipment of oil and other aid. But it was welcomed by all parties. More »
  
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  South Korea • North Korea • diplomacy • nuclear program • Pyongyang • nuclear proliferation
- Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks
  
  Reuters | Aug 4, 07 3:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Korean officials are in Afghanistan seeking direct talks with the Taliban, Reuters reports, as the terrorist group and the Afghan government bicker over a venue for their own negotiations to free the 21 remaining Korean hostages. Two male members of the church group have been killed by the kidnappers. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • terrorism • United Nations • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Ghazni • Inter Service Intelligence
- Seoul to Taliban: Our Hands Are Tied
  
  Reuters | Aug 3, 07 4:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Korean officials on a desperate mission to Afghanistan are attempting to impress upon the Taliban that they cannot single-handedly meet the organization's demands. The delegation has been in contact with the kidnappers in an efforts to negotiate the release of 21 South Korean hostages, Reuters reports, but it can't guarantee the liberation of Taliban prisoners in Afghan custody. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • terrorist • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages
- Fake Cloner Stumbled Onto Major Stem Cell Find
  
  New York Times | Aug 3, 07 7:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The South Korean stem cell researcher who faked cloning a human egg and forged research results actually made a huge discovery without realizing it. Scientists reviewing his work have discovered that his team's embryonic stem cells were the product of unfertilized eggs that underwent parthenogenesis, or divided on their own, the Times reports. More »
  
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  South Korea • fraud • stem cells • stem cell research • cloning • parthenogenesis
- Seoul Seeks Direct Talks With Taliban
  
  Reuters | Aug 2, 07 9:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Korean delegates arrived in Afghanistan today to press for an end to the 2-week hostage crisis that has left two dead, Reuters reports. Seoul has asked for direct talks with the Taliban, which continues to hold 21 church workers, most of them women. But South Korea is powerless to meet kidnappers' demands that the Afghan government release rebel prisoners. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • John Negroponte
July 2007
- Body of Second Korean Hostage Found
  
  Reuters | Jul 31, 07 4:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Afghan police have found the body of a second Korean hostage killed by the Taliban, Reuters reports. The man was shot in the head, and his body found in a clover field close to the spot where 23 Korean missionaries were kidnapped last week. The kidnappers have threatened to kill more hostages unless the Afghan government releases all Taliban rebel prisoners by tomorrow. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • terrorism • Taliban • kidnapping • insurgents • South Korea • hostage • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • Korean hostages • Ghazni • missionaries
- Taliban Claims Second Hostage Death
  
  CNN | Jul 30, 07 1:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Taliban has killed a second South Korean hostage, a spokesman for the extremist group told CNN in a telephone interview today, adding that the corpse was dropped off in the province of Ghazni in central Afghanistan. Officials have not located any bodies in that area. The militants already murdered a 42-year old pastor, one of the 23 church group members who were kidnapped 11 days ago. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • Ghazni
- Afghan Hostage Talks Stall as Threats Escalate
  
  Reuters | Jul 29, 07 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Taliban will kill 22 South Korean hostages tomorrow if the Afghan government does not release insurgent prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said today. The Taliban leadership council issued the most recent death threat since the abductions Wednesday, signaling its seriousness, Reuters reports. And Afghan and foreign troops are stationed in Ghazni, where the hostages are being held. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Hamid Karzai • Ghazni
- Force May Be Used to Free Korean Hostages
  
  Reuters | Jul 28, 07 3:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One of the 22 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan spoke to a Reuters reporter today, saying she and the other remaining hostages are continually moved to different locations. She appealed to both the Taliban and the Afghan government to free them. A senior Afghan official said force “certainly” will be used if necessary to free the captives, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • terrorism • Taliban • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • counterterrorism • Kabul • Korean hostages • Islamic extremists • Christian missionaries

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