Beckham was due to continue his personal programme, worked out by Manchester United, while the rest of the squad trained for the first time in Korea ahead of a friendly against the joint World Cup hosts on Tuesday.
These players have been spending a lot of time in South Korea recently to take part in the in the invitation-only World E-Sports Games league.
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The eagerly-awaited 55-inch class (54.6-inch diagonal) WRGB OLED TV went on sale for the first time in South Korea last week with deliveries scheduled to begin there in early February.
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Instead he spent his time stationed in Korea earning a black belt in tae kwon do.
Johnson, who teaches creative writing at Stanford University, spent time in North Korea to research his book.
The 1980s were a turbulent time in South Korea -- young people struggled, often violently, against an oppressive government with no tolerance for dissent, and a government allied with Washington.
He has never lived for more than a few weeks at a time in North Korea, and when Jong opted for North Korean citizenship, news stations reported that he could not speak Korean well enough to communicate with his teammates.
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Correspondents said that it appeared that the women had been held in relative comfort in a guest house for most of their time in North Korea, and been used by North Korea as a diplomatic tool to secure a visit by a high-profile US envoy.
We routinely read that this sort of thing happens all the time in China, Korea, Russia or in various African nations.
There was even a sense of betrayal among some South Koreans that their neighbors in North Korea would choose this time, when South Korea was in mourning, to conduct such a nuclear test, especially when Roh, the former president, was considered a friend of North Korea.
The last time I was in Korea, I said that I would be committed to moving this forward.
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At the same time anti-Americanism in South Korea has bubbled up over a nuclear standoff with the North.
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He will spend time in Seoul and Tokyo as well as in Beijing, North Korea's last remaining ally and its major trading partner.
Substitute Raul Jimenez struck the post for Mexico in injury time, while South Korea captain Jacheol Koo went close with a glancing header.
This is the first time North Korea has taken part in an international sports event hosted by the South, and 300 or so North Korean athletes and officials turned up with an entourage of over 350 musicians, supporters and reporters.
Meanwhile, a survey of manufacturing activity in South Korea indicated an expansion in the sector for the first time in seven months in December.
Visits by North Korean groups to South Korea gained frequency after the first inter-Korean summit in 2000, but they tailed off after North Korea tested a nuclear weapon for the first time in late 2006.
By contrast, Mr. Kim had more than a decade in the public eye in North Korea at the time his father took charge.
But once again, the crisis ended in talks - this time with North Korea's neighbours at the table as well - including Russia and its principal backer, China.
Valencia and Singapore will hold races for the first time in 2008, while Abu Dhabi will enter the fray in 2009 followed by South Korea a year later.
Bashing the chaebol is not new in South Korea, but this time the mood appears to be hardening.
It was the first time a former top law-enforcement officer in Korea has ever been charged with a crime.
While there are real-time concerns about the pending launch in Japan and Korea, U.S. officials are worried about what the launch could mean for the future of North Korea's missile program.
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Much as Japan did the last time North Korea orchestrated a firework display, in 2009, Mr Noda's government has ordered the SDF to shoot the rocket down in the (unlikely) event that it threatens to rain debris on Japan.
These are tense times on the Korean peninsula, reason enough for two high-profile US visitors - the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Secretary of Defence Robert Gates - to be in South Korea at the same time.
For forces deployed defensively, using limited active-duty units and relying on rapid mobilization in the event of warforces such as those in NATO (especially during the Cold War) and in South Korea and Israel-time is of the essence, and mobilization delays can have strategic consequences.
In such a time, we should remember the poor suppressed people of North Korea and hope that some positive change is in store for them.
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First, the scale of the rescues needed in 1997-98 by Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia seemed vast at the time, even if they have since been dwarfed in subsequent (non-Asian) crises.
Like Saddam Hussein, the threat from the Stalinist regime in North Korea will only grow over time.
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