South Korean officials and engineers have crossed the demilitarized zone into North Korea for the first time in three months. They went to the business and industrial zone at Kaesong to check facilities, power supplies and communication links at the joint venture complex that’s been idle since April.
The International Monetary Fund has scaled back its forecast for world economic growth because of a slowdown in major emerging economies and a deeper recession in the Euro Zone. The IMF is predicating 3% growth worldwide this year slightly less 0.2% less and it forecast three months ago.
Nigeria’s football authorities have suspended four teams involved in decisive play-off matches that ended 79-0 and 67-0. Officials are promised to investigate calling it a scandal of huge proportions. James Read reports.
Even in a country where corruption is endemic these results have caused astonishment and outrage. Nigeria’s football federation called them a mind boggling show of shame. At stake was promotion to the nationwide lead. The two winning teams Plateau United Feeders and Police Machine went into the matches’ level on points so goal difference was decisive. Almost all the goals were scored in the second half, a rate of well over one a minute. Promotion for either team now looks unlikely along with the sides they thrashed, they’ve been suspended pending investigation of what looks like blatant match fixing.