A Japanese centre which says it has trained a dog to sniff out human cancer cells is cloning the animal in South Korea, a Seoul bio-technology company and the dog's owner said on Wednesday. Cloned foetuses from the black labrador retriever named Marine were last month implanted into a surrogate mother dog.
North Korea announced on Thursday it was suspending all dialogue with South Korea after failing to win an apology for remarks by a Seoul general, its toughest action in a week of growing cross-border tensions. The communist state's Korean Central News Agency blamed Seoul for the North's decision to suspend dialogue and contacts.