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North Korea said Saturday it has deported an elderly U.S. tourist who was detained for more than a month, apparently ending the saga of Merrill Newman's return to the North six decades after he advised South Korean guerrillas still loathed by Pyongyang.North Korea made the decision because...
Updated : 2013.12.07 11:40
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The two Koreas were unable to find middle ground in working-level talks Friday to set up Internet connectivity at the inter-Korean factory park in Gaeseong.The Ministry of Unification said representatives from the two sides met at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North Korean border ...
Updated : 2013.12.06 20:46
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North Korea is exercising a “reign of terror” under the Kim Jong-un regime, and appears to be making preparations for a military provocation, lawmakers said Friday, citing information provided by Na...
Updated : 2013.12.06 20:09
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North Korea seems to be notably expanding activities at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, a U.S. think tank said Thursday, based on analysis of new satellite imagery.The revelation adds to worries that the communist nation may be turning back to a provocation cycle after months of unan...
Updated : 2013.12.06 09:28
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BEIJING (Yonhap News) -- Relatives of Jang Song-thaek, the powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un believed to have been removed from all of his posts, returned home Thursday from Malaysia via China, multiple witnesses said. The wife and two 20-something sons of Jang Yong-chol, t...
Updated : 2013.12.05 20:25
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South Korea, the United States and Britain will jointly carry out previously planned naval drills in southern waters off the Korean Peninsula, military officials here said Thursday, amid an air defens...
Updated : 2013.12.05 20:19
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A new cadre of loyalists to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to rise after Jang Song-thaek, Kim’s once-powerful uncle, and his associates apparently fell out of the ruler’s favor.The list...
Updated : 2013.12.05 20:15
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that Washington and Beijing have forged "real cooperation"in reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, while expressing concerns that Beijing's new air defense zone has caused "significant apprehension" in the region. Speaking at a m...
Updated : 2013.12.05 13:56
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Satellite images of one of North Korea's largest political prison camps suggests its inmate population is expanding, Amnesty International said Thursday in a report detailing rape and torture in the North's notorious gulag.The report by the London-based rights watchdog included rare testim...
Updated : 2013.12.05 13:16
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(AFP) -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, the new friend of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, will this month make a third visit to the reclusive state to train its basketball team, a source involved in the trip said Wednesday.The heavily tattooed former Chicago Bulls star is organising frien...
Updated : 2013.12.04 21:13
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Seoul’s Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said Wednesday that North Korea is currently in the process of purging associates of Jang Song-thaek, the apparently ousted uncle of leader Kim Jong-un.Duri...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:44
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The apparent ouster of Jang Song-thaek, a key guardian and uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has raised the prospect of shifts in the reclusive state’s power structure and external policies.S...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:35
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North Korea is aggressively beefing up its cyber warfare capabilities by adding child prodigies to its 3,000-strong special hacker unit targeting South Korea and its allies, an expert said Tuesday, citing the testimonies of North Korean defectors. Pyongyang regularly screens math and scien...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:21
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A day after Seoul’s top intelligence agency talked of the possible purge of Jang Song-thaek, the powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, doubts still linger over his fate.Analysts argued t...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:20
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The apparent removal of Jang Song-thaek and his two lieutenants is the most extensive, but only the latest, purge of top officials as young leader Kim Jong-un tightens his grip on power. Jang, Kim’s ...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:19
