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North Korea's two major universities, Kimilsung University and Kimchaek University, were found to have inscribed their names in English on their emblems, pro-North Korean media in Japan reported Saturday. According to the Choson Sinbo, the North's most prestigious university, named a...
Updated : 2014.03.08 16:49
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North Korea on Saturday lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his remarks on MSNBC last month, according to its state media. "North Korea is one of the most closed and cruel places on earth," Kerry said on Feb. 26 in an interview with the U.S. television broadcaster, add...
Updated : 2014.03.08 14:43
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited an air force unit, the country's state media reported Friday, an inspection trip that also quelled speculation of any change in the political fate of one of his top aides.Kim was accompanied by nine officials, including Choe Ryong-hae, the direct...
Updated : 2014.03.07 10:33
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BEIJING Yonhap) -- China expressed "concern" on Thursday over North Korea's firing of an artillery shell that happened minutes before a Chinese passenger jet passed through the trajectory of the shell. North Korea has fired short-range missiles for days into the East Sea and laun...
Updated : 2014.03.06 21:18
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Pyongyang on Thursday turned down Seoul’s proposal for working-level talks to discuss ways to regularly hold reunions of families separated by the Korean War, citing the absence of the necessary political environment and atmosphere. But North Korea apparently indicated its willingness to ...
Updated : 2014.03.06 21:14
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to take action against North Korea for firing two rounds of ballistic missiles in the past week in “clear and calculated violations” of U.N. sanctions.A report by the United States to the council committee monit...
Updated : 2014.03.06 21:03
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President Park Geun-hye on Thursday urged North Korea to renounce its nuclear program, reiterating that it was a “critical stumbling block” to bilateral economic cooperation.During a ceremony commis...
Updated : 2014.03.06 21:02
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North Korea on Thursday rejected South Korea's proposal to hold Red Cross talks to discuss regular reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. The North's Red Cross said in a message to its South Korean counterpart that an appropriate atmosphere has not been created f...
Updated : 2014.03.06 11:09
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The Pentagon said Wednesday North Korea has at least six Hwasong-13 road-mobile long-range missile launchers, as the U.S. updated the assessment of the secretive nation's military power. It said the Hwasong-13 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) have a range of more than 3,40...
Updated : 2014.03.06 09:05
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Seoul on Wednesday proposed working-level talks with Pyongyang on March 12 to discuss ways to regularly hold reunions of families separated by the Korean War.The Unification Ministry said it suggested...
Updated : 2014.03.05 20:21
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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― North Korea poses a mounting threat to the United States due to its pursuit of long-range missiles and nuclear weapons, the Pentagon said Tuesday in its latest strategy document.Describing the regime in Pyongyang as “closed and authoritarian,” the Defense Department s...
Updated : 2014.03.05 20:17
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Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that North Korea’s firing of short-range rockets on Tuesday threatened the safety of a Chinese civilian passenger plane passing through the trajectory of the rockets.In a strongly worded statement, the ministry called the launch of the rockets with...
Updated : 2014.03.05 20:07
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North Korea has punished dozens of its citizens for helping a South Korean Christian missionary with his alleged spying activities in the communist country, a news report said Wednesday.The missionary, Kim Jong-uk, has been held in the communist state for more than four months since he was...
Updated : 2014.03.05 15:36
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In its updated global defense strategy, the Pentagon on Tuesday emphasized the need to counter a "significant" threat from North Korea's unpredictable regime."North Korea remains closed and authoritarian," it said in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ...
Updated : 2014.03.05 09:24
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North Korea fired seven rockets into the East Sea in another show of force against the ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills on Tuesday, a day after it launched two ballistic missiles into the sea.Starting at 4:17 p.m., the North launched four rockets from the Hodo peninsula near the ea...
Updated : 2014.03.04 20:43
