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Koreas’ talks stretch out for 19 hours
The inter-Korean talks that resumed on Sunday afternoon continued for 19 straight hours as of 10:30 a.m. Monday, as the two sides locked horns over North Korea’s Aug. 4 land mine attack and South Korea’s propaganda broadcasts.The two sides met again at South Korea’s House of Peace in the border village of Panmunjeom on 3:30 p.m., hours after the first round of negotiations adjourned. People watch a news report on the resumed inter-Korean talks at Seoul Station in downtown Seoul, Sunday. (Yonhap
Aug. 24, 2015
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N. Korea slams S. Korea amid high-level talks
North Korea lashed out at South Korea Monday, blaming it for high tensions on the Korean Peninsula as marathon talks aimed at defusing the situation continued for a third day.The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party, claimed in an editorial that the South drove the political situation on the peninsula to dangerous levels under a deliberate plan with the U.S. to invade the communist country, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency.In a separate ed
Aug. 24, 2015
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N. Korea forward deploys amphibious landing crafts carrying special forces
North Korea has deployed amphibious landing crafts to the frontline as the country keeps up its tight combat readiness despite on-going inter-Korean talks to defuse military tension, military sources said Monday.About 10 North Korean air-cushioned landing crafts have left their home base in Cholsan, North Pyongan Province, and come forward to the Goampo naval base, located about 60 kilometers north of the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea, the de facto inter-Korean sea border, the sources sa
Aug. 24, 2015
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Trump: N.K. leader Kim is either 'mad' or 'a genius'
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said he thinks North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is either "mad" or "a genius," and much more difficult to deal with than his late father."We have this mad guy, I guess he's mad, either he's mad or he's a genius, one or the other, but he's actually more unstable, even than his father, they say. They said the father was a pleasure by comparison to him, in North Korea," Trump said in an interview Friday with the Birmingham-based radio station WAP
Aug. 24, 2015
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Tension high as Koreas’ talks drag out
The rare inter-Korean talks resumed on Sunday and stretched into the late evening as the two sides struggled to reach a compromise to defuse tensions on the peninsula, with Pyongyang warning of military actions to stop Seoul’s propaganda broadcasts.Held at South Korea’s House of Peace in the border village of Panmunjeom, the high-level talks began at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and continued until 4:15 a.m. on Sunday. After what they called an “adjournment,” the talks resumed at 3:30 p.m. the same day
Aug. 23, 2015
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N.K. beefs up frontline forces
The Koreas’ cross-border standoff showed more signs of flaring up on Sunday as the North Korean military sharply beefed up its frontline artillery forces and forward-deployed a majority of its submarines and other offensive assets despite the high-level talks over the weekend. With negotiations between top Seoul and Pyongyang officials stretching into the second day, the number of North Korean gunners spotted in ready position nearly doubled from Friday, according to military authorities here. T
Aug. 23, 2015
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Conflicting N.K. actions question Kim’s statecraft
From a series of provocations to an abrupt offer of cross-border dialogue, North Korea’s contradictory actions have raised questions about whether its leader Kim Jong-un’s dealings with the South are based on thought-out strategy or ham-fisted decision-making. Last Thursday, the regime sharply raised inter-Korean tensions by issuing a 48-hour ultimatum for the South to halt propaganda broadcasts and warning of “military action,” only to offer high-level inter-Korean talks the next day.North Kore
Aug. 23, 2015
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N.K. beefs up frontline forces
The Koreas’ cross-border standoff showed more signs of flaring up on Sunday as the North Korean military sharply beefed up its frontline artillery forces and forward-deployed a majority of its submarines and other offensive assets despite the high-level talks over the weekend. With negotiations between top Seoul and Pyongyang officials stretching into the second day, the number of North Korean gunners spotted in ready position nearly doubled from Friday, according to military authorities here. T
Aug. 23, 2015
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50 N. Korean submarines away from base
More than 50 North Korean submarines are apparently away from their bases for operations, a sign that the North is gearing up for combat while participating in high-level talks aimed at easing tension, an official here said Sunday."Seventy percent of North Korea's submarines left their bases, and their locations are not confirmed," the South Korean military official told reporters.The North is known to have around 70 submarines.The unpredictable communist nation has also doubled the number of it
Aug. 23, 2015
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Pyongyang in 'calm mood' despite military tension
In spite of sharp military tension on the peninsula, it appeared to be business as usual for North Koreans in Pyongyang.Citizens were seen in a relatively calm mood, some walking busily across the plaza in front of the Pyongyang Station and others warmly chatting.Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's largest news outlet, was allowed to look around the downtown area on Saturday, along with other foreign reporters. They were visiting the North's capital to cover international youth football games.Inte
Aug. 23, 2015
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'Chances of agreement from inter-Korean talks not high'
Chances of an agreement from high-level crisis talks between South and North Korea are not high as long as South Korea insists that the North apologize for burying land mines that maimed two South Korean soldiers, a U.S. expert said Saturday.The two Koreas held 10 hours of marathon talks at the border village of Panmunjom to find ways to defuse heightened tensions that had sparked fears of a major military clash along one of the world's most heavily fortified border.The sides failed to produce a
Aug. 23, 2015
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Obama kept up-to-date on Korean Peninsula situation
U.S. President Barack Obama has been kept abreast of the situation on the Korean Peninsula even as he's on vacation, a White House official said Saturday."The president has been kept up-to-date on developments on the Korean Peninsula," a White House official said, according to a pool report. "As the State Department has said, we remain steadfast in our commitment to our alliance with South Korea, with whom we will continue to coordinate closely."Obama, who has been on vacation since early this m
Aug. 23, 2015
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Koreas to resume high-level talks on easing tension
South and North Korea were to resume rare high-level talks Sunday aimed at resolving the ongoing military crisis, with both sides maintaining full combat readiness along the border.The Koreas had nightlong negotiations at the truce village of Panmunjom through early Sunday morning on "how to resolve the situation that was recently created, and how to improve inter-Korean relations," South Korea's presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters.The South's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-
Aug. 23, 2015
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Koreas to hold high-level talks amid tensions: Cheong Wa Dae
South and North Korea will hold high-level talks at the border village of Panmunjom later Saturday, Cheong Wa Dae said, in a move to try to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.South Korea's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo will meet with Kim Yang-gon, the top official in charge of South Korea affairs, and Hwang Pyong-so, director of the general political department of North Korea's military, at 6 p.m., said Kim Kyou-hyun, deputy chief of the presi
Aug. 22, 2015
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S. Korea on high alert over N. Korea's possible provocations
South Korea is on high alert Saturday to retaliate against North Korea for any possible provocations amid a looming deadline to defuse the latest tensions on the Korean Peninsula.North Korea has set 5 p.m. Saturday as the deadline for South Korea to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts along the heavily fortified border and dismantle all loudspeakers.The North has threatened to launch "a strong military action" if South Korea defies its ultimatum. North Korea also warned late Friday that it
Aug. 22, 2015
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China voices 'deep concern' about situation on Korean peninsula
China's foreign ministry on Friday expressed "deep concern" about soaring tensions on the Korean Peninsula, after North Korea fired artillery shells into the southern side of the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas.The Thursday artillery fire by North Korea was apparently in response to propaganda broadcasts by South Korea, but Seoul fired back. North Korea ordered its troops to put on "a quasi-state of war." Voicing "deep concern" about the development on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese fo
Aug. 22, 2015
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China says military parade will involve 12,000 troops, 200 aircraft
About 12,000 Chinese troops and soldiers from more than 10 nations, including Russia, as well as 200 aircraft will take part in a huge military parade next month marking China‘s victory over Japan in World War II, Chinese organizers of the parade said Friday. The Sept. 3 event is expected to demonstrate China’s fast-growing military capabilities, while highlighting a rivalry between China and Japan. It also comes as neighboring countries of China keep a wary eye on Beijing‘s increasingly asserti
Aug. 21, 2015
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U.N. Command offers talks with N. Korea over shelling: source
The United Nations Command has proposed having working-level talks with North Korea to discuss escalating tension on the divided Korean Peninsula, sparked by the North‘s recent firing of artillery shells across the border, a military source said Friday.The UNC sent a message to North Korea on Thursday, offering to hold dialogue with Pyongyang following the North’s firing of several shells across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border, according to the source.“The UNC has called for North Kore
Aug. 21, 2015
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N. Korea says preparation for military action complete
North Korea‘s front-line troops have completed their preparation for military action against South Korea, Pyongyang’s state media said Friday, as the North‘s leader has declared a “quasi-state of war.”North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the country’s front-line military to have full combat readiness against South Korea at an emergency meeting of the central military commission of the Workers‘ Party, following the North’s firing of artillery shells across the heavily fortified border.“The Kor
Aug. 21, 2015
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[Weekender] Reaching for the Eurasian dream
As Seoul’s concrete jungle fades into the background, the train slowly slides into an unusual landscape that blends pristine, lush forests and strips of barbed-wire fences in the lead up to an iron bridge over the Imjingang River. The DMZ Peace Train ends at Dorasan, South Korea’s northernmost rail station just 17 kilometers from the North Korean city of Gaeseong. Aboard were some 150 passengers who recently completed a 20-day, 14,400-kilometer journey on the “Eurasia Express” linking Asia and E
Aug. 21, 2015