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N. Korea fires two short-range missiles
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast Monday, Seoul's defense ministry said, in its latest provocation seen as a reaction to the ongoing joint military drills between South Korea and the United States.One missile was fired from the Gitdaeryeong area and the other from Wonsan, both on the North's southeastern coast, in the northeast direction beginning at 6:19 a.m."The missiles are evaluated to have flown over 500 kilometers," ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok s
March 3, 2014
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Pentagon urges N. Korea to refrain from provocations
The U.S. military warned North Korea Sunday not to take provocative actions again, saying its recent missile launch was in breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions. "The onus is on North Korea to refrain from provocations," Army Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement emailed to Yonhap News Agency. He stressed that the U.S. should take North Korea's test-firing of four Scud missiles last week over the sea off its eastern coast seriously. The communist nation's move
March 3, 2014
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Park proposes regular inter-Korean family reunions
President Park Geun-hye on Saturday proposed to Pyongyang holding reunions of separated families on a regular basis, stressing that there was not much time left for the elderly Koreans affected.“The families, they don’t have much time. (The cross-border reunions) should no longer be rare occasions,” Park said during her speech to mark Independence Movement Day in Seoul.Seoul is expected to suggest holding working-level Red Cross talks with Pyongyang to discuss Park’s proposal and other issues of
March 2, 2014
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Seoul to propose talks to Pyongyang this week for more family reunions
South Korea plans to propose Red Cross talks with North Korea this week in a bid to arrange cross-border family reunions on a regular basis, government sources said Sunday.The two Koreas held the first rounds of family reunions last month in more than three years, allowing family members to meet after being separated during the 1950-53 Korean War. Seoul had planned to propose to the North that their Red Crosses arrange regular family reunions and resolve other humanitarian issues.In her address
March 2, 2014
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N. Korean officials arrive in China for talks with Japan
A four-member North Korean delegation arrived in China on Saturday for talks with Japan on possible repatriation of the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the communist country during World War II.The talks, the first of their kind since August 2012, are scheduled to open on Monday in Shenyang, a major city in northeastern China. North Korean officials said the talks are scheduled to continue for three days."The talks will last three days and the agenda is the issue of the remains of Japa
March 2, 2014
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N. Korea blasts Kerry for calling it 'evil place'
North Korea blasted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday for calling the communist nation an "evil place" and denouncing its human rights conditions, saying it shows that the United States remains hostile toward Pyongyang.The top American diplomat made the "evil place" remark in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, saying the North is "one of the most closed and cruel places on earth." On Thursday, Kerry also criticized Pyongyang for its human rights record that the State Department d
March 1, 2014
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N. Korea rejects call for release of South Korean missionary
North Korea rejected Seoul's call for the release of a South Korean Christian missionary who has been held in the communist country for more than four months, officials said Friday.South Korea had demanded that North Korea quickly release Kim Jong-uk and guarantee his safety before his repatriation to the South, according to the officials at the unification ministry, which handles inter-Korean relations.It was not immediately clear if the North gave a reason for its refusal of the request delive
Feb. 28, 2014
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WFP provides $3.2m emergency aid to N. Korea
The U.N. food agency has provided emergency food aid worth $3.2 million for children and pregnant women in North Korea earlier this month, according to a news report.The World Food Program has given the emergency funding assistance in February, Washington-based Radio Free Asia reported Thursday, citing a spokesman handling North Korean affairs.The U.N. body has said earlier that it will close five out of its seven factories within this month that produce nutritious biscuits due to a lack of fund
Feb. 28, 2014
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U.S. gov't says N. Korea's human rights record still 'deplorable'
The U.S. government said Thursday that human rights conditions in North Korea continued to be "deplorable" last year, as Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated his criticism of what's happening in the reclusive communist nation."Human rights conditions in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea remained deplorable. The government was responsible for extrajudicial killings, disappearances, arbitrary detention, arrests of political prisoners, and torture," the State Department said in its Coun
Feb. 28, 2014
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After missile firing, U.S. urges N. Korea to show restraint
Responding to reports of North Korean missile launches, the United States called Thursday on the communist nation to restrain itself from taking such a provocative step. "We are of closely monitoring the situation on the Korean Peninsula," the State Department's spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said at a press briefing. "We continue, as we often do, to urge North Korea to exercise restraint and take steps to improve its relations with its neighbors."The North fired four short-range ballistic missiles in
Feb. 28, 2014
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N. Korea test-fires four short-range missiles
North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the sea Thursday, Seoul's defense ministry said, in an apparent show of force to coincide with South Korea-US joint military exercises.A ministry spokesman told AFP the missiles, with an estimated range of 200 kilometers, were fired off the east coast of North Korea."Our military will maintain tight vigilance in preparation for additional launches or any military provocation from the North," the spokesman said.North Korea carries out short-ra
Feb. 27, 2014
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N.K. releases video of jailed South Korean missionary
A South Korean missionary arrested in North Korea in October told a news conference staged in Pyongyang on Thursday that he had been working for South Korean intelligence.Kim Jeong-wook, wearing a dark suit and in apparent good health, detailed a number of “antigovernment” activities as he read out a statement.No questions were taken at the event, footage of which was broadcast on South Korean television.Foreigners arrested in North Korea are often required to make a public “confession” which ca
Feb. 27, 2014
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N. Korea, Japan to hold Red Cross talks in March
North Korea and Japan have agreed to hold their Red Cross talks on March 3 in Shenyang, China, to discuss the transfer of the remains of Japanese nationals buried in the communist state and other bilateral issues, Tokyo officials said Thursday.Their Red Cross talks, the first since 2012, came amid Pyongyang’s extensive efforts to forge a “peaceful external environment” with the crucial goal of enhancing the livelihoods of its starving people.In recent weeks, the isolated state has sought to impr
Feb. 27, 2014
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N. Korea fires 4 projectiles believed to be short-range missiles
North Korea fired four projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles off its southeast coast Thursday, a South Korean defense ministry official said.The projectiles were fired from the Gitdaeryeong area on the North's southeastern coast toward the waters beginning at 5:42 p.m., the official said. The projectile is believed to have a range of more than 200 kilometers, the official said.South Korea's military has strengthened vigilance against possible provocations, the official said.
Feb. 27, 2014
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S. Korean missionary jailed in North seeks mercy
A South Korean Baptist missionary who was arrested more than four months ago for allegedly trying to establish underground Christian churches in North Korea told reporters Thursday he is sorry for his "anti-state'' crimes and appealed to North Korean authorities to show him mercy by releasing him from their custody.Kim Jung Wook told a news conference he was arrested in early October after entering the North from China and trying to make his way to Pyongyang with Bibles, Christian instructional
Feb. 27, 2014
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S. Korea to propose Red Cross talks with N. Korea
South Korea plans to propose that the rival Koreas hold Red Cross talks to discuss further reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, an official said Thursday.The two Koreas wrapped up the first temporary family reunions since late 2010 at a North Korean mountain resort on Tuesday as part of their recent deal meant to improve their soured relations.Under the deal, the two Koreas agreed to hold Red Cross talks after staging the reunions to resolve humanitarian issues."We think abo
Feb. 27, 2014
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N. Korea seeks investment from overseas Koreans
North Korea has been revving up efforts to attract investment from overseas Koreans amid difficulties in inviting foreigners to the sanctions-hit country, media reports said Thursday. The communist country has been under tightened international sanctions for its third nuclear test in February last year, which imposed penalties on the North's trade, banking and travel."We are to focus more on the projects that aim to create circumstances where overseas Koreans can successfully make economic trans
Feb. 27, 2014
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Cervical cancer kills more than 1,100 N. Korean women per year
More than 1,100 North Korean women are killed by cervical cancer every year, a recent report showed Thursday, possibly due to a lack of vaccination programs in the communist country.North Korea has a population of 10.09 million women aged 15 years and older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer. Current estimates indicate that every year 1,881 North Korean women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 1,119 die from the disease, according to the report posted on the website of HPV (Human
Feb. 27, 2014
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Kerry says North Korea is 'evil' place
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry described North Korea as an "evil place," urging the international community to pay more attention to what's happening in the secretive communist nation."North Korea is one of the most closed and cruel places on earth. There's no question about it. There's evil that is taking place there that all of us ought to be deeply and are deeply concerned about," he said in an interview with MSNBC television that aired Wednesday.He cited human rights abuses prevalent in
Feb. 27, 2014
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N. Korea reinstates key officials on economic projects with China
North Korea appears to have recently reinstated two key officials in charge of economic projects with China, a diplomatic source said Wednesday, in a sign Pyongyang may try to restore business partnership with Beijing following the purge of leader Kim Jong-un's uncle.Kim Ki-sok and Kim Chol-jin, chief and deputy chief of the North's State Economic Development Commission, had been sacked in connection with the purge and execution of leader's uncle, Jang Song-thaek, in December last year, but have
Feb. 26, 2014