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S. Korea imposes additional sanctions on North
South Korea imposed additional sanctions against North Korea following the United Nations Security Council's toughened regulations to punish the North's Feb. 12 nuclear test, the finance ministry said Sunday.According to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, South Korea put three additional North Korean officials and two entities on the blacklist, including officials from a North-based trade firm and a banker.South Korean citizens and companies making financial transactions with people and firms
March 10, 2013
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N. Korea threatens all-out war ahead of S. Korea-U.S. military drill
North Korea drummed up threats of an all-out nuclear war with South Korea and the U.S. on Sunday, one day ahead of the two allies‘ planned joint military drill which the communist country denounces as targeting the North. “Our front-line military groups, the army, the navy and the air force, the anti-aircraft units and the strategic rocket units, who have entered the final all-out war stage, are awaiting the final order to strike,” North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun, the most widely circulated daily pu
March 10, 2013
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N. Korea slams U.N. resolution, vows nuclear buildup
Flaring up already heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea slammed tougher sanctions against its nuclear test and continued ramping up war rhetoric on Saturday.An unidentified spokesman for the North‘s foreign ministry denounced the U.N. Security Council’s toughened sanctions to punish the North‘s third nuclear test, calling them “clear proof” that the U.N. is “abused” by the United States that aims to bring down the Pyongyang regime “by disarming and suffocating it economically.
March 10, 2013
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Sanctions against N. Korea not 'fundamental'
Sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear programme are not "the fundamental way" to resolve the crisis, China's foreign minister said Saturday, days after the UN tightened measures against Pyongyang.China is the North's sole major ally and by far its biggest trading partner, including being its primary energy supplier. It voted Thursday for the UN resolution that stiffened restrictions on North Korea's financial dealings, notably its suspect "bulk cash" transfers, and blocked imports of so
March 9, 2013
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N. Korea slams U.N. resolution, vows nuclear buildup
Flaring up already heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea slammed tougher sanctions against its nuclear test and continued ramping up war rhetoric on Saturday.An unidentified spokesman for the North's foreign ministry denounced the U.N. Security Council's toughened sanctions to punish the North's third nuclear test, calling them "clear proof" that the U.N. is "abused" by the United States that aims to bring down the Pyongyang regime "by disarming and suffocating it economically.
March 9, 2013
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UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures.In the wake of fresh U.N. sanctions leveled at North Korea on Thursday for its latest nuclear test, the question is: Will this time be different?Since 2006, North Korea has
March 9, 2013
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U.S. ‘fully capable’ of defending against North Korea threat
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. said Thursday it was “fully capable” of defending itself and its allies against any North Korean missile strike, after Pyongyang threatened to launch a nuclear attack.The U.S. military could deal with any such attack, U.S. officials said, repeating earlier warnings that North Korea would gain nothing by provocations, while stressing they took its threats seriously.“I can tell you that the United States is fully capable of defending against any North Korean ballistic m
March 8, 2013
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Kim visits military unit that shelled Yeonpyeong
With tensions surging on the Korean peninsula, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un talked of “all-out war” as he toured a frontline unit that shelled the South in 2010, state media said Friday.Visiting two islands close to the disputed maritime border with South Korea on Thursday, Kim said the North’s military was “fully ready to fight a Korean style all-out war,” the Korean Central News Agency said.The tour coincided with an outpouring of vitriol from Pyongyang over U.N. sanctions imposed for its n
March 8, 2013
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China holds key to N.K. sanctions
China’s decision to approve a new U.N. Security Council resolution expanding sanctions against North Korea is a welcome step, but the latest sanctions will bring the North to heel only if China takes a sincere approach to implementing them, analysts said Friday. Nearly a month after North Korea conducted its third nuclear test, the U.N.’s 15-member council passed the resolution, adding three North Korean personnel and two entities to a sanctions list. The new measures included tightening financi
March 8, 2013
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Home affairs minister nominee vows to protect children, women
President Park Geun-hye’s home affairs minister nominee said Friday that his ministry will focus on reinforcing regulations to protect children and women from harmful environments.Laying out a safety policy under the new government, Yoo Jeong-bok said his ministry will reinforce various regulations to securely protect the socially disadvantaged such as children, women and the elderly.The former agriculture minister, who was tapped last month by Park to head the Ministry of Public Administration
March 8, 2013
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N. Korea ramps up tension; Park vows stern retaliation
North Korea ratcheted up tension Friday declaring it would end nonaggression pacts and an emergency hotline with the South. In a fury over new U.N. sanctions and South Korea-U.S. joint military drills, Pyongyang also threatened that its nuclear-tipped, long-range missiles are on standby.In response, President Park Geun-hye used her first speech to military cadets to reaffirm Seoul’s resolve to deal sternly with any provocations.The totalitarian regime has recently escalated its rhetoric includin
March 8, 2013
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Park vows to deal strongly with N. Korean provocations
South Korean President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to deal strongly with North Korean provocations as tensions on the divided peninsula have risen sharply with the communist nation making harsh war threats day after day."Our current security situation is very grave. North Korea pressed ahead with a nuclear test and long-range missile development, and is threatening to nullify the Armistice Agreement," Park said during a joint commissioning ceremony for graduating military cadets at the Gyeryongda
March 8, 2013
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BOK to boost market monitoring over U.N. resolution
South Korea's central bank said Friday that it plans to beef up its monitoring of the financial markets as the U.N. Security Council's adoption of new sanctions on the North for its nuke test may raise geopolitical risks.The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its nuclear test last month. The resolution calls for tighteningfinancial restrictions and cargo inspection on the North, and curbing its development of
March 8, 2013
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N. Korea says will sever hot-line with Seoul, nullify non-aggression pacts
North Korea will sever its hot-line with Seoul and nullify non-aggression agreements between the countries, the state-run news agency said Friday amid escalating tensions over the North's nuclear test last month."The DPRK abrogates all agreements on nonaggressions reached between the North and the South," the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, a propaganda organ against the South, said in a statement."The DPRK will close the Panmunjom liaison channel between the north and
March 8, 2013
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U.N. approves new sanctions against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, and a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States.The sanctions drafted by North Korea's closest ally, China, and the United States send a powerful message that the international community condemns Pyongyang's ballistic missile and nuclear tests _ and repeated violations of Security Council resolutions. “Adoption of the resolution itself is n
March 8, 2013
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Hyundai Heavy Industries to build new submarines
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, was selected to build nine improved versions of Chang Bogo class submarines for the South Korean Navy, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday.The Defense Acquisition and Procurement Agency said it has chosen Hyundai Heavy Industries to build an upgraded version of the 1,200-ton Chang Bogo submarine, in partnership with Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.The new version of the diesel-electric attack submarine will weigh 1,400
March 7, 2013
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Reform hopes for N.K. leader fading
When Kim Jong-un took up the helm of North Korea upon his father’s death in December 2011, there was optimism that the Swiss-educated successor would bring about positive change in the impoverished, isolated state. But that appears to have been wishful thinking and things are worse off now with the international community, including its only major ally China supporting harsher sanctions for its recent missile and nuclear tests.Experts said the fledgling ruler, who came to power after only severa
March 7, 2013
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North Korea threatens preemptive nuclear strikes
North Korea on Thursday threatened preemptive nuclear strikes against the U.S. and South Korea ahead of a vote at the United Nations on a new set of sanctions against its nuclear test last month. Its Foreign Ministry said in a statement, “We will exert our right to preemptive nuclear strikes against aggressors.” Earlier in the day, the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, warned that a thermonuclear war, claiming that the country is in a heightened state of readiness an
March 7, 2013
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N. Korea threatens thermonuclear war as U.N. moves to impose sanctions
North Korea warned Thursday that a thermonuclear war can take place as the United Nations moves to impose tough sanctions against the communist country for conducting its third atomic weapons test last month.The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), said in a commentary titled "independence is more important than life" that the military has become stronger and whether there is a nuclear conflict or a war involving more powerful weapons, North Korea has the potentia
March 7, 2013
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‘N .Korea still making drugs, fake cigarettes’
The U.S. government believes North Korea, with our without the government's help, is producing narcotics and counterfeit cigarettes for shipment to China, according to an annual report.In the 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, the State Department said it has found no clear evidence that the North Korean regime is directly involved in such illegal activities.But the United States "cannot entirely rule out the possibility of official DPRK (North Korea) state involvement in the
March 7, 2013