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North Korea may draw few buyers despite rocket success
By successfully firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for business. But Pyongyang will find that customers are hard to come by as old friends drift away and international sanctions lock down its sales.North Korea’s satellite and nuclear programs were masterminded by the late leader Kim Jong Il, who ruled for 17 years under a “military first” policy and died a year ago Monday. An offshoot of the policy was a
Dec. 19, 2012
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Crippled North Korean probe could orbit for years: expert
TOKYO (AP) ― A North Korean satellite launched into space last week appears to be malfunctioning but could remain in orbit for several years, a leading expert in the United States said Tuesday.North Korea says the satellite is working. Even if it isn’t, its successful launch into space marks a milestone in the impoverished country’s technological advances, especially given accusations that the rocket launch was actually a test of systems that could be used to launch long-range missiles targeting
Dec. 19, 2012
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N.K. displays Kim Jong-il a year after death
PYONGYANG (AP) ― North Korea unveiled the embalmed body of Kim Jong-il, still in his trademark khaki jumpsuit, on the anniversary of his death Monday as mourning mixed with pride over a recent satellite launch that was a long-held goal of the late authoritarian leader.Kim lies in state a few floors below his father, national founder Kim Il-sung, in the Kumsusan mausoleum, the cavernous former presidential palace. Kim Jong-il is presented lying beneath a red blanket, a spotlight shining on his fa
Dec. 19, 2012
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Korea urges Abe to rebuild trust with neighbors
Japan’s incoming leader Shinzo Abe needs to rebuild trust with its neighboring countries, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, noting that keeping cooperative ties between South Korea and Japan are in both nations’ interests. “Japan is in a position where it can jointly work with us for this region and the international community,” foreign ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young told reporters, commenting on Abe’s victory in Japan’s parliamentary election. “To implement this role, I think that the mo
Dec. 18, 2012
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N.K. may see few buyers despite rocket success
By successfully firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for business. But Pyongyang will find that customers are hard to come by as old friends drift away and international sanctions lock down its sales. North Korea's satellite and nuclear programs were masterminded by the late leader Kim Jong Il, who ruled for 17 years under a ``military first'' policy and died a year ago Monday. An offshoot of the policy was
Dec. 18, 2012
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Crippled N. Korean probe could orbit for years
A North Korean satellite launched into space last week appears to be malfunctioning but could remain in orbit for several years, a leading expert in the United States said Tuesday.North Korea says the satellite is working. Even if it isn't, its successful launch into space marks a milestone in the impoverished country's technological advances, especially given accusations that the rocket launch was actually a test of systems that could be used to launch long-range missiles targeting the U.S.Data
Dec. 18, 2012
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U.S. searching best ways to handle N. Korea: State Dept.
The United States has no other choice at this time but to ratchet up pressure on North Korea, which has repeatedly defied international obligations, the State Department said Monday.The department, however, strongly indicated its intention to continue engaging Pyongyang either bilaterally or multilaterally, looking for signs that the nation will change its attitude. "What's left to us is to continue to increase the pressure on the North Korean regime," department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said
Dec. 18, 2012
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N. Korea provocations reveal election policy blind spots
Following is the last in a three-part series of articles based on the assessment of the presidential manifestos by Herald Corp.’s expert panel. ― Ed. Presidential candidates Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in pledge to employ a balanced approach toward North Korea and sharpen Seoul’s diplomacy to maximize its strategic interest.But experts say the external policies of the Saenuri Party’s Park and Democratic United Party’s Moon could face hurdles as they do not appear to pay sufficient attention to cr
Dec. 17, 2012
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NKorea displays Kim Jong-il a year after his death
North Korea unveiled the embalmed body of Kim Jong-il, still in his trademark khaki jumpsuit, on the anniversary of his death Monday as mourning mixed with pride over a recent satellite launch that was a long-held goal of the late authoritarian leader.Kim lies in state a few floors below his father, national founder Kim Il Sung, in the Kumsusan mausoleum, the cavernous former presidential palace. Kim Jong-il is presented lying beneath a red blanket, a spotlight shining on his face in a room suff
Dec. 17, 2012
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N. Korean first lady Ri Sol-ju reappears with swollen belly
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s wife Ri Sol-ju made a public appearance for the first time in 40 days, raising suspicion that the Hermit Kingdom’s first lady is expecting a child soon.North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency broadcast on Monday Ri wearing black mourning clothes at the first anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.An official at the South Korean government said that Ri’s childbirth is imminent, given that rumors about her pregnancy have alre
Dec. 17, 2012
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Kim Jong-un visits family mausoleum on 1st anniversary of father's death
Marking the first anniversary of the death of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the North unveiled on Monday a renovated mausoleum for the ruling Kim family.The reopening ceremony for Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, held from 9:00 a.m., was broadcast live by key television stations including (North) Korean Central Broadcasting Station, monitored in Seoul.The North's state news wire service Korean Central News Agency said in an English dispatch that "an inaugural ceremony of the renovated Kumsusa
Dec. 17, 2012
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Uncertainty lingers in North Korea one year after Kim took power
A year after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inherited power from his late father and longtime strongman Kim Jong-il, uncertainty still remains high over the future direction of the communist state.With the emergence of the young, Swiss-educated ruler, the international community was cautiously hopeful of change. But the expectation was dampened as Kim carried out long-range rocket launches in April and last week at the expense of its starving people and in defiance of international warnings.S
Dec. 16, 2012
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Panetta expresses concern over N. Korea's unpredictability
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Friday put North Korea at the top of a list of security challenges facing his country, along with an unfinished war in Afghanistan and al-Qaida-led terrorism.He pointed out the unpredictability of the secretive communist nation with nuclear weapons and various types of missiles."We still have the problem of North Korea and the unpredictability of North Korea," he said during a visit to an air base in Turkey, according to a transcript."We just saw that ha
Dec. 15, 2012
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Defiant N. Korea holds mass rally, vows more launches
Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans rallied Friday in the freezing cold to celebrate the country's rocket launch, staging a choreographed show of defiance under their youthful leader's "endless" wisdom.The enormous rally in central Pyongyang, shown on state television, came two days after the launch of the three-stage rocket and just ahead of the anniversary Monday of the death of new leader Kim Jong-un's father.The West fears the launch has taken the nuclear-armed state a step closer to firi
Dec. 14, 2012
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S. Korea retrieves N. Korean rocket's debris in Yellow Sea
The Navy has retrieved the debris of North Korea's long-range rocket launched earlier this week and a joint investigation team will analyze it to get a glimpse of the communist state's rocket technology, the defense ministry here said Friday.Less than two hours after Wednesday's liftoff, a South Korean Aegis destroyer deployed in the Yellow Sea discovered an object, believed to be part of a fuel container from the first stage of the rocket, near the trajectory announced by the North."The Navy's
Dec. 14, 2012
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World moves to take action on N.K.
South Korea is pushing for a sea transport embargo against North Korea as one of options to respond Pyongyang‘s long-range rocket launch, a senior presidential official said Thursday. The official said Seoul will consult with other countries over the punitive action which he said would be have a significant impact on the North’s trade.“We are considering sanctions in marine transport. Now that we have already set the legal grounds (over the restriction of the North’s sea transport), we will star
Dec. 13, 2012
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U.N.'s N. Korea response should be 'prudent': China
Any United Nations reaction to North Korea's rocket launch should be "prudent", China's foreign ministry said Thursday after Beijing came under pressure to act on its rogue ally. China believes any response "should be prudent, appropriate and conducive to peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and avoid the escalation of the situation", foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters in Beijing."We express regret at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's launch in spite of the exte
Dec. 13, 2012
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Seoul says N. Korea's satellite circling Earth 'normally'
North Korea's satellite delivered by its long-range rocket was circling the Earth with an orbital period of 95.4 minutes, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday, but it was not yet known whether it was functioning properly. A day after the communist state's successful, surprising multistage rocket launch, the defense ministry acknowledged that the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite was circling the Earth at a speed of7.6 kilometers per second, citing data by the North American Aerospace Defense Command,
Dec. 13, 2012
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U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea rocket launch
The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider “an appropriate response.”Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest ally which has not made its position clear. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei cautioned Wednesday in Beijing that the council's response should be “prudent and
Dec. 13, 2012
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N. Korea makes strides in ballistic missile capability
North Korea’s successful rocket launch on Wednesday underscores considerable progress in its ballistic missile technology, a core part of its controversial nuclear program that threatens its potential adversaries.Despite international condemnation and sanctions, the North has pushed to enhance its delivery capability to bolster what it calls “nuclear deterrence against hostile forces” including the U.S.The three-stage Unha-3 rocket fired this week is presumed to have a range of more than 13,000
Dec. 12, 2012