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Global Fund provides $3.7 million to eradicate malaria in North Korea
An international fund has provided a total of $3.7 million to a humanitarian aid project to eliminate malaria in North Korea this year, the Voice of America reported Friday.Under the financial donations from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund has been providing mosquito nets, insecticides and preventive medicines and remedies for malaria for North Korean residents, the U.S.-based media report said.VOA said that UNIC
Aug. 26, 2016
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N. Korea raises military alert to highest level amid S. Korea-U.S.
North Korea's military has raised its alert posture to its highest level in response to an annual joint military drill between Seoul and Washington, a government source here said Friday.The North ordered its military on the highest special alert early this week as the allies kicked off their annual military exercise on Monday aimed at countering Pyongyang's potential aggression, according to the source.This year's alert level was one notch higher than that issued during last year's joint militar
Aug. 26, 2016
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NK diplomat in Russia defects: reports
A North Korean diplomat posted in Russia has recently fled the host country, marking the latest in an ongoing string of defections by Pyongyang’s elite members, news reports said late Thursday. The official, whose identity and current whereabouts remain unclear, is known to have had served at Pyongyang’s trade representative within its consulate-general in Vladivostok before leaving there with his family. Affiliated with the North’s Ministry of External Economic Affairs, the secretary-level dipl
Aug. 26, 2016
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N.K. opens first youth congress in 23 years
North Korea on Friday opened the congress of a youth association for the first time in 23 years as the country's leader Kim Jong-un is seeking to solicit support from young people to cement his power.The Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League held the ninth congress in Pyongyang, the North's state media said, without elaborating.It marked the country's first congress by the youth league since February 1993. The congress was never held under the regime of the current leader's
Aug. 26, 2016
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UNSC working on statement condemning Pyongyang's latest missile provocation
The U.N. Security Council has asked its member countries to review a draft version of a press statement condemning North Korea's latest missile provocation, diplomatic sources said Friday. The UNSC held an emergency behind-closed-doors meeting on Wednesday (local time) at the request of South Korea, the United States and Japan to discuss counteractions against the North's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile earlier on the same day. The missile flew some 500 kilometers before la
Aug. 26, 2016
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North Korea upgrades security at rocket launch station: 38 North
North Korea has upgraded security measures at a rocket launch station on its west coast over the past two years, presumably out of concern of intelligence leaks, 38 North, a think tank that follows developments in the communist county, said Friday.According to a report by North Korean military affairs analyst Joseph Bermudez carried by 38 North, improvements to the outer perimeter of the Tongchang-ri launch site began around 2011 and proceeded slowly. Then it recently started picking up pace. Th
Aug. 26, 2016
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North Korea resumes encrypted numbers broadcast after 2-week hiatus
North Korea's state radio station on Friday resumed the broadcast of mysterious numbers after a two-week hiatus, which some experts say are coded messages to its agents in South Korea.A female announcer at Radio Pyongyang read numbers for more than four minutes starting at 12:45 a.m., calling out numbers, such as "No. 68 on Page 509."The announcer said she is "giving review works in basic information technology lessons of the remote education university for No. 27 expedition agents."Since June,
Aug. 26, 2016
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North Korean diplomat defects from Russia: source
A North Korean diplomat stationed in Russia defected last month, a local source said Thursday, amid a series of defections from the communist country to seek a new life in South Korea.The diplomat from Pyongyang's trade representatives under its consulate general in Vladivostok could have possibly defected with family, according to the source who asked not to be named.The identity and whereabouts of the diplomat have not been made clear.The diplomat is known to have been in charge of covering tr
Aug. 26, 2016
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Kim calls SLBM test ‘greatest success’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailed the latest test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as the “success of all successes,” state media said Thursday, as the UN gears up to condemn the event that would likely beef up the country’s nuclear capabilities. The young ruler observed Wednesday’s liftoff during which the projectile flew about 500 kilometers before falling into Japan’s air defense zone, marking the weapon’s longest flight and signaling sweeping technological advances. The experim
Aug. 25, 2016
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North Korea airs SLBM footage via state TV
North Korea's central television broadcasting station on Thursday aired the footage of the latest launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.In the footage running for one minute and 47 seconds, the broadcaster showed the launch of the missile from various angles.Pyongyang's state-run media, including the Rodong Sinmun, the country's main paper and organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, also has been promoting the launch as a huge success.North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a SLBM in
Aug. 25, 2016
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UNSC seeking to adopt statement to condemn N. Korea's SLBM launch
The United Nations Security Council is seeking to adopt a press statement to condemn North Korea's latest launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, officials said Wednesday following an emergency meeting on the issue.Member countries of the UNSC agreed to push for the press statement after the council held an emergency meeting to discuss North Korea's latest SLBM launch at the request of South Korea, the US and Japan, the officials who attended the close-door meeting said."There was a ge
Aug. 25, 2016
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US civic group to provide medical assistance to N. Korea
A US private humanitarian group will send medical aid to North Korea next month as part of its efforts to help the impoverished nation, a Washington-based radio station said Thursday.AmeriCares, a nonprofit organization based in Connecticut, will ship medicine and sanitary goods to seven hospitals and health clinics in Pyongyang, Nampo, North Hwanghae Province and South Pyongan Province, the Radio Free Asia reported.According to RFA, the medical goods include antibiotics, medicines for allergy,
Aug. 25, 2016
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N. Korea developing larger-class submarine for missile launch: expert
North Korea is developing a larger-class submarine as the country moves to further develop submarine-launched ballistic missile capability by 2020, a US military expert said Wednesday.North Korea is building a new bigger class of submarine than the existing Sinpo-class, and the new project seems to have been kicked off several years ago, Joseph Bermudez, co-founder and chief analytic officer of AllSource Analysis, said at a briefing organized by 38 North.His assessment is in line with outlooks f
Aug. 25, 2016
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US concerned over NK, not excluding more sanctions option
The US remains "concerned" over North Korea's provocative actions and is keeping a close eye on Pyongyang amid fresh anxiety over its continued pursuit of nuclear and missile programs, the White House said Wednesday.White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest made the remark during a regular press briefing after the North test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the East Sea. It flew over500 kilometers, making it the longest flight by such a missile for the North, before landing within
Aug. 25, 2016
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NK leader calls SLBM launch success, boasts of nuke
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called the North's launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine "the greatest success," saying his country has full capability to carry out nuclear attacks, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday.The North's leader observed the launch of the submarine-launched ballistic missile Wednesday, saying it was "the greatest success and victory," according to the official Korean Central News Agency.Kim said the results of the test-fire showed North Korea "joined the f
Aug. 25, 2016
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S. Korea, China reaffirm shared stance to denuclearize N. Korea
The top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan on Wednesday vowed to spearhead global efforts against North Korea’s continued missile provocations as they held a trilateral meeting to discuss cooperation and other pending issues of mutual concern.The talks, held in Tokyo earlier in the day, marked the first time that foreign ministers of the three countries got together following the last such event held in Seoul in March 2015. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Japanese and Chinese counte
Aug. 24, 2016
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S. Korea says nuclear program will hasten N. Korea's self-destruction
North Korea's obsession with nuclear weapons development will only hasten the country's self-destruction, South Korea's foreign ministry said Wednesday, denouncing the communist country's latest test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.Pyongyang fired the SLBM from waters off its east coast in the early morning on Wednesday with the missile landing in waters inside Japan's air defense identification zone, according to the South Korean military. The launch appears to be in protest ag
Aug. 24, 2016
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N. Korean envoy to UN decries joint drill as bringing peninsula to brink of war
North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday denounced an on-going joint military drill between South Korea and the United States, claiming such provocations are bringing the Korean Peninsula close to war.The South Korea-US Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise is pushing the peninsula "to the brink of war," North Korean Ambassador to the UN Ja Song-nam said in a letter to the council's Malaysian president. He called for an emergency Security Council meeting to address the issue.Seoul and
Aug. 24, 2016
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N. Korean crosses inter-border water holding on to styrofoam float
A North Korean man was found holding on to a styrofoam float in waters near the western border island of Yeonpyeong, military sources said Wednesday.According to the sources, the man was rescued by a fishing boat after a soldier spotted him at around 7:10 a.m.The military said it is currently investigating whether the 27-year-old wants to defect or was involved in an accident."Although it is true that a North Korean was rescued, we cannot provide details as such information is confidential," a s
Aug. 24, 2016
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N. Koreans defect via West Sea
Three North Korean residents defected to the South by riding on a boat over the West Sea, authorities said Tuesday.This is the latest in a series of defections by North Koreans, particularly among its elites, including Thae Young-ho, who had been a high-ranking diplomat dispatched to the UK, earlier this month.Intelligence authorities said that the residents were found by the sea patrol as they passed through the waters near Incheon on a small fishing boat.The defectors immediately expressed the
Aug. 23, 2016