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U.S. senator calls North Korea leader 'forgotten maniac,' urges Obama to increase pressure on Pyongyang
A U.S. senator urged the administration of President Barack Obama on Wednesday to act immediately to rein in North Korea, calling leader Kim Jong-un a "forgotten maniac" seeking nuclear weapons and cyberwar capabilities while torturing his own people.Sen. Cory Gardner made the appeal in an article to the Wall Street Journal, stressing that while the U.S. is preoccupied with problems in the Middle East, Kim's "reign of terror" continues and his nuclear weapons arsenal grows. "It is time for the U
Dec. 3, 2015
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North Korea excavating new tunnel at nuclear test site: 38 North
North Korea is believed to be excavating a new tunnel at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site for nuclear testing, a U.S. research institute said Wednesday, citing recent satellite imagery.The new tunnel is in a new area of the site in addition to the three others where the North has either conducted nuclear tests or excavated tunnels in the past, 38 North said."While there are no indications that a nuclear test is imminent, the new tunnel adds to North Korea's ability to conduct additional detonati
Dec. 3, 2015
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Top North Korea military official makes first public appearance in 3 weeks
Top North Korean military official Hwang Pyong-so has made his first public appearance in about three weeks, the North's media showed Thursday, amid speculation that he went abroad for medical treatment.The 75-year-old director of the general political bureau of the Korean People's Army has accompanied the North's leader Kim Jong-un on his visit to a tree nursery unit under the military, according to the Korean Central News Agency.It marked the first time that Hwang has shown up at a major publi
Dec. 3, 2015
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Top North Korea military official visits China for medical treatment: source
Top North Korean military official Hwang Pyong-so has visited China to get medical treatment, a source said Wednesday, after he has not shown up at major public events for the past three weeks.The 75-year-old director of the general political bureau of the Korean People's Army has returned to Pyongyang after recently visiting China to have his illness treated, according to the source familiar to North Korean affairs."Hwang is known to have some problems with his spine. There is a possibility tha
Dec. 2, 2015
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North Korea wants to learn from China's Hainan on tourism: envoy
North Korea wants to learn tourism know-how from China's southern resort island of Hainan as it seeks to set up an international tourism zone at its scenic Mount Kumgang, according to the North's ambassador to China on Wednesday. Ji Jae-ryong, North Korea's ambassador to China, made the remarks during a meeting with Luo Baoming, Hainan's Communist Party chief and provincial governor, on Monday, the Chinese Communist Party said in an article posted on its website. North Korea is seeking to attrac
Dec. 2, 2015
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Pyongyang leader's aunt to file libel suit against defectors in Seoul
The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is planning to file a defamation suit against three high-profile North Korean defectors in the South, her legal representative said Wednesday.Koh Young-sook, the current leader's aunt and the younger sister of Kim's mother, will file a suit with the Seoul Central District Court later in the day. She is seeking a total of 60 million won ($51,900) from three defectors for allegedly spreading false information about her on South Korean TV shows between 20
Dec. 2, 2015
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U.S. expresses concern over North Korea's SLBM test
The United States expressed concern Tuesday over North Korea's recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to refrain from violating U.N. Security Council resolutions.Yonhap News Agency reported exclusively that the North fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea on Saturday, but the missile failed to soar from the waters."We're obviously concerned by those reports," State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said at a regular briefing.The U.S.
Dec. 2, 2015
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Koreas to exchange lists of chief delegates for high-level talks
South and North Korea are likely to exchange lists of their chief delegates next week for the upcoming high-level talks aimed at discussing ways to improve their ties, a government official said Tuesday.The two Koreas have agreed to hold a vice-ministerial meeting at a joint industrial park in the North's border city of Kaesong next Friday as they are seeking to mend long-strained ties.It is yet to be known who will represent the talks from each side, but the two Koreas are expected to exchange
Dec. 1, 2015
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North Korean envoy gets tour of Chinese herbal medicine
North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae-ryong took a rare tour of Chinese herbal medicine and traditional medical treatment at China's southern resort city of Sanya, according to the city government on Tuesday.The tour took place last Friday at Chinese Medicine Hospital of Sanya, the Chinese city said in an article posted on its official website. Reports of public activities by the North Korean envoy are incredibly rare. A photo taken by the hospital shows Ji and his wife posing for the camera w
Dec. 1, 2015
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Pentagon declines comment on N.K.'s SLBM test
The Pentagon declined Monday to comment on North Korea's recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, citing intelligence matters.Yonhap News Agency reported that the North fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea on Saturday, but the test ended in failure as the missile failed to soar from the waters."As far as whether North Korea attempted an SLBM launch, we will not discuss intelligence matters," said Cmdr. Bill Urban, a U.S. Defense Department spokesman.In May,
Dec. 1, 2015
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North Korean leader visits remodeled education center for students
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has visited a recently remodeled facility for primary and middle school students' extracurricular activities, the North's media said Tuesday.The leader visited the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace, a comprehensive after-school education center for school students, according to the Korean Central News Agency. It did not specify the date of his visit.Kim ordered the remodeling of the center, which includes a gym and a swimming pool, in May last year.The leader e
Dec. 1, 2015
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North Korean leader presumed to have watched SLBM test: Seoul spy agency
South Korea's spy agency said Monday that North Korea's leader is believed to have observed the recent botched launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine in the waters off the country's east coast.The National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that North Korea test-fired the submarine-launched ballistic missile at around 2 p.m. on Saturday in waters off the east coast port city of Wonsan, but the launch was viewed as a failure as the missile's trajectory could not be tracked.The agency sai
Nov. 30, 2015
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Seoul urges Pyongyang to stop raising tension on peninsula
South Korea called on North Korea Monday to stop flaring up tension on the Korean Peninsula as the North has continued to condemn South Korean military activity ahead of planned high-level inter-Korean talks.The North has blamed the South for dampening the conciliatory mood on the peninsula, citing the South's military activities, including planned field tactical training."We called on North Korea to stop its condemnation of our military activity in the western area and raising unnecessary tensi
Nov. 30, 2015
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North Korea's SLBM development, test violate U.N. resolutions: Seoul
North Korea's continuing development and test-launch of submarine-launched ballistic missiles constitute a violation of United Nations resolutions, the Defense Ministry said Monday, following the North's reported SLBM launch over the weekend.A South Korean government official said North Korea fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea on Saturday afternoon, but the SLBM failed to leave the water. The remarks indicate the country has yet to master the SLBM technology since its first
Nov. 30, 2015
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N.K. apparently fails submarine missile test
North Korea appears to have failed to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine in yet another provocative action that may escalate tensions on the peninsula, government sources in Seoul said Sunday. The communist state is believed to have tried to fire a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea between 2:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. Saturday, but it stopped short of soaring from the waters, the sources said. Seoul’s Defense Ministry declined to officially confirm the report. “The cover of the
Nov. 29, 2015
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N.K. apparently fails to launch ballistic missile from sub
North Korea apparently failed to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, a South Korean official said Saturday, in a sign that Pyongyang has yet to master the technology.North Korea is believed to have fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea roughly between 2:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m., but the submarine-launched ballistic missile failed to soar from the waters, the official said"The North appears to have failed in its launch," the official said, citing debris from the missile fou
Nov. 28, 2015
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Koreas agree to hold high-level talks next month
South and North Korea agreed Friday to hold high-level government talks next month as they are seeking to mend strained ties following a landmark deal in August on easing military tension.The two sides plan to hold vice-ministerial dialogue at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name on Dec. 11, according to the Unification Ministry.They reached the agreement in marathon working-level talks that began a day earlier at the border village of Panmunjom."Agendas for
Nov. 27, 2015
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Kim Jong-un inspects shoe factory, calling for world's best footwear
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a shoe factory and called for the production of the world's best quality shoes, the country's official news media said Friday. "The ruling party demands everything intended for the people should be the world's best quality," Kim said during his visit to the shoe factory in the east coast port city of Wonsan, according to the Korean Central News Agency's report. "Let's fight vigorously to produce famous goods and produce what can compete in the world,"
Nov. 27, 2015
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Two Koreas reaffirm interest in dialogue itself
South and North Korea have managed to keep the dialogue mood afloat but a significant deal on major pending issues will likely remain elusive, experts here said Friday.After marathon working-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjom, the two sides agreed to hold a vice ministerial meeting on Dec. 11 at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border town.They announced that inter-Korean issues related to the improvement of bilateral ties will be discussed."The two sides seem to have mad
Nov. 27, 2015
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Koreas to hold vice minister-level talks on Dec. 11
The two Koreas agreed to hold vice-minister-level talks at the joint industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong on Dec. 11 to discuss bilateral pending issues to improve cross-border relations, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Friday. Kim Ki-woong (right), assistant minister of South Korea’s Unification Ministry’s Special Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue, shakes hands with Hwang Chol (left), a senior official of the North’s Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherla
Nov. 27, 2015