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Ex-US diplomat: Kim Jong-nam's killing raises specter of NK selling chemical weapons to terror groups
The use of the nerve agent VX in the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea's leader, raises the dangerous specter of a cash-strapped Pyongyang ultimately selling such a chemical weapon to terrorist groups like al-Qaida, a former senior diplomat warned Wednesday.The use of VX added to mounting evidence that North Korea was behind Kim's killing in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 13. VX is a chemical agent listed as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations and its use is banned un
March 2, 2017
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N. Korea accuses S. Korea, US of killing leader Kim's half brother
Denying its own involvement, North Korea on Wednesday accused South Korea and the United States of killing a North Korean, believed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, without acknowledging the deceased as such.In a dispatch from Pyongyang, the North's Korean Central News Agency said the person was a North Korean citizen named "Kim Chol," carrying a diplomatic passport."The cause of his death has not yet been clearly identified but the U.S. and the South Korean authorities are
March 1, 2017
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Hwang vows to make NK give up nukes
Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn on Wednesday pledged to redouble sanctions, pressure and deterrence to force North Korea to “change its calculations” and desert nuclear weapons, reaffirming plans to deploy advanced US missile defense assets this year. In his Independence Movement Day address, the prime minister focused on castigating Pyongyang for its constant advancement of nuclear and missile capabilities and human rights violations. He called the recent assassination in Malaysia of Kim Jong-na
March 1, 2017
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Duo charged with Kim Jong-nam's murder
Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 29, and Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, have been charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction, for the murder of a North Korean on Feb 13.Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, was first brought before the Magistrate’s Court, Wednesday.In the charge sheet, she was accused, together with four men still at large, of murdering a “Kim Chol” at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) departure hall in Sepang.(Image captur
March 1, 2017
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Seoul's spy agency warned Kim Jong-nam of safety last year
South Korea's spy agency sent a safety warning last year to the North Korean leader's half brother who was killed earlier this month, lawmakers said Tuesday.The logo of the National Intelligence Service (Yonhap)An official from the National Intelligence Service was quoted as telling the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee Monday that it sent a message to Kim Jong-nam that he was the target of a possible attack. It was delivered through a third party in the second half of 2016, he added.Th
Feb. 28, 2017
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US mulls relisting NK as ‘terror sponsor’
In the wake of Kim Jong-nam’s killing, the US has set out to consider redesignating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, a senior Seoul official said Tuesday. The US side floated the idea at the talks of the chief nuclear negotiators of South Korea, the US and Japan in Washington, during which they reviewed and coordinated responses to the Feb. 13 assassination in Malaysia of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as well as a recent test of a new mid-range ba
Feb. 28, 2017
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Ex-NK envoy to UN visits Malaysia over Kim's death
A former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday amid an escalating diplomatic row over the death of the half brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un.Ri Tong-il told reporters that he would request that Malaysia hand over the body of a North Korean citizen who died earlier this month in Malaysia, referring to Kim Jong-nam. Ri Tong-il, a former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations (Yonhap)Kim was killed on Feb. 13 at an airport in Kula
Feb. 28, 2017
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Senior NK official arrives in Beijing for talks
A senior North Korean diplomat arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks on "issues of mutual concern," amid growing tensions over the North's missile test and the death of the Pyongyang leader's half brother.China's foreign ministry said that the North's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil-song came to Beijing at its invitation and will have talks with senior officials including Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his stay.The North's Korean Central News Agency also confirmed Kyodo News' report earlier in t
Feb. 28, 2017
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NK-EU trade falls for 3rd consecutive year in 2016: report
North Korea's trade with the European Union shrank for the third consecutive year in 2016 amid international sanctions against the North, a US media outlet said Tuesday.European flags fly in front of construction in the European district in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2016, in this photo released by Europe's news photo agency EPA. (Yonhap)The 2016 trade volume was tallied at about $29 million, marking a 6.6 percent decrease from a year ago and one tenth of the peak figure recorded in 2006, Voice of Ame
Feb. 28, 2017
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‘Kim Jong-nam death was state-led terror’
The recent killing of Kim Jong-nam was an act of terror concocted by North Korea’s state security and foreign ministries under the command of his half brother and leader Kim Jong-un, Seoul’s spy agency said Monday. At a parliamentary briefing, the National Intelligence Service said it has concluded that four officials from the North’s State Security Ministry and two from the Foreign Ministry were involved in the Feb. 13 assassination in Malaysia, shifting from its initial view that the Reconnais
Feb. 27, 2017
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Lotte Group approves land swap deal for THAAD battery
South Korea’s retail conglomerate Lotte Group on Monday approved a land-swap deal with the military for stationing a US anti-missile system battery here, a move that will accelerate the government’s efforts to deploy the battery amid objections from China. The directorate board of Lotte International, which owns a golf club to be used for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery, signed off on an exchange of its property for a piece of land owned by the military, Seoul’s Defense Ministry
Feb. 27, 2017
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Kim murder ‘sovereignty, legal breach’: Yun
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se slammed North Korea’s suspected use of a nerve agent in the murder of Kim Jong-nam at a UN conference in Geneva on Monday, calling it a violation of Malaysia’s sovereignty and international law barring chemical weapons. The top diplomat landed in the Swiss city earlier in the day to take part in the UN Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament until Tuesday. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (Yonhap)Through a keynote speech at the HRC, the minister sought t
Feb. 27, 2017
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Kim killing new terror method: former NK spy
The use of nerve agent VX in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, represented that the Stalinist regime has developed a “whole new type” of terrorist method, a former North Korean agent said Monday. Kim Dong-sik, a former North Korean spy who defected to the South after being captured in 1995, said the apparent assassination case bears a hallmark he had rarely seen in the North, which has boasted a long history of terror tactics ranging from poisoned n
Feb. 27, 2017
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Pyongyang gov't behind murder of Kim Jong-nam: spy agency
South Korea's spy agency said Monday that the North Korean government was behind the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, adding that those involved worked for the country's foreign ministry and spy body.During a closed door meeting with lawmakers, the National Intelligence Service said four of the eight suspects behind the murder worked for Pyongyang's Ministry of State Security, with two others being from the foreign ministry. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother Kim Jong-nam was killed in
Feb. 27, 2017
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NK leader's half brother sent letter to Pyongyang asking for money: expert
North Korean leader's half brother Kim Jong-nam, who was killed in Malaysia earlier this month, had sent a letter to Pyongyang asking for living expenses before his death, an expert at a local think tank said Monday.Kim, the eldest son of late former leader Kim Jong-il, died on Feb. 13 at an airport in Kuala Lumpur after apparently being poisoned by two Asian women.Yoo Dong-ryul, head of the Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy, speaks during a conference held at the National Assembly in Seoul o
Feb. 27, 2017
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N. Korea coerces residents into sharing bill for new town project
North Korea has been forcing its residents to share a bill for completing a new town construction project ahead of the birthday of the country's late founder, Kim Il-sung, to make up fund shortages caused by international sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, a North Korean defectors group claimed Monday.Citing a source in the North, Kim Heung-kwang, a North Korean defector and executive director of the Seoul-based dissidents' group North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, said, "A setba
Feb. 27, 2017
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All indicators point to NK responsibility in Kim Jong-nam's killing: ex-CIA chief
All indicators point to Pyongyang's responsibility in the killing of the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a former CIA chief said Sunday, after Malaysia determined a banned chemical weapons agent was used in the killing.John Brennan, who served as CIA director until January, made the remark in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" after Malaysian police announced the nerve agent VX was used in the killing of Kim Jong-nam at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13. Fo
Feb. 27, 2017
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Malaysia: Poisoning of Kim caused paralysis, quick death
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) -- Malaysia's health minister said Sunday that the dose of nerve agent given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother was so high that it killed him within 20 minutes and caused "very serious paralysis."Kim Jong Nam died Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur's airport in what Malaysian police say was a well-planned hit by two women who wiped a liquid on Kim's face. Police revealed Friday that the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used to kill Kim, raising the stakes in
Feb. 26, 2017
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Seoul to raise Kim killing on world stage
With North Korea accused of having used a banned toxin in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, Seoul is poised to highlight the Kim Jong-un regime’s unbridled breaches of international law and inhumane activities at the UN this week. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Sunday left for Geneva to attend the UN Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament from Monday to Tuesday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (Yonhap)Through a keynote speech at the HRC session, he will express concerns about the “unpre
Feb. 26, 2017
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Nerve agent VX used in Kim Jong-nam murder, Malaysia says
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother was killed with a highly toxic chemical weapon known as VX, Malaysian police announced Friday, offering evidence that might unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Kim Jong-nam. Citing preliminary analysis from the nation’s Chemistry Department, Malaysia’s police chief said the nerve agent was detected on the eyes and face of Kim Jong-nam, who died last week after being attacked by two women who approached him from behind and wiped h
Feb. 24, 2017