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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
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N. Korea lays land mines near border to prevent defection by soldiers: sources
North Korea was seen laying anti-personnel mines along its side of the inter-Korean border, presumably to block potential defection by its own soldiers, a government source said Tuesday."The North Korean military was witnessed burying land mines on the northern side of a bridge in Panmunjeom last week," the source said. The small bridge known as the Bridge of No Return is located within the truce village and spans the military demarcation line between the two Koreas.It was the first time North K
Aug. 23, 2016
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'North Korea may have produced plutonium for 2-4 nukes'
North Korea is estimated to have produced enough weapon-grade plutonium for about two to four more nuclear weapons than previously assessed, the US-based Institute for Science and International Society said Monday.The institute based the speculation on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s recent evaluation of the communist country’s nuclear capacity.In the Aug.19 report, the IAEA said Pyongyang appears to have unloaded fuel from its 5-megawatt electric reactor at its main Yongbyon nuclear fa
Aug. 23, 2016
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Pyongyang orders diplomats' children back home: spy agency
North Korea recently ordered the children of its diplomats stationed overseas to return home, intelligence sources said Tuesday, adding that this likely didn't lead to the latest defection of a high-ranking Britain-based official and his family.According to the sources, the National Intelligence Service told a closed door session of parliament's intelligence committee that Pyongyang has ordered all diplomats' children aged 25 and above to return home, in an apparent bid to block potential defect
Aug. 23, 2016
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N. Korea urges allegiance to Kim Jong-un ahead of youth congress
North Korea urged its young people to pledge allegiance to leader Kim Jong-un three days before a rare youth congress, a state-run daily said Tuesday, as the country moves to solidify its one-man rule through support from the youth.In an editorial on Tuesday, North Korea's main newspaper Rodong Sinmun said the 9th Congress of the Kim Il-sung Youth League which opens on Friday is the start of a new history for young Korean heroes, claiming that "now is the most golden time for the youth movement.
Aug. 23, 2016
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NK leader obsessed with erasing executed uncle's legacy: source
North Korea's leader seems to be obsessed with erasing all remaining vestiges of his uncle Jang Song-thaek, who he executed in 2013 for treason, a source familiar with the North's affairs said Tuesday.The North's leader Kim Jong-un has reacted sensitively to anything related to Jang, ordering overseas restaurants' names to be changed and the dismantling of a folklore theme park in Pyongyang, according to the source.Kim has ordered his officials to change facilities named "Haedanghwa," which mean
Aug. 23, 2016
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N. Korea threatens pre-emptive nuke strike over Seoul's military drill
North Korea on Monday threatened to mount a "preemptive nuclear strike" on South Korea and the United States as the allies kicked off their annual military exercise aimed at countering Pyongyang's potential aggression. The command and control exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian, began its two-week run on Monday, involving tens of thousands of South Korean and US forces.This year's drill came amid unusually heightened inter-Korean tensions following the defection of a London-based North Korean senior
Aug. 22, 2016
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North Korea likely to carry out provocation to counter defection, UFG: gov't
North Korea may carry out some sort of provocation following the high profile defection of a senior diplomat and as the joint South Korea-U.S. drill gets underway, a government source said Sunday."There is a considerable chance that the North confronted with difficulties may implement some sort of provocation to help rally its people and consolidate the regime's hold on power," an official at Seoul's unification ministry said. Such a move can also divert attention from Pyongyang's other troubles
Aug. 21, 2016
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North Korean media silent on high-profile diplomat's defection
North Korea's state-run media that caters to its domestic audience has remained silent on the defection of a senior diplomat, Pyongyang watchers here said Sunday.Newspapers, TV and radio stations in North Korea did not mention Thae Yong-ho whatsoever, even though the Korean Central News Agency, Pyongyang's official news wire, blasted Seoul for using the diplomat to fuel anti-DPRK propaganda and create dangerous friction between the two Koreas. The KCNA generally focuses on broadcasting Pyongyang
Aug. 21, 2016