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A look at sweeping new U.N. sanctions on North Korea
A U.N. resolution unanimously adopted Wednesday ratchets up sanctions on North Korea, with a raft of new measures that are the toughest yet to hit the reclusive country.Here are the key points of the resolution: ARMS EMBARGO TIGHTENED- Prevents sales of small arms, transfers of any item except food and medicine that could be used by the armed forces, for example trucks.- Bans military and police cooperation, shutting down North Korea's training programs abroad, in particular in Africa. These wer
March 3, 2016
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F.M. lashes out at N.K for provocations
South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Wednesday lashed out at North Korea for having conducted a series of nuclear and missile tests over the last decade, calling the communist regime a "serial offender."Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, Switzerland, Yun said that it is "no wonder" that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) would soon adopt a resolution with the "strongest-ever" non-military sanctions in seven decades of the U.N.'s history for the North's re
March 2, 2016
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Chinese banks halt transfer of yuan to NK
Chinese banks in the northern border city of Dandong have suspended the transfer of the yuan currency to North Korean banks, Chinese financial sector officials told Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. The move comes as the U.N. Security Council is set to vote on new sanctions against North Korea's fourth nuclear test and rocket launch this year. Employees of the Dandong branch offices of China's top four state-owned banks, including Agricultural Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of C
March 2, 2016
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Pyongyang raps Seoul for seeking to pass bill on N.K. human rights
North Korea denounced South Korea on Wednesday for seeking the parliamentary passage of a bill aimed at improving the North's dismal human rights situation, calling Seoul's move an ugly farce aimed at disgracing the North.The National Assembly is poised to approve the bill, which calls for efforts to improve the North's human rights situation and set up a center tasked with investigating abuses and managing an archives.Similar bills on North Korea's human rights were scrapped in South Korea in r
March 2, 2016
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N.K. leader inspects missile-producing factory
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a machinery factory, known as a key plant used in the manufacturing of parts related to missile development, the North's state media said Wednesday.The North's leader visited the Thaesong Machine Factory where he stressed the need to modernize its production for the development of the country's machine-building industry, the Korean Central News Agency report said. It did not reveal the timing of Kim's inspection.Meanwhile, the United Nations Security
March 2, 2016
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N. Korea to boycott UN human rights forum
North Korea has said it will boycott the U.N. Human Rights Council session and will not be bound by any resolutions that single out the country for censure.North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong on Tuesday claimed the council meeting has been politically contaminated and members are applying double standards.He said in a speech in Geneva that because Pyongyang possesses a powerful nuclear and military deterrent, the United States and others had no other choice but to make an issue out of the c
March 2, 2016
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U.N. passes toughest sanctions against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council adopted a new resolution encompassing strong sanctions against North Korea at midnight on Wednesday, Korean time, following a unanimous vote from the 15 members of the council.Under the Resolution 2270, the communist country will face what U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power described as “the strongest U.N. sanctions in 20 years.” Last Thursday, the U.S. revealed the draft resolution encompassing sanctions intended as punitive actions against North Korea’s Jan. 6
March 2, 2016
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N. Korea rejects S. Korea's call for denuclearization before peace treaty talks
North Korea on Tuesday dismissed South Korea's demand for it to first denuclearize before holding any discussions to sign a peace treaty, accusing the South of starting a nuclear arms race on the Korean Peninsula.In a signed commentary carried by its official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang also rejected Seoul's demand to be a part of such discussions to sign a peace treaty that will replace the Korean armistice agreement signed over six decades earlier to end the 1950-53 Korean War
March 1, 2016
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China to 'strictly' implement new U.N. resolution on North Korea
China said Tuesday that it will "strictly" implement a new U.N. resolution slapping new sanctions on North Korea, as the U.N. Security Council is set to approve the resolution."China will strictly follow it if the U.N. resolution is passed," China's foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters during a regular press briefing.In New York Tuesday the U.N. Security Council is expected to pass a new resolution aimed at punishing North Korea for conducting its fourth nuclear test and firing off
March 1, 2016
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U.N. vote on N.K. sanctions due Wednesday
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a new resolution early Wednesday morning, officials said Tuesday, raising the possibility of a unanimous adoption of strengthened sanctions against North Korea.The vote will be held at 5 a.m. Korean time and all 15 members of the council are expected to endorse the resolution, according to an official from the South Korean mission to the U.N.In this Oct. 10, 2015, photo, missiles are paraded in Pyongyang, North Korea during the 70th anniversary celebra
March 1, 2016
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U.S. denies link between THAAD, N.K. sanctions
The U.S. stated Monday that there is “absolutely no connection” between the ongoing international move to place strong sanctions on North Korea and its consultation with South Korea for deployment of its advanced missile defense system here. The statement echoed the Seoul government in saying that stationing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system on the peninsula to counter North Korean threats was an issue of security, and is not related to the recent Washington-Beijing cooperat
March 1, 2016
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U.S. trying to learn more about UVA student detained in North Korea: White House
The White House said Monday it is trying to learn more about an American college student detained in North Korea, after Pyongyang claimed the student admitted to his "severe" crime of stealing a political sign from a hotel and asked for forgiveness.Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, has been detained in the North since Jan. 2 for stealing a political sign that had promoted "the Korean people's love for their system" from the hotel, according to the Korean Central News Age
March 1, 2016
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U.N. resolution on North Korea encounters last-minute delay
Efforts to adopt a new U.N. Security Council resolution expanding sanctions on North Korea have encountered a last-minute delay as Russia has yet to give its consent to the draft worked out between the United States and China.The United States is stepping up efforts to win Moscow's agreement, a prerequisite for the resolution's adoption as Russia is a veto-holding permanent member of the council, with U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry speaking twice by phone with his Russian counterpart, Sergei
March 1, 2016
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Peninsular trust-building process still valid: vice minister
A senior South Korean diplomat on Monday dismissed growing concerns over the absence of progress in Seoul's initiative to build trust with North Korea, saying the initiative is still valid and should be pushed for with a long-term perspective.Speaking at a Seoul forum, Second Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul also pointed to Pyongyang's recalcitrant and provocative behavior, which he said has made it difficult for Seoul's "peninsular trust-building process" to yield meaningful progress."When Nor
Feb. 29, 2016
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North Korea says detained U.S. student has confessed to 'severe' crime
A U.S. college student detained in North Korea has confessed to his "severe" crime of stealing a political sign from a hotel there and has asked for forgiveness, the North's state media said Monday.Otto Frederick Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, was questioned by North Korean officials after being caught committing, what the media there called, an anti-North Korea activity.Warmbier said that on Jan. 1 he stole a political sign that had promoted "the Korean people's love for the
Feb. 29, 2016
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FM Yun to raise N.K. human rights issue at U.N. meeting this week
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will attend a series of U.N. meetings in Geneva this week to address North Korea's human rights situation, among other issues, his ministry said Monday.Yun plans to leave for Switzerland on Tuesday to join the 31st session of the U.N. Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament during his three-day stay, the ministry said in a press release.On Wednesday, he is scheduled to deliver speeches at high-level panel meetings in both conferences and hold talks wi
Feb. 29, 2016
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North Korea calls for economic self-reliance in the face of U.N. sanctions
North Korea on Monday called for strengthening its economic self-sufficiency as the United Nations Security Council is poised to slap tougher sanctions on the country for its nuclear and missile programs."Imperialists stick to the scheme to choke liberal countries' economies and coerce them into submission by pushing for sanctions and containment," said the Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's main newspaper.The U.N. Security Council looks set to adopt a fresh resolution for what's called "the strongest
Feb. 29, 2016
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China likely to tighten enforcement of U.N. sanctions on N. Korea:scholar
China is likely to tighten its enforcement of U.N. sanctions against North Korea as the North's nuclear test and rocket launch this year appear to change a calculus of the Chinese Communist Party on how to solve the North Korean problem, according to a Chinese scholar on Monday. Last week's agreement by the United States and China on a draft U.N. resolution, which includes a ban on the supply of aviation fuel to North Korea, was evidence of the shift in Beijing's stance towards its only treaty a
Feb. 29, 2016
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Clinton called North Korea's disclosure of uranium enrichment plant 'very disturbing'
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed serious concern while in office in 2010 after learning that North Korea showed an American nuclear scientist a uranium enrichment plant in operation, according to newly released Clinton emails.Clinton called the development "very disturbing," according to a Nov. 13, 2010, email sent to her deputy chief of staff after he forwarded to her a report that Stanford University professor Siegfried Hecker wrote about his trip to the North that incl
Feb. 29, 2016
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China to follow U.N. resolution on North: nuke envoy
China's chief nuclear envoy, who arrived in Seoul on Sunday for talks with key South Korean officials on the North, said Beijing will faithfully carry out the upcoming U.N. resolution aimed at imposing stronger sanctions on Pyongyang.Wu Dawei held his first meeting with his South Korean counterpart Hwang Joon-kook Sunday afternoon before holding talks with Seoul's foreign minister a day later, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His visit is aimed at coordinating the countries' respons
Feb. 28, 2016