All posts tagged "anniversary"

  • North Koreans carry decorative flowers to be used during upcoming anniversary celebrations while waiting at a city trolley stop, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The country is in high gear with preparations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's Workers' Party on Oct. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    North Korea readies massive anniversary celebration

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is holding what is expected to be one of its biggest celebrations ever Saturday for the 70th anniversary of its ruling party’s creation, an attention-getting event that is the government’s...

    • Posted October 9, 2015
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    N. Korea shows signs of plans to fire short-range missile for anniversary

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea could fire a short-range missile to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Thursday. The North has long been speculated to launch a...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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  • In this Sept. 15, 2015, photo, people walk past a sign board marking the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. While North Korea prepares a big show to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, the daily struggles of life outside the capital - such as finding clean running water and putting nutritious food on the table year-round - pose a harsh, but largely unseen, contrast to the grand celebrations the world will see Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    As N. Korea readies grand parade, hunger and clean water still issues

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — While North Korea prepares a big show to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, the daily struggles of life outside the capital – such as finding clean running water...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • A North Korean missile unit takes part in a military parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang in this picture taken April 25, 2007. North Korea fired several short-range missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Friday morning, Kyodo news agency said, quoting Japanese and U.S. Officials. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea opts for military parade instead of missile launch

    SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) — North Korea is likely to go for an ostentatious military parade for the celebration of the ruling party’s founding anniversary later this month, instead of a much-trumpeted launch of long-range missile, according...

    • Posted October 2, 2015
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  • A South Korean woman celebrates liberation day. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean civic group visits N.K. for talks on joint anniversary

    SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) — A South Korean civic group visited North Korea on Thursday to discuss preparations for a joint event for the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule. The North’s preparatory...

    • Posted July 23, 2015
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    A year later, Sewol tragedy continues to haunt South Korea

    The ferry disaster that paralyzed South Korea met its one-year anniversary Thursday. On April 16, 2014, the passenger ferry boat Sewol sank near Jindo Island. It was carrying 476 people, a majority of them the junior class...

    • Posted April 15, 2015
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    China not invited to 3rd death anniversary of Kim Jong-il

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China is unlikely to send a delegation to next week’s third death anniversary of North Korea’s former leader, Kim Jong-il, because it has yet to receive a formal invitation from Pyongyang, a diplomatic source...

    • Posted December 8, 2014
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