All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands before holding summit talks at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on April 25, 2014. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea tops agenda as Obama meets with Park Geun-hye

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is welcoming the leader of South Korea to the White House in a show of unity between close allies looking to deter nuclear-armed North Korea while leaving the door open to...

    • Posted October 16, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un receiving applause. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    N. Korea zero-tolerance for religious freedom results in 120,000 prisoners

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea tolerates no religious freedom and continues to deal harshly with those involved in “almost any religious practices,” the U.S. State Department said in an annual religious freedom report Wednesday. “The constitution guarantees...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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  • Republican presidential candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Mike Huckabee unleashes racist tweet against N. Koreans, no apology

    By Brian Han Former Governor of Arkansas and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee let loose Tuesday night as he tweeted throughout the Democratic debate. Letting loose in this case means getting racist, specifically toward North Koreans. I...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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  • North Korea displays a model of a submarine-launched ballistic missile at a flower exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in this photo captured from footage by the state-run Korean Central Television on Oct. 13, 2015. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea shows off ballistic missile models at flower exhibition

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has displayed a model of a submarine-launched ballistic missile at a flower exhibition to celebrate its key anniversary, Pyongyang’s state broadcast showed Tuesday. Unlike earlier expectations, the North did not showcase the...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • Young North Korean runners rest after finishing their part of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in 2014. (David Guttenfelder/AP)
    N. Korean famine stunts youth growth: report

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — Severe malnutrition stemming from North Korea’s devastating famine in the mid-1990s appears to have seriously undermined the growth of youths in the impoverished country, a report claimed Tuesday. According to the report by the...

    • Posted October 13, 2015
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  • North Korean girls wear replica grenades as they parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared Saturday that his country was ready to stand up to any threat posed by the United States as he spoke at a lavish military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the North's ruling party and trumpet his third-generation leadership. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    Chinese media scolds netizens who mocked N. Korea’s military parade

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — A state-run newspaper published by the Chinese Communist Party Monday criticized some of the country’s Internet users for mocking North Korea’s military parade, expressing sympathy over the North’s isolation despite its defiant pursuit of...

    • Posted October 11, 2015
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  • In this image made from video, North Korean military personnel perform at the Kim Il Sung Square during the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared Saturday that his country was ready to stand up to any threat posed by the United States as he spoke at a lavish military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the North's ruling party and trumpet his third-generation leadership. (KRT via AP Video)
    Kim Jong-un says North Korea is ready for any kind of war with US

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Saturday his country is ready to deal with any war threats by the United States as the North staged its largest-ever military parade to celebrate a key anniversary....

    • Posted October 11, 2015
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