All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • In this file photo dated Feb. 20, 2014, South Korean resident Kim Sung-yun, 95, relishes being reunited with her younger sister from North Korea, Kim Suk-ryeo, 79, during the reunions of separated families at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's east coast. South and North Korea agreed on Sept. 8, 2015, to hold another round of reunions of families, separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, at the resort on Oct. 20-26. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea denounces Park’s UN speech, says family reunions at stake

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday indicated it may cancel the upcoming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War if South Korean authorities keep making “reckless” efforts to stop the North from conducting a...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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    US, S. Korea, Japan warn N. Korea against provocations

    NEW YORK (AP) — The United States, Japan and South Korea are warning North Korea against any provocative acts at the upcoming 70th anniversary of the country’s ruling party. Secretary of State John Kerry and the Japanese...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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  • The city of Yianbian (highlighted) borders North Korea and is already home to hundreds of S. Korean businesses. (Google Maps)
    S. Korea, China to build joint industrial complex near N. Korea

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — South Korea and China plan to build a joint industrial complex near a border area with North Korea, according to South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo on Saturday. Kim made the remarks on...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • In this Monday, April 13, 2015 file photo, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, right, shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong in New Delhi, India. Ties are warming between New Delhi and Pyongyang, with mineral-hungry India looking to boost trade while North Korea, facing sometimes-rocky relations with China, searches for new friends. The goodwill began earlier this year, when North Korea dispatched Ri on a three-day trip to India, just a few weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Seoul for meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
    Odd couple: Ties warm between India and N. Korea

    NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s not the most obvious international friendship. On one side is the world’s largest democracy, with its riotous collection of battling political parties and a freewheeling media with thousands of newspapers, TV stations...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • North Korea's tactical rocket firing on July 10, 2014. (Yonhap file photo)
    N. Korea renews vows to go ahead with rocket launch in Oct.

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has once again lashed out at South Korea on Sunday for “meddling” in its upcoming launch of what it claims is a satellite next month, reiterating that it will go ahead with...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • A Ministry of Unification official speaks in Seoul in this file photo taken on Sept. 8, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Almost 700 N. Korean defectors’ whereabouts unknown

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Ministry of Unification on Sunday said almost 700 North Korean defectors’ whereabouts are unknown, casting concerns over the country’s settlement support system. The ministry said it has failed to locate 688 North...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Won Moon Joo, a South Korean student at New York University, is interviewed at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Joo, who is being detained in North Korea says he hopes to be released soon and has told his family not to worry too much about him. Joo was presented to the media in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    N. Korea presents detained NYU student to media

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A South Korean citizen and resident of the U.S. who has been detained in North Korea for five months was presented to the media in Pyongyang on Friday and said he has...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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