All posts tagged "North Korea"

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    N. Korea accuses S. Korea of ‘provocation’ with new special forces

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea lashed out at South Korea on Thursday, accusing the southern neighbor of “military provocations” as Seoul plans to set up a special military unit to specifically target Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile arsenals....

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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    S. Korea sees no sign of imminent NK rocket launch

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea is seeking to launch a satellite near a key anniversary next month, but there is no sign of an imminent rocket launch, a South Korean government source said Thursday. U.S. cable news...

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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    UN to take swift action against N. Korean rocket

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The U.N. Security Council will be quick in taking punitive steps against North Korea in case it launches a long-range rocket, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday. He cited “close coordination” among key...

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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  • China not invited to N. Korea’s key anniversary next month

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China is not among nations invited to attend North Korea’s key national anniversary next month, a diplomatic source said Monday, reflecting strained political ties between the allies. North Korea has indicated that it may...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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    S. Korea can reject potential US request for Japan forces entry: defense minister

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea is capable of turning down any U.S. request for the entry of Japanese armed forces onto the Korean Peninsula, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Monday in his latest efforts to defuse concerns over...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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  • Volunteers make phone calls to separated families in South Korea at the headquarters of South Korea's Red Cross in Seoul on Sept. 1, 2015, to see if they will agree to exchange a list of separated family members with North Korea. In a landmark deal, the two Koreas agreed last week to resume the much-anticipated reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War on the occasion of Korea's fall harvest holiday slated for September. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea readies for reunions amid N. Korea’s rocket threats

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is moving on with preparations for reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War despite rival North Korea talking about new rocket launches and nuclear tests. South Korean officials...

    • Posted September 19, 2015
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  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 19th joint statement agreed as part of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Yi said Saturday that the multilateral talks involving China, the United States, Russia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea are still the best way to address the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    China urges six-party talks over N. Korea nuclear program

    BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday urged the countries involved in talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear program to resume negotiations that stalled seven years ago. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the multilateral talks involving China,...

    • Posted September 19, 2015
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