All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • Kim Jong-un and his administration deny accusations of human rights violations from the United Nations. (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korean official says S. Korea ‘must have learned serious lesson’

    By Brian Han Following the concluded inter-Korean negotiations on Tuesday, a top North Korean official stated that the South would be better off learning a lesson to not fabricate provocations from the North. Director of the General...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • In this photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean presidential security adviser Kim Kwan-jin, right, shakes hands with Hwang Pyong So, North Korea's top political officer for the Korean People's Army, after their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. South Korea has agreed to halt propaganda broadcasts at noon Tuesday after North Korea expressed regret over a recent land mine blast that maimed two South Korean troops, both Koreas announced after three days of intense talks aimed at defusing soaring tension between the rivals.(The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
    Text of inter-Korean deal released by N. Korea

    North Korean newspaper Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released the text from the inter-Korean deal on Tuesday. - 1. The north and the south agreed to hold talks between their authorities in Pyongyang or Seoul at an...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • More than 50 out of North Korea's around 70 submarines had previously been detected away from their bases for operations after the country threatened an "all-out war" against South Korea. (Yonhap)
    Deployed N. Korean submarines returning to bases after inter-Korean deal

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — About 50 North Korean submarines that had been moved to the frontline amid heightened military tension are now returning to their home bases, a military source said after the two Koreas reached a deal....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Yonhap)
    UN chief welcomes inter-Korean deal

    NEW YORK (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed an agreement between South and North Korea to defuse heightened military tensions, saying he hopes it will lead to resumption of long-stalled negotiations on the North’s nuclear program....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • speaker, k-pop
    What exactly was South Korea broadcasting to the North?

    K-pop may have the rest of the globe dancing on their feet, but for North Korea, it seems to have been a trigger for the heightened tension that plagued the Korean peninsula these past few days. South...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • Kim Jong-un
    Rival Koreas masters at pulling back from the brink

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Once again, the Koreas are trying to disentangle themselves from violence and threats of war — this time in tense talks that have dragged out in two marathon sessions over three days....

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean National Security Director, Kim Kwan-jin, right, and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, second from right, shake hands with Hwang Pyong So, left, North Korea' top political officer for the Korean People's Army, and Kim Yang Gon, a senior North Korean official responsible for South Korean affairs, during their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
    S. Korea to halt loudspeaker broadcasts after N. Korea expresses regret over mine blast

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Marathon negotiations between senior officials of the two Koreas ended early Tuesday, the third day of an attempt to defuse a crisis that had the rivals threatening war. Chief South Korean delegate...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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