All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • A South Korean soldier re-enacts planting of a wooden-box mine on the south side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) fence near the city of Paju, on Aug. 9, 2015, in this photo released on Aug. 10, by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea is believed to have masterminded the Aug. 4 incident in which the explosion of wooden-box mines severed the legs of two South Korean staff sergeants on a regular scouting mission, the Defense Ministry said Aug. 10. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea denies role in DMZ mine blasts, demands proof

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea Friday denied its involvement in the landmine explosion on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone, demanding Seoul provide solid proof. North Korea’s National Defense Commission said in a statement that...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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    Top Pentagon official due in Seoul amid inter-Korean tension

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Christine Wormuth will visit South Korea this week to discuss North Korea and alliance issues, the Defense Ministry announced Thursday. She is scheduled to meet Defense Minister Han Min-koo on...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) poses for a photo with soldiers in this photo released by the North`s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea vows retaliation against S. Korea, US over military drill

    SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened Thursday to retaliate against South Korea and the United States with “merciless blows” as Seoul and Washington are scheduled to kick off their joint military drill next week. South...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un visits the construction site of a ski resort being built on Masik Pass. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    N. Korean vice premier executed in shooting: sources

    North Korea’s Vice Premier Choe Yong-gon is the latest official to be executed under Kim Jong-un’s rule of the communist country. The reason behind the violent purge can be traced back to May when Choe dissented against...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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    N. Korea expanding uranium mining

    WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea is expanding its capacity to mine and mill uranium ore which could supply its nuclear weapons program or fuel nuclear reactors, according to new U.S. research. The findings shed some light on...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • A military officer uses a computer in an electronic library at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, an elite military school for boys ages eleven to eighteen, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
    S. Korean university hospital hacked by N. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The computer network of a university hospital in Seoul has been hacked by North Korea and neglected for about eight months, police said Wednesday. The National Police Agency (NPA) said the North had hacked...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 9, 2015, photo provided by the Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers patrol near the scene of a blast inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. Vowing to hit back, South Korea said Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, that North Korean soldiers laid the three mines that exploded last week at the border and maimed two South Korean soldiers. (The Defense Ministry via AP)
    S. Korea issues full alert on border for N. Korean attacks

    South Korea officially issued a full alert on its border following a mine explosion in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that left two soldiers in critical condition. The country placed the responsibility on North Korea and demanded an...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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