All posts tagged "North Korea"

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    N. Korean missiles sold to Yemeni rebels used against Saudi Arabia

    Recent missile attacks on Saudi Arabia have been traced back to missiles sold by North Korea to Yemeni rebels according to an intelligence official from South Korea. Exporting arms is one of North Korea’s ways to generate...

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • Photo of North Korean missile launch pad (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea completes upgrade of rocket site

    WASHINGTON, July 28 (Yonhap) — North Korea has completed construction to upgrade its main rocket launch facility, but is still showing no signs of preparations to launch a long-range rocket or missile from the facility, a U.S....

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • A potential surf spot in Kimchaek, North Korea (Google Earth)
    Malibu it’s not, but N. Korea seen as surfing destination

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Here’s a new take on gnarly. A pro surfer who coaches the Chinese National Surf Team and a tourism agency based in New Jersey plan a surfing expedition and training camp in...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • A South Korean man watches a TV news program showing the file footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 13, 2015. North Korea has test fired seven short-range missiles into the sea, South Korean officials said Friday, in the latest such tests launched during ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills.The writing on the screen reads " Launched 200 kilometers missile " (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    N. Korea has no interest in shutting down nuclear weapons program

    Lately North Korea has been boasting their nuclear arms capabilities a bit more than usual and part of that might be from outside pressure following the Iran nuclear deal. North Korea’s ambassador to China Ji Jae-ryong made...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Diplomacy on N. Korea at crossroads: S. Korean envoy

    SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) — Diplomatic efforts to bring North Korea back to nuclear talks are at a crucial juncture again amid the possibility of the communist nation mending fences with China, South Korea’s top nuclear envoy...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • A North Korean soldier takes picture of an American soldier and a Korean military police officer at Panmujeom. (Newsis)
    US proposes official end to the Korean War

    On the Korean peninsula, it is common knowledge that although both South and North Korea have been engaged in a ceasefire since 1953, the two countries are technically still at war. U.S. lawmakers are looking to put...

    • Posted July 28, 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)
    US puts N. Korea among world’s worst countries for human trafficking

    WASHINGTON, July 27 (Yonhap) — The United States designated North Korea as one of the world’s worst countries for human trafficking for the 13th straight year on Monday, saying Pyongyang fails to meet even the minimum standards...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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