All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • nuke power plant
    N. Korea again releases S. Korean nuke power plant data

    SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) — North Korea is believed to have again released leaked data on South Korea’s nuclear power plants on the Internet, Seoul investigators said Thursday. The confidential data of South Korea’s nuclear power operator...

    • Posted July 9, 2015
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  • Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
    S. Korea expects Iranian nuclear deal to affect N. Korea

    SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) — South Korea expressed hope Thursday for a final deal between Iran and six global powers on Tehran’s nuclear program, saying it could positively affect efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue....

    • Posted July 9, 2015
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  • fm yun
    Kim Jong-un’s reign of terror fazes N. Korean workers abroad: FM Yun

    SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) — North Koreans staying abroad are increasingly swayed by leader Kim Jong-un’s reign of terror in their homeland and some of them actually seek asylum, South Korea’s top diplomat said Thursday. Three and...

    • Posted July 9, 2015
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  • Ex-first lady of South Korea Lee Hee-ho (Yonhap)
    Opinion: Ex-first lady’s visit to North Korea

    Lee Hee-ho, the 92-year-old former first lady and widow of the late President Kim Dae-jung, will visit North Korea in August. As is widely known, her husband received the Nobel Peace Prize for his “sunshine policy” of...

    • Posted July 8, 2015
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  • Government officials in North Korea will be given badges featuring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's face to wear to symbolize the leader's "support." (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea to distribute badges with Kim Jong-un’s face to government officials

    By Kim Hyo-jin North Korea is producing new badges featuring Kim Jong-un’s face as well as portraits of its former leaders, a local newspaper reported Wednesday. “The North is manufacturing badges showing the faces of Kim Il-sung,...

    • Posted July 8, 2015
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  • grund deaf NK
    German man to open first kindergarten for deaf in N. Korea

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — In a country with zero kindergartens specifically for the deaf, Robert Grund wants to help establish the first — just a small suite of rooms for perhaps a couple dozen kids, in...

    • Posted July 8, 2015
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  • east sea fishing
    N. Korea urges S. Korea to send all rescued N. Korean sailors back home

    SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) — North Korea called on South Korea on Wednesday to repatriate all five North Korean fishermen rescued in the South’s waters last week, threatening to take “stern actions” if Seoul refuses to do...

    • Posted July 8, 2015
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