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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  Odds of N. Korea’s provocation growing: Defense chief

  SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) — Defense Minister Han Min-koo warned North Korea on Tuesday not to test South Korea’s combat readiness, saying it would face “resolute retaliation” in case of any attack. Han stressed that the likelihood...

  • Posted June 30, 2015
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  S. Korea begins dialogue with N. Korea with hopes to alleviate tension

  South Korea may have discovered a path that will lead to alleviating tensions through dialogue with North Korea. Former first lady of South Korea Lee Hee-ho plans to travel to Pyongyang as early as July for philanthropic...

  • Posted June 30, 2015
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  N. Korea says opening of UN human rights office in South will lead to war

    Ever since the United Nations opened up a human rights office in South Korea on June 23, North Korea has felt the need to publicly rebuke the move on several occasions. The U.N. made it clear...

  • Posted June 29, 2015
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  US dubs N. Korea as strong cyber power along with China, Russia in defense bill

  WASHINGTON, June 28 (Yonhap) — The U.S. defense budget bill for next year has singled out North Korea, along with China and Russia, as foreign powers with strong cyber capabilities. The bill (H.R.1735), which passed the Senate...

  • Posted June 29, 2015
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  S. Korea to reconstruct disconnected inter-Korean railway by 2017

  SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to begin restoring the section of a disconnected inter-Korean railroad on its soil this year, the Unification Ministry said Thursday, in line with President Park Geun-hye’s vision for a...

  • Posted June 26, 2015
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  S. Korea blacklists foreigners with ties to N. Korea

  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) — South Korea imposed financial sanctions Friday on six Taiwanese individuals and entities for their alleged arms trade with North Korea. Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center was also put on the blacklist,...

  • Posted June 26, 2015
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  N. Korea’s human rights record “remains among the worst in the world’: US report

  WASHINGTON, June 25 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s human rights record “remained among the worst in the world” last year with public executions, political prison camps, torture and other abuses, the U.S. State Department said in its annual...

  • Posted June 26, 2015
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