All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greet each other prior to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, South Korea. Yun believes that increased pressure should be put on North Korea for denuclearization talks. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
    S. Korea, US agree to put greater pressure on N. Korea

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Yonhap) — South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken agreed Tuesday to put greater pressure on North Korea to help resume long-stalled negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear programs,...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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  • Five North Koreans were rescued off the coast of Ulleung, a small island off the South Korean coast. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to send rescued 5 N. Korean fishermen back home

    SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to return home five North Korean fishermen this week who have been rescued while drifting on a vessel in the East Sea, the Unification Ministry said Wednesday. On Tuesday...

    • Posted June 17, 2015
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    N. Korea suffering worst drought in a century, massive food shortages

    North Korea made it publicly known that it is going through the worst drought the country has seen in 100 years. Through its main news agency KCNA, the North has outlined the extent of the crisis by...

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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  • Soldiers take position at an outpost near the North Korean border. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    N. Korean soldier defected to South due to ‘chronic assaults’ in military

    SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) — The teenage North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea this week left his barracks earlier this month and finally crossed the border after a week-long journey, the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

    • Posted June 16, 2015
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  • South and North Korean troops stand guard at the neutral border village of Panmunjom. (Yonhap file photo)
    N. Korea to send two S. Koreans back home

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea notified South Korea on Monday of its plan to repatriate two South Koreans, alleged to have illegally entered the communist nation, later this week, the Unification Ministry said. In a fax message,...

    • Posted June 15, 2015
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  • National Security Office chief Kim Kwan-jin, left, shakes hands with North Korea's National Defense Commission Vice Chairman Hwang Pyong-so during the northern delegation's visit to Incheon in Octover. Hwang was accompanied by Choe Ryong-hae, first on the right, and Kim Yang-gon, third on the right, both secretaries in the reclusive regime's ruling Workers' Party. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea says it is open to talks with S. Korea

    SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) — North Korea said Monday it is open to holding talks with South Korea if certain conditions are met, including the suspension of the South’s joint military drills with the United States. “If...

    • Posted June 15, 2015
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  • A North Korean army soldier, left, looks at the south side as a South Korean army soldier stands guard at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    N. Korean soldier defects to S. Korea

    SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) — A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea through the inter-Korean border Monday, an official from the Ministry of National Defense said. “A North Korean man presumed to be a serviceperson defected...

    • Posted June 15, 2015
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