All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • Anthrax (AP)
    N. Korea accuses US of targeting it with live anthrax

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is accusing the United States of targeting it with anthrax and wants the U.N. Security Council to look into what they called America’s “biological warfare schemes.” A letter from North Korea’s...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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  • South and North Korean troops stand guard at the neutral border village of Panmunjom. (Yonhap file photo)
    S. Korea repeats demand for N. Korea to set free four detainees

    SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) — The Unification Ministry said Friday that North Korea has refused to accept the South Korean government’s letter of demand to set free four South Koreans detained in the North, including a New...

    • Posted June 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)
    N. Korean websites suffer ongoing 10-day Internet outage

    By Kim Hyo-jin Major North Korean websites have been out of action for 10 straight days, according to reports Friday. The websites hosted on Chinese servers have not been accessible since June 3. They include Pyongyang’s propaganda...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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  • In this photo, exclusively obtained and released on June 12, 2015 by local radio station BBS, black smoke and flames billow from a bridge between the 43rd floors of Koryo Hotel in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on the previous day. The fire had broken out at the hotel frequented by foreigners, without any information being provided on casualties or property damage, reports said on June 12, 2015. The fire appears to have been extinguished, according to The Associated Press. (Yonhap)
    Fire breaks out at Pyongyang hotel in N.Korea: reports

    SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) — A fire has broken out at a hotel frequented by foreigners in Pyongyang, without any information being provided on casualties or property damage, reports said Friday. On Thursday, a fire occurred at...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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    Russia refuses to put pressure on N. Korea for denuclearization

    SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) — International pressure will not lead North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Moscow’s top envoy to Seoul said Thursday, calling for a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the issue. Ambassador Alexander...

    • Posted June 11, 2015
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  • North Korean defector students at a leadership program in Washington D.C. (Courtesy of Facebook/Global Giving)
    N. Korean defectors to learn about democracy in US

    By Lee Ji-hye A Washington-based North Korean NGO is organizing a student program for North Korean defectors to participate in a U.S. leadership program next month. Hosted by the Korean American Sharing Movement (KASM), 10 students from...

    • Posted June 11, 2015
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  • In this Tuesday, May 5, 2015, photo, a man sits in front of portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, right, as he uses his smartphone in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean officials have unveiled a mobile-friendly online shopping site. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    NY Times journalist shares N. Korea experience through interactive site

    Although it’s becoming more and more common to see photos of North Korea that aren’t distilled through its propaganda department, a surreal image still lingers from the mystery shrouding the country’s reality. New York Times recently published...

    • Posted June 10, 2015
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