All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • South Korea's Vice Transportation Minister Yeo Hyung-koo (second from L) attends the 43rd ministerial meeting of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 4, 2015. (Photo courtesy of transportation ministry via Yonhap)
    S. Korea fails to join int’l railroad project due to N. Korean opposition

    SEJONG, June 4 (Yonhap) — South Korea again failed to join an international organization for railroad cooperation, a prerequisite for building a trans-Asian railway, due to opposition from North Korea, the Seoul government said Thursday. It was...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • In this Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, file photo, a hotel staff member stands at a reception desk of a hotel, decorated with a map of the world on the wall, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed North Korea’s doors to virtually all foreigners over fears they would spread the Ebola virus - despite the fact that there were no cases of Ebola reported anywhere in Asia - the country is once again determined to show off its "socialist fairyland" to tourists. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
    Holiday in socialist fairyland? North Korea woos tourists

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If you’re still looking for somewhere exotic to go this summer and don’t mind a vacation that comes with a heavy dose of socialist propaganda and leader worship, North Korea says it’s...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • This undated photo shows a ruins of Manwoldae in Kaesong, North Korea. The remains of a fortress that once surrounded Kaesong, the ancient capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty, is among sites in North Korea that made it onto UNESCO's World Heritage list on Sunday, June 23, 2013. (Yonhap)
    [Guardian] N. and S. Korea collaborate in excavating ancient palace

      North and South Korean researchers are collaborating on the excavation of an ancient historical site at Manwoldae, home to the Koryo dynasty’s royal palace, in an unprecedented joint project between the two countries who...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • South Korea has offered North Korea MERS detection devices to install at the Kaesong Industrial Complex where there are factory workers from both the North and South. ((AP Photo/Kim Hong-ji)
    S. Korea offers MERS detection devices to N. Korea

    SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to provide North Korea with devices to detect the MERS virus so they could be installed at a joint industrial zone in the North. At the...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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    N. Korea bashes S. Korea for ballistic missile test

    SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) — North Korea condemned South Korea on Thursday for its test-firing of a ballistic missile capable of reaching nearly all parts of the communist nation. On Wednesday, the South carried out its first-ever...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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    Kim Jong-un’s sister playing key role in propaganda work

    SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister seems to be in charge of the ruling party’s propaganda department, officials said Wednesday, lending support to the leader’s iron-fist rule. In November last year,...

    • Posted June 3, 2015
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    US, S. Korea devise principles against N.Korea missiles

    SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have laid out four principles of their operations to effectively counter missile threats by North Korea, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Tuesday. The principles “will guide...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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