All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • South Korean men pass by a TV news program showing images published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 9, 2015. North Korea said Saturday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in what would be the latest display of the country's advancing military capability. The letters on the screen read "The missile believed to have been launched from underwater near Sinpo". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    N. Korea unveils footage of ‘SLBM launch’

    (SLBM footage begins at 1:38) SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) — North Korea on Wednesday unveiled video footage that includes the scene of what it claimed to be a successful test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile. North Korea’s...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center, U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim, right, and Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Ihara pose for the media before their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Envoys from S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in serious negotiations...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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  • International women activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates on Sunday return to South Korean side after being allowed to cross the demarcation line on bus. (Yonhap)
    Women’s walk across Koreas’ DMZ denied; they cross on bus

    DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) — International women activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates on Sunday were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea, but were allowed...

    • Posted May 23, 2015
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  • Organizers of the effort called WomenCrossDMZ.org, including lead coordinator Christine Ahn, left, and honorary co-chair Gloria Steinem, right, hold a United Nations news conference announcing plans for a rare and risky women's walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call for reunification, in this March 11, 2015 file photo. Ahn said in an email Friday April 3, 2015 they have Pyongyang's cooperation and support.". (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    Activists cancel original plan to cross N. Korean border

    SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) — A group of foreign activists who planned to cross the inter-Korean border southward from North Korea has decided to use a western land route instead of the truce village of Panmunjom, officials...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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  • Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, left, shakes hands with her South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
    Five middle powers call for denuclearization of N. Korea

    SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) — Five middle-power countries were united Friday in calling for a breakthrough in efforts to denuclearize North Korea, similar to a recent Iranian nuclear deal. The foreign ministers of South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia,...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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    Fear politics not helping N. Korean leader

    By Kim Hyo-jin North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “fear politics” will eventually weaken his power base, a noted North Korea expert said Friday. The reaction came days after Kim executed the North’s Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol. Months...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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  • Japanese broadcast station TBS showed footage of Kim Jong-chul in London Wednesday. (Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un’s brother Kim Jong-chul spotted at Eric Clapton concert in London

    Kim Jong-chul, older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was spotted at an Eric Clapton concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London Wednesday, Korean media reported. Originally reported by TBS, a Japanese broadcast, Kim, 34,...

    • Posted May 21, 2015
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