All posts tagged "North Korea"

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    News of N. Korea’s purge seemingly blocked on China’s Baidu

    BEIJING, May 14 (Yonhap) — The news of the purge and reported execution of North Korea’s defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, was not searchable on China’s dominant search engine Baidu Thursday, suggesting that China’s Internet authorities might have...

    • Posted May 15, 2015
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    N. Korea launches 2nd day of firing drills

    SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) — North Korea carried out a firing drill near the tensely patrolled western maritime border with the South for a second consecutive day on Thursday, raising tension on the peninsula following its new...

    • Posted May 14, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) salutes during a landing drill of the Army Ground, Naval, Air and Anti-Air forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea launches firing drill near sea border

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea launched on Wednesday a firing drill near the tensely patrolled western maritime border with the South in the latest in a continuing series of tension-escalating military provocations. The military exercise, which started...

    • Posted May 13, 2015
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  • North Korean Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol, shown in this photo provided on Jan. 27, 2015, by North Korea's state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, has been executed on charges of treason, according to South Korea's main spy agency, the National Intelligence Service. The agency said Hyon was executed by firing squad at a military school in Pyongyang around April 30, 2015. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea’s defense chief executed: S. Korea intel

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has executed its defense chief on charges of treason, South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday, in the latest sign of a reign of terror by leader Kim Jong-un. Hyon Yong-chol, the chief...

    • Posted May 12, 2015
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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam shake hands at their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2015. (Yonhap file photo)
    N. Korea, Russia discuss ways to deepen ties

    SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) — North Korea and Russia have discussed ways to boost bilateral relations, the North’s state media said Monday, dispelling concerns over a possible feud after Kim Jong-un’s absence from Moscow’s war victory event....

    • Posted May 12, 2015
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  • This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) inspecting the submarine No. 748 of Korean People's Army (KPA) naval unit 167 led 7th regiment at an undisclosed location in North Korea (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Pentagon denounces NK’s submarine missile test as ‘blatant’ violation of UN resolutions

    WASHINGTON, May 11 (Yonhap) — The U.S. Defense Department on Monday denounced North Korea’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as a “blatant violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions and an example of Pyongyang’s unwillingness to comply...

    • Posted May 11, 2015
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  • 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)
    S. Korea vows merciless retaliation against N.K. provocations

    SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) — South Korea will mercilessly counterattack any North Korean provocations, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Monday following North Korea’s underwater ballistic missile test-firing last week. On Saturday, North Korea claimed it successfully carried...

    • Posted May 11, 2015
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