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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  S. Korea’s top military chief calls for readiness against N. Korea threats

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — The top military officer called for a watertight readiness posture Friday against threats from North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction. Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), made...

  • Posted May 8, 2015
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  N. Korea threatens to attack S. Korean ships in Yellow Sea

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened on Friday to attack South Korean warships without warning if they continue to violate the western sea border. North Korea claimed that South Korean Navy speedboats made a “military...

  • Posted May 8, 2015
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  N. Korean official calls ties with China ‘precious treasure’

  BEIJING, May 7 (Yonhap) — A top North Korean official has touted his country’s traditional alliance with China as a “precious treasure” amid concerns over chilling ties due to the North’s nuclear ambition. Yang Hyong-sop, vice president...

  • Posted May 7, 2015
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• Activist arrested in S. Korea for praising N. Korea online

  SUWON, May 7 (Yonhap) — A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly praising North Korea online in violation of an anti-North Korea law, police said Thursday. The man, identified only by his surname Nam, was apprehended...

  • Posted May 6, 2015
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  Online shopping arrives in N. Korea, but many lack access

  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Online shopping has arrived in North Korea, though it’s as isolated from the rest of the world as the country itself, and the vast majority of North Koreans lack the technology to...

  • Posted May 6, 2015
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  Kim Jong-un furious after 16 citizens flee country on his birthday

  By Lee Ji-hye North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has demanded that officials “go to South Korea if they have to” to arrest those who defected on his birthday, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). The non-profit news...

  • Posted May 6, 2015
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  Detained NYU student wanted to be arrested in N. Korea

  SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) — A South Korean college student detained in North Korea has claimed he entered the communist country illegally in the hopes that some “great” event could happen to improve inter-Korean ties, a news...

  • Posted May 5, 2015
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