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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  S. Korea OKs civilian meeting with N. Korea on joint events

  SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) — The South Korean government Monday approved a plan by civic groups to meet North Koreans this week to discuss joint events. The five-member delegation from a related coalition plans to hold two-day...

  • Posted May 4, 2015
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  S. Korea urges N. Korea to free detained NYU student

  SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) — South Korea urged North Korea Monday to release a South Korean college student with a U.S. green card detained in the North for illegal entry. North Korea announced over the weekend that...

  • Posted May 4, 2015
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  2 S. Korean detainees in N. Korea confess to spying: CNN

  WASHINGTON, May 3 (Yonhap) — Two South Koreans detained in North Korea told CNN on Sunday that they spied for South Korea. South Korea has flatly rejected the accusations and urged Pyongyang to release them. The interviews...

  • Posted May 4, 2015
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  N. Korean diplomats cause chaos at UN event on rights

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S.-organized event on North Korea’s human rights briefly turned into chaos at the U.N. on Thursday as North Korean diplomats insisted on reading a statement of protest, amid shouts from defectors, and...

  • Posted April 30, 2015
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  Kim Jong-un executed 15 officials this year: S. Korean spy agency

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year who were accused of challenging his authority. Lawmaker...

  • Posted April 29, 2015
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  N. Korean army deserters kill 3 Chinese citizens: Chinese media

  BEIJING, April 29 (Yonhap) — Three North Koreans believed to be army deserters killed three Chinese citizens in the border city of Helong last week, a Chinese media reported Wednesday, but China’s foreign ministry did not confirm...

  • Posted April 29, 2015
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  Kim Jong-un ‘highly likely’ to visit Russia in May: S. Korean intel

  SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is “highly” likely to visit Russia in May to attend commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the South Korean intelligence...

  • Posted April 29, 2015
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