All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • NK Rockets
    N. Korea fires 4 short-range rockets into West Sea

    SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) — North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the West Sea on Friday in an apparent saber-rattling against the ongoing Seoul-Washington military exercise, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The North...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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    S. Korea, US to hold talks on N. Korean threats

    SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States plan to hold high-level talks later this month to discuss ways to further boost coordination to deter and counter threats from North Korea, the defense ministry...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • kim ju2
    S. Korea wary of holding summit with North in Russia

    SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea is still cautious about holding summit talks with North Korea on the occasion of Russia’s war anniversary event in May, a Seoul official said Thursday. Both South Korean President Park...

    • Posted April 2, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conducts a take-off and landing test of a newly-made light plane during a visit to a machine factory. (KCNA-Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un test pilots N. Korean plane: report

    SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un piloted a new home-made light plane himself during a visit to a related factory, Pyongyang’s media said Wednesday. The North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) carried an...

    • Posted April 1, 2015
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  • FILE - In this March 10, 2015 file photo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo. Abe will become the first Japanese prime minister to address a joint meeting of Congress in late April, the House speaker has announced. Foreign leaders have been accorded the honor 111 times since World War II, but not Japan, despite the tight alliance forged with the U.S. in the 70 years since 1945. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)/2015-03-28 05:54:39/
    Japan extends sanctions against N. Korea for 2 more years

    TOKYO (AP) — Japan plans to extend its sanctions against North Korea for two more years when they expire April 13 after failing to get promised updates on an investigation into kidnappings of Japanese citizens decades ago,...

    • Posted March 31, 2015
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  • Kaesong1
    Chinese firms propose non-tariff trade of cheap goods with N. Korea

    SHENYANG, China, March 30 (Yonhap) — Chinese firms have proposed establishing a non-tariff trade market with North Korea where cheap goods can be traded without tariffs between the two nations, according to the Chinese border city of...

    • Posted March 30, 2015
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  • North Korea
    Kim Jong-un calls for N. Korea’s participation in more global sports events

    SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un encouraged the country’s athletes to join as many international sports events as possible, with the aim of becoming a sports power, according to Pyongyang’s media Thursday. The...

    • Posted March 26, 2015
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