All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • North Korean employees work at a factory at the industrial complex in the North's border town of Kaesong. The joint factory park reopened earlier in the day, more than five months after it was shut down amid rising tensions across the border of the two Koreas.
    S. Korea reduces water supply to the North

    By Yi Whan-woo South Korea has reduced its free supply of water to Kaesong Industrial Complex (GIC) since December, according to the government, Sunday. The Ministry of Unification said the amount of water provided to the inter-Korean...

    • Posted March 16, 2015
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    N. Korea threatens ‘merciless’ retaliation against US over joint exercises

    SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) — North Korea again condemned the United States Saturday for its joint exercises with South Korea, vowing harsh retaliations. Seoul and Washington kicked off their annual military drills on March 2 — the...

    • Posted March 14, 2015
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  • Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei urged all parties that are affected by the missile testings to remain calm. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China urges calm as N. Korea fires missiles

    BEIJING, March 13 (Yonhap) — China called for the “relevant parties” to exercise calm and restraint on Friday, a day after North Korea fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the East Sea in apparent show of force against...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • A South Korean man watches a TV news program showing the file footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 13, 2015. North Korea has test fired seven short-range missiles into the sea, South Korean officials said Friday, in the latest such tests launched during ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills.The writing on the screen reads " Launched 200 kilometers missile " (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    N. Korea test-fires 7 ground-to-air missiles into East Sea

    SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) — North Korea has test-fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the East Sea in an apparent saber-rattling against the South Korean-U.S. joint military exercises, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. Thursday’s missile...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • In this 1972 publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy of Ms. Foundation, writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist, Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. Magazine, which became a landmark institution for women's rights, is seen in the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy of Ms. Foundation)
    Nobel Peace laureates, other women announce plan to walk along Korean DMZ

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Making the ultimate statement in Korean relations, Gloria Steinem and other prominent women on Wednesday announced their plans for a rare and risky walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea...

    • Posted March 11, 2015
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    N. Korea, Russia declare 2015 as friendship year

    SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) — North Korea and Russia will mark 2015 as a year of friendship and step up bilateral exchanges in political, economic and cultural sectors, the North’s official news agency said Wednesday. “The Democratic...

    • Posted March 11, 2015
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  • A man watches a TV news program reporting on North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 2, 2015. North Korea on Monday fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea and warned of "merciless strikes" against its enemies as allies Seoul and Washington launched annual military drills Pyongyang claims are preparation for a northward invasion. The letters read "North Korea, fired two short-range ballistic missiles." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    N. Korea unlikely to conduct nuclear or long-range missile test

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea is unlikely to test a nuclear device or a long-range missile over the next few months, a U.S. think tank said, citing satellite imagery of tests sites, despite concern Pyongyang could launch...

    • Posted March 11, 2015
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