All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • This Rodong Sinmun photo released on Jan. 27, 2015, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observing the military's river crossing training. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea threatens merciless punishment against S. Korean activists

    SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday threatened to mercilessly punish South Korean activists for allegedly hurting the dignity of its young leader Kim Jong-un during a public demonstration, the latest in a series of...

    • Posted March 10, 2015
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  • A South Korean conservative activist burns a North Korean flag, portraits of North Korea leader Kim Jon Un and Kim Ki-jong, the suspect of slashing U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, during a rally demanding speedy recovery of Lippert near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 6, 2015. A knife attack Thursday that injured Lippert is the latest act of political violence in a deeply divided country where some protesters portray their causes as matters of life and death. The letters at a banner read " A rally demanding speedy recovery of U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert " (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea denounces N. Korea over its reaction to Lippert case

    SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) — South Korea denounced North Korea on Friday for approving of the shocking knife attack on Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to Seoul. Pyongyang’s support for the heinous act demonstrates the insincerity of...

    • Posted March 6, 2015
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  • South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert injured in a knife attack at Seoul railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a weapon with a 10-inch blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    N. Korea applauds attack on US Ambassador to S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea hailed a South Korean man’s attack on the U.S. ambassador to Seoul Thursday, saying it was “deserved punishment” for a warmonger such as the United States. The North’s official Korean Central News...

    • Posted March 5, 2015
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  • Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    N. Korea hates US, but likes ‘our money’: US intelligence chief

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea does not like the United States, but the communist nation likes “our money,” the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday, recalling Pyongyang charging him for a meal when he visited the country last...

    • Posted March 4, 2015
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  • NKMissiles
    N. Korea ready to fire medium-range Nodong missiles: military source

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea appears prepared to fire medium-range Nodong ballistic missiles amid heightened inter-Korean tensions over the ongoing South Korea-U.S. military exercises, a source here said Tuesday. On Monday, Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles into...

    • Posted March 3, 2015
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    Korean Canadian pastor missing after visit to N. Korea: reports

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — A Korean Canadian pastor has lost contact after visiting North Korea, news reports said Monday, amid fears he could be detained in the communist nation. Rev. Lim Hyeon-soo, 60, entered the North via China...

    • Posted March 3, 2015
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  • Hua Chunying
    China urges restraint as N. Korea fires short-range missiles

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China called for calm and restraint on Monday after North Korea fired two short-range missiles off the East Sea in apparent anger against annual military drills between South Korea and the United States. North...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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