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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  N. Korea to reopen borders after lifting Ebola restrictions

  BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea, which has banned foreign tourists from visiting the isolated country since last October due to fears over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, will reopen its borders, a Beijing-based tour firm...

  • Posted March 2, 2015
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  N. Korea taking steps to deploy missile capable of reaching US territory says US intelligence chief

  WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) — The United States believes North Korea has already taken steps toward deploying the KN-08 road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, feared to be capable of reaching American territory, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday....

  • Posted February 27, 2015
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  N. Korea yet to miniaturize nukes: Seoul

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea does not appear to have miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on its ballistic missiles despite having advanced its technology to “a considerable level,” Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday. Officials and experts from...

  • Posted February 26, 2015
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  UN: North Korean company renames ships to evade sanctions

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar has tried to evade ensuing U.N. sanctions by renaming most of its vessels in an attempt...

  • Posted February 25, 2015
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  N. Korea’s nuclear stockpile could expand to 100 weapons: US expert

  WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea’s nuclear stockpile could expand to as many as 100 weapons by 2020, a U.S. expert said Tuesday, calling for greater international attention and efforts to stop the communist regime from its nuclear...

  • Posted February 25, 2015
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  N. Korea ratchets up threats against S. Korea, US

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday intensified its propaganda campaign, coupled with war threats, against South Korea and the United States ahead of their annual joint defense drills. Pyongyang’s mouthpieces carried stories putting the blame on...

  • Posted February 24, 2015
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  Fearing Ebola, North Korea bars foreigners from Pyongyang marathon

  TOKYO (AP) — Further restricting travel to the already isolated country, North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of concerns over the Ebola virus, travel...

  • Posted February 23, 2015
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