All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • A gate on an inter-Korean land route in Goseong, a South Korean town on the east coast near the border with North Korea. (Yonhap)
    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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  • Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    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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  • This Rodong Sinmun photo released on June 27, 2014, shows the test-fire of the North's newly developed tactical guided missiles. (Yonhap)
    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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  • Hwang Pyong-so, a top military aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rides in an armored military vehicle during a river-crossing training exercise in this photo released by Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 27, 2015. (Yonhap)
    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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  • Students from the Laureat International School in Tanzania walk past a statue of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, surrounded by children, on the parade square of the Songdowon International Children's Camp, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Wonsan, North Korea. Tightening the screws even further on travel to their already isolated country, North Korean authorities have barred foreigners from one of the year's most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of ongoing concerns over the spread of the Ebola virus, travel agencies said Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
    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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