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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  Kim Jong-un calls for full combat readiness for war with US

  SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for full combat readiness and a change in the machinery of his troops, as he chaired a key session of the ruling Workers’ Party of...

  • Posted February 23, 2015
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  [NYT] North Korea exports 100,000 forced laborers for profit, rights groups say

  SEOUL, South Korea — When the North Korean carpenter was offered a job in Kuwait in 1996, he leapt at the chance. He was promised $120 a month, an unimaginable wage for most...

  • Posted February 20, 2015
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  11 dead, 30 injured in N. Korean sinkhole accident

  A sinkhole collapsed in North Korea leaving 11 dead and 30 others injured according to Radio Free Asia. The incident occurred while farmers plowed through an icy patch. The earth gave way underneath them burying the victims...

  • Posted February 19, 2015
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  N. Korea incorporates sports into everyday life to boost productivity

  BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) — North Korea is in a “heated sporting zeal,” a Pyongyang official said, as it encourages its people to take up sports as a means of boosting industrial output and strengthening national defense....

  • Posted February 19, 2015
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  N. Korea’s economic, food policy showing modest results: US expert

  WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s food situation and its overall economy appear to be stable despite increased sanctions on the communist regime — an indication that Pyongyang’s policy of simultaneously pursuing nuclear and economic development...

  • Posted February 19, 2015
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  N. Korea lashes out at S. Korea over nuke issue, concerned over US-led invasion

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at South Korea’s foreign minister over his recent meeting with the U.S. secretary of state to enhance cooperation to solve the North’s nuclear issue. The Rodong Sinmun, the...

  • Posted February 18, 2015
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  China sent no delegation to birthday event of Kim Jong-il

  BEIJING (Yonhap) — China sent no delegation to the birthday event of North Korea’s late leader, Kim Jong-il, China’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. North Korea commemorated the birthday of Kim, father of current leader Kim Jong-un, on...

  • Posted February 17, 2015
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