All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • Vladimir Putin, left, and Kim Jong-un. (Korea Times file)
    Kim Jong-un, Putin in constant contact

    By Kim Hyo-jin Russia’s top envoy to North Korea said in a media interview that Pyongyang and Moscow regularly exchange messages. “An active political dialogue is maintained at the highest level between Pyongyang and Moscow,” Russia’s Ambassador...

    • Posted February 13, 2015
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  • The border between China, Russia and North Korea (Courtesy of Google Maps)
    China province to develop tourism at border with N. Korea, Russia

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — A northeastern Chinese province bordering both North Korea and Russia has been pushing to build what it calls an international tourism destination in one of its border towns, China’s state media reported Friday, citing...

    • Posted February 13, 2015
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  • This Rodong Sinmun photo released on Feb. 11, 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting the construction site of an orphanage in Wonsan on the east coast. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea vows efforts to improve citizens’ livelihoods

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea’s key governing party organs have released a set of campaign slogans calling for painstaking efforts to improve the livelihoods of its citizens, Pyongyang’s state media said Thursday. The Central Committee and the...

    • Posted February 12, 2015
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  • NK Babies
    N. Korea rejects S. Korea’s offer of powdered milk aid for infants

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea on Wednesday proposed sending 25 tons of powdered milk to North Korea in humanitarian aid, but the communist regime rejected the offer, Seoul’s Red Cross said. The Korea National Red Cross (KNRC)...

    • Posted February 11, 2015
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  • This is the machine gun believed to be used by the North Koreans on Friday. (Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un urges N. Korean troops to get combat-ready

    SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has actively toured military units to encourage his troops to be fully prepared to fight as part of efforts to consolidate his regime, Seoul’s defense minister said...

    • Posted February 11, 2015
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  • Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung and other party officials visit the inter-Korean border fence in Inje, Gangwon Province, on Dec. 21, 2014. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea tightens border controls to curb flow of defectors

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea has tightened its patrols on the border with China and toughened punishments for those who help North Koreans flee the authoritarian state in a bid to curb the flow of defectors, a...

    • Posted February 10, 2015
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  • North Korean workers planting seedlings on a field in Jaeryong, South Hwanghae Province, on Jan. 24, 2015. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    N. Korean defectors work more, earn less: poll

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean defectors here are paid far less than South Koreans, while they work longer on average, a government poll showed Monday. North Korean refugees’ monthly income increased to 1.47 million won (US$1,337) in...

    • Posted February 9, 2015
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