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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  N. Korea fires 5 short-range missiles into East Sea

  SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) — North Korea fired five short-range missiles into the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, amid tensions ahead of next month’s planned military drills between Seoul and...

  • Posted February 9, 2015
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  S. Korean president calls for Chinese cooperation for unification of two Koreas

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye called Wednesday for Chinese cooperation in laying the groundwork for unification between the two Koreas as she met with the Chinese defense chief. The Korean Peninsula was divided into...

  • Posted February 6, 2015
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  North Korea defector to world: Look beyond ‘beatings, camps’

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A North Korean defector whose memoir describes his meeting with Kim Jong Il says the world’s intense focus on the regime’s human rights record fails to see the full scope of its inhumanity...

  • Posted February 6, 2015
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  Kim Jong-un exchanges New Year’s cards with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nothing says Happy New Year like a holiday card from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In an exchange that raised eyebrows, the young leader and the United Nations secretary-general, who is South Korean,...

  • Posted February 5, 2015
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  N. Korea says it won’t talk with ‘gangster-like’ U.S., says to prepare for ‘final doom’

  By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea’s top ruling organ on Wednesday declared a “retaliatory” campaign against the United States, threatening to use miniaturized nuclear weapons and cyber warfare means. The National Defense Commission stressed Pyongyang...

  • Posted February 4, 2015
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  N. Korea launches anti-money laundering body

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea has created a national committee on efforts to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, a senior Pyongyang official confirmed Tuesday. The communist nation’s move came after it joined the Asia/Pacific Group on...

  • Posted February 3, 2015
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  Russia plans joint military drills with N. Korea and Cuba

  By Brian Han Russia plans to commence joint military drills with the likes of North Korea and Cuba according to Russian armed forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. The statement was made public during a meeting on...

  • Posted February 2, 2015
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