All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • North Korean-made shoes on display (Yonhap)
    [USA Today] Made in North Korea: $300 ski jackets and more

      — Made in China? Don’t count on it. Australian sportswear brand Rip Curl made a public apology this week after it emerged that some of its ski gear had been made in one of North Korea’s state-owned factories...

    • Posted February 26, 2016
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    UN resolution must not affect normal life of N. Korean people: China

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — A draft U.N. resolution aimed at imposing more stringent sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests should not affect the “normal life” of North Korean people, China’s foreign ministry said Friday. China’s foreign...

    • Posted February 26, 2016
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    US calls proposed sanctions on N. Korea a ‘major upgrade’

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Yonhap) — A proposed package of new U.N. sanctions would require mandatory inspection of all cargo going in and out of North Korea and ban its exports of mineral resources, a key source of hard...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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    Chinese firm ordered to halt coal trade with N. Korea: state media

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — A Chinese company in the northeastern border city of Dandong has been ordered by China’s commerce ministry to halt its coal trade with North Korea starting next month, according to a state-run Chinese newspaper...

    • Posted February 24, 2016
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  • President Barack Obama speaks at Pellissippi State Community College, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn., about new initiatives to help more Americans go to college and get the skills they need to succeed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    A small problem? US scholars rank N. Korea only 11th important issue

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — Despite tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests, American scholars consider the issue less important than Middle Eastern problems, a rising China, tensions with Russia and even climate change, a survey showed Monday....

    • Posted February 24, 2016
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  • The Week That Was In Asia Photo Gallery
    Americans picks N. Korea as their greatest enemy nation

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — Americans consider North Korea their greatest enemy country, a survey showed Tuesday, the first time in 11 years that the communist nation has topped the list. About 16 percent of the respondents in the...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    US, China make important progress in UN sanctions on N. Korea

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States and China have made important progress in negotiations to adopt a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests, the countries’...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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