All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    US urges N. Korea to refrain from threats

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States urged North Korea on Monday to refrain from menacing actions after the communist nation threatened “toughest counteraction” against the U.S. in response to Washington’s accusations the North was responsible for a...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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  • North Korean students use computers in a classroom with portraits of the country's later leaders Kim Il-sung, left, and his son Kim Jong-il hanging on the wall at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang, North Korea. Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 after an hours-long shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
    N. Korean websites back online after shutdown

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang....

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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  • A South Korean army soldier watches aTV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014.North Korea hates the Hollywood film that revolves around the assassination of its beloved leader, but the country has had a long love affair with cinema _ of its own particular styling.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    North Korea experiencing severe Internet outages, possibly US response

    WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say...

    • Posted December 22, 2014
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  • A still from North Korean film "Cpmrade Kim Goes Flying" (AP)
    N. Korean cinema: Kidnappings and evil Americans

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea hates the currently scrapped Hollywood film that revolves around the assassination of its beloved leader, but the country has had a long love affair with cinema — of its own...

    • Posted December 22, 2014
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  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, chats with a delegate as they attend a welcome ceremony for visiting Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. China told the U.S. that it is against cyberattacks and opposes any nation or individual launching such attacks from a third country, but did not directly condemn the Sony hackings that Washington has blamed on North Korea, China's foreign ministry said Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China treads carefully with US call over Sony hacking

    BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) — China made a noncommittal response Monday to U.S. calls to help counter cyberthreats from North Korea accused of hacking Sony’s Hollywood studio, apparently in consideration of its ties with Pyongyang. U.S. Secretary...

    • Posted December 22, 2014
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  • Kim Jong-un's disappearances and headlines are providing unintentional marketing benefits for Seth Rogen's latest film..
    N. Korea threatens action on US soil over hacking allegation

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened to carry out ultra-harsh military action on U.S. soil Sunday, one day after U.S. President Barack Obama vowed a proportional response against the North’s alleged hacking attack into Sony Pictures. In...

    • Posted December 22, 2014
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    Obama says North Korea hacked Sony, vows response

    WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama declared Friday that Sony “made a mistake” in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea’s leader, and he pledged the U.S. would respond “in a place and manner...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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