All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • Students from the Laureat International School in Tanzania walk past a statue of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, surrounded by children, on the parade square of the Songdowon International Children's Camp, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Wonsan, North Korea. Tightening the screws even further on travel to their already isolated country, North Korean authorities have barred foreigners from one of the year's most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of ongoing concerns over the spread of the Ebola virus, travel agencies said Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
    North Korea bans foreign tourists to stop Ebola entry

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus into the reclusive country, state media reported Thursday, while a travel agent that specializes in North Korean tours...

    • Posted October 24, 2014
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    Former President Bush, K.J. Choi attend forum on North Korean human rights

    Former President George W. Bush attended a forum on North Korean human rights in Dallas Thursday. According to George W. Bush Presidential Center, five North Korean defectors presented witness accounts. Korean golfer K.J. Choi, a Texas resident,...

    • Posted October 24, 2014
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  • Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea, has been released. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    North Korea releases one American

    (AP) — Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held in North Korea, has been released, the State Department said Tuesday. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Fowle was on his way home Tuesday after negotiators...

    • Posted October 21, 2014
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  • The 2014 Unification Music Concert was held in Santa Francisco at the Santa Clara Convention Center Saturday.
    North Korean refugees tell their stories in SF

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff San Francisco saw a night of shared stories by North Korean refugees and a call for Korean unification Saturday at Santa Clara Convention Center The 2014 Unification Music Concert, organized...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a cane sits on a couch during a visit to a faculty flat at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang. (KCNA-Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un still using cane in second public appearance

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made his second public appearance this week, still leaning on a walking stick, according to the country’s state media on Friday. He made an inspection tour of a new...

    • Posted October 17, 2014
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  • People gather a day before the 20th anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Il-sung's death in Pyongyang. (Yonhap)
    North Korea delivers human rights report via Chinese media

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea on Thursday launched a rare public blitz about its human rights by publishing a lengthy report in online editions of China’s state-run media, in an apparent effort to counter the U.N. move...

    • Posted October 16, 2014
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    N. Korea slams S. Korea for dismissing ‘proposals to ease tensions’

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea bashed South Korea Thursday for “snubbing its suggestions aimed at easing tensions” made after a series of clashes near border regions, claiming such a stance jeopardizes the much-anticipated high-level talks. On Wednesday,...

    • Posted October 16, 2014
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