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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  North Korean spy confirmed for three-year jail term

  By Park Sojung SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a three-year prison term for a female North Korean spy accused of entering the South while masquerading as a defector. The North Korean woman, identified...

  • Posted October 15, 2014
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  Kim Jong-un makes first public appearance in 40 days

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance in more than a month, giving a “field guidance” at a newly built housing complex, according to Pyongyang’s state media. The visit to...

  • Posted October 14, 2014
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  Two Koreas exchange machine gun fire

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The two Koreas exchanged machine gun fire Friday, Seoul’s military said, after the North launched shots toward balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets floated by South Korean civic activists across the tense border.  South Korea’s...

  • Posted October 10, 2014
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  Seoul gov’t asks activists to refrain from provoking North Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — In an apparent attempt to save what appears to be the latest momentum for dialogue between the divided Koreas, the Seoul government on Thursday asked civic activists to scrap their plan to float anti-North...

  • Posted October 9, 2014
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  Kim Jong-un: International Man of Mystery

  N. Korean leader even absent from national meeting for his late father SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea held a national meeting Tuesday to mark the 17th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il’s election as general secretary of...

  • Posted October 7, 2014
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  N. Korea declares 2015 year of unification, gears up for all-out war: Seoul

  By Oh Seok-min SEOUL (Yonhap) — With a goal to achieve national reunification in 2015, North Korea has geared up for all-out wars by conducting tactical training and boosting its attack capabilities, Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday....

  • Posted October 7, 2014
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  [BUSINESS INSIDER] This is North Korea’s version of the iPhone 6

   While the hottest gadget across much of the world is undoubtedly the iPhone 6, in North Korea the only smartphone you can get legally is the government-approved “Pyongyang Touch.” The North Korean government first released the ”Arirang” smartphone in...

  • Posted October 6, 2014
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