All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • US expresses concern over N. Korea’s SLBM test

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States expressed concern Tuesday over North Korea’s recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to refrain from violating U.N. Security Council resolutions. Yonhap News Agency reported that the...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • This undated file photo shows one of S. Korea's "red light districts."
    Many N. Korean defectors resort to prostitution for living in South

    By Jun Ji-hye A considerable number of female defectors from North Korea have become sex workers in South Korea after experiencing difficulties adjusting according to media reports. KBS, a state-run broadcaster, aired a program on Sunday night...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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  • South Korean men pass by a TV news program showing images published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 9, 2015. North Korea said Saturday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in what would be the latest display of the country's advancing military capability. The letters on the screen read "The missile believed to have been launched from underwater near Sinpo". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)
    N. Korea violates UN resolution with failed missile launch

    By Brian Han Nuclear weapons testing represents the one contingency that truly holds back North Korea from improving international relations. Yet over the weekend, the communist nation showed its disregard by testing a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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  • Kim Ki-woong (R), South Korea's chief delegate for working-level inter-Korean talks, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Hwang Chol at the truce village of Panmunjom on Nov. 26, 2015, at the start of the meeting to prepare for high-level government talks. (Photo provided by the Unification Ministry) (Yonhap)
    Koreas agree to hold high-level talks next month

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South and North Korea agreed Friday to hold high-level government talks next month as they are seeking to mend strained ties following a landmark deal in August on easing military tension. The two sides...

    • Posted November 27, 2015
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    Kim Jong-un sends top gov’t official to a farm as punishment

    By Brian Han Considering that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly executed some 70 government and military officials since coming into power back in 2011, his latest move comes off as merciful. Communist party secretary Choe...

    • Posted November 24, 2015
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    UN chief Ban Ki-moon says he’s trying to visit N. Korea at earliest possible date

    NEW YORK (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he’s trying to visit North Korea as early as possible, the first time he’s acknowledged that talks are under way to set up a trip to the...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un visits the construction site of a ski resort being built on Masik Pass. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    More key officials fleeing N. Korea amid leader’s brutal rule: source

    By Brian Han North Korea’s top government and military officials are fleeing from their own country mostly due to Kim Jong-un’s reign of terror. It should come as no surprise considering that any form of dissent whether...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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