All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • North Korean workers outside of their home country claim that most of their wages get sent to the North Korean government. (Yonhap)
    ‘It was North Korea’

    AP source: US probe links North Korea to Sony hacking WASHINGTON — A U.S. official says federal investigators have now connected the Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. hacking to North Korea and may make a statement in the near future....

    • Posted December 18, 2014
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  • (Courtesy of Human Rights Foundation)
    [HOLLYWOOD REPORTER] Sony Hack: Activists to Drop ‘Interview’ DVDs Over North Korea Via Balloon

    – Whether or not North Korea is behind the Sony hack, Kim Jong Un better brace himself because The Interview is headed to his country. Human rights activists are planning to airlift DVDs of the Seth Rogen comedy into the country...

    • Posted December 16, 2014
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  • North Korea, Kim Jong-un
    North Korea threatens nuke war

    By Kang Seung-woo North Korea threatened Sunday that a nuclear war could erupt on the peninsula following the adoption of a resolution by the United Nations that could lead to its leader Kim Jong-un standing trial for...

    • Posted November 23, 2014
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  • More than 50 out of North Korea's around 70 submarines had previously been detected away from their bases for operations after the country threatened an "all-out war" against South Korea. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea conducts ejection launcher test for submarine missile: report

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea has conducted a test of an ejection launcher that helps fire missiles from submarines in a sign that the communist nation is making progress in its efforts to develop a submarine-based ballistic...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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  • Choe Myong Nam, a North Korean official in charge of U.N. affairs and human rights, listens during a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly human rights committee, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. An attempt to weaken a United Nations move to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity failed Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    UN push to refer North Korea to International Criminal Court over human rights moves forward

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s boldest effort yet to hold North Korea and leader Kim Jong-un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity moved forward Tuesday at the United Nations, where a Pyongyang envoy threatened further nuclear...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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    North Korean refugee Shin Dong-hyuk wins Alison Des Forges Award

      Human Rights Watch honored North Korean refugee Shin Dong-hyuk, 32, with the Alison Des Forges Award last week. The Voices for Justice HRW Annual Dinner, held at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, honors “courageous individuals...

    • Posted November 16, 2014
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    Benefit concert for North Korean refugees coming to Glendale

    Musicians will gather in Glendale Sunday for a concert to support and benefit North Korean refugees for Liberty in North Korea. The event, held at 4 p.m. inside the First German United Methodist Church, will feature six...

    • Posted November 10, 2014
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