All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • South and North Korean troops stand guard at the neutral border village of Panmunjom. (Yonhap file photo)
    Six nations to hold security forum on N. Korea nukes next week

    (Yonhap) — Preparations are underway to convene a security forum of government officials and scholars from the six countries directly involved in the long-stalled talks on North Korea’s denuclearization, informed Seoul sources said Wednesday. Since its inception...

    • Posted September 10, 2014
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  • In this Saturday, May 17, 2014 photo, a North Korean official apologizes in front of families of victims of an accident at an apartment construction site and local residents in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of the apartment building under construction in Pyongyang, which a South Korean official said was believed to have caused considerable casualties that could mean hundreds might have died. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
    N. Korea openly vows to improve ties with S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea’s premier called for better ties with South Korea on Tuesday amid lingering cross-border tensions over a series of Pyongyang’s military provocations, including its missile launches. “We will do our best to improve...

    • Posted September 9, 2014
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  • Matthew Miller, one of three American citizens currently detained in the North. will be put on trial on Sept. 14.
    North Korea to hold trial for U.S. detainee on Sept. 14

    North Korea will hold a trial next Sunday for a U.S. citizen detained for alleged misbehavior, the communist country’s official media said Sunday. “The Supreme Court of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea decided to judge American...

    • Posted September 8, 2014
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  • A squad of North Korean cheerleaders arrive at Incheon International Airport on Aug. 31, 2005, to attend the 16th Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon. North Korea said on July 7, 2014, it will dispatch a cheerleading contingent to the Incheon Asian Games in September along with its athletes to help improve inter-Korean relations and to show Pyongyang's commitment to unification. (Yonhap)
    North Korea to send downsized delegation to Asian Games

    UPDATED (Yonhap) — North Korea has scaled down the size of its delegation to the Asian Games to be held in South Korea next month, a ministry official said Friday, as it called for the resumption of...

    • Posted August 21, 2014
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    NK fires more rockets as Pope visits Seoul

    By Jun Ji-hye North Korea fired five short-range rockets into the East Sea on Thursday, while South Korea was welcoming Pope Francis to Seoul with his message of peace for the Korean Peninsula. According to the Joint...

    • Posted August 14, 2014
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  • Gyodong Island (Yonhap file photo)
    2 North Korean men swim across border to South Korea

    (Yonhap) — Two North Korean men swam across the Yellow Sea border to defect to South Korea, government sources here said Thursday (KST). South Korean troops on guard duty spotted them reaching Gyodong Island, just south of...

    • Posted August 13, 2014
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  • Scenes from "The Interview."
    Seth Rogen’s NK comedy release pushed back to December

    “The Interview,” starring James Franco and Seth Rogen in a plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been pushed back to Christmas Day after a positive reaction during early screenings. Kim has threatened to retaliate...

    • Posted August 13, 2014
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