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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  N. Korea sentences S. Korean missionary to life of hard labor

  SEOUL (AP) — North Korea said Saturday that it sentenced a South Korean Baptist missionary to hard labor for life for allegedly trying to set up underground churches and spying, the latest in a string of missionaries...

  • Posted May 30, 2014
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  [The Guardian] North Korea makes new mushroom sports drink

  North Korean scientists have developed a new sports drink made from mushrooms to enhance athletic prowess, according to state media. In a report detailing “new inventions” in the secretive state, the Korean Central News Agency...

  • Posted May 30, 2014
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• North Korea, Japan agree to investigate abductions and lift sanctions

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea and Japan agreed to carry out a full-scale investigation into the abduction of Japanese citizens and lift sanctions against the North at ongoing talks in Sweden, the North’s state-run media said Thursday....

  • Posted May 29, 2014
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  N. Korea to participate in Asian Games in S. Korea

  (AP) — North Korea says it will enter the Asian Games hosted by South Korea in September, a glimmer of possible rapprochement in what has otherwise been rising animosity between the rivals in recent weeks. The North’s...

  • Posted May 23, 2014
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  North Korea fires at South Korean patrol boat

  By Jun Ji-hye   North Korea fired two artillery shells near a South Korean Navy boat on patrol south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto inter-Korean maritime border in the West Sea, the Joint...

  • Posted May 22, 2014
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  North Korea’s trade volume posts record high

  By Chung Min-uck North Korea saw its trade volume reach a record high last year despite tough international sanctions, according to figures from the state-run Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Thursday, mainly due to robust trade...

  • Posted May 22, 2014
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  South Korea’s Cardinal to visit North Korea for the first time

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung will be visiting the jointly run inter-Korean factory park in North Korea on Wednesday amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula, officials at the Unification Ministry said Tuesday. During this...

  • Posted May 20, 2014
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