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All posts tagged "north"

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  N. Korea slams US for overstating Pyongyang’s missile capacity

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea lambasted the United States on Friday for trying to exaggerate Pyongyang’s missile capacity, a tactic which the North said is aimed at stepping up the U.S. military presence on the Korean Peninsula....

  • Posted November 14, 2014
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  Human Rights Watch honors N. Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk at annual dinner

  Human Rights Watch, an international organization specializing in human rights advocacy and research, honored North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk at its annual Los Angeles dinner on Nov.11 for his outspoken efforts toward closing down his native country’s...

  • Posted November 13, 2014
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  Influx of N. Korean workers into China jumps 20 pct annually in 3 years

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of North Koreans going to China to find work rose an average 20 percent annually in the last three years, reaching a record 93,000 in 2013, a report by a local international...

  • Posted November 11, 2014
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  Kenneth Bae focuses on non-Korean food, family

  SEATTLE (AP) — Rest, food and family are on the top of Kenneth Bae’s list since arriving home this weekend after years of imprisonment in North Korea. His sister said he hasn’t spoken about his ordeal yet,...

  • Posted November 10, 2014
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  S. Korea spy agency says Kim Jong-un is recovering from ankle surgery

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 6-week public absence, which set off a frenzy of wild speculation around the world....

  • Posted October 28, 2014
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  S. Korea takes down Christmas tower as border tensions grow

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has pulled down a 43-year-old front-line Christmas tower that North Korea viewed as propaganda warfare, with officials saying last week the structure was unsafe. The massive steel tower was demolished...

  • Posted October 25, 2014
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  S. Korea divided on activist efforts, North calls leaflets a ‘declaration of war’

  North Korean defectors in South Korea are continuing to stage anti-Pyongyang demonstrations despite repercussions that are instigating border tensions. An activist at the Seoul-based non-profit group Fighters for Free North Korea told The Korea Times that the...

  • Posted October 24, 2014
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