All posts tagged "US"

  • A photo released by the Rodong Sinmum shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un walking out of his special plane, Chammae-1, on his way to inspect the Air Force's combat training in Wonsan, Gangwon Province. (Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un inspects ‘war preparations’ against US, S. Korea

    SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a high-profile Air Force combat contest, describing it as part of “war preparations” against the United States and South Korea, Pyongyang’s state media said Thursday....

    • Posted July 30, 2015
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  • A North Korean soldier takes picture of an American soldier and a Korean military police officer at Panmujeom. (Newsis)
    US proposes official end to the Korean War

    On the Korean peninsula, it is common knowledge that although both South and North Korea have been engaged in a ceasefire since 1953, the two countries are technically still at war. U.S. lawmakers are looking to put...

    • Posted July 28, 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)
    US puts N. Korea among world’s worst countries for human trafficking

    WASHINGTON, July 27 (Yonhap) — The United States designated North Korea as one of the world’s worst countries for human trafficking for the 13th straight year on Monday, saying Pyongyang fails to meet even the minimum standards...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • North Koreans bow in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at Munsu Hill, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans gathered to offer flowers and pay their respects to their late leaders as part of celebrations for the 62nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    With warning to US, N. Korea marks end of Korean War

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked Monday’s anniversary of the...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • sydney seiler
    Iran deal indicates US flexibility on N. Korea: Seiler

    SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) — The United States is willing to show flexibility in nuclear talks with North Korea, if resumed, as demonstrated in a recent deal with Iran, a key Washington official on Pyongyang said Monday....

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • Korean Air's ex-vice president Heather Cho (Korea Times file)
    Korean Air heiress faces second ‘nut rage’ case suit in US

    SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) — The heiress of Korean Air Lines Co. has been sued in a New York court by an employee involved in last year’s “nut rage” incident, industry sources said Friday, marking the second...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference following meetings with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)
    Kerry says Iran nuclear deal grew out of failure with N. Korea

    WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the recent landmark deal on Iran’s nuclear program grew out of “the failure of the North Korea experience.” Kerry also said that Iran and...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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