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Seoul berates Pyongyang for trying to 'divide public'
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Seoul on Sunday upbraided Pyongyang for trying to divide the South Korean public and shift the blame onto it for the suspended industrial park in Gaeseong, saying that North Korea warped the facts by claiming it earlier...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Germany, North Korea
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BRIEF: Suga clams up as source spins Iijima trip to North
The Japan TimesDuring his surprise visit to Pyongyang, Isao Iijima, a special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, explained to officials there that Tokyo continues to seek "comprehensive solutions" to the North's abductions of Japanese and to its nuclear arms and...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Kidnapping, Japan, Shinzo Abe
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North Korea fires short-range missiles off east coast
BEIJING — North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch. The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that it detected two launches in the morning and...
Tags: South Korea, Missile Systems, Wars and Interventions, Kim Jong Un, Barack Obama
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UN panel says sanctions are delaying development of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs
Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, U.N. experts say in a new report....Tags: Missile Systems, Nuclear Weapons, Defense Equipment, Weaponry, Nuclear Policy
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Iijima's North trip ups hope for progress on abductions
The Japan TimesTokyo authorized and is in charge of the surprise trip to Pyongyang by special adviser Isao Iijima, a senior government official indicated Wednesday, while Cabinet members all remained tight-lipped in public amid speculation the government hopes to resume...Tags: South Korea, Tokyo (Japan), National Government, Kidnapping, Weaponry
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EDITORIAL: DMZ peace park
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Hours after an abrupt instruction from President Park Guen-hye on Tuesday, Seoul's Unification Ministry proposed talks with Pyongyang on bringing South Korean products and raw materials out of a suspended joint industrial...Tags: Germany, Seoul (South Korea), North Korea, Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Congress
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Aide to Japan's leader pays unannounced visit to North Korea
BEIJING -- A senior aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Tuesday in North Korea, but neither country gave a reason for the unannounced visit that followed weeks of high tension in the region over the North's nuclear and missile tests....
Tags: Kim Jong Il, News Agency, Japan, Government, Shinzo Abe
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North Korea denies it will use seized American as bargaining chip
BEIJING – North Korea on Sunday denied it would use a jailed Korean American as a political bargaining chip, saying it had no plans to invite a prominent American to Pyongyang to seek the release of Kenneth Bae. Bae, 44, of Lynwood, Wash., was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, China
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U.S. urges North Korea to grant amnesty and free Kenneth Bae
The United States urged North Korea on Thursday to grant amnesty and free an American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for alleged hostile acts against North Korea. Patrick Ventrell, acting deputy spokesman for the State Department, told...
Tags: Punishment, United Nations, U.S. Department of State, North Korea
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American sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details. BEIJING -- Adding to the strained relations with the U.S., North Korea said Thursday that an American citizen held since November has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Jimmy Carter, Punishment, Trials, China
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American in North Korea sentenced to 15 years of hard labor
SEOUL — An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, the government in Pyongyang announced Thursday. The sentencing of Kenneth Bae,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Trials, North Korea
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North Korea's former poet laureate to publish memoir in English
Rider Publishing, a Random House imprint, acquired world rights to "Crossing the Border," the memoirs of former North Korean State Poet Laureate Jang Jin-sung, the Guardian reports. In 2004, unable to reconcile his privileged position with the suffering...
Tags: Kim Il Sung, Poetry, North Korea, BBC
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