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North Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast, says report
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...
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US Japan South Korea urge meaningful denuclearisation
The US, Japan and South Korea Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearisation by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them, Xinhua reported. After their envoys concluded a trilateral meeting here on issues related to North Korea, the three countries said: "We agreed a path is open for the DPRK (North Korea) toward improved relations with the United States, Japan and the ROK ...
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China holds talks with North Korea
China and North Korea Wednesday held a "strategic dialogue" on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui met his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan, and told him that it was in the interest of all parties concerned to realise denuclearisation on the peninsula, safeguard its peace and stability and resolve all relevant issues through dialogue and ...
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Kim Jong Un distributes copies of Hitlers Mein Kampf to North Korean officials to mark bday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to mark his birthday. Kim reportedly distributed the copies of Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. According to the Telegraph, North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs. Shirley Lee, the editor of the New Focus ...
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Strategic dialogue for Beijing Pyongyang
/enpproperty--> Foreign affairs officials from Beijing and Pyongyang exchanged views on bilateral ties and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula amid a series of bilateral and trilateral meetings by other members of the Six-Party Talks on Wednesday. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Yesui and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's First Vice-Foreign Minister Kim ...
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North Korea denies Hitler book given to officials
" to North Korean officials in January. Calling the report a "smear campaign" written by "human scummoving desperately to deter" North Korea, the Ministry of People's Security, which is responsible for policing, said the defectors were being used by the U.S. and South Korea. ...
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US allies say N.Korea must denuclearize
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States, South Korea and Japan said Wednesday that North Korea must end its nuclear program if it wants better ties, after Pyongyang said it was willing to return to talks."We will judge the DPRK by its actions, not its words," the democratic allies said in a statement, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of ...
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North Koreas nuclear program
Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through ...
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North Korea willing to join talks
North Korea has expressed willingness to restart long-stalled nuclear talks with international partners, China's foreign ministry has said. According to its website, North Korean officials said they wanted to "peacefully resolve the nuclear issue". The remarks follow a meeting between North Korea's vice foreign minister and his Chinese counterpart. Six-party talks on the ...
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N.Korea Reaffirms Offer for Talks
BEIJING, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through negotiations. "[North] Korea is ready for dialogue with all parties concerned, [ready] to participate in negotiations in various formats, including six-way negotiations, and hopes to achieve peaceful ...
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Pyongyang threatens action against defectors spreading Hitler story
North Korea threatened Wednesday to punish defectors who claim the Communist country's leaders have attempted to spread Nazi ideology. Security Ministry officials said in a statement they would take "substantial measures to physically remove" people spreading the slander, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. The statement cited a report by an Internet news service ...
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US allies plot next steps on North Korea
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and its allies South Korea and Japan met Wednesday to plot their next steps on North Korea, amid a flurry of diplomacy as tensions gradually ease with the communist state.Glyn Davies, the US special representative on North Korea policy, met his counterparts from Japan and South Korea on what the State Department called "our common interest in ensuring ...
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North Korea Condemns Hitler Report
North Korea has blasted a report that its leader, Kim Jong-un, gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday. The report, from a news website run by North Korean defectors, said that senior officials were given the book as a gift in January. North Korea has denounced the defectors as "human scum" and threatened to kill them. Nazi leader Adolf ...
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Interactive Meet North Koreas first family
The North Korean dictatorship established by Kim Il Sung after World War II was taken over by his son Kim Jong Il in the 1990s. Now Kim Jong Il’s health is failing and a transfer of power appears imminent. Click here to learn about his heir-apparent, Kim Jung Un, and other members of the Kim family, who hold powerful positions throughout the North Korean ...
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China North Korea Willing to Resume 6-Party Nuclear Talks
China says a North Korean official has expressed a willingness to return to long-stalled six-party talks on dismantling his nation's nuclear weapons program. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said top North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan made the comment Wednesday in a meeting with Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui in Beijing. In an article posted on its website, the ...
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China North Korea hold strategic dialogue
: A high-ranking North Korean official with long experience as his country's international nuclear negotiator held talks Wednesday with Chinese officials, Beijing's foreign ministry announced. North Korean first vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan and Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui co-chaired a "strategic dialogue" meeting between their ministries in the Chinese ...
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Whats Kim Jong-un been up to
Smile for the dictator: North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, poses with children at a factory kindergarten as part of a recent publicity tour. Picture: Supplied to ...
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North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks
Reuters © North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits with children during his visit at a machine factory run by Huh Chul-yong in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 17, 2013. ...
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Analysts North Korea talks follow well-worn path
North Korea swings between provocation and negotiation Analysts say North Korean diplomacy follows a familiar pattern The U.S. insists de-nuclearization is a pre-condition of talks Analysts say North Korea's behavior is now an embarrassment to ...
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North Korea issues threat over Hitler report
Seoul: North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the ...
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Kim Jong Un has a $7m yacht now
NKNews reports . North Korea's state-run news agency, KCNA, first gave a glimpse of the boat in May while Kim Jong Un was touring the country. It was pictured in the background of one of the obligatory shots of Kim greeting comrades. And ...
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Chinese FM talks with U.S. South Korean counterparts on Korean Peninsula tensions
BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has held separate talks by phone with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts Hillary Clinton and Kim Sung-hwan on tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Speaking to Clinton Friday and Kim Saturday, Yang said the Chinese side noted the concern of various parties about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ...
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S Korean Catholic group delivers flour to DPRK
South Korea's Catholic aid agency delivered 100 tons of flour to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Thursday, soon after the government granted approval for civilian food aid to the impoverished neighbor.Caritas Korea sent 100 tons of flour to the border city of Kaesong, which will then be delivered to nurseries and hospitals in Kangnam-gun County in North Hwanghae ...
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China DPRK discuss situation on Korean Peninsula bilateral relations
BEIJING, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Chinese and North Korean deputies foreign minister, Zhang Yesui and Kim Gye Gwan, have discussed the development of bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula within the inter-ministerial strategic dialogue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Wednesday. She said the parties "exchanged views on a wide range of ...
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Why Doesnt Snowden Tell Us North Koreas Game Plan
Computer whiz Edward Snowden's revelations of the NSA's broadbrush program for sweeping up internet and phone messages by the millions raises a perplexing question: If the NSA and CIA and others know so much, why do we have so much trouble seeing through North Korea? Take North Korea's offer to talk to the U.S. after spurning talks with South Korea. The excitement generated by ...
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North Korea's navy integral to sea border security
The North Korean Navy is an integral part of the country’s armed forces and the 46,000 men and woman that man it are the part of the defense force most often in international and North Korean news media.
The North Korean Navy is part of the Korean People’s Army Naval Force and makes up the country’s maritime defense capability. Because the navy is primarily concerned with defense, it operates as a ‘green water’ rather than a ‘blue water’ navy, which means it is capable of carrying out missions and activities offshore but not at extended ranges such as the Chinese Navy, which is much larger and includes air craft carriers, battle ships and destroyers. Read more
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