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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 ‘used luxury yacht for tour’
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured the impoverished country’s east coast last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht, a boat that could be prohibited under UN sanctions, a website that tracks events in the reclusive state ...
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Kim Jong-un’s yacht trip suspected of violating sanctions
16/04/2013 05:15 CET Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, toured the country's east coast last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht that could be prohibited under UN sanctions imposed for the country's nuclear and missile tests. The Korean Central News Agency released a photograph of Kim on May 28 that showed him walking along a dock with the starboard side of a luxury boat ...
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Chinas attitude on DPRK consistent
/enpproperty--> The Foreign Ministry on June 18 said Beijing hasn't changed its attitude toward Pyongyang. The comment came in response to US President Barack Obama's statement that China was taking a tougher line against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear program. "China's position on the Korean peninsula nuclear issue is consistent and ...
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N. Korea Beijings problem child
Pyongyang reacted angrily to tougher sanctions after its third nuclear test Chinese trade with North Korea has been a lifeline for the isolated regime But Beijing has struggled to control the angry rhetoric from its neighbor Expert: China fears a North Korean collapse would spark a refugee ...
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North Korea China look to resolve crisis
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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N.Korea threatens to kill authors of Hitler report
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 report. The article by New Focus International, an online news portal run by North Korean defectors, said Kim Jong-Un had given copies of "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual. He handed ...
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Kim Jong-un ‘stresses Hitler’s skills’
Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills ...
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N 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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Tortured beaten starved life in a North Korean gulag
Thousands of people are worked and tortured to death in North Korean gulags every year. Executive Director of the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Greg Scarlatoiu tells DW about their living ...
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N.Korean envoy in Beijing seeking to mend ties - experts
By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy held talks with Chinese officials on Wednesday that experts said were unlikely to yield concessions from Pyongyang on its nuclear programme but were more aimed at repairing ties with Beijing. First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan, who has represented Pyongyang at previous international talks to get North Korea to halt its nuclear ...
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Pig Pasture in Daehongdan Has Closed
The North Korean authorities recently ordered the closing of all pig pastures in Daehongdan, which was Kim Jong ...
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N. Korean leader stresses Hitlers skills report
SEOUL: North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills ...
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Pyongyang said to recommend Hitlerian skills
(15 mins ago) North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's ';Mein Kampf'' to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual. Kim handed out translations of the manifesto to select officials at the time of his birthday in January, reported New Focus International, an online news portal run by North Korean defectors, ...
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Pyongyang offers dialogue and hope
/enpproperty--> The Democratic People's Republic of Korea seems to have taken a U-turn from its belligerent rhetoric after the United Nations imposed sanctions on it for conducting its third nuclear test and launching a satellite. Although earlier it had lashed out at the joint military drills between the United States and the Republic of Korea, on Sunday the DPRK proposed talks ...
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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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