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Sandra Scott Travels The best place to see North Korea
DMZ security checkpoint As part of our DMZ tour we went to Dora Observatory where it is supposed to be the best place to see North Korea. First we had to go through a security checkpoint that had Korean soldiers on one side of the entrance and American soldiers on the other. We were told to bring our passports but no one checked them probably because the only non-military vehicles allowed are ...
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N. Korea should open up and ask for food aid
N. Korea should open up and ask for food aid . MAY 18, 2013 05:30. . North Korea is releasing its rice reserves to feed its residents. For the past three months, the North has been using its military rice provisions in its major cities such as Pyongyang, Hyesan and Chongjin to ration 15 ...
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U.S. Response to North Koreas Threats
A North Korean political poster in inter-Korean military demarcation area. The poster says there is only one country on the Korean Peninsula. (Photo: Linqong, ...
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Japan envoy leaves North Korea gives no hints on talks
TOKYO (AP) — An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ended a visit to North Korea but would not give details of his talks with leaders in Pyongyang.Isao Iijima's three-day visit came amid a slight easing of tension on the Korean Peninsula after weeks of threats from the North aimed at Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.Japan has not disclosed the purpose of Iijima's trip. ...
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Google on North Korean maps
The recent addition of North Korea to Google’s Maps service made up a small part of the company’s presentation to developers at its annual conference on Wednesday. Brian McClendon, vice president of Google Maps, spoke about adding data and what it meant during at keynote speech at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. North Korea had been a largely white area of Google Maps ...
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Japan PM aide in Beijing after Pyongyang trip
TOKYO (AFP) - An aide to Japan's premier said Friday he had held "sincere" talks with North Korean officials during his controversial visit to the country.Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was tightlipped about the subjects of his discussions when he arrived at the airport in Beijing."By visiting there, I was able to hold sincere talks for a ...
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Is North Korea evil and clownish
North Korea relies on foreign aid to feeds its people, having suffered persistent food shortages since a famine in the 1990s. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty ...
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North Korea May Possess 200 Missile Launchers - Thinktank Report
State media film a rocket carried by a military vehicle during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang - Reuters North Korea may possess nearly 200 missile launchers, almost double the number previously thought, according to a report from a state-run South Korean ...
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Picture of the day North Koreas first charity fun run
On May Day, 50 tourists hit the streets of Pyongyang to take part in North Korea's first charity run raising money for an orphanage. There's a first time for ...
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Japans secret trip to North Korea disrupts united stance against Pyongyang
Japan's visit to North Korea comes after broad regional agreement that Pyongyang should not be offered talks unless it displays a genuine commitment to ...
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Big in North Korea
Just for the record: I didn't actually visit the DPRKalso, "Politico" should be all-caps. What I did do is interview Tommy Vietor, then-National Security Council spokesman, who told me that the oversaturated coverage of the country's upcoming missile test threatened to provide Pyongyang with the propaganda tools they so desperately desired. "North Korea is trying ...
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Requiem for North Korea
The war clouds over the Korean peninsula are darkening perceptibly in the wake of US Secretary of State John Kerry's official visits to Tokyo and Seoul last month. Not much was disclosed about those consultations except that the former American presidential candidate had pledged full and unequivocal US support to both Tokyo and Seoul in the event hostilities did break out between them and ...
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North Korea may have 200 mobile missile launchers South media says
PanARMENIAN.Net - North Korea may have up to 200 mobile missile launchers, or twice the number previously estimated by South Korea’s authorities, South Korean media reported Friday, according to RIA Novosti. South Korea’s state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) said that in line with a report submitted to the US Congress by the Pentagon, North Korea has probably ...
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Japan PM aide bids to meet Kim Jong-Un uncle report
TOKYO (AFP) - An aide to Japan's premier is trying to meet Kim Jong-Un's uncle, a key figure in North Korea's power elite, during a controversial visit to the country, a report said Friday.Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is attempting to arrange a meeting with Jang Sung-Taek, who is seen as a close confidant of the inexperienced Kim, Fuji TV ...
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North Korean leader shuffles top level military cadre
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has pushed out a high-profile military figure who once played a key role under his late father – the latest in a series of top-level personnel ...
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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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