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China calls for strict implementation of UN resolutions concerning DPRK
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday called for the full implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired missiles into the East ...
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North Korean Defector Wins Human Rights Award
Dong-hyuk Shinto Receive UN Watch Prize at League of Nations Hall in Geneva The award will be presentedat UN Watch's 20th anniversarygala dinner, where Shin will address ambassadors, NGO activists and UN officials.UN Watch will also arrange meetings for Shin with UN human rights officials in Geneva. The other dinner honouree and keynote speaker will be world chess champion and ...
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North Korea in 3rd day of short-range weapon launches
South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, May 20, 2103. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy ...
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North Korea defies UN warnings and fires sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan
Korea, Democratic People S Republic Of North Korea has fired another two short-range missile into the sea, defying warnings from the South and the United Nations.South Korea's military says the North has now fired six short-range guided missiles into the ocean off its east coast in three days.Pyongyang describes the launches as "military training", saying the real provocation is ...
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N. Korea Tests Don’t End ‘Provocation Pause’ U.S. Says
Korea 's test firings of six short-range missiles in three days may not reflect a return to a pattern of provocations by Kim Jong Un's regime, according to the U.S. military's top spokesman. The launches don't in themselves end a "provocation pause" and "do not necessarily violate" North Korea's international obligations, George Little, the ...
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North Korea fires two missiles at the South – video
North Korea fires two short-range missiles at South Korea on Monday, in its sixth launch in the past three days. The missiles were fired off the east coast of the country and into the sea. The North condemned joint South Korea and US military drills in April as a rehearsal for an attack on its ...
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China angry over N. Korea`s hijacking of fishing boat
China angry over N. Korea`s hijacking of fishing boat . MAY 21, 2013 04:14. . With a Chinese fishing boat confirmed to have been hijacked by North Korea, anti-North Korea sentiment in China is mounting anew. As circumstantial evidence has been made public to suggest that the hijacking incident has been caused by collusion by North Korean pirates and military, attention is focusing on whether ...
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U.S. Remains Watchful After North Korean Missile Launches
By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 The United States continues to call on North Korean leaders to exercise restraint and abide by their international obligations, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today. North Korea fired five short-range missiles in the past three days, and reporters asked Little if this is a North Korean return to the ...
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North Koreas missile tests A dangerous escalation
fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its north coast on Monday. That makes six missile launches in three days for the combative communist regime, in ...
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US missile test postponed in April due to North Korean tensions is now scheduled for Tuesday
WASHINGTON - The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with North Korea, is now scheduled to happen on Tuesday. The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile is to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and travel 4,190 miles (6,742 kilometres) to the Kwajalein Atoll in the ...
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Russia Concerned Over N.Korea Missile Launches - Minister
North Korea's latest missile tests and hopes that a meeting of intermediaries on the North Korean nuclear issue settlement will be held in the nearest future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported earlier in the day that North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third ...
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North Korea missile launches Pyongyang toying with foes
That's one explanation for Day 3 of provocation from North Korea, which again fired short-range missiles or rockets into the ocean. So far, the medium-range North Korea missiles that caused a flap in April are nowhere to be ...
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North Korea fires more projectiles into the sea off its east coast
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Monday fired more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from ';tension-creating acts.'; But Pyongyang described the launches as a ';regular military exercise.'; The South Korean Defense Ministry still needs to analyze exactly what the North has been firing for the ...
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DPRK strives to prevent spread of bird flu virus
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) was striving to prevent the spread of bird flu virus H5N1, the official KCNA news agency reported Monday.The virus found in ducks at the Tudan Duck Farm in Pyongyang was introduced by migratory birds, the Academy of Agricultural Science said on May 7.The KCNA said the DPRK had briefed UN agencies on the situation and culled as many as 160,000 ...
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Why did North Korea launch 6 missiles in 3 days
South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 20, ...
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China urges DPRK on detained Chinese fishermens treatment
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to safeguard the health and legitimate rights and interests of a number of Chinese fisherman reportedly detained in the country.According to media reports, private fishing boat "Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222" from Dalian City in northeast China's Liaoning Province was ...
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Pyongyang demands Seoul clarify stance on industrial zones future
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday urged South Korea to clarify its stance on the future of the suspended Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ).Seoul distorted the facts concerning the joint zone, the official KCNA news agency quoted a statement of the DPRK's General Bureau for the Special Zone Development Guidance as saying.Pyongyang would decide its action depending ...
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DPRK says missile launches part of military training for self-defense
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country's missile launches are part of a military training for self-defense, the official KCNA news agency ...
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Seoul Day 3 of N.Korea tests of short-range weapon
North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that Pyongyang was ...
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N. Korea Fires Missiles for Third Day
TOKYO, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight day of firings, South Korea's defense ministry said, Yonhap reported. Both appeared to be KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles, a ministry official said. "We are closely watching the movements of the North's military in case of further ...
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North Korean pirates seize Chinese hostages demand a ransom
North Korea is "working on" securing the release of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held by unidentified armed North Koreans, who are reportedly seeking a ...
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North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles
North Korea has launced two short-range missiles Monday, according to data from the South Korean Ministry of Defense. Over the past few days, Pyongyang has launched a total of 6 missiles, 3 Saturday, 1 Sunday and 2 Monday. The ballistic missiles, fired into the Sea of Japan, are believed to be of the KN-02 type. Pyongyang routinely test-launches ...
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Baku dismisses reports on North Korean arms purchases
Information on the purchase of arms from North Korea by Azerbaijan is not true, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev said. "Such information will be studied in detail by Azerbaijan. The way this information has been included in the UN report is now being studied"- he said at a press briefing. On Saturday, the international media with reference to the ...
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SKorea NKorea fires sixth projectile into waters
A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn ...
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N. Korea fires another projectile into the sea South says
North Korea launched several short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast May 18, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...
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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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