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Pentagon plays down Korean Peninsula tensions after missile tests
A KN-02 missile, the kind that it is believed North Korea has launched six times in the last few days. The US has tried to downplay the missile tests, citing decreased tensions on the peninsula. (Wikipedia/Wikimedia ...
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Chinese hostages released as North Korea backs down
Pyongyang has backed down from a potentially damaging confrontation with its closest ally by releasing the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held hostage for over two ...
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‘North Korea has gone too far’ Chinese fishermen beaten held for ransom by gunmen wearing North Korean military ...
BEIJING — Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat Tuesday after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel’s fuel, the boat’s owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the $100,000 ransom they had demanded. The seizure May 5 in what boat owner Yu Xuejun said were Chinese waters was the latest ...
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Video UN chief worried by North Koreas missile launches
In response to North Korea's recent missile launches, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges Pyongyang to return to talks and avoid further ...
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U.S. shrugs off North Korean missile tests
Recent missile launches by North Korea haven't led to additional security concerns on the Korean Peninsula, a U.S. government spokesman said. The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reported that Monday marked the third consecutive day that North Korea launched short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan. A North Korean underground test of a nuclear device in February sparked concerns about ...
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One mans escape from Camp 14 and North Korea
Only one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin ...
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North Koreas hidden labor camps exposed
A new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC ...
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South Korean top court upholds ruling against man convicted for emailing North Korean spy
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 attack. (AP Photo/Ahn ...
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China boat captain says hijackers were in North Korea military uniforms in latest incident to stoke tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...
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Boat hijack stokes tension between N. Korea China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...
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North Korean Peoples Army
French photographer Eric Lafforgue made six secretive trips to North Korea and managed to capture a different side to the secretive state's army. Above: A female member of the Korean People's Army strokes a dog in Pyongyang, North ...
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DPRK releases Chinese fishermen
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - A Chinese fishing boat held by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with 16 fishermen onboard was released early on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press conference here, quoting report by the owner of the vessel. "The crew was safe and the owner did not pay the ...
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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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