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North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
The test comes one day after the country's military fired three short-range missiles off its eastern coast. The launches come amid a period of relative quiet from North Korea that followed a state of high tension and belligerence earlier this ...
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American imprisoned in North Korea spared death gulags say experts
It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world's most secretive and repressive regimes. Bae began serving a 15-year, hard labor sentence on Tuesday for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state. But word ...
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Japan PM vows to seek talks with North Korea over kidnapping
Shinzo Abe made the comment after a surprise visit to North Korea by one of his advisers last week has irritated the United States and South Korea as a possible damper to their efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang. "I want to pursue negotiations or dialogue" with North Korea, he told reporters in Fukuoka, southern Japan, according to Japanese media. "I will definitely ...
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N. Korea test-fires another short-range missile – official
SEOUL – North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defense ministry spokesman told AFP without elaborating. On Saturday the communist state fired three short-range missiles off the east coast, apparently as part of a military ...
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DPRK fires short-range missile into East Sea media
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, Yonhap News Agency said quoting a Seoul military official.The launch came a day after the DPRK fired three short-range guided missiles into the same body of water, according to the ...
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UN chief says worried over DPRK missile launch
/enpproperty--> MOSCOW - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to the negotiating table with international mediators. Ban was concerned over the DPRK's latest short-range missile launches and urged the country "to refrain from further such acts, " Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency. The DPRK launched ...
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N Korea urged to end missile tests
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on North Korea to refrain from carrying out any further missile tests. His comments came a day after Pyongyang test-fired three short-range missiles from its east coast. Speaking in Russia, Mr Ban called on North Korea to lower the tensions in the region and "resume dialogue" over its nuclear programme. Tensions were high across the region ...
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China investigates North Korea boat hijack claim official
Beijing: Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.Armed North Koreans on May 6 hijacked the boat and escorted it towards North Korea while it was sailing in waters around 70 kilometres (40 miles) from North Korea's western coast, ...
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North Korea launches missiles into eastern waters according to the South
North Korea has launched three missiles into the sea off its east coast, reheating simmering tensions and prompting mild rebukes from the US and ...
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UN Calls On North Korea to Stop Missile Launches
The United Nations chief has voiced hope that North Korea will abandon its missile tests, after the Stalinist state fired three short-range missiles into the sea on ...
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UN Says Worried Over N.Korea Missile Launch
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's short-range missile launch, calling on Pyongyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Ban, in an interview with Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday a ...
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S.Korea slams N.Koreas provocative missile launches
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea on Sunday condemned North Korea's latest short-range missile launches as "provocative" and again urged it to hold talks about a suspended jointly-run industrial park.The North Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles off its east coast, apparently as part of a military drill, at a time when cross-border relations remain icy after months of ...
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Japan defends PM aides surprise N.Korea trip
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese minister on Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang.Akira Amari, state minister of economic revitalisation, said the four-day trip by Isao Iijima reflected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resolve to have North Korea come ...
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N Korea fires three short-range missiles S Korea
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok ...
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DPRK wins first table tennis title in 36 yrs
DPR Korea's Kim Jong (L) and Kim Hyok Bong pose with their trophy after winning their mixed doubles final against South Korean pair Lee Sangsu and Park Youngsook at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Paris May 18, ...
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More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
Growing concern about North Korea's nuclear program has led many in South Korea to favor the idea of building atomic weapons. Japan too is discussing such a ...
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N. Korea fires up tension
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters yesterday - launches that come during a period of tentative diplomacy with South Korea.In March, North Korea launched what appeared to be two KN-02 missiles off its east coast. Experts believe the country is trying to improve the range and accuracy of its arsenal.Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes ...
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Abes advisor Iijima returns briefs his DPRK trip
Isao Iijima, an advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, returned Tokyo Saturday and briefed Cabinet Chief Secretary Yoshihide Suga on his unannounced visit to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), reported local media. Iijima said he had "frank talks" with senior DPRK officials, including Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's ...
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Eric Schmidt Kim Jong Un Could Turn On North Koreas Internet if He Wanted
A group of people bow at the base of the giant bronze statue of the state founder and Great Leader Kim-Il Sung in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. (Reuters) As you might expect, North Korea's "Internet" mirrors North Korea itself: Sad, secluded, and limited to just a handful of propagandistic sites. There's ...
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Tensions put aside as N.Korea beat South for table tennis gold
PARIS (AFP) - North Korea saw off a spirited comeback by South Korea to claim the mixed doubles title in a politically-charged final at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Saturday.But despite the ongoing tensions between the two nations, heightened by North Korea's nuclear test in February and further strained by reports of the North launching three short-range missiles into ...
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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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