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WASHINGTON (AP) ― North Korea is nearing completion of a light-water reactor that is primarily intended to generate electricity but which could add to concern over its nuclear program, a U.S.-based i...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:20
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The top nuclear envoys from South Korea and China held talks on Thursday, with Seoul and Pyongyang continuing to haggle over the fate of a troubled joint economic venture facing permanent closure. L...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:14
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Seven South Korean staff remaining at an inter-Korean industrial park failed to return home on Thursday as they were still negotiating with North Korean officials over unpaid wages and other issues, ...
Updated : 2013.05.02 18:07
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A Facebook page keeping tabs on Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American detained in North Korea, has been launched, carrying messages of well-wishers from around the world. The webpage, titled “Remember Ken ...
Updated : 2013.05.02 16:16
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Korean-American tour operator Kenneth Bae (Yonhap News) This file photo shows Kenneth Bae, right, and Bobby Lee together when they were freshmen students at the University of Oregon in 1988. (AP-Yon...
Updated : 2013.05.02 16:14
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An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of labor for crimes against the state, the North’s state media said Thursday, a development that further comp...
Updated : 2013.05.02 13:48
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South Korea will provide 300 billion won ($273 million) in emergency relief funds to local companies that have been forced to halt operations at the inter-Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong, the g...
Updated : 2013.05.02 10:54
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter may soon travel to North Korea as part of his efforts, not always fruitful, to broker the resumption of dialogue and win the release of a Korean-American man detain...
Updated : 2013.05.02 09:22
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South Korea said Wednesday it was edging toward a deal with North Korea to ensure the return of the remaining workers at a joint industrial zone that has become a casualty of military tensions. The ...
Updated : 2013.05.01 20:56
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North Korea encouraged its workers Wednesday to launch a campaign to achieve its new strategic line of pushing for two goals of nuclear armament and economic development. In a commentary to mark May...
Updated : 2013.05.01 20:54
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Russia could play a meaningful role in reining in North Korea should it gain economic leverage by constructing a gas pipeline connecting the two Koreas, said Kent Calder, a U.S. scholar and former go...
Updated : 2013.05.01 20:53
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South Korean police have raided the office of a pro-North Korean activist group as part of a probe into its alleged violation of the nation's draconian security law, officers said Wednesday. The so-...
Updated : 2013.05.01 10:51
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North Korea warned Tuesday that if South Korea moves to shut down a joint industrial complex at the center of new friction between the two sides, it will never be pardoned. The two Koreas are at log...
Updated : 2013.04.30 21:26
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North Korea on Tuesday urged the United States to take steps to fundamentally end the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, sai...
Updated : 2013.04.30 20:39
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PYONGYANG (AP) ― The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Glossy new construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang skyline. Inside supermarkets whe...
Updated : 2013.04.30 20:35
