Seoul, May 10
North Korea said the summit between the US and South Korean presidents is a prelude to war against the North.
A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea today c...
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Washington, May 8
Emphasising that North Korea has to pay for its recent provocative behaviour, US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-Hye have said that engagement process would be in...
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Seoul, May 4
South Korean police stopped a planned launch of anti-North Korean leaflets across the tense border, sparking an angry protest from activists, witnesses said.
A group of defectors from the...
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Seoul, May 2
North Korea has sentenced a US citizen to 15 years of prison labour for “hostile acts” against the communist regime, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said today.Pae Jun-Ho, k...
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Seoul, Apr 30
The United States and South Korea wrapped up joint military drills that infuriated North Korea, raising hopes for an easing of cross-border military tensions.The two-month-long “Foal Eagle”...
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Bangkok, Apr 29
Five United Nations agencies on Monday issued an urgent appeal for $ 29.4 million to meet the “life-saving needs” of the North Korean people. “In 2013, a total of $ 147 million is needed...
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Seoul, Apr 27
North Korea said today that it would put a US citizen on trial for trying to overthrow the communist regime, in the face of soaring tensions between Pyongyang and the West. The North’s o...
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Seoul, April 26
South Korea on Friday pressed North Korea to agree to talks for the re-opening of a shuttered jointly run industrial complex near the border.
Seoul said Pyongyang must act soon on its cal...
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Seoul, May 13
North Korea has replaced its hard-line Defence Chief with a little-known army general, according to a state media report today, in what outside analysts call an attempt to install a younger figure...
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Washington, May 9
The United States is working with China to help North Koreans to understand the importance of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a State Department official has said.
“We agree wit...
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Seoul, May 7
North Korea has taken a major step back from a planned missile test, US officials said, even as Pyongyang and Seoul exchanged fresh threats today of swift military retaliation to any provocation.
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Washington, May 3
North Korea used disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan’s notorious network to supply atomic materials to Libya and Syria, the Pentagon has said, as it warned against Pyongyang’s prolifera...
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Washington, May 2
North Korea could be ready within weeks to start operating a light-water reactor that has triggered growing concern amid the regime’s vows to build more nuclear weapons, researchers said.
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Paju (South Korea) April 29
South Korea was due to pull out its last workers from a joint factory zone in North Korea – a rare symbol of cross-border cooperation now crippled by a tense military stand-off.
The move...
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Bangkok, Apr 29
China’s affluent cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen will raise their minimum wages by 19 per cent in the manufacturing heartland of Guangdong province tomorrow, to coincide with International Labour...
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Seoul, April 26
North Korea on Friday rejected South Korea’s latest calls for talks on the re-opening of a shuttered jointly run industrial complex near the border, warning Seoul against issuing further threats i...
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Seoul, April 25
South Korea today offered North Korea formal talks to resolve the suspended operations at their joint Kaesong industrial zone, and warned of “grave action” if Pyongyang declines.
“We offi...
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