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Metro.us▶ North Korea

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang
Credit: Reuters

North Korea fires three short-range missiles

North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.

Posted in International, News
Tagged Kim Jong-un, North Korea | Reply
An undated still image of a video footage released in Seoul by Yonhap News Agency on May 2, 2013, shows a portrait of U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae. REUTERS/Yonhap

North Korea sentences American to 15 years hard labor

North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae to 15 years hard labor today for what it said were crimes against [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged hard labor, kenneth bae, North Korea, tour. spy
Human rights activist Linda Dye, Defense Forum Foundation President Suzanne Scholte, North Korea refugee and human rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk and Korean Churck Coalition for North Korea Freedom Executive Director Sam Kim march outside the White House while demonstrationg for human rights in North Korea July 10, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Credit: Getty Images

Pyongyang confidential: Forget nuclear war, we have real problems

While Kim Jong-un continues war talk, North Koreans are in fact busy preparing for planting season. The state news agency, [...]

Posted in International
Tagged Free NK, interview, KCNA, North Korea, Pyongyang | Reply
North Korean soldiers, workers and students place flowers before the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung (L) and his son, late leader Kim Jong-il, on the 101st anniversary of Kim Il-sung's

North Korea looks inward for founder’s birthday, tensions ease

North Korea celebrated the anniversary of its founder’s birth on Monday and abandoned its shrill threats of war against the United States and the South, easing tensions in a region that had seemed on the verge of conflict.

Posted in International, News
Tagged anniversary, birthday, founder, North Korea, nuclear, threats
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry 
Credit: Reuters

Kerry says U.S. ready to ‘reach out’ Tto North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday stressed the United States is willing to engage with North Korea as long as it takes steps to give up nuclear weapons.

Posted in National, News
Tagged International, John Kerry, North Korea | Reply
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) looks at Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Credit: Reuters

U.S., China agree on North Korea denuclearization push

The United States and China agreed on Saturday to make a joint effort to push for the peaceful denuclearization of North Korea.

Posted in International, News
Tagged John Kerry, North Korea, Nuclear Talks | Reply
The US will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea said secretary of state John Kerry

U.S. will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea: Kerry

Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as “unacceptable by any standard” weeks of bellicose warnings of impending nuclear war by [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged John Kerry, North Korea, nuclear armed, nuclear war, US
South Korean soldiers of an artillery unit walk past 155mm Towed Howitzers during an artillery drill as part of the annual joint military exercise

South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missile

South Korea said this morning there was “very high” probability that North Korea, engaged in weeks of threats of war, [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged launch, missile, North Korea, South Korea, surveillance
North Korean officials attend a national meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il's election as chairman of North Korea's National Defence Commission at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang April 8, 2013, in this picture taken and released by the North's official KCNA news agency on Monday. REUTERS/KCNA

North Korea warns foreigners to get out of the South

North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South this morning, warning foreigners to [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged evacuate, foreigners, North Korea, South Korea, warning | Reply
North Koreans attend a rally held to gather their willingness for a victory in a possible war against the United States and South Korea.
Credit: Reuters

North Korea missiles threaten US bases

North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged Japan, missiles. US, North Korea | Reply
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