169 killed in North Korea floods
August 6th, 2012 - 3:50 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Severe floods have killed up to 169 people and injured 144 in North Korea since July, state KCNA news agency reported.Another 400 people have gone ... Read more...
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88 killed in North Korea floods
July 29th, 2012 - 6:15 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 29 (IANS) Floods triggered by torrential downpour have killed 88 people in North Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported.A total of 134 were reported injured and around ... Read more...
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North Korea threatens South Korean president
April 23rd, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang , April 23 (IANS) North Korea has threatened to launch "special operations" against South Korea's president, the official KCNA news agency said Monday.A special mission team of the Korean ... Read more...
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North Korea slams South Korean president
April 22nd, 2012 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, April 21 (IANS) North Korea has accused South Korean President Lee Myung-bak of drumming up war hysteria, reports said Saturday.Lee Thursday toured a research institute, where he watched videos ... Read more...
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North Korea warns Seoul over military drill
February 19th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Feb 19 (IANS) North Korea has warned Seoul on its naval drill beginning Monday, terming it a premeditated military provocation", Xinhua reported.The South Korean military will stage a naval ... Read more...
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Kim Jong Un appointed North Korea’s top military commander
January 1st, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Jan 1 (IANS) Kim Jong-un, the youngest son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, has been appointed the country's top military commander, the ruling Workers' Party of Korea ... Read more...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead, youngest son takes over (Third Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Dec 19 (IANS) Kim Jong-il, the 69-year-old supreme leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, died Saturday during a train journey. His youngest son was made the "great successor", the ... Read more...
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North Korea’s top leader Kim Jong-il is dead (Second Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Dec 19 (IANS) Kim Jong-il, North Korea's top leader who ambitiously pursued a nuclear weapons programme, died Saturday during a train journey "from a great mental and physical ... Read more...
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No change in Seoul’s fundamentals over Kim’s death: Moody’s
December 19th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Dec 19 (IANS) South Korea's economic fundamentals would not change with the death of North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-il, a senior official at Moody's said Monday."We will continue ... Read more...
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South Korea on high alert after Kim’s death
December 19th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Dec 19 (IANS) South Korea was in a state of high alert Monday following the death of North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-il.
Soon after the North Korea's official ... Read more...
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Kim’s death: US in touch with South Korea
December 19th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) The US was in "close touch" with South Korea and Japan following the death of North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-il, the White House said.
"We ... Read more...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies on train (Lead, changing dateline)
December 19th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Dec 19 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died Saturday during a train journey "from a great mental and physical strain". He was 69, the country's official KCNA news ... Read more...
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North Korea develops new liver cancer injection
March 4th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, March 4 (IANS) North Korea has developed a new injection for liver cancer, the efficiency of which is as high as 90 percent, a media report said Friday.The official ... Read more...
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N. Korea sends proposal to S. Korea for new reunion event of separated families
September 11th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Pyongyang (N. Korea), Sept. 11 (ANI): North Korea has sent a proposal to South Korea for holding a new reunion event for families separated on the two sides of the Korean Peninsula.According ... Read more...
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North Korea confirms seizing S. Korean fishing boat
August 19th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): A South Korean fishing boat with three Chinese on board has been seized by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to the KCNA news agency.The ... Read more...
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US-S.Korea defence drills ’serious provocations and “rude challenges’: North Korea
July 27th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): North Korea declared on Tuesday that it did not fear "military threats" and "warnings" by the United States and South Korea.The country's official KCNA news agency quoted ... Read more...
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Satellite launch successful: North Korea
April 5th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, April 5 (Xinhua) North Korea Sunday successfully launched a long-range rocket mounted with a communications satellite, the official KCNA news agency said.
The 'Kwangmyongsong-2' satellite was sent into the orbit at ... Read more...
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North Korea says ready for ‘all-out confrontation’ with South
February 19th, 2009 - 8:12 am ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Feb 19 (Xinhua) North Korea Thursday said its army was ready for an "an all-out confrontation" with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported.
The Lee Myung-bak administration of South Korea, ... Read more...
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North Korea scraps all accords with South Korea
January 30th, 2009 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Jan 30 (Xinhua) North Korea has scrapped all political and military agreements with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday. It denounced the South Korean government for pushing the ... Read more...
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