North Korea threatens to re-examine n-issue
July 21st, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Pyongyang will "re-examine its nuclear issue" following the uncovering of US-South Korean alleged plots to destroy a statue of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung, ... Read more...
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North Korea prepares for underground nuclear test
April 8th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea is preparing for a third underground nuclear test, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Sunday."North Korea is making clandestine preparations for a ... Read more...
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North Korea seeks food aid from Britain
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea has asked Britain for food aid as it was suffering from an acute food shortage, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.Choe Tae-bok, chairman ... Read more...
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North Korean leader unexpectedly stays in China: Report
August 29th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Aug 29 (DPA) North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared to be visiting a third area in China Sunday, South Korea's Yonhap New Agency reported.
The story was released a day after ... Read more...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visiting China
May 3rd, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, May 3 (ANI): A special train carrying Kim Jong-il, North Korea's reclusive leader, crossed into China early Monday.South Korean news agency Yonhap and other South Korean news media reported that if ... Read more...
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North Korea confiscates frozen South Korean assets at mountain resort in North
April 23rd, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by BNO News
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- North Korea announced on Friday that it will seize five frozen South Korean assets at a mountain resort in North, the Yonhap newswire service reported.North Korea ... Read more...
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N. Korea in position to build another nuke bomb
November 4th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.4 (ANI): North Korea's official news agency Yonhap has reported that the country has finished reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods, which are likely to provide enough plutonium for at least ... Read more...
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North Korea appears to be preparing new missile tests: Report
October 13th, 2009 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, Oct 13 (DPA) North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct new missile tests, a South Korean news agency reported Tuesday.
After five rocket tests on Monday on North Korea's east coast, ... Read more...
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South Korea’s Oh Eun Sun reaches 13th 8,000-metre summit
August 4th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Aug 4 (DPA) South Korean climber Oh Eun Sun became the first woman to climb 13 of the world's 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, the national news agency Yonhap reported Tuesday, ... Read more...
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South Korea’s ex-president breathing on a respirator
July 16th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 16 (DPA) South Korea's former president and Nobel peace laureate in 2000 Kim Dae Jung is breathing on a respirator in hospital, a spokesman for a Seoul hospital said Thursday.
The ... Read more...
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North Korea launches five more missiles: Report (Third Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports.
The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ... Read more...
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Seoul to spend billions on thwarting North Korea threat
July 3rd, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 3 (DPA) South Korea Friday announced plans to spend billions on sophisticated technology to counter the perceived threat of a North Korean nuclear attack.
The defence ministry, reacting to the latest ... Read more...
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North Korea warns UN council, tests new missile
May 29th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 29 (DPA) North Korea warned the UN Security Council Friday that it would take "further self-defence measures" if the council imposed more sanctions on it for this week's nuclear test ... Read more...
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North Korea fires two missiles after nuclear test (Lead)
May 26th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, May 26 (DPA) North Korea fired two short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test, South Korean media reported.
The launches were carried out on North Korea's east ... Read more...
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US, South Korea say North Korean satellite launch fails
April 5th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul/Washington, April 5 (DPA) Media reports in the US and South Korea said Sunday that North Korea had failed to place a satellite into orbit with its rocket launching earlier in the ... Read more...
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North Korea readying intercontinental missile launch: Reports
February 3rd, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Feb 3 (DPA) North Korea is preparing to test-fire an intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, South Korean media reports said Tuesday.Intelligence agencies in South Korea and the US ... Read more...
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South Korean man on rampage leaves six dead
October 20th, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Oct 20 (DPA) A South Korean man went on a rampage Monday in Seoul, setting fire to an 85-room lodging and stabbing five people to death, local media reported.The unemployed 31-year-old ... Read more...
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South Korea, US to conduct large-scale military exercise
August 17th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Seoul, Aug 17 (Xinhua) US and South Korea will hold a large-scale military exercise in south Korea Monday, media reported here Sunday. About 56,000 South Korean troops and 10,000 US soldiers will ... Read more...
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Six-nation ministerial talks on North Korea July 23
July 18th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Beijing, July 18 (RIA Novosti) Foreign ministers of the six countries negotiating North Korea's nuclear disarmament will meet in Singapore July 23, South Korea's Yonhap agency said Friday. The six countries ... Read more...
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North Korea test-fires three short-range missiles
May 31st, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Seoul, May 31 (DPA) North Korea Saturday test fired three short-range missiles, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Two of the firings were apparently not successful. The missiles, with a reach of ... Read more...
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North Korea talks in Moscow next week
May 23rd, 2008 - 1:18 am ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 22 (RIA Novosti) Russia, the US and South Korea will continue talks on the denuclearisation of North Korea in Moscow next week, a Russian foreign ministry source said Thursday. ... Read more...
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