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Aide to Japan's leader pays unannounced visit to North Korea
BEIJING -- A senior aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Tuesday in North Korea, but neither country gave a reason for the unannounced visit that followed weeks of high tension in the region over the North's nuclear and missile tests....
Tags: News Agency, Government, North Korea, Shinzo Abe, Japan
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FACTBOX-UN experts recommend new North Korea sanctions
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Reuters) - A confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts has recommended that 15 new North Korean entities and individuals be sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council. It will be up to the 15-member council whether or not it...Tags: Missile Systems, U.S. Department of State, Exports, Nuclear Power, International Organizations
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US stresses coordination after Japan PM's aide visits N.Korea
ReutersBy Linda Sieg TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on Thursday on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, but said all sides tackling North Korea's nuclear ambitions should...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), North Korea, Beijing (China), Shinzo Abe, Heads of State
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Japan PM adviser Iijima arrives in North Korea
ReutersTOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday in a rare surprise visit to a country with which Japan has no diplomatic ties, but the purpose of the visit was not immediately known. North...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Government, North Korea, Shinzo Abe, Japan
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Book, U.S. Congress, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Trapped in South Korea, veteran spies still believe in the North
ReutersBy Ju-min Park SEOUL, April 30 (Reuters) - Park Hee-sung, a 78-year-old North Korean former agent who has been held in the enemy South for close to half a century, remains staunchly loyal to his homeland, the ruling Kim family and its Juche ideology of...Tags: International Military Interventions, North Korea, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Philosophy
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Corea del Norte dice que turista estadounidense detenido enfrentará juicio
ReutersPor Jane Chung SEUL, 27 abr (Reuters) - Corea del Norte dijo el sábado que un turista coreano-estadounidense, encarcelado por el paÃs a fines del año pasado, enfrentará un juicio por "cometer crÃmenes" en su contra. El hecho tiene lugar en medio de...Tags: Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Pyongyang (North Korea)
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The Pyongyang power couple behind dynastic dictator Kim
Reuters* Young leader's aunt is daughter of N.Korea's founder * Leader's uncle Jang was close to Kim Jong-il * Couple believed to control ruling party's finances * Couple seen trying to cement power amid military purges By Jack Kim SEOUL, April 26 (Reuters)...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, North Korea, Kim Il Sung, Suicide, Park Geun-hye
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The Week in Pictures | April 15 – April 21, 2013
FrameworkThe eyes of the world were on Boston this week with the two bomb blasts during the marathon on Monday and subsequent manhunt for two brothers believed to be the perpetrators.... -
China "working on" persuading North Korea - U.S. officer
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday Chinese leaders had assured him that they were working on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. China is North Korea's main...Tags: North Korea, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Beijing (China), Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pictures in the News | April 15, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in North Korea, where people visit giant statues of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile... -
North Korea marks founder's birthday with flowers, not missiles
BEIJING -- North Korea celebrated the 101th anniversary of its founder's birth Monday with flowers and dancing instead of missiles, raising hopes that the regime may be climbing down from the furious rhetoric of recent weeks. Even the fire-breathing...
Tags: North Korea, Defense, Beijing (China), Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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