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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Singapore - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday said a recent clash between warships from North and South Korea would not affect the decision to send a US special envoy to the Stalinist state. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth would...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington - US President Barack Obama makes his first trip to Asia with a heaping helping of intractable issues on his plate: a sluggish economy, global warming and the nuclear ambitions of Iran...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
A US envoy will go ahead with a landmark trip to North Korea despite a naval clash between the Stalinist state and South Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. "We are obviously hoping that the situation does not escalate and we are encouraged by the calm reaction that has been present up until now," Clinton told reporters at Asia-Pacific talks here.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is ready to deter any retaliation by North Korea following the two countries' first naval clash in seven years, officials said Wednesday, as the top U.S. diplomat said the skirmish will not scuttle a planned visit to Pyongyang by an American envoy. Tuesday's clash occurred hours before U.S. officials said President Barack Obama had decided to accept a North Korean...
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CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. officials will soon meet unilaterally with North Korean representatives to facilitate the resumption of talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Tuesday.
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Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
North and South Korea have fought a brief skirmish in disputed waters, with apparent damage to a North Korean naval vessel. Pyongyang is demanding an apology, while South Korea warns the North not to engage in any more provocative behavior.
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Council on Foreign Relations (Free subscription) | yesterday
By exposing them to the truth about their impoverishment and about the prosperity of their South Korean cousins, the United States can encourage North Koreans to change the regime in Pyongyang.
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IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Korea's military is on alert for any retaliatory moves after a North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze in a naval clash.
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday
A U.S. delegation could soon pay a visit to North Korea, a U.S. assistant secretary of state has said without giving the exact date of the visit.
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ROK Drop (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember this the next time you hear that the Chinese and Russians are showing good faith in their pursuit to disarm North Korea’s nuclear program: Declassified Japanese documents confirm that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said during September 2002 summit talks with Japan that he was afraid the North would end up like Iraq. NHK also reports [...]
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Sify (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
South Korean troops went on high alert on Wednesday in anticipation of a possible retaliation by North Korea after one of its navy ships was nearly destroyed in a skirmish with the South the day
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The six-party negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program, which involve Russia, the United States, China, Japan and the two Koreas, stalled late last year when Pyongyang missed a deadline to hand over nuclear data as part of a deal under which the North was promised economic aid and diplomatic incentives.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Washington - US President Barack Obama is to send a top diplomat to North Korea for discussions aimed at resuming international disarmament talks with Pyongyang, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The report, which cited senior US officials, came ...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In a rare interview, Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki denies helping Islamic militants in Somalia, and says his country doesn't need elections.
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
President Obama has agreed to send a senior U.S. diplomat to North Korea for the first direct talks with the government there in more than a year, hoping the mission will lead to the renewal of multi-nation negotiations designed to end its nuclear program.
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yourfindit | 04/29/2009
North Korea, still angered by the United Nations condemnation of a recent rocket launch, has threatened to carry out nuclear missile tests unless an apology is issued. While North Korea insisted that their April 5 rocket launch placed a communications satellite in orbit the general feeling in the international community was that the launch was actually a missile test. Shortly after the launch the UN
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djuice24 | 02/11/2009
Fifa World Cup 2010 Qualifying in South Africa Qualifying for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa North Korea vs Saudi Arabia Match scheduled: 11-02-2009 from 07:00 until 09:00 FIFA World Cup™ Qualifier Live Online
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mirabeau | 09/10/2008
Popping up again in Japan, the rumor that North Korea’s leader is being replaced by a double has been doing the rounds ever since the communist nation was founded. A specialist in North Korea at Waseda university in Japan and a former correspondent in Seoul for the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun , Japanese academic Toshimitsu Shigemura has just published a book entitled “The True Nature of Kim Jong-il”