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North Korea

2010-03-12T20:33:35Z

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Thursday, March 11, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, foreground, visits Chilsong Electric Appliances Factory in Huichon, southern part of Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo on Sunday, March 7, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps during a massive rally Saturday, March 6, 2010, marking the completion of the Vinalon Complex, in Hamhung, Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, smiles with top Chinese Communist Party official North Korea's military on Sunday lashed out at South Korea's plan to launch a "preemptive strike" against the communist state to thwart any nuclear attacks, state media said.</p><p>The North's General Staff of the Korean People's Army said, in an angry sta...

N.Korea lashes out at Seoul's military plan

2010-02-22T15:52:53Z

<div><p>North Korea's military on Sunday lashed out at South Korea's plan to launch a "preemptive strike" against the communist state to thwart any nuclear attacks, state media said.</p><p>The North's General Staff of the Korean People's Army said, in an angry sta...

N.Korean leader views armed forces drill: report

2010-02-22T19:13:52Z

<div><p>North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has watched an armed forces joint drill, state media said Sunday, in the first such disclosure since he took command of the military almost two decades ago.</p><p>In what appeared to be fresh sabre-rattling against Cold-War foe South Korea, Kim watched his troops "shattering the 'enemy camp' to ...

Quotations of the day

2010-02-22T19:59:52Z

<div><p>"The situation is getting more tense as the poorest people who need so much are waiting for deliveries. I think tempers might be frayed." — David Wimhurst, spokesman for the Brazilian-commanded U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti.</p><p>___</p><p>...

N.Korea calls for end to hostile relations with US

2010-02-23T07:16:58Z

<div><p>North Korea on Friday called for an end to hostile relations with the United States, vowing to work towards a nuclear-free peninsula seven months after its last atomic test angered the world community.</p><p>The call was made in a policy-setting New Year joint editorial of the communist country's state newspapers. North Ko...

North Korea calls for end to hostile relations with US

2010-02-23T07:20:21Z

N.Korea calls for end to hostile relations with US: state media

2010-02-23T07:26:08Z

<div><p>North Korea early Friday called for an end to hostile relations with the United States, state media reported.</p><p>The call was made in a New Year joint editorial of several leading state North Korean newspapers, the official Korean Central Ne...

North Korea New Year

2009-12-31T04:45:30Z

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean people buy New Year greeting cards at a store in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, visits a chicken farm in North Phyongan Province, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Ko...

N.Korean leader inspects security forces

2010-02-24T02:06:57Z

<div><p>North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has inspected the nation's security force headquarters, state media said on Sunday, in what Seoul media say is a bid to further tighten his control on society.</p><p>The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim exp...

North Korea France

2009-11-10T00:00:19Z

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency and distributed by Korea News Service in Tokyo, French envoy Jack Lang, left, is greeted by North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun as they meet in Pyongyang, capita...

NKorea: more fuel for nuclear bomb produced

2010-02-24T10:46:41Z

<div><p> North Korea has produced more plutonium to make nuclear weapons, official media said Tuesday, a day after the communist state threatened to "go its own way" unless Washington agrees to direct talks.</p><p>The country had "successfully completed reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods by the end of August" at its North Korea has completed reprocessing spent fuel rods to make more fuel for nuclear weapons, official media said Tuesday.</p><p>The country had "successfully completed reprocessing spent fuel rods by the end of August" at its Yongbyon complex, the North's North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified land border, the communist state's official media said Tuesday.</p><p>Seoul did not confirm the rare South-North defection but the military said a wire fence had been found cut.</p><p>North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified land border, the communist state's official media said Tuesday.</p><p>The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) identified the man as Kang Tong-Rim, 30, ...

NKorea's Mass Games come to a close

2010-02-24T16:54:19Z

<div id="subtitle">North Korea says Mass Games extravaganza drew 1.4 million during extended run</div><div><p>North Korea says the extended run of its dance-and-tumbling extravaganza known as the Mass Games has come to a close.</p><p>The official Korean Central News Agency said...

North Korea Graham

2009-10-15T04:00:39Z

In this Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of veteran evangelist Billy Graham, left, is greeted by Kim Yong ...