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North Korea fires short range weapons

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:10 -0400

PYONGYANG - North Korea continued to fire short range projectiles into waters off its east coast for a third straight day on Monday, officials here said, despite warnings from the US and South Korea against increasing tensions. The North has conducted six such firings since Saturday, in what are believed to be tests of short-range guided missiles or rockets from multiple launchers, officials ...

Situation on Korean Peninsula still serious

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:40:01 -0400

The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea has said. "We continue to face a grave situation due to a series of provocations and nuclear threats by North Korea," said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at an annual conference of chiefs of overseas diplomatic missions in ...

Kim Jong-un tries to rebuild bridges with release of Chinese hostages

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:02 -0400

Pyongyang has backed down from a potentially damaging confrontation with its closest ally by releasing the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held hostage for over two ...

Pentagon plays down Korean Peninsula tensions after missile tests

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:49 -0400

A KN-02 missile, the kind that it is believed North Korea has launched six times in the last few days. The US has tried to downplay the missile tests, citing decreased tensions on the peninsula. (Wikipedia/Wikimedia ...

Chinese hostages released as North Korea backs down

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:45 -0400

Pyongyang has backed down from a potentially damaging confrontation with its closest ally by releasing the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held hostage for over two ...

‘North Korea has gone too far’ Chinese fishermen beaten held for ransom by gunmen wearing North Korean military ...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:33 -0400

BEIJING — Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat Tuesday after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel’s fuel, the boat’s owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the $100,000 ransom they had demanded. The seizure May 5 in what boat owner Yu Xuejun said were Chinese waters was the latest ...

North Korea border town opens to tourists

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:30 -0400

The colorful, electric sign was something of an unusual and unexpected greeting for Briton Simon Cockerell, 35, who this week embarked on a landmark visit to Sinuiju, North Korea's largest border ...

Video UN chief worried by North Koreas missile launches

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:04 -0400

In response to North Korea's recent missile launches, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges Pyongyang to return to talks and avoid further ...

U.S. shrugs off North Korean missile tests

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:29 -0400

Recent missile launches by North Korea haven't led to additional security concerns on the Korean Peninsula, a U.S. government spokesman said. The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reported that Monday marked the third consecutive day that North Korea launched short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan. A North Korean underground test of a nuclear device in February sparked concerns about ...

North Korea returns hijacked fishing boat after Chinese social media erupts in fury

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:54:51 -0400

involving a Chinese fishing boat hijacked by North Korea has come to an end with the safe return of the vessel and its crew. Although the matter was resolved by officials behind closed doors, a fervent discussion took place on social media-and it was decidedly one way. The fishing boat's owner, Yu Xuejun, took it upon himself to spread the word of North Korea's seizure of the vessel ...

One mans escape from Camp 14 and North Korea

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:32:29 -0400

Only one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin ...

North Koreas hidden labor camps exposed

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:32:26 -0400

A new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC ...

South Korean top court upholds ruling against man convicted for emailing North Korean spy

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:49 -0400

South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, May 20, 2103. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy attack. (AP Photo/Ahn ...

China boat captain says hijackers were in North Korea military uniforms in latest incident to stoke tensions

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:42 -0400

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...

Boat hijack stokes tension between N. Korea China

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:39 -0400

North Korean Peoples Army

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:36 -0400

French photographer Eric Lafforgue made six secretive trips to North Korea and managed to capture a different side to the secretive state's army. Above: A female member of the Korean People's Army strokes a dog in Pyongyang, North ...

DPRK releases Chinese fishermen

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:27:49 -0400

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - A Chinese fishing boat held by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with 16 fishermen onboard was released early on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press conference here, quoting report by the owner of the vessel. "The crew was safe and the owner did not pay the ...

Chinese boats captain beaten by North Koreans released after 2 weeks hostage

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:01 -0400

The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat up the boat's captain and stole its fuel. Owner Yu Xuejun says the captors eventually released the boat Tuesday without the ransom they had demanded. The incident was the latest irritant in relations between North Korea and a Chinese ...

DPRKs Kim Jong Un has 2 daughters S.Korean media

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:48:09 -0400

Kim Jong Un now has two daughters, probably with different women, S.Korea's Chosun Ilbo quoted a source in Beijing as saying. His older brother Kim Jong-chol apparently has a son. The source said Kim Jong Un's wife Ri Sol Ju gave birth to a baby girl late last year. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who visited Pyongyang in February this year, said Ri talked mostly about her ...

U.S. calls on DPRK to exercise restraint

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:48:05 -0400

The United States has reiterated its call on the DPRK's leaders to exercise restraint and abide by its international obligations. A spokesman for the US State Department made the remarks in a daily press conference in response to the DPRK's latest missiles launches. "To monitoring the situation, and we continue to urge them to exercise restraint and take steps to improve relations ...

Japan tips its hand via North Korea

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:41:11 -0400

By Peter Lee The big story in Asia affairs today is a little trip that was supposed to stay a secret: the dispatch of Isao Iijima, adviser to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to meet with senior officials in North Korea, thereby breaking the united US/South Korean/Japanese front in negotiations with Pyongyang. It is the first instance of an overt divergence between Japanese and US ...

China media North Korea warned

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:53:18 -0400

State media in China warn North Korea to stop detaining fishing boats amid public anger over the "kidnapping" of fishermen by unidentified ...

N Korea releases China sailors

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:42:40 -0400

North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said on Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom. "All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," China's Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from the ship's ...

Detained Chinese Fishermen Boat Released by North Korea

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:08:01 -0400

The official Xinhua news agency reported the development Tuesday, quoting a Chinese consular official in Pyongyang who spoke with the owner of the fishing boat. The official said the men were safe and on their way home, but he gave no other details. The owner of the boat says North Korea was demanding nearly $100,000 for the return of the boat and crew, which were taken May 6 in the waters ...

Hijacked Chinese Vessel Leaves N.Korea - Agency

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:48:30 -0400

BEIJING, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - A Chinese fishing vessel seized by a group of North Koreans in Chinese waters about two weeks ago was released on Tuesday, China’s Xinhua news agency said. Xinhua quoted the ship’s owner as saying that the fishermen aboard the boat were "all safe on their way back." The boat, Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222, and its crew are from the ...

North Korea releases detained Chinese sailors say reports

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:27 -0400

Beijing: North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom."All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," China's Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from the ...

FBI cast reporter as criminal in probe of North Korea leak

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:39:32 -0400

WASHINGTON -- In another case of the Obama administration's investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory -- by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked ...

Obama Chinas Xi to meet earlier than expected amid issues from North Korea to cyberspying

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:26 -0400

BEIJING, China - China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White House, underlines the importance of the ...

Can Iijimas trip to North Korea be conducive to solving abduction issue

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:57 -0400

Is there any chance of finding a toehold to break the long-standing impasse on the problem of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents? The effectiveness of the diplomatic strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is now being tested over the issue. Isao Iijima, special adviser to the Cabinet Secretariat, who visited North Korea from Tuesday to Friday, briefed Chief Cabinet ...

Pyongyang frees Chinese fishermen

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:40:39 -0400

(34 mins ago) North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, media reports said. ';All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back,'' Xinhua said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from the shipowner. The vessel's owner Yu Xuejun told AFP that armed North Koreans seized the boat in waters between the two ...

Spring Trade Fair wraps up

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:53:52 -0400

‘ve taken a look through some of the footage from Korean national television and KCNA and spotted a few companies that were exhibiting. At last year’s trade ...

Detained Chinese fishermen in DPRK released official

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:49:37 -0400

A Chinese private fishing boat seized by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) side was released early Tuesday, a Chinese consular officer to the DPRK told Xinhua.Yu Xuejun, shipowner of the "Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222" from Dalian City in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, "has told us all the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," ...

Ambassy DPRK frees fishermen

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:19 -0400

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has released the 16 fishermen it had kept in detention since May 5, the People's Daily quoted an official from the Chinese Ambassy in DPRK as saying early ...

North Korea Releases Chinese Fishing Crew

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:40:49 -0400

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper From Sudan to North Korea and Syria A Plea to President Obama to Activate His Atrocities Prevention Board

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:53 -0400

Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten "In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head. Yet while millions may draw inspiration and hope from survivor's ...

Fueling the Nuclear Fire in North Korea

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:45:02 -0400

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, 4,200 miles away. The test was originally scheduled for early April, at the height of the current U.S.-North Korea nuclear crisis. At that ...

DPRK fires more missiles

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:15 -0400

/enpproperty--> Pyongyang reportedly fired two more short-range missiles on Monday, while Beijing called for parties to "ease the tension". The Democratic People's Republic of Korea reportedly fired its fifth and sixth short-range missiles in three days in a series of drills that have been condemned by the Republic of Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-moon. Pyongyang ...

China calls for strict implementation of UN resolutions concerning DPRK

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:46 -0400

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday called for the full implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired missiles into the East ...

North Korean Defector Wins Human Rights Award

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:27:06 -0400

Dong-hyuk Shinto Receive UN Watch Prize at League of Nations Hall in Geneva The award will be presentedat UN Watch's 20th anniversarygala dinner, where Shin will address ambassadors, NGO activists and UN officials.UN Watch will also arrange meetings for Shin with UN human rights officials in Geneva. The other dinner honouree and keynote speaker will be world chess champion and leading ...

North Korea in 3rd day of short-range weapon launches

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:13:12 -0400

North Korea defies UN warnings and fires sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:36 -0400

Korea, Democratic People S Republic Of North Korea has fired another two short-range missile into the sea, defying warnings from the South and the United Nations.South Korea's military says the North has now fired six short-range guided missiles into the ocean off its east coast in three days.Pyongyang describes the launches as "military training", saying the real provocation is ...

N. Korea Tests Don’t End ‘Provocation Pause’ U.S. Says

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:04:10 -0400

Korea 's test firings of six short-range missiles in three days may not reflect a return to a pattern of provocations by Kim Jong Un's regime, according to the U.S. military's top spokesman. The launches don't in themselves end a "provocation pause" and "do not necessarily violate" North Korea's international obligations, George Little, the ...

North Korea fires two missiles at the South – video

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:53 -0400

North Korea fires two short-range missiles at South Korea on Monday, in its sixth launch in the past three days. The missiles were fired off the east coast of the country and into the sea. The North condemned joint South Korea and US military drills in April as a rehearsal for an attack on its ...

China angry over N. Korea`s hijacking of fishing boat

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:37:43 -0400

China angry over N. Korea`s hijacking of fishing boat . MAY 21, 2013 04:14. . With a Chinese fishing boat confirmed to have been hijacked by North Korea, anti-North Korea sentiment in China is mounting anew. As circumstantial evidence has been made public to suggest that the hijacking incident has been caused by collusion by North Korean pirates and military, attention is focusing on whether ...

U.S. Remains Watchful After North Korean Missile Launches

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:57 -0400

By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 The United States continues to call on North Korean leaders to exercise restraint and abide by their international obligations, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today. North Korea fired five short-range missiles in the past three days, and reporters asked Little if this is a North Korean return to the ...

North Koreas missile tests A dangerous escalation

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:59 -0400

fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its north coast on Monday. That makes six missile launches in three days for the combative communist regime, in ...

US missile test postponed in April due to North Korean tensions is now scheduled for Tuesday

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:56 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with North Korea, is now scheduled to happen on Tuesday. The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile is to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and travel 4,190 miles (6,742 kilometres) to the Kwajalein Atoll in the ...

Russia Concerned Over N.Korea Missile Launches - Minister

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:31 -0400

North Korea's latest missile tests and hopes that a meeting of intermediaries on the North Korean nuclear issue settlement will be held in the nearest future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported earlier in the day that North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third ...

North Korea missile launches Pyongyang toying with foes

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:33:13 -0400

That's one explanation for Day 3 of provocation from North Korea, which again fired short-range missiles or rockets into the ocean. So far, the medium-range North Korea missiles that caused a flap in April are nowhere to be ...

North Korea fires more projectiles into the sea off its east coast

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:29:08 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Monday fired more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from ';tension-creating acts.'; But Pyongyang described the launches as a ';regular military exercise.'; The South Korean Defense Ministry still needs to analyze exactly what the North has been firing for the ...

U.N.s Ban frustrated with North Korea

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:12:59 -0400

Ban Ki -moon said. Ban expressed concern over North Korea's actions, which came despite repeated calls for restraint from the international community. Ban, in a statement issued through his spokesman, said he was concerned about recent missile activity "particularly given the risks of miscalculation and dangerous escalation." The South Korean government confirmed Monday that ...

DPRK strives to prevent spread of bird flu virus

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:17 -0400

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) was striving to prevent the spread of bird flu virus H5N1, the official KCNA news agency reported Monday.The virus found in ducks at the Tudan Duck Farm in Pyongyang was introduced by migratory birds, the Academy of Agricultural Science said on May 7.The KCNA said the DPRK had briefed UN agencies on the situation and culled as many as 160,000 ...

Why did North Korea launch 6 missiles in 3 days

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:06 -0400

South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 20, ...