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Japans secret trip to North Korea disrupts united stance against Pyongyang
Japan's visit to North Korea comes after broad regional agreement that Pyongyang should not be offered talks unless it displays a genuine commitment to ...
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Big in North Korea
Just for the record: I didn't actually visit the DPRKalso, "Politico" should be all-caps. What I did do is interview Tommy Vietor, then-National Security Council spokesman, who told me that the oversaturated coverage of the country's upcoming missile test threatened to provide Pyongyang with the propaganda tools they so desperately desired. "North Korea is trying ...
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Requiem for North Korea
The war clouds over the Korean peninsula are darkening perceptibly in the wake of US Secretary of State John Kerry's official visits to Tokyo and Seoul last month. Not much was disclosed about those consultations except that the former American presidential candidate had pledged full and unequivocal US support to both Tokyo and Seoul in the event hostilities did break out between them and ...
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Japan PM aide bids to meet Kim Jong-Un uncle report
TOKYO (AFP) - An aide to Japan's premier is trying to meet Kim Jong-Un's uncle, a key figure in North Korea's power elite, during a controversial visit to the country, a report said Friday.Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is attempting to arrange a meeting with Jang Sung-Taek, who is seen as a close confidant of the inexperienced Kim, Fuji TV ...
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North Korean leader shuffles top level military cadre
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has pushed out a high-profile military figure who once played a key role under his late father – the latest in a series of top-level personnel ...
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China is still delivering fertilizer and food to North Korea
When dealing with its volatile and unpredictable North Korean ally, China giveth, and China taketh away. Under pressure to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Beijing closed ...
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N Korean leader removes high-profile military figure
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has pushed out a high-profile military figure, who once played a key role under his late father -- the latest in a series of top-level personnel ...
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Japanese official meets North Korean officials
Japanese official Isao Iijima, who made a surprise visit to North Korea this week, met with that country's No. 2 leader, the North's official media said. Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime ...
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Seoul World Design Capital
In 2010, Seoul held the title of World Design Capital for the year, a coveted acknowledgment of the city’s progress in the development of its design-oriented industries and a foundation for the implementation of further development projects in preparation for 2010.
Seoul is a thriving global city of over 12 million people and the capital of South Korea, a country that has seen rapid development over the last few decades to become one of the newly emerged first world countries of the late 20th century. Read more
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