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Ban concerned about provocations after latest DPR Korea missile test
19 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern about provocations and tensions on the Korean Peninsula following reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched short-range guided missiles into the sea on Saturday. The latest action comes despite repeated calls by the international community, including Mr. Ban and the United Nations Security ...
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North Korea Test-Fires 4th Short-Range Missile
North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in the past two days into waters off its east coast on Sunday, despite calls for restraint from South Korea and other countries in the region, as well as the United Nations. The latest launch into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korean Defense Ministry officials, follows three coastal launches on Saturday that rattled the ...
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North Korea fires short-range missile
North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme. Citing an anonymous military official in Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile launch came a day after Pyongyang ...
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UN chief urges DPRK to return to negotiating table
Moscow, May 19 (Xinhua-ANI): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to the negotiating table with international mediators. Ban was concerned over the DPRK's latest short-range missile launches and urged the country "to refrain from further such acts," Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency. The DPRK launched three short-range ...
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DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds
DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. This is the first individual title at the world championships that was won by a non-Chinese player or pair since it was last held here 10 years ago. China has cleans wept all titles since, reports Xinhua. The two Kims defeated Lee Sangsu and Park Yongsook of South Korea in the ...
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UN chief calls on North Korea to return to talks
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme. The communist regime broke off talks with South Korea, China, the US, Japan and Russia on its nuclear programme in 2009, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning ...
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DPRKs Kim Jong-un visits childrens camp
's leader Kim Jong-un (center) and his wife Ri Sol-ju sit during a visit to the Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp situated at the foot of Mt Myohyang in North Phyongan province, in this photo released by DPRK's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 20, 2013. ...
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Piracy prisoners and missiles North Korea had a busy weekend
Like an attention-seeking toddler, albeit one with with nuclear weapons, North Korea rarely allows much time to go by without some destructive antics. As of this weekend, the unpredictable country appears to be ransoming a Chinese fishing boat, potentially talking with the US about an American prisoner it's holding as a bargaining chip, and lofting a series of short-range missiles into the ...
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S. Korea analyzing if North launched missiles or artillery- Experts N. Korea camp holding American not worst
South Korea officials are trying to determine out what exactly North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend. A Defense Ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity citing department rules says experts are analyzing whether the projectiles are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing. North Korea fired what Seoul officials called a ...
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U.S. calls on DPRK to release detained American
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government on Monday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to release the detained American citizen. Describing welfare of U.S. citizens as a "critical and top priority" for his department, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell called on the DPRK to release the detained American, identified by him as Kenneth ...
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S. Korea to monitor financial market conditions amid DPRK risks
South Korea's top financial regulator said Monday that financial market conditions should be monitored more thoroughly amid resurfacing risks related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)."North Korea (DPRK) risks eased recently, but the North resumed its provocation over the weekend by launching short-range missiles, " Financial Services Commission (FSC) ...
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North Korean rocket launch
- Equities are the favored asset class in the Asia session despite the accelerating housing prices in China and more provocations from North Korea - developments which in prior months would have dampened investors appetite. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is leading the charge in a catch-up rally following Friday holiday, reaching a 3-month high above 23,400. Shanghai Composite is up about 1% above ...
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S.Korea says ready for more North missile tests
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea on Monday predicted further missile tests by North Korea which fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul and UN chief Ban Ki-moon."Our military is closely monitoring activities by the North's military since there is a possibility of additional launches in the future," Defence Ministry spokesman Kim ...
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North Koreas relationship with China in jeopardy as row over fishing boat hijack rumbles on
China says it is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner publicised the plight of its 16 crew in an online account saying they were seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ...
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Situation on Korean Peninsula Still Serious - S.Korean FM
recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea’s foreign minister was quoted by South Korean media as saying Monday. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se made the statement at an annual conference of chiefs of overseas diplomatic missions in Seoul, after the North test-fired four short-range missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) over the ...
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SKorea analyzing NKoreas 4 projectile launches
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said ...
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Seoul berates Pyongyang for trying to divide public
Seoul on Sunday upbraided Pyongyang for trying to divide the South Korean public and shift the blame onto it for the suspended industrial park in Gaeseong, saying that North Korea warped the facts by claiming it earlier proposed dialogue on its own. Rebuffing Seoul's third overture on Wednesday for working-level talks about South Korean firms' raw materials and finished products left ...
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North Korea launches projectile into the sea
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast yesterday – a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials ...
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Beijing seeks release of fishing crew held in North Korea
(52 mins ago) China says it is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner publicized the plight of its 16 crew in an online account saying they were seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom. Yu Xuejun, who was not aboard the boat, wrote on his microblog late Saturday that North Koreans seized his boat on May 5 in what he says were ...
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DPRK has stood the test
Because the PDRK has stood their ground, the U.S. and its allies has had to back down, now willing to resort to diplomacy to solve their issues. However, I doubt that U.S. and its allies will be able to get what it wants with diplomacy what it could not get with military threats. In most people's eyes, the U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world. It has repeatedly used its military ...
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North Korea Seized Chinese Fishing Boat
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North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters 4th test in 2 days
PYONGYANG -- North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast on Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials ...
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China asks NKorea to release fishing boat crew
BEIJING -; The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Korea to release a private Chinese fishing boat and its crew soon after its owner reported the detention 10 days ago, state media ...
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North Korea still holds 16 fishermen
The 16 Chinese fishermen reportedly kidnapped by armed North Koreans on May 5 are yet to be released, the owner of the hijacked fishing boat said Sunday. Analysts said the Chinese government should take a tougher stance toward Pyongyang to firmly ensure the safety of its citizens.Meanwhile, the Chinese embassy in North Korea is working on the detention issue, asking Pyongyang to ensure the ...
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UN chief ready to boost peace process trust building on Korean Peninsula spokesman
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is ready to "help facilitate the process of peace and trust-building on the Korean Peninsula" to avoid "miscalculation and dangerous escalation," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Sunday.The spokesman, in a note to the press here, made the statement after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday ...
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