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North Korea Threatens With 'Special Actions'

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.23.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea sharply escalated the rhetoric against its southern rival, claiming it will soon conduct "special actions" ...

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Obama Visits Korean Border

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.24.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" w...

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Paradise Jeju Island: A Tahiti in the South Pacific?

Young-mok Kim | Posted 05.14.2012

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Young-mok Kim

Who should be the ones to care when Korea's territorial integrity and its national sovereignty are threatened? First and foremost, it should be Koreans.

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North Korea: Say You're Sorry, Seoul, And Then We'll Talk

AP | KIM KWANG HYON | Posted 04.03.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea is open to immediate talks with rival South Korea if Seoul responds to several preconditions for dialogue, ...

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What Would A Single Korea Look Like?

AP | By FOSTER KLUG | Posted 03.04.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea -- A single, reunified Korea has long been a cherished dream of people on both sides of the world's most heavily fortified border. ...

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North Korea: Foolish 'Puppet Group' In South Korea Should Not Expect Change From Us

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea announced Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further st...

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Kim Jong Il's Insane Movie Obsession

ARTINFO | Posted 02.20.2012

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"Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important," Lenin told his culture commissar in 1919. In wholehearted agreement with this diktat was K...

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The Dear Leader's Death Creates Dangers and Hopes

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.18.2012

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Eric Margolis

Kim's death now presents fruitful opportunities for the US and its Asian allies to engage with North Korea and nudge it towards less paranoid, more economically productive behavior.

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Global Occupy: North Korea's Thoughts On 'Occupy Seoul'

The Huffington Post | Clare Richardson | Posted 12.26.2011

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As South Korea gets in the occupying spirit, the official news agency of its neighbor to the north has jumped on the demonstrations as an opportunity ...

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Hackers Hit Korean Military Website Thousands Of Times

AP | Posted 11.28.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — A ruling party lawmaker says South Korean military websites have been hit by more than 2,770 hacking attempts in the past y...

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U.S. And South Korea Start Joined War Games

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea on Tuesday began joint war games that North Korea has warned would choke off budding diplomac...

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North Korea Shells South Korean Waters

Posted 10.10.2011

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SAM KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean marines returned fire Wednesday after North Korea launched artillery shells into water...

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North Korea Threatens To Attack South Korea, U.S.

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean and U.S. troops began annual military drills Monday that North Korea slammed as a rehearsal for an invasion th...

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North Korea Prepares For Likely Nuclear Test: Reports

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is digging tunnels at a site where it has launched two nuclear tests, suggesting it is preparing a third, the South's Y...

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North Korea, South Korea End Defense Talks Without Progress

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea refused Thursday to hold any more military talks with South Korea, saying Seoul lacks serious intent to improve...

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Kim Jong-il Meets China's Top Diplomat

AP | JEAN H. LEE and FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — Diplomacy is showing signs of life on the Korean peninsula, two weeks after North Korea shelled its neighbor. China, under ...

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International Criminal Court: North Korea Under Investigation

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.25.2011

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AMSTERDAM — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he has opened an preliminary investigation into possible war crimes b...

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US, Japan Begin War Games; China Denounces Drills

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — In an ongoing show of force following a deadly North Korean attack on a front-line island, the U.S. and Japan began one of their biggest-eve...

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Two Civilian Deaths Reported In South Korea After Attack

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM and KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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INCHEON, South Korea — South Korea's president vowed Thursday to boost security around islands near the site of a North Korean artillery attack ...

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Behind The North Korea Attack: Kim Jong Un's Rise

Time | BILL POWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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Analysts in Seoul said the thread plausibly linking the nuclear revelations and Tuesday's attack in the West Sea is the leadership succession now unde...

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Obama Condemns North Korea Attack, Affirms 'Commitment To Defend South Korea'

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama told ABC's Barbara Walters Tuesday that the United States is "rallying the international community" in defense of South Korea, ...

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South Korea Agrees To 'High Level Defense Talks' With North

AP | KIM KWANG-TAE | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has accepted a North Korean proposal to hold high-level defense talks following months of soaring tensions, a b...

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North Korea Restores Key Hotline With South

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — The two Koreas restored an important cross-border communication channel on Wednesday, though South Korea still rejected Nor...

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North Korea Calls For 'Unconditional Talks' With South

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called for "unconditional and early" talks with rival South Korea to put an end to months of tensions. Seoul qu...

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North Korea Warns War Would Bring 'Nuclear Holocaust'

AP | KIM KWANG-TAE and FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea welcomed the new year Saturday with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war "will bring...

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