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N. Korea Ramps Up work At Nuke Site

Posted 05.22.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day a...

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US Gives North Korea Stern Warning

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.22.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea -- The top U.S. envoy for North Korea warned Pyongyang on Monday that any nuclear test would be a serious miscalculation that would...

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PHOTOS: A Fascinating Look Inside North Korea's Mass Spectacles

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.17.2012

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-- The world knows North Korea through its gigantic public displays. There are the immense military parades, with tens of thousands of soldiers poun...

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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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Pyongyang and Tehran

Michael Brenner | Posted 04.19.2012

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North Korea's military capabilities and intentions get scant attention in the American media, among politicians, and in Congress, in contrast to the all-consuming obsession with Iran. Why?

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South Korea: North Korea Prepping Nuclear Test

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.10.2012

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By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new tunnel in what appears to be pr...

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PHOTOS: First Day Of School In North Korea

AP | Posted 04.06.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korean students in Pyongyang celebrated the first day of their new school year this week with flowers and confetti. I...

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North Korean Rocket Launch Offers Valuable Peek Inside

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 04.05.2012

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TOKYO — As the U.S. and its allies decry North Korea's planned rocket launch, they're also rushing to capitalize on the rare opportunity it pres...

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North Korea To Hold Key Conference Right Before Controversial Launch

AP | Posted 04.01.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea's ruling party has announced it will hold a political conference just before a controversial satellite launch. ...

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Pyongyang Party Celebration Preparations Underway

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.31.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — The sprawling site, which buzzes in the shadow of a giant bronze statue of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, looks at fi...

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Obama: North Korean 'Bad Behavior WIll Not Be Rewarded'

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul warned Monday that it might shoot down a North Korean rocket if it passes over South Korean territory, as worries abo...

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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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North Korea Power Supplies 'Evaporate' As Country Plunges Into Freezing Winter

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

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By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - North Korea's capital faces its worst electricity shortages in years just as a new leader...

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Associated Press Opens North Korea Bureau

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.16.2012

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NEW YORK -- When Associated Press executives and journalists attempted to open a North Korean bureau last month, they arrived in Pyongyang just hours ...

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Kim Jong Il's Body To Be Put On Display

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 03.12.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday it will enshrine Kim Jong Il's body in the palace housing his father, the national founder, deepe...

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A Private Citizen in North Korea

Jack Rosen | Posted 03.05.2012

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As North Koreans mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, and the world wonders what the future holds with his 20-something untested youngest son set to take control of a nuclear nation, my thoughts return to a somewhat unlikely visit to a country like no other.

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Kim Jong Il Funeral Held In North Korea

AP | Posted 02.26.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea declared Kim Jong Il's son and successor "supreme leader" of the ruling party, military and the people duri...

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The Dear Leader's Death Creates Dangers and Hopes

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.18.2012

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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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Kim Jong Il Death: A Reclusive Leader In A Hermit State

Posted 12.19.2011

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SEOUL, Dec 19 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in...

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PHOTOS: The 15 Most Beautiful Subway Stops In The World

BootsnAll | Posted 02.04.2012

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Lavish, old subway stops in allow passengers to travel back in time as they walk long corridors filled with antique chandeliers and other decadent embellishments.

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North Korea Claims Progress In Uranium Enrichment

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 01.29.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea claimed Wednesday that it is making rapid progress on work to enrich uranium and build a light-water nuclear po...

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Managing an Unmanageable North Korea

Leon V. Sigal | Posted 12.31.2011

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By refusing to negotiate in earnest with North Korea, the Obama administration has taken a fateful step toward renewed confrontation.

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U.S. Plans Talks With North Korea About Nuclear Program

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.19.2011

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WASHINGTON — Raising hopes for a new era of rapprochement with nuclear-armed North Korea, the Obama administration said Wednesday it would sit d...

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10 Fascinating Forbidding Places

ShermansTravel | Posted 11.29.2011

The same impulse that drew 16th-century explorers into uncharted oceans may compel today's intrepid travelers to ignore State Department travel warnings.

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U.S. To North Korea: Cease Nuclear Activity

AP | Posted 11.14.2011

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VIENNA -- The United States says it is not interested in negotiations with North Korea "for the sake of simply talking," stressing the country must st...

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