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North Korea battered by fresh storms after fatal flooding
SEOUL — North Korea said Sunday it was being lashed by severe thunderstorms that could cause major damage, just days after flooding that killed scores and left tens of thousands homeless. State media reported strong winds and heavy rains were battering parts of the country, including the capital Pyongyang, with…
North Korea accuses Clinton of ‘reckless’ criticism
SEOUL — North Korea hit out at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday, addressing her by her first name and accusing her of “reckless” criticism of its human rights record. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted an unnamed foreign ministry spokesman as saying recent comments by…
North Korea suffering severe drought: state media
North Korea is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, state media says, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages in the impoverished communist country. If the unusually dry weather persists to the end of the month, it will be the driest May in 50 years in western coastal…
North Korea denies punishment of ‘insincere mourners’
North Korea angrily hit back at allegations citizens who failed to appear sincere in the mourning of leader Kim Jong-Il were being rounded up and sentenced to hard labour. Some media outlets in the South have claimed North Koreans who did not participate in organised public mourning, failed to cry,…
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