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N. Korea completes installing rocket: report
SEOUL — North Korea has completed installing a long-range rocket on its launch pad, ahead of its planned launch this month in defiance of widespread international condemnation, a report said Wednesday. All three stages of the Unha-3 rocket have been placed on the pad at the North’s Sohae satellite launch…
North Korean news agency claims ‘unicorn lair’ of ancient leader discovered
Normally, North Korea’s official state news agency is the place to go for reports ranging from the reclusive totalitarian state’s unparalleled scientific achievements to the limitless love which its inhabitants reserve for their successive leaders. Yet in what appears to be a genuine world exclusive, the inimitable Korean Central News…
South Korea stops anti-North event after military threats
South Korean troops and riot police on Monday prevented activists from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border after North Korea threatened a “merciless” military response. Groups of North Korean defectors had planned to launch balloons carrying 200,000 propaganda leaflets at 11:30 am (0230 GMT) from Imjingak Park on the border…
U.S. lets South Korea expand missile range to cover North
South Korea announced a deal with the United States on Sunday to almost triple the range of its missile systems to cover the whole of North Korea — a move likely to infuriate Pyongyang. The agreement will allow the South to deploy missiles with a range of 800 kilometres (500…
Report: S. Korea, U.S. practice occupying N. Korea
South Korean troops practiced a war scenario involving the occupation and stabilization of North Korea during a joint military drill with the United States last month, a report said Tuesday. The two allies, who staged a similar stabilization exercise in 2010, upgraded it to strengthen the role of the South…
South Korea on alert as major typhoon Bolaven nears
South Korea was Monday bracing for the arrival of major typhoon Bolaven with a main port and ferry routes closed, classes cancelled and officials put on high alert. Typhoon Bolaven – one of the most powerful storms in the region in decades – was churning Monday towards the peninsula after…
Dictator’s daughter will run for South Korean presidency
South Korea’s ruling party overwhelmingly voted for the daughter of an assassinated dictator to be its presidential candidate Monday, the first time a major party has chosen a woman to run for the post. Veteran politician Park Geun-Hye – whose mother was killed by a pro-North Korean agent – secured…
North Korea could produce dozens more nukes: study
WASHINGTON — North Korea could build an arsenal of up to 48 nuclear weapons, several times more than it has now, if the communist state were able to step up its program unchecked, a US think tank said Thursday. North Korea’s nuclear program is shrouded in secrecy, but the Institute…
Analysts: North Korea seeking economic reforms
North Korea’s new leadership is apparently pushing for reforms in a bid to revive its crumbling state-directed economy, analysts and a South Korean official said Friday. “Our government is aware of North Korea’s discussion and consideration of various changes in the economic sector since the launch of its new leadership,”…
North Korea first lady spotted with designer-style handbag
North Korea’s young first lady has been pictured sporting what appears to be a Christian Dior handbag, in stark contrast to widespread shortages elsewhere in the impoverished nation. Ri Sol-Ju, the wife of leader Kim Jong-Un, was pictured accompanying him on a “field guidance trip” to an army unit. It…
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