North Hamgyong

Seoul, Washington Must Give N.Korea a Firm Warning

South Korean and U.S. intelligence have confirmed that North Korea has set up a missile on its launch pad at the Musudan-ri test site in North Hamgyong Province. The countdown to the long-range missile launch has virtually...

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N.Korea's Missile Capacity Is a Serious Threat

North Korea launched a long-range rocket at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday from Musudan-ri, North Hamgyong Province. The government said the rocket was a satellite launch vehicle, judging from the trajectory of the projectile, so even if...

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North Korean defectors tell of torture and beatings

Former prisoners describe harrowing ordeals as UN prepares to scrutinise North Korea's human rights record In the nine months after his arrest on espionage charges, Guang-il Jung was beaten by North Korean security guards with...

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N.Korea 'Restarts Reprocessing Plant'

Northy Korea has apparently restarted a fuel reprocessing facility at Yongbyon. Steam has recently seen coming from the facility. Experts had earlier speculated that it would take two to four months for the North to resume...

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[Column] On the Sinification of North Korea

North Korea and China are rapidly developing a close relationship as if they were a couple looking forward to their wedding day. It is troubling, however, to watch what seems to be an awkward honeymoo..

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[Column] Using Duman River development to establish regional peace

The international community surrounding the Korean Peninsula is presenting us with an opportunity for a rapid turnaround in inter-Korean relations. North Korea has hinted at a possible return to the s..

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Demands to return defectors spurned by South Korea

SEOUL -- South Korea on Sunday rejected North Korea's demand to return 11 refugees from the isolated communist country after confirming their desire to defect, officials here said. Pyongyang sent a message through a...

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NKorea tightens foreign film censorship: activists (AFP)

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has tightened its crackdown on foreign films after an elite college student was arrested for downloading and watching a bootleg file of a South Korean blockbuster, a defector group said Monday.

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Russia donates food to DPRK

PYONGYANG, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Food donated by Russia has arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official KCNA news reported Friday. KCNA said a donation ceremony was held at Rajin Port, North...

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North Korea's nuclear vows fail to sway sceptics

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a visiting Chinese envoy he will work to end his country's nuclear arms programme through multilateral talks in an apparent breakthrough, but similiar vows in the past have...

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