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North Korea could stumble from bluster to war
Beneath a map depicting the battle plan for “Target Mainland U.S.,” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is shown in state propaganda photos being briefed by his generals on preparations for attacks on Guam, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast....Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, Columbia University, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye
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Pyongyang closes industrial park shared by North and South
SEOUL -- After days of harsh threats against the United States and South Korea, North Korea on Wednesday morning banned South Koreans' entry to the Kaesong industrial complex that is operated jointly by the North and South in a region just above the ...
Tags: North Korea
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North Korea vows to restart shuttered nuclear facilities
SEOUL -- North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart nuclear facilities that were closed as part of a 2007 international disarmament agreement. The move comes at the urging of the communist state's leader, Kim Jong Un, for the country to build...Tags: China, Seoul (South Korea), Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Policy
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North Korea, in break from bluster, elevates reformer
SEOUL — North Korea's parliament on Monday approved the appointment of a new premier seen by outside experts as an economic reformer, a rare sign of moderation from the country after days of bellicose statements. The appointment in Pyongyang...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), U.S. Military, South Korea, Politics, Kim Jong Un
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For the moment, North Korea turns its attention to economy
SEOUL -- After weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea, the leadership of North Korea turned its attention to its battered economy Monday, naming a 74-year-old economic expert as its new prime minister. Pak Pong-Ju is viewed as a...
Tags: U.S. Military, Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Un, South Korea, North Korea
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Reaching out to North Korea
President Obama's recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement. The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey for a deadly...
Tags: China, Central Intelligence Agency, Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, Jimmy Carter
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North Korea says peninsula is in 'state of war'
SEOUL — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. The latest statement...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Military, Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Un, Wars and Interventions
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U.S. sends stealth bombers on practice run to South Korea
Two American stealth bombers flew over South Korea in a practice run to drop dummy munitions, the U.S. military announced Thursday. The unusual announcement is expected to further anger North Korea, which issued threats this month over recently...
Tags: U.S. Military, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), Cyprus
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First female South Korean president faces North Korea crisis
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a dictator, and where she will respond to volatile North Korea, which tested a...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, Emergency Incidents, Yingluck Shinawatra, Park Geun-hye
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North Korea threatens attacks on U.S., Guam, South Korea
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- In the latest in a series of escalating threats, North Korea's top command announced Tuesday that it has put its artillery and strategic rocket units under what it called "No. 1 combat readiness," targeting the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Guam and...Tags: U.S. Military, Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Our fruitless quest for missile defense
Foreign policy is often a form of theater, with elaborate rituals and pretenses that no one takes too literally. But rarely have the gimmicks of stagecraft been as obvious as in the latest standoff between North Korea and the United States. Lately, even...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Military, Ronald Reagan, Times Square, Weaponry
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Widespread computer outages in South Korea, cyber-attacks by North Korea suspected
Police and South Korean officials were investigating the simultaneous shutdown Wednesday of computer networks at several major broadcasters and banks. While the cause wasn't immediately clear, speculation centered on a possible North Korean cyberattack....Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, News Agency, U.S. Military, Computer Crime, Banking
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