Category Archives: N.Korea

N. Korea fires on S. Korea, killing 2 and injuring more than a dozen

By doris | Published: November 23, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea fired artillery toward its tense western sea border with South Korea on Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines, the South’s Defense Ministry said. Fifteen other South Korean soldiers were wounded, five of them seriously, defense officials said. Three civilians were injured in the attack. At [...]

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U.S. urges North Korea to free American after suicide attempt

By doris | Published: July 12, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The U.S. is urging Pyongyang to release an American held captive after reports that the man attempted suicide in a North Korean prison. Swedish diplomats met with Aijalon Mahli Gomes, a U.S. State Department official confirmed Friday. He declined to release details about the 31-year-old’s condition, citing respect for [...]

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S. Korea vows ‘firm’ action against North

By doris | Published: May 20, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL – South Korea accused North Korea Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War. South Korea said it would take “firm” measures against its impoverished and reclusive neighbor, which furiously responded that it [...]

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North Korea to abandon disarmament over U.S. exercises

By doris | Published: March 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — North Korea said Sunday it would no longer move forward with nuclear disarmament in response to a planned U.S.-South Korean joint military exercise. The announcement was made by the official Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA. “The maneuvers clearly indicate once again that the U.S. and the South Korean [...]

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North Korea says it holds 2nd American

By doris | Published: January 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The North Korean government informed the State Department on Friday that it is holding a second American citizen who the North Koreans say entered the country from China, a State Department spokesman said. The American, who has not been identified, was detained Monday for trespassing on North Korea’s [...]

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N. Korea marks July 4 with missile barrage

By doris | Published: July 4, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. The launches, which came two days after North Korea fired four short-range cruise missiles, [...]

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Defiant North Korea ‘to weaponize plutonium’

By doris | Published: June 13, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com North Korea officials said they were enriching uranium and would weaponize all plutonium, according to KCNA, the state-run North Korean news agency. When enriched to a high degree, uranium can be used for weapons-grade material. Plutonium can be used in atomic bombs. These moves are in response to Friday’s U.N. resolution, [...]

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N. Korea To Abandon Nuclear Negotiations

By doris | Published: April 14, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS/AP) North Korea vowed Tuesday to bolster its nuclear deterrent and boycott six-party talks aimed at its denuclearization in protest of a U.N. Security Council statement condemning the country’s recent rocket launch. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “resolutely condemns” the action by the United Nations, [...]

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