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Bank of China cuts off North Korea trade bank
One of China's biggest banks said Tuesday it has halted business with a North Korean bank accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs in the latest sign of Beijing's displeasure with its estranged ally. The state-run Bank of China Ltd. has notified the Foreign Trade Bank ...
UN names 3 members to human rights probe in NKorea
The U.N.'s top human rights body has appointed three experts from Australia, Serbia and Indonesia to carry out an inquiry into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity. The 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council said Tuesday it has appointed Australian retired judge Michael Donald Kirby and Sonja Biserko, founder and ...
Chicago case alleges ties to North Korea
A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his Illinois-based son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S. ban on the export of weapons machinery to the hard-line communist nation, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Hsien Tai Tsai, 67, and his 36-year-old son, Yueh-Hsun ...
Obama, SKorea to show united front on NKorea
President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader Park Geun-hye will seek to present a strong front against North Korea's nuclear threats when they meet at the White House Tuesday. But they also want to leave the door open to talks with Pyongyang. Park has had something of a baptism ...
NKorea: Detained American disguised identity
North Korea on Sunday revealed a few more details about a Korean-American recently sentenced to 15 years' hard labor, saying he entered the country with a disguised identity. Pyongyang also rejected speculation that it intends to use Kenneth Bae as a bargaining chip. In remarks carried by state media, an ...
Last South Koreans leave factory in North Korea
The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. The complex in the town of Kaesong, just north of the ...
NKorea sentences US man in possible bid for talks
A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state, the North's media said Thursday — a move that could trigger a visit by a high-profile American if history is any guide. Kenneth Bae, 44, ...
North Korea sentences American to 15 years' labor
An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of labor for crimes against the state, the North's state media said Thursday, a development that further complicates already strained ties between Pyongyang and Washington. The sentencing of Kenneth Bae, described by friends as ...
NKorea sentences American to 15 years labor
An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday. The sentencing of Kenneth Bae, described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, will further complicate already strained relations ...
Most South Koreans leave North Korean factory
Most South Koreans who had remained at an industrial park in North Korea had returned home by early Tuesday morning, officials said, leaving a final seven behind to negotiate unpaid wages for North Korean workers. The Unification Ministry in Seoul said 43 South Koreans began departing from Kaesong late Monday ...
NKorea charges US man in plot to overthrow regime
North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted. The case involving Kenneth Bae, who has been in North Korean ...
Majority of SKoreans in NKorean factory to return
Roughly three quarters of the 175 South Koreans still at a shuttered factory park in North Korea are scheduled to return Saturday after Seoul decided to withdraw them over Pyongyang's rejection of its demand for talks on the last symbol of inter-Korean cooperation, the government said. The industrial complex in ...
Lawmakers introduce tough NKorea sanctions bill
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House are proposing to step up sanctions against North Korea by punishing companies, banks and governments that do prohibited business with it. The bill crafted by leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and introduced Friday is modeled on sanctions in force against Iran. ...
North Korea ignores Seoul deadline for talks
South Korea says Pyongyang has ignored Seoul's deadline for responding to a demand for talks on a shuttered inter-Korean factory park. Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk said Friday that Seoul is considering countermeasures but refused to discuss what they might be. Pyongyang barred South Korean managers and cargo from entering ...
A look at North Korea's military capabilities
North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of the nation's "military first" policy. Late leader Kim Jong Il elevated the military's role during his 17-year rule; South Korea estimates he boosted troop ...
AP Weekly News Calendar
?Thursday, April 25: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea marks the 81st anniversary of the founding of its military, which began as an anti-Japanese militia and now has an estimated 1.2-million troops. SEOUL — A rally against North Korea's three-generation Kim family dictatorship. DALLAS — President Barack Obama attends the ...
SKorea demands talks with NKorea on closed factory
South Korea on Thursday warned of an unspecified "grave measure" if North Korea rejects talks on a jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month — setting up the possible end of the last remaining major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. In a televised briefing with reporters, Unification Ministry spokesman ...
NKorean soldiers put down arms to help plant crops
The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity — not of fighting, but of farming. Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced North Korean soldiers put down their rifles Wednesday and stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers as they turned their focus to another battle: the spring ...
Today In History
Today is Thursday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2013. There are 243 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1519 - Artist Leonardo da Vinci dies at Cloux, France. 1526 - Protestant League of Germany is formed. 1536 - England's Queen Anne Boleyn is sent ...
NKorea vows to bolster nuclear arms over US report
North Korea is vowing to bolster its nuclear program in response to a U.S. State Department report accusing Pyongyang of human rights abuses. Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the annual U.S. report proof of a hostile policy by Washington that's aimed at toppling North Korea's leadership. The State Department ...
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