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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: South Korea, North Korea, Kim Jong Un, U.S. Military, Seoul (South 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: North Korea, Central Intelligence Agency, Seoul (South Korea), George H.W. Bush, 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: South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chuck Hagel, Park Geun-hye, North Korea
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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: Korean War (1950-1953), Cyprus, South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea
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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: Explosions, North Korea, Seoul (South Korea), Yingluck Shinawatra, Music
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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: Weaponry, Korean War (1950-1953), South Korea, Park Geun-hye, North Korea
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Times Square, North Korea, Central Intelligence Agency, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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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: South Korea, Computer Crime, Computer Networking and Internet, Viral Diseases and Infections, North Korea
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In signal to allies and N. Korea, U.S. to add missile interceptors
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon intends to add 14 interceptors to a missile defense site in Alaska by 2017 in an unusual move to beef up U.S. defenses after recent threats by North Korea’s new leadership to carry out a nuclear strike, according to...Tags: Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea, Missile Systems, Military Equipment
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North Korea cuts off hotline, says cease-fire annulled
SEOUL — In the latest sign of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang cut off a hotline between North and South Korea and said it had torn up the nations' cease-fire accord, signed in 1953, after the U.S. and South Korea kicked off...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea, Kim Jong Un
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South Korea, U.S. begin drills as North Korea threatens war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South'...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea, Seoul (South Korea), Armed Forces, Nuclear Weapons
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Dangerous situation
The U.N. Security Council is correct in acting swiftly to defuse a volatile situation in North Korea. The council imposed new sanctions Thursday aimed at targeting the economy and leadership of the country. The resolution sent a powerful message to...Tags: North Korea, Kim Jong Un
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