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North Korea analyst: 'One of the most dangerous moments'
SEOUL -- Thumbing its nose again at the international community, North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart a nuclear reactor that was closed in 2007 under a six-nation disarmament agreement. Although Pyongyang claimed in the past that the...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Politics, U.S. Navy, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea
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North Korea plays a weak hand to advantage
BEIJING — North Korea is sometimes mocked as the mouse that roared, one of the poorest countries in the world threatening two economic and military giants, the United States and South Korea. But under Kim Jong Il and now his 30-year-old son, Kim...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Nuclear Policy, Weaponry, Military Equipment
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North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal, signaling end of talks
SEOUL — Escalating the stakes of a standoff with Washington and its allies, North Korea is signaling that it will abandon two decades of negotiations to constrain its nuclear program and will close the door on any deal over its atomic weapons and...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Missile Systems, U.S. Department of State, South Korea
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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: Pyongyang (North Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Media Industry, Columbia University, Park Geun-hye
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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: Pyongyang (North Korea), Xi Jinping, South Korea, George W. Bush, China
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Dennis Rodman urges Barack Obama to call his new BFF Kim Jong Un
It’s a real-life scenario so bizarre and outlandish it seems like it was dreamed up by the writers of “South Park” or “30 Rock”: Retired NBA player turned C-list reality star Dennis Rodman travels to North Korea, becomes...Tags: Bill Clinton, Human Rights, Dennis Rodman, Politics, Jerry Buss
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Iran vs. 'Argo': What other lawsuits could be in the wings?
People in Iran believe that “Argo,” which chronicled the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and the later rescue of six Americans who escaped and hid with the Canadian ambassador, is "a propaganda attack against our nation and...
Tags: Movies, Trials, U.S. Embassy, Litigation, Iran
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UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Government, Susan Rice, Korean War (1950-1953), Politics
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Dennis Rodman tests out 'basketball diplomacy' in North Korea
It’s a story so strange it could have been cobbled together through Mad Libs: Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman and some of the showy Harlem Globetrotters arrived Tuesday in the isolated country of North Korea, in a filmed trip billed as...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Human Rights, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Same-Sex Marriage, Dennis Rodman
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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: Pyongyang (North Korea), Government, Politics, Yingluck Shinawatra, South Korea
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North Korea's missile antics
Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...Tags: Missile Systems, Weaponry, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, United Nations
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North Korea's 'red lines'
Last April, when a North Korean missile launch appeared to be imminent, this newspaper published my commentary urging the U.S. to "get tough with North Korea." My determination that U.S. actions to date had produced little or no effect in deterring the...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War, China, Weaponry, Japan
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