North Korea says willing to take China's advice to start talks
Source: Reuters
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 13:08:11 -0700 | political-news
North Korea sent Choe, one of its top military officials, as a ''special envoy'' from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with...
Envoy Says North Korea Open to Dialogue
Source: Newyork Times
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 08:34:18 -0700 | political-news
The comments were reported after the Marshal Choe met Liu Yunshan, a member of the Communist Party Standing Committee and the politician who heads ideological affairs for the Communist Party. Mr. Liu was quoted as saying that China wanted a...
MQ-C4 Triton Drone Makes First Flight: Navy Will Use It To Keep Tabs On China, North Korea [PHOTOS]
Source: BusinessInsider
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 07:09:36 -0700 | business-news
Navy's long awaited MQ-4 Triton surveillance drone took its first flight yesterday in Palmdale, California. A Navy press release, delivered yesterday, points out that with 360-degree scanning capability and an Automatic Identification System meaning it can classify different types of...
Mirror websites' traffic leaps by 30% month on month | April ABCs
Source: The Guardian
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 07:09:12 -0700 | technology-news
monthly users rose 30% in April Mirror Group Digital enjoyed a huge boost in digital traffic to its network of sites which includes Mirror.co.uk in April, with a 30% surge in monthly users during a period that included Lady Thatcher's...
Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday
Source: Miami Herald
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 10:21:27 -0700 | travel-news
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. The State Department has appointed a special envoy to monitor...
North Korean Defector Wins Human Rights Award
Source: Canadian Free Press
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 09:01:48 -0700 | political-news
UN Watch will also arrange meetings for Shin with UN human rights officials in Geneva. The other dinner honouree and keynote speaker will be world chess champion and leading Russian dissident Garry Kasparov. UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer highlighted...
China calls for implementation of DPRK resolutions
Source: China News
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 20:51:24 -0700 | political-news
Monday fired two more short-range missiles into the East Sea, after launching one on Sunday and three on Saturday, according to Yonhap News Agency of the Republic of Korea (ROK). "China has noted related reports and the reactions that followed,"...
U.N.'s Ban frustrated with North Korea
Source: United Press International
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 18:20:30 -0700 | political-news
There's a risk that the short-range missile tests by North Korea will escalate tensions in the region, U.N...Ban expressed concern over North Korea's actions, which came despite repeated calls for restraint from the international community.
North Korea, in brazen defiance, fires sixth missile in three days
Posted by: Nina Rai
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 09:47:20 -0700 | political-news
North Korea launched a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, after a series of similar tests conducted during the weekend; brazenly defying international censure and sanctions against tests; also ignoring warnings from United Nations chief Ban...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
Source: BusinessInsider
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 13:22:25 -0700 | business-news
Asian markets were higher in overnight trading, with the Japanese Nikkei 225 advancing 1.5%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng rising 1.8%, and the Shanghai Composite up 0.8%. European markets are mixed in morning trading, with Spain and Italy currently down...
China Calls for North Korea to Release Fishing Crew
Source: Newyork Times
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 02:36:44 -0700 | political-news
The Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed on Sunday that the vessel's owner, Yu Xuejun, had called the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang on May 10 to seek help after North Korea captured the fishing boat, which operates from Dalian, a northeastern Chinese...
North Korea launched another short-range missile
Posted by: rsa76
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 09:18:24 -0700 | disasters-news
DPRK launch of another short-range missiles off the east coast of the Sea of Japan. Start became the second of the day and the sixth in the last three days. This information confirms the South Korean news agency Yonhap. Over...
Are Kaesong curtains drawn for good?
Source: Asia Times Online
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 01:56:52 -0700 | political-news
It is early days yet, but so far 2013 has gone in the opposite direction. This was one of those regular periods when storms on the peninsula make headlines around the world, so few readers will need informing of the...
Details emerge in Justice Department probe
Source: The Journal Gazette
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 12:58:54 -0700 | political-news
When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material. They used security badge access records to...
UN worried as North Korea fires its fourth missile in two days
Posted by: prabirghose
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-23 09:47:20 -0700 | disasters-news
The UN secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is horrified as North Korea fires its fourth missile in two days even as efforts are on to arrive at a peaceful solution to the growing uneasiness in the Korean peninsula – North Korea...
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