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They were fired as part of a military drill, landing in the Sea of Japan.
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# north-korea - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Movies are often a reflection of current affairs what’s going on in the world, and even the unlikely genre of mass-market US action movies can deal with the fears and uncertainties felt by the American people at any given time, writes Darren Mooney.
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# north-korea - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Pae Jun-Ho, also known as Kenneth Bae, has been sentenced to 15 years of prison labour for “hostile acts” against the communist regime.
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# north-korea - Saturday 27 April, 2013
North Korea says the man has admitted the charges and will soon face ‘judgment’.
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# north-korea - Friday 26 April, 2013
From ice-skating traffic policemen to the dresses on sale, photographer David Guttenfelder has captured the everyday life of Pyongyang’s citizens.
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# north-korea - Thursday 25 April, 2013
The monument honours “all those of Irish birth and heritage who fought and died in the service of the United Nations and those civilians of Irish birth and heritage who died side by side with the Korean people 1950-1953″.
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# north-korea - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Pyongyang says talks must be held on the basis that nuclear states are equals – but the US says it won’t ever acknowledge it.
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# north-korea - Friday 19 April, 2013
In 1947, another explosion in Texas claimed 581 lives and is considered the deadliest industrial accident in US history.
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# north-korea - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
The president spoke as North Korea stopped a group of South Korean businessmen from entering a shared industrial zone.
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# north-korea - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
North Korea says the South should have stopped 40 people from burning a portrait of Kim Il-sung on the anniversary of his birth; Seoul says the ultimatum is ‘absurd’.
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Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Tuesday.
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# north-korea - Monday 15 April, 2013
The London School of Economics says its students were ‘deliberately misled’ by the BBC, who sent a journalist within a travelling party.
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There is speculation that North Korea will try a missile test today to coincide with birthday celebrations for former leader Kim Il-Sung.
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# north-korea - Sunday 14 April, 2013
Meanwhile, North Korea has dismissed the South’s offer for dialogue on the future of the Kaesong joint industrial zone.
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# north-korea - Saturday 13 April, 2013
The US Secretary of State is meeting with Chinese President XI Jinping today in an effort to seek Beijing’s intervention in the Korean peninsula crisis.
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# north-korea - Friday 12 April, 2013
High-ranking officials have played down the report, however, saying there is no US consensus on North Korea’s abilities.
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# north-korea - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Iran’s atomic ambitions, instability in north and west Africa, and climate change will also be up for discussion.
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The problem with deterrence theory is that, at its root, it is based on threats which can lead states to the brink of war. North Korea’s behaviour should instead be viewed as an opportunity for engagement, writes Jason Douglas.
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# north-korea - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Tensions are growing ahead of a key anniversary in North Korea this week.
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# north-korea - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
A request for all foreigners to leave South Korea was largely dismissed today.
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“In the event of war, we don’t want foreigners living in South Korea to get hurt,” says the North’s state-run news agency.
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# north-korea - Monday 8 April, 2013
Seoul’s Unification minister says there are signs that North Korea is preparing yet another test, as tensions remain high.
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# north-korea - Sunday 7 April, 2013
The United States has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test to avoid stoking tensions with North Korea as tensions increase in the region.
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# north-korea - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Some embassies suggested an advisory by Pyongyang was a ruse to fuel global worry.
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Breaking via The Mire wire: Kim Jong-Un clings on to his place in the Dáil Technical Group, pointing Phil Hogan at North Korea and Ireland nominated by troika for fantasy government awards.
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# north-korea - Friday 5 April, 2013
European countries have been told to consider withdrawing personnel from Pyongyang if the tension there escalates further.
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“The North is apparently intent on firing missiles without prior warning,” a South Korean official said.
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# north-korea - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Good morning! Here’s what you should know as you kick off your Thursday. (It’s a four-day week, hang in there.)
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North Korea has moved missiles to its east coast that are capable of hitting targets in Guam, South Korea and Japan.
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# north-korea - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
The Pentagon said this evening that the US remains “vigilant in the face of North Korean provocations” as it announced the deployment of the missile system.
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South Korea says it is looking at all options, including military action, to protect its citizens.
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# north-korea - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
The treaty will see states, for the first time ever, prohibited from selling arms to countries when they know they will be used to carry out war crimes or genocide.
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North Korea is restarting a nuclear reactor, while saying it now considers itself in a ‘state of war’. How do you feel?
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Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you get back into the swing of things after the long weekend.
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North Korea shut down the reactor in July 2007 until an aid-for-disarmament deal – but now there are concerns that it will be used to produce weapons-grade uranium.
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# north-korea - Monday 1 April, 2013
The meeting comes following near-daily threats from Pyongyang, which has reacted with anger over US-South Korean military drills.
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# north-korea - Sunday 31 March, 2013
In his first Easter Sunday message in front of a crowd in St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis prayed for Syria, the Korean peninsula and issued an appeal for hostages held by militants in Nigeria.
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# north-korea - Saturday 30 March, 2013
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