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N.Korean landmines found in S.Korea
(AFP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:27:25 GMT
 AFP - Heavy rains washed eight anti-personnel mines from North to South Korea in the past week, a military spokesman said Saturday.
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North Korea officials seize Kim biography in Myanmar: author
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:17 GMT
 AFP - North Korean embassy officials have seized hundreds of copies of an unauthorised biography of their reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il in Myanmar, the author said Friday.
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N.Korea holds more talks with US military on ship sinking
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:01:19 GMT
 AFP - Military officers from North Korea and the US-led United Nations Command held their third round of talks Friday on the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship that was blamed on the North.
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US 'carefully watching' Myanmar-NKorea talks
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:25:03 GMT
 AP - The U.S. said it is carefully watching the budding secretive relationship between Myanmar and North Korea for signs of nuclear cooperation, as official talks between the authoritarian regimes entered a second day Friday.
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North Korean diplomats seize books on Kim in Myanmar
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:43:28 GMT
Reuters - North Korean diplomats in Myanmar have confiscated hundreds of copies of a locally published biography on the Stalinist state's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, the book's author said Friday.
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N.Korea, China sign new economic cooperation accord
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:51:48 GMT
 AFP - North Korea signed a new accord on economic and technical cooperation with China on Thursday, state media said as the impoverished communist country struggles to recharge its faltering economy.
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US: Drills sent 'clear message' to NKorea
(AP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:13:30 GMT
 AP - For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets — dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea not to strike again.
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N.Korea leader moves secret fund to son: report
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:34:28 GMT
 AFP - North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il is transferring his secret personal wealth to his youngest son and likely successor, a Seoul-based radio station has said.
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S.Korea, US end naval drills
(AFP)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:16:28 GMT
 AFP - A full-scale US and South Korean military exercise designed to deter North Korea ended without incident Wednesday despite Pyongyang's threats of possible nuclear retaliation.
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North Korea, don't mess with South, US signals to Kim Jong-Il
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:01:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - The United States and South Korea today concluded four days of highly publicized military exercises with a volley of shots against carefully submerged practice targets and the sense of accomplishing what they set out to do: intimidate North Korea.
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Jolie raises concern at plight of repatriated N.Koreans
(AFP)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:34:15 GMT
 AFP - Actress Angelina Jolie took time out Wednesday from her promotional movie tour of South Korea to investigate the fate of repatriated North Korean refugees.
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US sure it can use Japanese bases in any NKorea conflict
(AFP)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:23:22 GMT
 AFP - A senior US defense official said Tuesday he was confident the United States would be allowed to use bases in Japan to launch military action in the event of conflict with North Korea.
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China sends S.Korean POW back to N.Korea
(AFP)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:48:50 GMT
 AFP - China has repatriated an 81-year-old former South Korean prisoner of war who had fled North Korea decades after being captured, a newspaper report and an activist said Tuesday.
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US lawmaker: Time for Korea peace treaty
(AFP)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:53:22 GMT
 AFP - The United States must work for a formal peace treaty between North Korea and South Korea, 57 years after the armistice that left the neighbors technically at war, a US lawmaker urged Monday.
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South Korea keeps wary eye on North Korea during war games
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:16:17 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - American and South Korean ships and planes fired on imaginary North Korean submarines Monday as four days of joint exercises reached the half-way mark with no sign of North Korea doing anything to spoil the war games – yet.
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Students to march near border to remember Korean War
(AFP)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:20:01 GMT
 AFP - Hundreds of young people were gathering Monday for a "peace march" near the South Korean border with North Korea, to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of war on the peninsula.
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North Korea's threats over US-South Korea war games: Another bluff?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:03:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - A flotilla of 20 American and South Korean Navy ships churned the waters off South Korea’s east coast Sunday on the first of four days of military exercises in a show of force that North Korea promises to answer with a “powerful nuclear deterrence.”
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U.S., South Korea start military drills as North protests
(Reuters)
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:27:17 GMT
 Reuters - The U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off large exercises on Sunday to underscore deterrence against North Korea after accusing the reclusive communist state of sinking a warship.
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Sanctions will draw strong 'physical' response: N.Korea
(AFP)
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:05:57 GMT
 AFP - North Korea on Saturday said it would take "strong physical measures" against US sanctions, Pyongyang's state media reported.
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N.Korea declares "sacred war" on U.S. and South
(Reuters)
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:01:16 GMT
 Reuters - North Korea said on Saturday it would begin a "sacred war" against the United States and South Korea at "any time necessary" based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to "reckless" military exercises by the allies.
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