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North Korea shaking up cabinet, says South
(Reuters) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:29:23 GMT
Reuters - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team.
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NKorea reshuffles cabinet to focus on economy
(AFP) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:10:27 GMT
AFP - North Korea has replaced at least nine cabinet ministers in a major reshuffle seen as an attempt to improve the country's ailing economy, officials said Tuesday.
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NKorea mobilizes 100,000 for new year rally
(AP) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:45:24 GMT
AP - Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang in a display of might and loyalty underscoring their government's guiding "military first" principal amid tensions with rival South Korea.
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NKoreans hold mass rally for new economic drive
(AFP) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:51 GMT
AFP - North Korea Monday held a mass rally in the capital Pyongyang, vowing to launch a new year drive to rebuild its economy, state media said Monday.
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NKorea sacks top SKorea policy makers: report
(AFP) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:21:10 GMT
AFP - North Korea has sacked two top officials, including a once key aide to leader Kim Jong-Il, blaming them for worsening cross-border ties with South Korea, a South Korean newspaper said Monday.
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NKorea's Kim inspects artillery unit: state media
(AFP) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:02:06 GMT
AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has visited an artillery unit, state media said Monday, in his second such inspection to be reported this year.
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Report: Kim Jong Il wishes troops happy new year
(AP) Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:10:11 GMT
AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il paid a new year's visit to soldiers from a leading tank unit in his first reported public appearance of 2009, state-run media reported Saturday.
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NKorea resumes anti-US rhetoric
(AFP) Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:39:08 GMT
AFP - North Korea Friday resumed its criticism of the United States, a day after dropping its customary harsh words from a policy-setting New Year message.
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North Korea vows to bolster its military in 2009
(AP) Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:50:29 GMT
AP - North Korea ushered in 2009 with an appeal Thursday to unite around leader Kim Jong Il and bolster the country's military while reaffirming its commitment to denuclearization.
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NKorea stresses strong military in New Year message
(AFP) Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:53:18 GMT
AFP - North Korea Thursday lashed out at South Korea but dropped its customary criticism of the United States in a policy-setting New Year message which called for a stronger military and economy.
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No sign of South Korean policy shift toward North
(AP) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:42:55 GMT
AP - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak indicated no softening of his hard-line stance on North Korea and vowed Wednesday to work closely with Washington to end the communist nation's nuclear ambitions.
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Judge awards $65M to men taken from USS Pueblo
(AP) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:25:24 GMT AP - A federal judge on Tuesday awarded more than $65 million to several men who were captured and tortured by North Korea after the communist country seized the U.S. spy ship USS Pueblo during the Cold War. North Korea never responded to the lawsuit filed by William Thomas Massie, Donald Raymond McClarren, Dunnie Richard Tuck and the estate of Lloyd Bucher. U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. entered the judgment against the country.
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NKorea to hold elections next year for post-Kim era: report
(AFP) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:08:26 GMT
AFP - North Korea will use parliamentary elections in 2009 to lay the groundwork for the post Kim Jong-Il era, by promoting younger economic experts, a South Korean government think-tank says.
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NKorean family of four defects to SKorea by boat
(AFP) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:09:40 GMT
AFP - A family of four has defected from communist North Korea to South Korea by sea, the South's spy agency said Wednesday.
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NKorea's first foreign university delayed by politics: fund-raisers
(AFP) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:48:48 GMT
AFP - North Korea's first foreign-funded university is finally expected to open next year after being delayed by international tensions, the foundation behind the landmark project said Tuesday.
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South Korea "seeks to pay" North to return abductees
(Reuters) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:07:27 GMT
Reuters - South Korea has been drawing up plans to buy the release of more than 1,000 of its citizens held in North Korea, hoping such aid can help it improve ties with its impoverished neighbor, local media reported on Tuesday.
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SKorean Buddhists send aid to NKorean mothers, children
(AFP) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:33:49 GMT
AFP - A South Korean Buddhist group said Tuesday it has shipped a fresh consignment of food aid for mothers and children in impoverished North Korea.
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North Korea makes threat over aid loss: report
(Reuters) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:28:18 GMT
Reuters - North Korea threatened to stop taking apart its nuclear plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium unless Japan provides it with energy aid as part of an international disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency said on Monday.
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North Korea's Kim appears at large public event
(Reuters) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:56:59 GMT
Reuters - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his first appearance at a mass public event since his suspected stroke in August when he attended a concert and was met by a cheering crowd, according to a state media report on Monday.
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NKorea may stage nuke test to tame Obama team: study
(AFP) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:39:35 GMT
AFP - North Korea might stage a second atomic test to raise the stakes in nuclear disarmament negotiations next year but the new US administration is unlikely to yield, a South Korean think-tank said Monday.
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