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Somali pirates free vessel with N. Korean crew
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:12:02 GMT
 AFP - Somali pirates on Tuesday freed a chemical tanker with 28 North Korean sailors on board after receiving 3.5 million dollars in ransom, a maritime official said.
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Somali pirates free North Korean chemical tanker
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:39:05 GMT
AP - Somali pirates freed a North Korean chemical tanker and its 28 crew Tuesday after the owners delivered a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said.
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Pro-N.Korean school mums rally in Japan
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:02:16 GMT
 AFP - Hundreds of mothers whose children attend pro-North Korean schools in Japan rallied on Tuesday, demanding that the government include them in plans to make high school tuition free.
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Woes could spark N.Korea regime collapse: think-tank
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:21:16 GMT
 AFP - Tighter international sanctions and a host of domestic problems including chronic food shortages could spark regime collapse in North Korea, an influential think-tank says.
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UN expert: NKorean farm controls causing hunger
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:55:49 GMT
 AP - North Korea should let farms produce freely and allow food to be sold in local markets because the communist government cannot provide enough food for its people, a U.N. human rights investigator urged Monday.
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U.S. says North Korea allows visit to detained citizen
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:49:54 GMT
 Reuters - North Korea has allowed Swedish diplomats to visit a U.S. citizen detained nearly two months ago after allegedly entering the country from China, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
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N.Korea gives access to detained American
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:33:22 GMT
 AFP - North Korea has allowed a Swedish diplomat to see an American detained in the communist state, the first time it has granted consular access, the State Department said Monday.
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North Korea rights situation has worsened: U.N. envoy
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:27:17 GMT
 Reuters - Human rights in North Korea have worsened over the last few years and it is time for the United Nations Security Council to protect the people who are mistreated by their own government, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.
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Report: NKorea to rejoin nuclear talks in April
(AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:35:39 GMT
AP - North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program, a news report said Saturday.
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N.Korea may join six-party talks in April
(Reuters)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:10:22 GMT
Reuters - North Korea has internally decided to return to long-stalled six-nation talks on its nuclear arms activities in early April, South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo reported on Saturday, citing an unnamed source from the North.
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UN expert slams 'horrific' abuse in North Korea
(AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:36 GMT
 AFP - A UN rights expert has accused North Korea's regime of turning the country "into one big prison," saying widespread abuses by Pyongyang put it in a class of its own.
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US official handling N.Korea sanctions visits S.Korea
(AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:38:16 GMT
 AFP - A senior US official in charge of financial sanctions on North Korea visited South Korea this week for talks, a foreign ministry official said Friday.
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Diplomats: North Korea seeks hike in embassy rent
(AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:02:13 GMT
AP - North Korea has demanded a hike in rental fees for embassies and international organizations in Pyongyang, diplomats said Friday, in what could be a move to raise foreign currency amid tightened international sanctions.
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Experts on WMD taking part in US-S.Korea war games
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:47:34 GMT
 AFP - US experts in weapons of mass destruction are taking part in a military exercise simulating an attack by North Korea on South Korea, the US commander in the South said Thursday.
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US dismisses N.Korea concern on war games
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:45:55 GMT
 AFP - The United States on Wednesday dismissed North Korean protests over US joint exercises with South Korea, saying that the communist state should not be surprised.
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New book: Defector tells of shopping in Europe for North Korea dictators
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:55:00 GMT
 The Christian Science Monitor - Firsthand exposés about the personal lives of North Korea’s leaders can put the lives of their authors at risk, even if they are far away.The latest tell-all, published in Austria by two journalists to whom former Army Col. Kim Jong-ryul told his story, is a case in point.
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NKorea has medium-range missile division: report
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:32:35 GMT
 AP - North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said Tuesday.
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NKoreans seek asylum at South consulate: activist
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:48 GMT
AP - Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human rights activist and news reports.
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N.Korea says ready for dialogue and war with US
(AFP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:11 GMT
 AFP - North Korea said Tuesday it would strengthen its nuclear deterrent in response to US military threats and is prepared for both dialogue and war with Washington.
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North Korea on combat alert as U.S., South hold drills
(Reuters)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:25:28 GMT
Reuters - North Korea said on Monday it had put its army on full combat alert, ready to "blow up" South Korea as joint drills between the South and the United States got underway.
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