North Korea test-fires four short-range missiles
SEOUL: North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the sea Thursday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, in an apparent show of force to coincide with South...
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North Korea executes 80 people watching smuggled South shows
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PYONGYANG: North Korea publicly executed around 80 people earlier this month, many for watching smuggled South Korean TV shows, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday....
South Korea sees progress on workers’ return from North
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SEOUL: South Korea said Wednesday it was edging towards a deal with North Korea to ensure the return of the remaining workers at a joint...
Last South Korean workers to leave joint factory zone
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SEOUL: South Korea was due Monday to pull out its last remaining workers from a factory zone in North Korea – a rare symbol of...
South Korean workers quit troubled joint factory zone
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PAJU, South Korea: Dozens of South Korean workers returned from a jointly run factory park in North Korea on Saturday as part of an evacuation...
North Korea says to put US citizen on trial
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SEOUL: North Korea said Saturday that it would put a US citizen on trial for trying to overthrow the communist regime, in the face of...
North Korea threatens South over ‘monstrous’ act
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SEOUL: North Korea’s military on Tuesday threatened the South with imminent “sledge-hammer” retaliation unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protestors burning effigies of its revered leaders....
US urges talks as world watches for North Korea missile
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TOKYO: Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday the US will talk with North Korea if it takes “meaningful steps” towards peace, as the...
John Kerry hits back as North Korea threatens Japan
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SEOUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday demanded North Korea abandon an expected missile launch as the communist state threatened a nuclear strike on...
South Korea raises alert level, as North readies missile test
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SEOUL: South Korea raised its military watch alert to “vital threat” Â on Wednesday ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch, as UN chief Ban...