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  • North Korea Test-Fires 4th Short-Range Missile

    North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in the past two days into waters off its east coast on Sunday, despite calls for restraint from South Korea and other countries in the region, as well as the United Nations. The latest launch into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korean Defense Ministry officials, follows three coastal launches on Saturday that rattled the ...

  • North Korea fires short-range missile

    North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme. Citing an anonymous military official in Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile launch came a day after Pyongyang ...

  • UN chief urges DPRK to return to negotiating table

    Moscow, May 19 (Xinhua-ANI): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to the negotiating table with international mediators. Ban was concerned over the DPRK's latest short-range missile launches and urged the country "to refrain from further such acts," Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency. The DPRK launched three short-range ...

  • DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds

    DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. This is the first individual title at the world championships that was won by a non-Chinese player or pair since it was last held here 10 years ago. China has cleans wept all titles since, reports Xinhua. The two Kims defeated Lee Sangsu and Park Yongsook of South Korea in the ...

  • UN chief calls on North Korea to return to talks

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme. The communist regime broke off talks with South Korea, China, the US, Japan and Russia on its nuclear programme in 2009, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning ...

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  • Japan clarifies report on North Korean missile launches

    While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, citing its country's defence ministry, had reported that North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan. The ministry had detected two missiles being launched in the ...

  • North Korea tests fourth missile in two days

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned of a "dangerous escalation" after North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas to ease tensions."I hope that North Korea will refrain from such further actions," Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency overnight.Ban was in Moscow following talks on Friday with Russian President Vladimir ...

  • One lucky $600m winner as N Korea fires missile

    Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska before the big draw. Lottery officials confirmed a single winner for the record $600 million jackpot, with the winning ticket sold at Florida supermarket. Picture: ...

  • N. KOREA PRISON SAGA Camp Holding American Not the Worst Experts Say

    It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world's most secretive and repressive regimes. Bae began serving a 15-year, hard labor sentence on Tuesday for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state. But word ...

  • China seeks release of fishing boat seized by N.Korea

    By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, creating a potential new irritant in ties between the two allies. Chinese counsellor to North Korea Jiang Yaxian said North Korea had "grabbed" the private vessel from the northern city of Dalian in waters between China and ...

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