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  • Missile launched from North Korea Missile launched from North Korea

    North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast. South Korean officials have been carefully monitoring the missile firings as tensions rise again in the Korean Peninsula. The missiles were fired on Saturday morning and afternoon in a north-east direction. Analysts have said the missiles were not as dangerous as the intermediate-range missiles which Pyongyang had ...

  • 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 launches three missiles

    North Korea Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defence ministry. It was reported that the defence ministry detected two missiles launched in the morning and the last one was in the afternoon. The defence ministry said the launching might be a training or a test launch, according to their observation, and ...

  • DPRK launches 3 short-range missiles

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defense ministry. It is reported that the defense ministry detected two missiles launched in the morning and the last one was in the afternoon. The defense ministry said the launching might ...

  • Japan confirms DPRK launched missile

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country's defense ministry. It is reported ...

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Sullivan's Travels [DVD]

Sullivan's Travels [DVD]

Preston Sturges' fourth film as a director, Sullivan's Travels, has often been described as "Swiftian," and, indeed, its satire is as much akin to Jonathan Swift's incisive sensibilities as its title is purposefully evocative of Swift's satiric masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels. ...

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  • DPRK wins first table tennis title in 36 yrs

    DPR Korea's Kim Jong (L) and Kim Hyok Bong pose with their trophy after winning their mixed doubles final against South Korean pair Lee Sangsu and Park Youngsook at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Paris May 18, ...

  • More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons

    Growing concern about North Korea's nuclear program has led many in South Korea to favor the idea of building atomic weapons. Japan too is discussing such a ...

  • N. Korea fires up tension

    North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters yesterday - launches that come during a period of tentative diplomacy with South Korea.In March, North Korea launched what appeared to be two KN-02 missiles off its east coast. Experts believe the country is trying to improve the range and accuracy of its arsenal.Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes ...

  • Abes advisor Iijima returns briefs his DPRK trip

    Isao Iijima, an advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, returned Tokyo Saturday and briefed Cabinet Chief Secretary Yoshihide Suga on his unannounced visit to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), reported local media. Iijima said he had "frank talks" with senior DPRK officials, including Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's ...

  • North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles Into Sea

    (CNN) — North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast Saturday; South Korea’s semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap reported. The missiles were fired in a ...

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