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  • Ignoring warnings North Korea continues to fire projectiles Ignoring warnings North Korea continues to fire projectiles

    PYONGYANG - North Korea continued to fire short range projectiles into waters off its east coast for a third straight day on Monday, officials here said, despite warnings from the US and South Korea against increasing tensions. The North has conducted six such firings since Saturday, in what are believed to be tests of short-range guided missiles or rockets from multiple launchers, officials ...

  • Situation on Korean Peninsula still serious

    The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea has said. "We continue to face a grave situation due to a series of provocations and nuclear threats by North Korea," said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at an annual conference of chiefs of overseas diplomatic missions in ...

  • DPRK fires another short-range missile Media

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired another short-range missile between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time after launching a missile on Monday morning, Yonhap News Agency reported. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the ...

  • North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

    North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ...

  • DPRK says missiles launch part of normal military training for self-defense

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ...

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  • Spring Trade Fair wraps up

    ‘ve taken a look through some of the footage from Korean national television and KCNA and spotted a few companies that were exhibiting. At last year’s trade ...

  • Detained Chinese fishermen in DPRK released official

    A Chinese private fishing boat seized by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) side was released early Tuesday, a Chinese consular officer to the DPRK told Xinhua.Yu Xuejun, shipowner of the "Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222" from Dalian City in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, "has told us all the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way ...

  • Ambassy DPRK frees fishermen

    The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has released the 16 fishermen it had kept in detention since May 5, the People's Daily quoted an official from the Chinese Ambassy in DPRK as saying early ...

  • North Korea seizes another Chinese fishing boat crew

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from left, and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, pay a visit to a children's camp at the foot of Mt. Myohyang in North Pyongan ...

  • Rabbi Abraham Cooper From Sudan to North Korea and Syria A Plea to President Obama to Activate His Atrocities Prevention Board

    Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten "In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head. Yet while millions may draw inspiration and hope from survivor's ...

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