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December 2007
- Japan Shoots Down Dummy US Missile
  
  BBC | Dec 18, 07 5:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Japanese warship off Hawaii has shot down a US-made mock ballistic missile in flight over the Pacific Ocean, the BBC reports. The test, using a US-developed intercept missile, was the first of its kind by an American ally. Japan and the US stepped up their missile defense cooperation after North Korea test-fired a long-range missile over Japan in 1998. More »
  
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  China • Japan • North Korea • Hawaii • missile defense system • ballistic missile program • Japanese Defense Force
- Psych Prof Puts Bush on the Couch
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 17, 07 2:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - President Bush recently scorned a reporter’s “Psychology 101,” but one mind-minded professor says he could benefit from a few lessons. Bush should start by trying “pattern matching,” Jonathan Haidt writes in the LA Times , with no little humor: If he’d stop equating Islam with fascism and instead think of terrorists as plain old criminals, it might improve his foreign policy scorecard. More »
  
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  Iraq • George W. Bush • Islam • North Korea • psychology • the Decider
- Historic Train Crosses Korean Border
  
  Bloomberg | Dec 11, 07 3:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The historic first of what will be a regular schedule of freight trains crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea today, marking a major leap forward in the countries' reunification process and a step toward what could be a hugely profitable railway system. The link is part of a plan to narrow the gap between the economies of the prosperous South and impoverished North. More »
  
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  South Korea • North Korea • trade • train • shipping • railway • Trans Siberian Railway
- NY Philharmonic to Play N. Korea
  
  New York Times | Dec 10, 07 9:01 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The New York Philharmonic plans a historic Pyongyang concert in February, giving Kim Jong Il occasion to dig out his fanciest tracksuit—and further defrosting US relations with the onetime axis of evil member. “We haven’t even had Ping-Pong diplomacy with these people,” said ambassador Christopher Hill. North Korea invited the symphony in August, after shutting down its nuclear reactor, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  China • North Korea • diplomacy • Soviet Union • Kim Jong Il • Pyongyang • Christopher Hill • New York Philharmonic • Ping Pong diplomacy
- Bush Pulls About-Face on North Korea
  
  Associated Press | Dec 7, 07 4:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In a sharp reversal from the days when he labeled North Korea part of the "axis of evil," President Bush has sent a letter to Kim Jong Il saying that if the dictator reveals the details of his nuclear program by the end of the year, the US might normalize relations with his country. The letter is the president's first ever to Kim Jong Il. More »
  
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  United States • North Korea • Asia • George H. W. Bush • Kim Jong Il • nuclear disarmament • letters • six party talks
- US Envoy Visits North Korean Reactor
  
  BBC | Dec 4, 07 7:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A top US official got a rare glimpse of North Korea's nuclear reactor on a visit to ensure the reclusive nation is on track toward disabling its weapons program, the BBC reports. Christopher Hill also met with the North's foreign minister to discuss Pyongyang's timetable on declaring all of its nuclear assets ahead of six-nation talks on the issue. More »
  
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  North Korea • Christopher Hill
November 2007
- Koreas at Impasse on Fishing Zone
  
  Reuters | Nov 28, 07 7:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The second day of talks between North and South Korean defense ministers hit a snag today, writes Reuters, as efforts to find a compromise on the disputed maritime border fell short. The two ministers had also sought to begin steps towards a formal peace treaty to end the 1950-53 Korean War, but the North is unwilling to do so before a new border is established and the US pledges not to attack the North. More »
  
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  South Korea • North Korea • border dispute
- Koreas' Defense Chiefs Begin Peace Talks
  
  CNN | Nov 27, 07 5:19 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - South Korea's defense minister is negotiating today with his North Korean counterpart in a bid to settle the nations' disputed sea border. The first talks between defense ministers in seven years aims to deepen the agreements from last month's landmark summit calling for greater peace via economic collaboration. More »
  
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  South Korea • North Korea
- US Places Diplomat in N. Korea
  
  Chosun Ilbo (South Korea) | Nov 26, 07 10:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Washington has had a "permanent" diplomat stationed in Pyongyang since mid-month, a source tells the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, marking the first time a US official has been assigned full-time to North Korea. The move is seen as a precursor to possible normalization of relations between the US and North Korea. More »
  
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  North Korea • Kim Jong Il • Pyongyang • nuclear facilities • Yongbyon • diplomat
- Thousands Flee N. Korea Via Covert Network
  
  Washington Post | Nov 18, 07 5:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Thousands are fleeing Kim Jong Il's regime, thanks to an expanding network of brokers who smuggle defectors to Seoul through China, the Washington Post reports. Savvy Seoul brokers charge them up to $10,000 for a luxury "planned escape," complete with fake documents, but stakes are rising as Beijing and Pyonyang tighten border control. Citizens caught trying to flee face prison time—officials who aid them, execution. More »
  
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  North Korea • bribery • Seoul • defectors
- Bush, Japanese PM Boost Ties
  
  Reuters | Nov 16, 07 5:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - President Bush and new Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda today vowed to reconcile hot-button issues concerning North Korea and Afghanistan that have strained relations, Reuters reports. In his first visit to the White House, Fukuda pledged to do his "utmost" to renew a refueling mission for coalition forces in Afghanistan, which has been halted by a parliamentary stalemate. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Afghanistan • Japan • North Korea • Yasuo Fukuda • nuclear disarmament
- Korea Chiefs to Launch Border-Busting Railway
  
  Associated Press | Nov 16, 07 2:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In their latest step toward closer ties, the leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to establish a cross-border train system to strengthen economic connections. Beginning in December freight trains will follow a 16-mile track through the heavily patrolled border frontier to a joint industrial complex in North Korea's Kaesong. Two dozen South Korean companies employ some 20,000 North Koreans in the factory complex. More »
  
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  South Korea • North Korea • Kim Jong Il • shipping • summit • Roh Moo Hyun • railway
- Korean PMs Get Down to Business
  
  AFP | Nov 14, 07 7:19 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - North Korea's prime minister is in Seoul today for the start of a 3-day summit with his South Korean counterpart. The leaders are discussing how to implement peace agreements from last month's landmark meeting of the two Korean top leaders. But in the first visit by a northern leader to Seoul in 15 years, Kim Yong-Il will also seek to ensure a massive aid package from South Korea. More »
  
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  South Korea • North Korea • nuclear program
- US Urges Japan to Return to Afghanistan
  
  Reuters | Nov 8, 07 1:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Japan today to resume a naval support mission for US operations in Afghanistan, Reuters reports. Japan has conducted refueling operations in the region for the past six years at a cost of approximately $195 million. The mission was stopped earlier this month after an opposition party, citing lack of a UN mandate, withdrew support. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Japan • War on Terror • North Korea • Robert Gates • Yasuo Fukuda
- North Korea Disabling Nukes
  
  AFP | Nov 6, 07 3:03 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - North Korea has begun disabling its nuclear installations under the supervision of a team of nine US experts, reports Agence France Presse . Work started at plutonium production facilities in the Yongbyon complex, where North Korea has already shut down a reactor. "Obviously, it is going to take some time," said a State Department spokesman. North Korea currently has enough plutonium to build several bombs. More »
  
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  North Korea • nuclear weapons • Yongbyon
- North Korea's Dancing Agitprop
  
  Economist | Nov 3, 07 3:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The 2,000 Western tourists who managed to visit North Korea this year—four times as many as were allowed in 2002—offer a weirdly illuminating glimpse into the propaganda-saturated country closed to journalists, notes the Economist . Kim Jong-Il’s “Mass Games” performances—packed with synchronized dancing eggs and tens of thousands of gymnasts, make visits to the “basket-case state” unforgettable for the intrepid. More »
  
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  North Korea • propaganda • Kim Jong Il • tourists • resorts • Kim Il Sung
- US Team to Disable Nuke Plant
  
  Reuters | Nov 1, 07 2:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A US team arrived in Pyongyang today and is to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear complex this week—a process which experts say will zap plutonium production for at least a year, but falls short of destruction. North Korea has agreed to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for 1 million metric tons of heavy fuel oil or its equivalent, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  North Korea • nuclear weapons • nuclear facilities
October 2007
- Syria's Alleged Nuke Site Gone in Puff of Smoke
  
  Washington Post | Oct 25, 07 7:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Syrian military facility bombed in an Israeli air strike last month has been quickly—and mysteriously—razed and cleared, according to a new photograph taken by a commercial satellite. The Syrian government had been accused of building a nuclear reactor on the site capable of producing weapons, the Washington Post reports, though Damascus has denied the allegations. More »
  
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  Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear sites
- Israeli Strike on Syria Hit Nuke Reactor
  
  New York Times | Oct 13, 07 6:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Israel's air strike on Syria last month was aimed at a nuclear reactor, US and Israeli intelligence analysts say. The partly-built facility was based on a North Korean model—a link that could harm Pyonyang's new denuclearization deal if Israel can prove that Kim Jong Il helped mount the reactor. US and world officials were mum about the origins of Syria's technology, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  Iran • Israel • Dick Cheney • North Korea • Syria • nuclear weapons • nuclear reactor • ballistic missile program
- US Task Force Targets Illegal Arms Sales
  
  Los Angeles Times | Oct 11, 07 5:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Justice Department announced today that it will create special task forces charged with blocking the efforts of hostile nations to illegally export US-made parts and technology for the enrichment of their weapons systems, the Los Angeles Times reports. The National Counterproliferation Initiative will target the middlemen and front companies clandestine buyers use to get around trade restrictions. More »
  
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  Iran • Department of Justice • North Korea

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