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North Korea stories: 281 news summaries

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 North Korea Sentences 
 US Journalists to 12 Years 

They get labor prison for sneaking into country

Jun 8, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a hasty trial, North Korean officials have sentenced two young American journalists to 12 years hard labor for an unspecified "grave crime," and for illegally crossing into the reclusive country, AP reports. The decision can't be appealed because reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee were tried by... More »

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North Korea • jail • journalist • Euna Lee • Laura Ling • labor prison

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Hillary: Obama 'Absolutely' Able to Handle 3am Call

Secretary of state puts Iran, N. Korea on notice

Jun 7, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton made her first Sunday show appearance as secretary of state today, vowing “there would be retaliation” against Iran if it attacked Israel, and that Washington might return North Korea to its state terror list. Clinton, speaking on This Week a year to the day after she ceded... More »

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Iran • health care • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • North Korea • Newt Gingrich • Richard Shelby • health care reform • David Axelrod

N Korea, Iran Battle to Soccer Stalemate

Result could hurt Ahmedinejad's
election chances

Jun 6, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There was more than World Cup qualification riding on the soccer game between the two remaining members of George W. Bush’s "axis of evil" today, the Financial Times reports. Mahmoud Ahmedinajad has long been criticized for interfering with the national team, and today's frustrating 0-0 stalemate with North... More »

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Iran • North Korea • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • soccer • 2010 World Cup • Iranian election

US Journalists'
Trial Begins in Secret

Women face labor camps if found
guilty of 'hostile acts' in N. Korea

Jun 5, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea began the trial of two American reporters yesterday in a media blackout, AFP reports. Laura Ling and Euna Lee are charged with entering the country illegally and engaging in unspecified "hostile acts" and could be sentenced to up to 10 years in a labor camp. North Korea... More »

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North Korea • trial • Pyongyang • journalist • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

(Newser) - US and UK law enforcement authorities are planning a preemptive strike on hackers to protect national security, reports the Guardian. The secret plans are triggered by skyrocketing computer crimes launched from China, Russia and North Korea believed to be state sponsored. The "strikeback" attacks will target hackers' computers,... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • CIA • hackers • cybercrime • hacking • computer • computer crime • preemptive strike

Kim Jong Il's Fave Meal:
Live Fish

Ex-cook says N. Korean leader's dinners were still moving

Jun 3, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a taste treat, North Korea’s leader prefers live fish with wines and brandies, the Sun reports. “He particularly enjoyed raw fish so fresh that he could start eating as its mouth is still gasping and the tail is still thrashing,” his former cook, who is writing... More »

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food • North Korea • dancing • fish • cook • Kim Jong Il

(Newser) - The day after its defiant second test of a nuclear device, North Korea allowed its two American prisoners, Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, to call home. It was such an unusual act for the repressive state, that experts think it may be a signal that North Korea... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

(Newser) - News that Kim Jong Il has settled on his youngest son as eventual successor begs the question, what's the new guy like? Details are predictably scarce, but from his days at a Swiss boarding school, where he befriended the kids of US diplomats, we know that 26-year-old Kim Jong Un... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • Kim Jong Il • heir • Kim Jong Un

Kim Names 3rd Son as Next 'Dear Leader'

25-year-old set to rule North Korea when father steps down

Jun 2, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kim Jong-il has designated his youngest son Jong-un as his successor to lead North Korea, according to reports in the South Korean media. It's the latest sign of dramatic transformation in the isolated nation that launched a highly controversial nuclear test last week. It remains unclear whether Jong-un, 25, will... More »

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North Korea • Kim Jong Il • political dynasty • succession • Kim Jong-Un

 N. Korea Set to Launch 
 2nd Long-Range Missile 

Weapon may be launched when S. Korea prez visits DC

Jun 1, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is preparing to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile, according to South Korean media reports. Pyongyang is said to have moved its most advanced missile, whose 4,000 mile range puts Alaska within striking distance, to a brand-new launch pad and has forbidden ships from sailing the waters off... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • missile • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear missiles • Lee Myung-bak

(Newser) - In its latest confrontation with the US, North Korea this week will try two American journalists who were arrested by soldiers near the Chinese border in March. Reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling will be the first Americans to ever be tried in the country. The women, who were working... More »

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North Korea • Euna Lee

 Gates: US Won't Tolerate 
 a Nuclear North Korea 

Gates warns N Korea as satellites spot missile being moved

May 30, 09 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned that the US will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Reuters reports. Gates said any transfer of nuclear material from North Korea to another country or group would be considered "a grave threat." "We will not stand idly by as North... More »

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North Korea • Robert Gates • nuclear weapons • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear test

 North Korea Fires 
 6th Missile: Report 

Tensions rise further as Pyongyang warns of 'self-defense'

May 29, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has fired yet another short-range missile off its east coast, according to reports from a South Korean news agency. Although unconfirmed, the launch would be the sixth missile that the North has test-fired since its surprise nuclear test on Monday. Today Pyongyang warned it would take "self-defense"... More »

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North Korea • missile • weapons of mass destruction • UN Security Council • nuclear test

 US, South Korea on 
 High Military Alert 


Military organizations on highest alert since 2006 as North threatens to resume war

May 28, 09 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and South Korea have boosted their military status to high alert after North Korea's warning yesterday that it's scrapping the treaty that halted the Korean War, the BBC reports. Military officials are closely analyzing transmissions and movement from the North, which has threatened a  "powerful military strike"... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • Korean War • Proliferation Security Initiative

(Newser) - The US says North Korea’s recent nuclear test is an obstacle to a “peace treaty formally ending the Korean War,” which gives pause to Juliet Lapidos, writing for Slate. “Wait, we’re still at war with North Korea?” The armistice that ended hostilities in 1953 was... More »

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North Korea • United States • Korean War • Harry Truman • police action • armistice • hostilities

 North: Korean War Is Back On 

North declares end to peace deal, restarts its nuclear plant

May 27, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea warned today that it no longer considers itself bound by the 1953 truce that brought the Korean War to an effective—but not official—end. The country said South Korea's announcement yesterday that it is joining a US-led initiative to stop ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • truce • Korean War • Proliferation Security Initiative

(Newser) - So much for international outrage. North Korea fired off yet another short-range missile tonight, reports South Korea's Yonhap news agency. The missile is the third launched by Pyongyang since its nuclear test yesterday. Analysts suspect the North is engaging in a bit of saber-rattling, possibly to keep US and South... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • missile • nuclear test

ANALYSIS

North Korea's Real Aim May Be to Peddle Nukes to Others

Sale of weapons, info is true threat from secretive regime

May 26, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's nuclear test yesterday makes it no likelier that the rogue state will actually launch a weapon of mass destruction, argues AP analyst Robert Burns. What it does suggest is something perhaps even scarier: that the regime may facilitate the nuclear ambitions of other state actors or even... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Barack Obama • North Korea • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Kim Jong Il • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear test

 N. Korea Fires 2 New Missiles 

Pyongyang defies international condemnation with fresh missile launch

May 26, 09 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea raised international tensions even higher today by test-firing two new missiles off its east coast, AP reports. The missiles—one ground-to-air and one ground-to-ship—had a range of some 80 miles, according to South Korean officials, who believe North Korea fired an additional three missiles after its nuclear... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • missile • Kim Jong Il • nuclear test

(AP) - The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea's nuclear test as a clear violation of its resolutions. The council said in a statement today that it will begin work immediately on a new legally binding resolution addressing North Korea's violations. More »

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North Korea • United Nations • Japan • UN Security Council • nuclear test

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