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China steps up customs checks, but North Korea trade robust
ReutersBy Ben Blanchard DANDONG, China, May 1 (Reuters) - China has stepped up checks on shipments to and from North Korea almost two months after agreeing to new U.N. sanctions that demand greater scrutiny of trade, but the flow of goods in and out of the...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Beijing (China), Pyongyang (North Korea), South Korea, International Trade
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Trapped in South Korea, veteran spies still believe in the North
ReutersBy Ju-min Park SEOUL, April 30 (Reuters) - Park Hee-sung, a 78-year-old North Korean former agent who has been held in the enemy South for close to half a century, remains staunchly loyal to his homeland, the ruling Kim family and its Juche ideology of...Tags: Punishment, Kim Jong Il, South Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953)
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ETC: These are the overloaded cars of South Korean workers fleeing North Korea
Autoblog.comFiled under: Government/Legal, South Korea Around 175 South Korean workers have been forced to pack up their belongings and leave a group of jointly operated factories in North Korea after tensions continued to escalate between the two countries. The... -
For South Korea, no respect, no Kaesong
It's time for South Korea to face facts: The Kaesong experiment has failed. The ideologically motivated joint business venture with North Korea known as the Kaesong industrial complex is not economically viable, nor has it achieved any of its political...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Central Intelligence Agency, Pyongyang (North Korea), South Korea, Career and Workplace
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North Korea holds back seven South Koreans at industrial zone
ReutersBy Kim Do-gyun and Lim Sang-gyu PAJU, South Korea, April 29 (Reuters) - North Korea held back seven of 50 remaining South Koreans at the suspended jointly run factory zone north of the heavily armed border on Monday, citing last-minute checks on taxes...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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North Korea says American tourist it is holding will face trial
ReutersSEOUL, April 27 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday a Korean-American tourist, who has been held in prison by the reclusive state since late last year, will face trial for "committing crimes" against the North, a move that could further stoke...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), South Korea, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Richardson
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Review: "Woke Up Lonely" by Fiona Maazel
Fiona Maazel possesses a formidable imagination and considerable linguistic virtuosity. Yet her second novel, “Woke Up Lonely,” a dystopian picaresque featuring a cultlike organization, government spies, a visit to North Korea, a slew of...Tags: Interior Policy, Arts and Culture, Politics, Literature, National Government
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South Korea to pull workers from Kaesong complex in North Korea
SEOUL -- South Korea said Friday it would pull its remaining workers from an industrial complex run jointly with North Korea after Pyongyang refused an offer to begin talks. Located just north of the demilitarized zone between the two countries, the...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Pyongyang (North Korea), South Korea, Career and Workplace, Emily Alpert
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North Korea rejects South's call for talks on industrial zone
ReutersSEOUL, April 26 (Reuters) - North Korea rejected on Friday a South Korean proposal for talks aimed at restarting a joint factory zone saying the South has acted in an "unpardonable" manner to jeopardize a "precious" legacy of the rivals' bid to seek...Tags: South Korea, Plant Openings
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LETTER: North Korea Needs Food
Over the past 60 years, Americans have had a long-standing tension with North Korea, which seemed to have culminated in the past couple weeks with the recent threats of nuclear war. Recent reports have detailed that North Korea is suffering from food... -
The Pyongyang power couple behind dynastic dictator Kim
Reuters* Young leader's aunt is daughter of N.Korea's founder * Leader's uncle Jang was close to Kim Jong-il * Couple believed to control ruling party's finances * Couple seen trying to cement power amid military purges By Jack Kim SEOUL, April 26 (Reuters)...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Kim Jong Il, South Korea, Suicide, Alcohol Addiction
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South Korea chides Japan after lawmakers visit war shrine
South Korea chided Japan for “retrograde comments and behaviors” Thursday, days after Japanese government ministers and a host of lawmakers flocked to a politically sensitive war shrine. Japan “turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to...
Tags: South Korea, Justice System, China, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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