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South Korea, U.S. begin drills as North Korea threatens war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South'...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Wars and Interventions, Politics, North Korea, Petroleum Industry
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Dangerous situation
The U.N. Security Council is correct in acting swiftly to defuse a volatile situation in North Korea. The council imposed new sanctions Thursday aimed at targeting the economy and leadership of the country. The resolution sent a powerful message to...Tags: Kim Jong Un, North Korea
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Fiery seas, sacred war: North Korea's blustery history
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will burn like a "sea of fire." Seoul's "rat-like" president will be struck with a "bolt of lightning." The country's media companies will be blown up in missile strikes. North Korea has fired off many...Tags: Kim Il Sung, Wars and Interventions, Politics, North Korea, Petroleum Industry
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UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, National Government, Susan Rice, Politics, North Korea
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U.N. Security Council moves toward new sanctions on North Korea
WASHINGTON -- The U.N. Security Council moved Tuesday toward approval of new sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test last month, drawing a furious reaction from Pyongyang. The proposed sanctions, introduced by the United States with the support...
Tags: International Organizations, U.S. Embassy, National Government, Susan Rice, Politics
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U.N. approves new sanctions against North Korea
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, a move that sparked a furious Pyongyang to threaten a nuclear strike against the United States. The...
Tags: Barack Obama, Susan Rice, North Korea, Politics, Elections
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China's North Korea dilemma
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote this week on a new round of sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's February nuclear test, and with China's backing, it is likely to pass. Beijing was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Defense, Politics, North Korea, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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Tighter U.N. sanctions target North Korean banking and cargo
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.The United Nations Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on North Korea on Thursday in reaction to its defiant nuclear test last month, tightening financial restrictions on the isolated nation. The vote came after North Korea threatened to...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Wars and Interventions, Susan Rice, Politics
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Basketball diplomacy, Pyongyang-style
It is really not so odd that we would find Dennis Rodman partying heartily with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. After all, they have so much in common. Think of Kim as Rodman with less height, fewer piercings, more nuclear menace — and more blood on...
Tags: Barack Obama, Harlem Globetrotters, Human Rights, ABC (tv network), The Washington Post
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N. Korea, facing new sanctions, threatens to cancel 1953 armistice
With the United States pushing for tougher sanctions on North Korea in the wake of its latest nuclear test, the North threatened Tuesday to cancel the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War. The North Korean military said in a statement released on...
Tags: South Korea, North Korea, United Nations
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly meets Dennis Rodman
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down Thursday for a rare meeting with an American – the pierced, provocative former basketball star Dennis Rodman, according to media reports. Rodman reportedly chatted with Kim as they sat side by side at a...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Harlem Globetrotters, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Columbia University
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Dennis Rodman tests out 'basketball diplomacy' in North Korea
It’s a story so strange it could have been cobbled together through Mad Libs: Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman and some of the showy Harlem Globetrotters arrived Tuesday in the isolated country of North Korea, in a filmed trip billed as...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Harlem Globetrotters, Human Rights, The Washington Post, Bill Richardson
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