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Analysis: Why Google NKorea visit irks US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Kim Jong Un, Eric Schmidt, Pyongyang (North Korea), Google Inc.
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No change in North Korea, expert says
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterDespite the death of longtime dictator Kim Jong Il, don't expect the North Korean people to flood into their nation's squares demanding democracy for their impoverished and long-isolated nation, according to University of Notre Dame professor George...Tags: North Korea, China, United Nations, Kim Jong Un, George Lopez
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North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday personally received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling a possible rapprochement after months of estrangement between the communist allies. The contents of the letter...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, China, International Military Interventions, Kim Jong Un
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North Korea willing to take China's advice, start talks
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest...Tags: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Beijing (China), China, Kim Jong Un
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FACTBOX-UN experts recommend new North Korea sanctions
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Reuters) - A confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts has recommended that 15 new North Korean entities and individuals be sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council. It will be up to the 15-member council whether or not it...Tags: Weaponry, Nuclear Weapons, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Energy and Resource Industries, Missile Systems
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US stresses coordination after Japan PM's aide visits N.Korea
ReutersBy Linda Sieg TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on Thursday on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, but said all sides tackling North Korea's nuclear ambitions should...Tags: North Korea, Government, China, Trips and Vacations, Kim Jong Un
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Aide to Japan's leader pays unannounced visit to North Korea
BEIJING -- A senior aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Tuesday in North Korea, but neither country gave a reason for the unannounced visit that followed weeks of high tension in the region over the North's nuclear and missile tests....
Tags: North Korea, Government, News Agency, Pyongyang (North Korea), Japan
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Japan PM adviser Iijima arrives in North Korea
ReutersTOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday in a rare surprise visit to a country with which Japan has no diplomatic ties, but the purpose of the visit was not immediately known. North...Tags: North Korea, Government, Pyongyang (North Korea), Politics, Japan
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Weaponry, Barack Obama, Book, Somalia
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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: North Korea, Kim Il Sung, Arirang (movie), International Military Interventions, Kim Jong Un
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Corea del Norte dice que turista estadounidense detenido enfrentará juicio
ReutersPor Jane Chung SEUL, 27 abr (Reuters) - Corea del Norte dijo el sábado que un turista coreano-estadounidense, encarcelado por el país a fines del año pasado, enfrentará un juicio por "cometer crímenes" en su contra. El hecho tiene lugar en medio de...Tags: Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Pyongyang (North Korea)
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The Week in Pictures | April 15 – April 21, 2013
FrameworkThe eyes of the world were on Boston this week with the two bomb blasts during the marathon on Monday and subsequent manhunt for two brothers believed to be the perpetrators....
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