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North Korea vows to restart shuttered nuclear facilities
SEOUL -- North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart nuclear facilities that were closed as part of a 2007 international disarmament agreement. The move comes at the urging of the communist state's leader, Kim Jong Un, for the country to build...Tags: China, Defense Equipment, Petroleum Industry, Nuclear Power, Japan
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Quick, someone wake Theo and tell him to dump Marmol
Dale Sveum must be trying to get fired. Or maybe the Cubs manager hates Cubs fans. Or perhaps he’s an agent of evil sent by North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to destroy the Cubs because their legendary ineptitude and continued consignment to a...
Tags: James Russell, Baseball, Ian Stewart, Carlos Zambrano, Sports
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North Korea, in break from bluster, elevates reformer
SEOUL — North Korea's parliament on Monday approved the appointment of a new premier seen by outside experts as an economic reformer, a rare sign of moderation from the country after days of bellicose statements. The appointment in Pyongyang...
Tags: Parliament, Japan, Government, North Korea, U.S. Military
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For the moment, North Korea turns its attention to economy
SEOUL -- After weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea, the leadership of North Korea turned its attention to its battered economy Monday, naming a 74-year-old economic expert as its new prime minister. Pak Pong-Ju is viewed as a...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, U.S. Military, Seoul (South Korea), South Korea
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Orioles are in a perfect spot heading into 2013 season
Let's agree that the Orioles are saying all the right things as they get ready for Tuesday's season opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. They're saying last year's 93 wins were no fluke. They're saying they're hungrier than ever after finishing second...
Tags: Koji Uehara, Brian Roberts, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, American League East
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Reaching out to North Korea
President Obama's recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement. The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey for a deadly...
Tags: Park Geun-hye, China, George H.W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush
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North Korea says peninsula is in 'state of war'
SEOUL — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. The latest statement...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Park Geun-hye, Military Equipment, Wars and Interventions, North Korea
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North Korea's Kim is making U.S. officials nervous
WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials who once hoped that North Korea's young leader could prove to be a reformer are increasingly worried that he might blunder his way into a war. Even as they publicly describe 30-year-old Kim Jong Un's...Tags: China, Defense, Washington, DC, Japan, Weaponry
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Showdown with North Korea
North Korea and the United States are doing their best to sound like they are more than ready to go to war. The Pyongyang regime put its missiles on "highest alert" after threatening to "mercilessly strike" the U.S. mainland, Hawaii and Guam. Yesterday...
Tags: Weaponry, North Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Korea
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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: The Washington Post, Bill Richardson, Chicago Bulls, Columbia University, Travel
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North Korea threatens attacks on U.S., Guam, South Korea
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- In the latest in a series of escalating threats, North Korea's top command announced Tuesday that it has put its artillery and strategic rocket units under what it called "No. 1 combat readiness," targeting the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Guam and...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Park Geun-hye, Missile Systems, Korean War (1950-1953), Petroleum Industry
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Dennis Rodman urges Barack Obama to call his new BFF Kim Jong Un
It’s a real-life scenario so bizarre and outlandish it seems like it was dreamed up by the writers of “South Park” or “30 Rock”: Retired NBA player turned C-list reality star Dennis Rodman travels to North Korea, becomes...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, North Korea, Jerry Buss, Bill Clinton, Dennis Rodman
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