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NKorea says SKorean defected across land border

AFP Asian Edition 26 days ago

A South Korean pig farmer has defected to North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified land border, the communist state's official media said Tuesday. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) identified the man as Kang Tong-Rim, 30, and said that on Monday ...

NKorea's Mass Games come to a close

AP News 33 days ago

North Korea says Mass Games extravaganza drew 1.4 million during extended run North Korea says the extended run of its dance-and-tumbling extravaganza known as the Mass Games has come to a close. The official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch ...

North Korea Graham

AP News 38 days ago

In this Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of veteran evangelist Billy Graham, left, is greeted by Kim Yong Dae, vice-president of the Presidium of the ...

US evangelist visits N.Korea: state media

AFP American Edition 40 days ago

US evangelist Franklin Graham arrived in North Korea on Tuesday hoping to play a role in improving the country's relations with the United States, state media reported. Graham, who heads a non-governmental Christian organisation called Samaritan's Purse, arrived in the communist country ...

NKorea's Kim lauds farms, food shortages reported

AFP Global Edition 44 days ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has praised a cooperative farm for securing its richest-ever harvest, state media said Friday, amid foreign reports of severe looming food shortages for the nation. Kim said a tenacious drive "reaped the richest-ever harvest" at the Migok ...

North Korea China

AP News 47 days ago

In this photo released on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 by the (North) Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, has a light moment with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, as they watch ...

NKorea should seize 'tremendous opportunity': US envoy

AFP Asian Edition 53 days ago

A top US envoy urged North Korea Wednesday to seize a "tremendous opportunity" and return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, but Pyongyang's official media said it was up to Washington to resolve the issue. "There is a tremendous opportunity now for them ...

NKorea says at final phase of uranium enrichment: Yonhap

AFP Global Edition 80 days ago

North Korea said Friday it entered a final phase of uranium enrichment and is also building more nuclear weapons with spent fuel rods, South Korean newswire Yonhap reported, citing Pyongyang state media. "We've successfully done the experiment for enrichment of uranium and ...

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