News: North Korea

We have started to collect the most important news related to North Korea in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to North Korea – overview

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• December 10th 2009 – October 17th 2009
• October 15th 2009 – September 2nd 2009
• August 29th 2009 – August 4th 2009
• August 4th 2009 – June 25th 2009
• June 25th 2009 – May 28th 2009
• May 27th 2009 – April 20th 2009
• April 17th 2009 – March 29th 2009
• March 27th 2009 – February 23rd 2009
• February 20th 2009 – December 17th 2008
• December 17th 2008 – October 22nd 2008
• October 20th 2008 – September 10th 2008
• September 10th 2008 – July 16th 2008
• July 13th 2008 – June 7th 2008
• June 3rd 2008 – April 1st 2008
• March 28th 2008 – January 4th 2008
• January 3rd 2008 – November 3rd 2007
• October 31st 2007 – August 29th 2007
• August 25th 2007 – July 27th 2007
• July 26th 2007 – June 27th 2007
• June 26th 2007 – April 25th 2007
• April 23rd 2007 – March 15th 2007
• March 15th 2007 – January 24th 2007
• January 20th 2007 – November 16th 2006
• November 14th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 16th 2006 – October 3rd 2006
• September 28th 2006 – July 21st 2006
• July 19th 2006 – June 19th 2006
• June 18th 2006 – April 7th 2006
• April 6th 2006 – December 9th 2005
• December 8th 2005 – November 11th 2005

North Korea: news

North Korea denies Kim is unwell

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 11:23

N Korea dismisses reports that leader Kim Jong-il is seriously ill, saying the claims are "worthless" and a "conspiracy plot".
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N Korea's Kim missing from parade

Tuesday, September 9th 2008, 16:28
related places: Pyongyang

There is growing speculation about the health of North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il after he misses a key parade.
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N Korea 'hired taekwondo killers'

Tuesday, September 9th 2008, 11:01

A martial arts master says North Korean agents recruited him as part of a failed plot to kill a South Korean president.
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Birthday state

Tuesday, September 9th 2008, 0:20

North Korea defies critics as it marks its 60th anniversary
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Envoys hold talks on North Korea

Saturday, September 6th 2008, 7:28

Senior officials from the US and China discuss initial moves by North Korea to reverse promised nuclear disarmament.
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US doubts N Korea nuclear claims

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 18:40
related countries: United States

Officials in the US express doubt over reports claiming that North Korea is reassembling its nuclear facilities.
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China to let groups tour N Korea

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 7:34
related countries: China

China names North Korea as an official tour destination, allowing groups of Chinese tourists to visit the reclusive neighbouring state.
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S Korea accuses refugee of spying

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 10:20
related countries: South Korea

A 35-year-old North Korean woman is arrested in South Korea on suspicion of spying for her homeland.
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US to keep N Korea on terror list

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 21:52
related countries: United States

The US accuses Pyongyang of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and says North Korea will remain on a terrorism blacklist.
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Changing times

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 17:18

A market economy begins to emerge in North Korea
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N Korea 'stops nuclear disabling'

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 10:47
related countries: United States

North Korea says it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants because it has not yet been removed from a US terrorism list.
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N Korea tops Seoul summit agenda

Monday, August 25th 2008, 11:05
related countries: China, South Korea
related places: Seoul

South Korean and Chinese presidents discuss stalled North Korean nuclear talks, as a two-day summit begins in Seoul.
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N Korea 'develops special noodle'

Saturday, August 23rd 2008, 9:19

North Korea has reportedly invented a noodle that delays hunger, amid UN warnings of possible famine.
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Asian Olympians fail dope tests

Friday, August 15th 2008, 4:14
related countries: Vietnam

A North Korean shooting medalist and a Vietnamese gymnast are kicked out of the Olympics after failing dope tests.
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New inquiry into Japan abductees

Wednesday, August 13th 2008, 7:06
related countries: Japan

Japan and North Korea agree to a new inquiry into the abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s, reports say.
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Two missing in Korean collision

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 7:10

Two North Korean sailors are missing after boats from the two Koreas collide, in a fresh blow to tense bilateral ties.
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N Korea to expel southern workers

Saturday, August 9th 2008, 6:35
related places: Pyongyang

Pyongyang says it will expel South Korean workers from a mountain resort from Sunday as a row over a tourist's death worsens ties.
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N Korea steps up row with South

Sunday, August 3rd 2008, 13:15

North Korea says it will expel South Korean workers from a mountain resort, as a row over a tourist's death escalates.
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Video of Olympic rehearsal leaked

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 8:00
related countries: China

A South Korean TV station broadcasts a tape of a dress rehearsal for the Beijing Olympics, angering Chinese organisers.
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UN warns on North Korea shortages

Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 11:39

North Koreans are experiencing their worst food shortages since the famine of the late 1990s, a UN agency says.
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Seoul irked as inquiry hits wall

Friday, July 25th 2008, 9:53
related countries: South Korea

South Korea says it cannot resolve questions over the killing of a tourist without access to the scene in North Korea.
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Rice holds N Korea nuclear talks

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 6:24
related countries: Singapore

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets her North Korean counterpart, the first such talks in four years.
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Samsung chief makes legal appeal

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 9:57

The ex-chairman of South Korean firm Samsung files an appeal against his conviction for tax evasion.
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Kidnapped Koreans freed in Mexico

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 4:16
related countries: Mexico

Five South Koreans seized for ransom in Mexico are released, the South Korean foreign ministry has said.
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Amnesty criticises S Korea police

Friday, July 18th 2008, 10:10

Amnesty International says South Korean police were, at times, excessively forceful in handling recent protests.
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N Korea worker killed in Kaesong

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 11:02
related places: Kaesong

A North Korean working for a Southern company in the joint venture zone of Kaesong dies in an accident at work.
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Japanese condoms become unlikely victim of territorial dispute

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 9:05
related countries: Japan

Ads for Japanese condoms are removed from Korean subway trains amid a bilateral territorial dispute.
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Samsung ex-boss guilty of fraud

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 5:42
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

The ex-chairman of South Korean firm Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, is found guilty of tax evasion in Seoul.
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