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.

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North Korea: news

South staff leave N Korea resort

Tuesday, August 23rd 2011, 6:19
related countries: South Korea
related places: Pyongyang, Seoul

South Korean workers leave Mount Kumgang in North Korea, a day after Pyongyang said it was seizing Seoul's assets at the tourist resort.
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End of the road?

Monday, August 22nd 2011, 13:50

Deadlock over resort that symbolised inter-Korean hopes
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North Korea seizes resort assets

Monday, August 22nd 2011, 10:10

North Korea says it is seizing assets at a tourist site jointly operated with the South, giving South Koreans 72 hours to leave the resort at Mount Kumgang.
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Deutsche Bank charged in S Korea

Monday, August 22nd 2011, 9:01
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

Deutsche Bank's South Korean brokerage and four of its employees are charged with illegally manipulating Seoul's stock market last year.
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N Korea to discuss US war missing

Friday, August 19th 2011, 7:27
related countries: United States

North Korea says it will restart talks on repatriating remains of US troops killed during the Korean War, after a six-year halt, as the US pledges flood aid.
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Apple faces South Korean lawsuit

Thursday, August 18th 2011, 10:13
related countries: South Korea

Apple is facing a £15m lawsuit in South Korea following its collection of location data on iPhones and iPads.
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N Korea 'art smugglers' charged

Thursday, August 18th 2011, 7:20
related countries: South Korea

Police in South Korea charge four people with smuggling North Korean artwork into the country to sell for profit.
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N Korea anger at military drill

Tuesday, August 16th 2011, 10:07
related countries: South Korea, United States

The US and South Korea begin a massive military exercise to improve combat readiness on the Korean peninsula - sparking a furious North Korean reaction.
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VIDEO: Mid-East orchestra's message of peace

Tuesday, August 16th 2011, 6:39

An orchestra born out of conflict in the Middle East has performed on one of the world's most dangerous frontiers, the demilitarised zone on the Korean peninsula.
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VIDEO: S Korean 'blind archer' in olympic bid

Sunday, August 14th 2011, 9:46
related countries: United Kingdom

With less than a year to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the BBC's Lucy Williamson is revisiting a medal hopeful to see what progress he has made since she last met him.
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N Korea disputes shelling claim

Thursday, August 11th 2011, 4:12
related countries: South Korea

North Korea dismisses a reported artillery exchange with South Korea on Wednesday, saying the South mistook construction noise for shelling.
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Fire exchanged near Korea border

Wednesday, August 10th 2011, 14:17
related countries: South Korea

North Korea twice fires artillery shells near their disputed maritime border, prompting the South to respond with warning shots, South Korean defence officials say.
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N Korea 'keen' for nuclear talks

Monday, August 1st 2011, 4:06

North Korea says it is eager to resume six-party negotiations on its nuclear programme soon and "without preconditions".
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VIDEO: Korean clinic treats web addicts

Monday, August 1st 2011, 3:00
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

The growth of high speed broadband and increasingly sophisticated games has led to a rise in young people who have become addicted to the web. Lucy Williamson reports from Seoul on a new clinic aimed at treating a new condition.
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VIDEO: Dramatic footage of S Korea landslide

Friday, July 29th 2011, 9:04
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

At least 71 people are dead or missing after torrential rains lashed the South Korean capital Seoul and surrounding areas, Seoul's National Emergency Management Agency has said.
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N Korea nuclear talks 'serious'

Friday, July 29th 2011, 0:15
related countries: United States

The US says a first of two days of exploratory talks with North Korea on the country's nuclear programme were "serious and business-like".
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Millions hit in South Korean hack

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 11:07
related countries: China, South Korea

South Korea has blamed Chinese hackers for stealing data from 35 million accounts on a popular social network.
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S Korea allows North aid delivery

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 7:29
related countries: South Korea

South Korea allows several humanitarian groups to deliver flour to North Korea for the first time since an attack on a border island last year.
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Korean woman's 200th day in crane-top protest

Monday, July 25th 2011, 8:29

A South Korean woman spends her 200th day living at the top of a crane in a protest against job cuts at a major shipping company.
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US invites North Korea to talks

Sunday, July 24th 2011, 16:24
related countries: United States
related places: Washington, New York

Washington invites a North Korean envoy to New York for exploratory talks on resuming international nuclear negotiations.
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Samsung escalates LED patent row

Monday, July 18th 2011, 5:04

Korean electronics firm Samsung hits back in a patent dispute with rival Osram
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Women footballers fail drugs test

Saturday, July 16th 2011, 12:47
related countries: Germany

Five North Korean players test positive for a banned anabolic steroid at the Women's World Cup in Germany.
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Japan air boycott draws Seoul ire

Friday, July 15th 2011, 6:12
related countries: Japan, South Korea
related places: Seoul, Tokyo

South Korea protests to Japan after Tokyo tells diplomats to boycott Korean Air in a territorial dispute between the two countries.
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Canada pulls out of UN arms talks

Monday, July 11th 2011, 20:12
related countries: Canada

Canada withdraws from UN nuclear disarmament talks in protest at North Korea's presidency of the forum, the Canadian foreign minister says.
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S Korea players in lie-detector test

Monday, July 11th 2011, 8:52

South Korea's football league is introducing lie-detector tests for players as a huge corruption scandal continues to spread through the industry.
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Pyeongchang will host 2018 Games

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 15:19

South Korean city Pyeongchang is chosen as host for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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S Korean marine 'shoots comrades'

Monday, July 4th 2011, 10:06

Four South Korean marines are killed when a 19-year-old corporal serving near a disputed border turns his gun on them, say defence officials.
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New holding centre for N Koreans

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011, 9:51

South Korean officials say they are building a new facility to hold some of the 3,000 North Koreans who arrive in the country each year.
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North Korea 'buys anti-riot gear'

Tuesday, June 21st 2011, 6:12
related countries: China, South Korea

North Korea has bought large amounts of anti-riot equipment from China in recent months, South Korea's main news agency reports.
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S Korean troops shoot at airliner

Saturday, June 18th 2011, 5:13

South Korean troops armed with rifles fire at a passenger jet with more than 100 people on board, after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft.
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N Korea's defector call rejected

Friday, June 17th 2011, 6:56
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

Seoul rejects North Korea's demands for the return of nine defectors, saying they have asked to be resettled in the South.
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N Korea demands defectors' return

Thursday, June 16th 2011, 10:42
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

North Korea is demanding the return of nine apparent North Korean defectors who crossed to the South by boat, Seoul officials say.
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US Navy 'halted North Korea ship'

Monday, June 13th 2011, 9:53
related countries: Burma, United States

The US Navy halted a North Korean cargo vessel bound for Burma two weeks ago over fears it was carrying weapons, US media report.
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North Korea pessimistic on talks

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 4:18
related countries: China, South Korea
related places: Beijing

North Korea says no talks are possible with South Korea, as the South's nuclear envoy starts talks in Beijing.
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US envoy in N Korea rights talks

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 5:09
related countries: United States
related places: Pyongyang

The United States envoy for human rights in North Korea, Robert King, says Pyongyang discussed human rights and invited him back after his first trip there.
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S Korea army uses Kim picture for target practice

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 6:55
related countries: South Korea

South Korea says it will tell its army training units to stop using photographs of North Korea's ruling family for target practice.
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North Korea releases US detainee

Saturday, May 28th 2011, 6:11
related countries: China, United States

A US man detained in North Korea for six months is released and leaves for China with a US government delegation.
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Somali pirates jailed in S Korea

Friday, May 27th 2011, 11:47
related countries: Somalia

A South Korean court jails four Somali pirates over the hijacking of a Korean ship and the attempted murder of its captain in the Arabian Sea.
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N Korea 'to release US citizen'

Friday, May 27th 2011, 8:40
related countries: United States

North Korea is to release a US citizen it has been holding for six months on unspecified charges on humanitarian grounds, state media report.
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N Korea leader's China trip ends

Friday, May 27th 2011, 4:48
related countries: China

Chinese and North Korean state media confirm that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, has been visiting China.
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Kim Jong-il 'in Beijing summit'

Wednesday, May 25th 2011, 10:17
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is reported to be in Beijing to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao, as the North faces a food shortage.
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