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 29th 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 2nd 2009 – September 18th 2009
• September 15th 2009 – August 9th 2009
• August 6th 2009 – July 2nd 2009
• July 2nd 2009 – June 4th 2009
• June 4th 2009 – April 24th 2009
• April 23rd 2009 – April 4th 2009
• April 3rd 2009 – March 9th 2009
• March 8th 2009 – January 16th 2009
• January 15th 2009 – November 10th 2008
• November 7th 2008 – October 1st 2008
• September 26th 2008 – July 30th 2008
• July 25th 2008 – June 24th 2008
• June 24th 2008 – April 11th 2008
• April 10th 2008 – January 24th 2008
• January 21st 2008 – November 28th 2007
• November 27th 2007 – September 4th 2007
• September 2nd 2007 – August 1st 2007
• August 1st 2007 – July 9th 2007
• July 7th 2007 – May 16th 2007
• May 12th 2007 – March 22nd 2007
• March 22nd 2007 – February 13th 2007
• February 13th 2007 – December 5th 2006
• November 30th 2006 – October 20th 2006
• October 20th 2006 – October 9th 2006
• October 9th 2006 – August 4th 2006
• August 3rd 2006 – June 29th 2006
• June 28th 2006 – April 27th 2006
• April 25th 2006 – January 15th 2006
• January 7th 2006 – November 11th 2005

North Korea: news

US confirms N Korea 'target date'

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 8:36

US officials confirm Thursday is the target date for Pyongyang to deliver an overdue declaration of its nuclear activities.
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S Korean leader in beef apology

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 7:01

President Lee Myung-bak apologises to his country for a beef deal that sparked weeks of street protests.
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N Korea nuclear statement 'due'

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 4:20

Condoleezza Rice says North Korea will soon provide a declaration of its nuclear activities, amid fresh talks on the issue.
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UN assesses N Korea food supply

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 6:05

UN officials are given rare access to North Korea's countryside to assess how serious food shortages there are.
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Japan to lift N Korea sanctions

Friday, June 13th 2008, 15:00
related countries: Japan

Japan lifts some sanctions against North Korea after it agrees to re-examine cases of abducted Japanese nationals.
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Japan firms raided in nuclear row

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 4:56
related countries: Japan

Japan's police raid two firms after vacuum pumps they made and sold were found in a North Korean nuclear facility.
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Man flees N Korea after 33 years

Monday, June 9th 2008, 16:56

A South Korean fisherman taken by the North more than three decades ago has escaped, say reports.
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Japan and N Korea re-open talks

Saturday, June 7th 2008, 9:00
related countries: Japan

Japan and North Korea open talks in Beijing in a fresh push to resolve bilateral disputes after a gap of nine months.
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New appeal for N Korea food aid

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 5:21
related countries: South Korea

Religious groups in South Korea urge the government to send food to North Korea, amid famine warnings.
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S Korea beef protesters detained

Sunday, June 1st 2008, 12:04
related countries: United States

More than 200 people are arrested in Seoul in the latest protests over the decision to resume US beef imports.
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North Korea 'tests sea missiles'

Saturday, May 31st 2008, 4:52

North Korea tests three ship-to-ship missiles off its west coast as part of an exercise, reports from the South say.
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US resumes North Korea food aid

Friday, May 16th 2008, 17:28
related countries: United States

The US announces a resumption of food aid to North Korea, thought to be facing famine this summer.
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N Korea 'admits nuclear details'

Tuesday, May 13th 2008, 20:03
related countries: United States

A senior US diplomat says North Korea appears to have handed over full details of its plutonium programme.
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US welcomes N Korea move

Saturday, May 10th 2008, 7:01
related countries: United States

The US describes the handing over of North Korean nuclear documents as an "important first step".
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N Korea hands in nuclear records

Friday, May 9th 2008, 12:46
related countries: United States

North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.
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Few gains for press freedom

Wednesday, April 30th 2008, 12:02

A survey of media freedom reports losses and gains in E Asia - and North Korea is still bottom of the list.
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N Korean officer defects to South

Monday, April 28th 2008, 10:02

A North Korean soldier has defected to the South across the heavily fortified land border.
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N Korean crowds hail torch relay

Monday, April 28th 2008, 7:47
related places: Pyongyang

Crowds cheers the latest leg of the Olympic torch's worldwide relay, in the North Korean capital Pyongyang.
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Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'

Friday, April 25th 2008, 9:19
related countries: Syria, United States

The US accuses North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor "not intended for peaceful purposes".
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US nuclear team back in N Korea

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 8:47
related countries: South Korea, United States

Nuclear officials from the US return to North Korea after high level talks between the US, Japan and South Korea.
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Samsung chief resigns from post

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 3:03

The chairman of South Korean firm Samsung quits less than a week after he was charged with tax evasion.
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US and S Korea hopeful on North

Saturday, April 19th 2008, 21:24
related countries: United States

The US and South Korean leaders say they hope progress can be made with North Korea on its nuclear programme.
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US seeks to end NK deadlock

Thursday, April 17th 2008, 21:37
related countries: United States

The US scales back demands on a North Korean nuclear declaration to tackle a disarmament deadlock.
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Prosecutors charge Samsung chief

Thursday, April 17th 2008, 10:16

Prosecutors in South Korea indict Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee for tax evasion and breach of trust.
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North Korea 'faces food crisis'

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 9:38

North Korea is facing a humanitarian crisis because of acute food shortages, the World Food Programme warns.
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China 'must not return N Koreans'

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 6:15
related countries: China, United States

A US commission urges China to stop repatriating N Korean refugees, because of concern over their treatment.
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South Korean leader heads to US

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 6:10
related countries: United States

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak sets off for the US on his first overseas visit since taking office.
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Japan renews N Korea sanctions

Friday, April 11th 2008, 4:16
related countries: Japan

Japan extends sanctions against North Korea, citing a lack of progress on the nuclear and abduction issues.
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