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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• February 4th 2010 – October 28th 2009
• October 26th 2009 – August 21st 2009
• August 20th 2009 – July 2nd 2009
• July 2nd 2009 – May 26th 2009
• May 25th 2009 – April 5th 2009
• April 5th 2009 – February 20th 2009
• February 19th 2009 – November 16th 2008
• November 12th 2008 – September 10th 2008
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North Korea: news

What response to North Korea?

Sunday, April 5th 2009, 7:28

Pyongyang says it has launched a long-range rocket despite warnings. What should the international response be?
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N Korea skips first launch chance

Saturday, April 4th 2009, 14:39

The first window for the launch of North Korea's controversial rocket passes without a blast-off, possibly due to poor weather.
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N Korea 'preparing rocket launch'

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 12:32
related countries: United States

North Korea is said to be making final preparations for a planned rocket launch despite warnings by the US and its allies.
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N Korea warned over rocket launch

Thursday, April 2nd 2009, 11:34
related countries: South Korea, United States

US President Obama and South Korea's Lee Myung-bak agree a "stern, united response" to any North Korea rocket launch.
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UN sanctions sought on N Korea

Thursday, April 2nd 2009, 5:15
related countries: Japan, United States

Japan, South Korea and the US garner support for UN sanctions if North Korea launches a missile, as reports suggest it is ready to do.
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Two Koreas meet on football pitch

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 13:26

North and South Korean footballers meet in a World Cup qualifier, amid increasing political tensions on the peninsula.
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US reporters face N Korea trial

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 3:34
related countries: United States

Two US reporters held in North Korea will be tried for illegal entry and "hostile acts", the country's state media say.
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'Critical' S Korean held in North

Monday, March 30th 2009, 9:24

North Korea detains a South Korean worker at a joint industrial zone, for allegedly criticising its political system.
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S Korea worries over North's plan

Monday, March 30th 2009, 4:43
related countries: South Korea

South Korea says North Korea's planned satellite launch has worrying implications but should not be tackled militarily.
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US 'will not stop' N Korea rocket

Sunday, March 29th 2009, 17:45
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

The US defence secretary says North Korea is likely to launch a rocket soon and Washington will not attempt to stop it.
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Japan to 'destroy' N Korea rocket

Friday, March 27th 2009, 7:24
related countries: Japan

Japan says it will intercept and destroy any parts of a North Korean rocket that might fall on its territory.
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N Korea 'places missile on pad'

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 5:06
related countries: Japan, United States

North Korea places what is thought to be a long-range missile on a launch pad, Japanese and US officials say.
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N Korea treats journalists 'well'

Wednesday, March 25th 2009, 4:40
related countries: United States

The US says it has been assured by North Korea that two US journalists arrested there are being treated well.
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N Korea warns over rocket launch

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 10:08

North Korea warns that any UN sanctions over its planned rocket launch would trigger the end of talks on its denuclearisation.
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N Korea confirms reporters held

Saturday, March 21st 2009, 8:22
related countries: United States

North Korea confirms the arrest of two female US journalists, saying they were detained for illegally entering its territory.
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N Korea restores military hotline

Saturday, March 21st 2009, 6:59
related countries: China

North Korea restores a military hotline with the South and confirms it is detaining two US reporters.
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North Korea 'holds US reporters'

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 11:19
related countries: China, United States

North Korean troops have reportedly arrested two American journalists near a river on the border with China.
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A secret land

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 9:42
related countries: China

A glimpse of life on the Chinese border with North Korea
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North Korea 'holds US reporters'

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 5:01
related countries: China, United States

North Korean troops arrest at least one Korean-American journalists near the border with China, South Korean media say.
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North Korea refuses US food aid

Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 11:39
related countries: United States

The United States says North Korea is rejecting food aid as tensions rise ahead of a planned satellite launch.
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Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen

Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 9:35
related countries: Yemen

A suicide bomber targets a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday.
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China concerned by Korea tensions

Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 9:23
related countries: China

China voices its concern over growing tensions on the Korean peninsula, as North Korea's premier begins a five-day visit.
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North Korea gets its first pizzeria, staffed by Italian-trained chefs

Monday, March 16th 2009, 12:29
related countries: Italy
related places: Pyongyang

North Korea's first pizza and pasta restaurant, staffed by Italian-trained chefs, opens in Pyongyang.
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N Korea partially reopens border

Monday, March 16th 2009, 9:28

North Korea partially reopens its border to allow South Koreans trapped in an industrial zone since Friday to return home.
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Tourists die in Yemen explosion

Sunday, March 15th 2009, 21:46
related countries: Yemen

Four South Korean tourists visiting Yemen die in an explosion while posing for photographs at an historic fortress.
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N Korea sets rocket launch date

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 13:11

North Korea tells an international shipping body it plans to carry out a controversial rocket launch in early April.
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N Korea spy meets abductee's son

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 12:53
related countries: Japan
related places: Pyongyang

A former North Korean spy tells the son of a Japanese woman abducted by Pyongyang in 1978 that she believes she is alive.
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Two cargo ships collide off Japan

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 6:29
related countries: Japan

Rescuers search for a missing South Korean ship that collided with another vessel off the coast of Japan.
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N Korea reopens border business

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 5:47

North Korea reopens its border to allow South Koreans into an industrial park, a day after protesting against a military drill.
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N Korea's Kim 'elected' to seat

Monday, March 9th 2009, 5:07

State media in tightly-controlled North Korea says leader Kim Jong-il is unanimously elected in parliamentary vote.
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N Korea holds parliamentary poll

Sunday, March 8th 2009, 1:13

North Korea votes in elections which observers say could give a clue to the country's eventual succession.
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S Korea diverts jets over threats

Friday, March 6th 2009, 12:53
related places: Pyongyang

South Korean airlines re-route planes to avoid the North's airspace amid escalating tension and threats from Pyongyang.
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N Korea threatens civilian planes

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 14:15
related places: Pyongyang

Pyongyang says it cannot ensure the safety of South Korean civilian flights near its airspace, amid heightened tensions.
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China talks for US envoy on N Korea

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 14:46
related countries: China, United States
related places: Beijing

The new US envoy on North Korea arrives in Beijing for talks aimed at breathing life into the stalled nuclear deal.
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North Korea holds rare UN talks

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 11:00
related countries: South Korea, United States

North Korea and the US-led United Nations Command in South Korea hold their first talks in almost seven years.
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N Korea's Kim tours launch region

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 9:49

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il tours North Hamgyong Province, where diplomats believe a missile test is being prepared.
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North Korea 'plans rocket launch'

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 9:59

North Korea says it is planning to launch a rocket carrying a satellite, fuelling speculation about a possible missile test.
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N Korea 'deploying more missiles'

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 11:45
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

North Korea recently deployed new medium-range missiles, bolstered its navy and increased its special forces, Seoul says.
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Thousands mourn S Korean cardinal

Friday, February 20th 2009, 10:43
related countries: South Korea

Mourners in South Korea attend the funeral of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, a major figure in promoting democracy.
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N Korea's Kim in military shuffle

Friday, February 20th 2009, 9:19

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il promotes a close aide to a top role on the body which controls the country's military.
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Clinton urges N Korean dialogue

Friday, February 20th 2009, 4:26
related countries: South Korea, United States

The US secretary of state warns North Korea that relations will not improve until it talks to the South and ends its nuclear ambitions.
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