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 17th 2009 – October 28th 2009
• October 26th 2009 – September 12th 2009
• September 8th 2009 – August 6th 2009
• August 5th 2009 – July 1st 2009
• July 1st 2009 – June 2nd 2009
• June 1st 2009 – April 22nd 2009
• April 22nd 2009 – April 2nd 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – March 6th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – January 12th 2009
• January 3rd 2009 – November 6th 2008
• November 2nd 2008 – September 24th 2008
• September 24th 2008 – July 24th 2008
• July 23rd 2008 – June 19th 2008
• June 19th 2008 – April 9th 2008
• April 8th 2008 – January 21st 2008
• January 18th 2008 – November 23rd 2007
• November 16th 2007 – September 2nd 2007
• September 1st 2007 – July 31st 2007
• July 31st 2007 – July 6th 2007
• July 6th 2007 – May 8th 2007
• May 3rd 2007 – March 21st 2007
• March 20th 2007 – February 12th 2007
• February 11th 2007 – November 28th 2006
• November 25th 2006 – October 20th 2006
• October 19th 2006 – October 7th 2006
• October 6th 2006 – August 3rd 2006
• August 1st 2006 – June 22nd 2006
• June 22nd 2006 – April 24th 2006
• April 13th 2006 – January 2nd 2006
• December 30th 2005 – November 11th 2005

North Korea: news

North Korean ship 'turned around'

Wednesday, July 1st 2009, 4:09
related countries: Burma, United States

A North Korean ship being tracked on suspicion of carrying weapons to Burma is reported to have turned around.
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US slaps sanctions on Iran firm

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 19:39
related countries: Iran, United States

The US imposes sanctions on an Iranian firm accused of helping North Korea develop its nuclear weapons programme.
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North Korea 'enriching uranium'

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 11:13
related countries: South Korea

North Korea is going ahead with plans to enrich uranium, a possible step to making a nuclear weapon, South Korea says.
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Tokyo and Seoul in sanctions call

Sunday, June 28th 2009, 13:24
related countries: Japan, South Korea
related places: Seoul

Japan and South Korea call for strict implementation of new UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear moves.
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Getting tough

Saturday, June 27th 2009, 0:27
related countries: China

China's new attitude to North Korea
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Hard labour

Thursday, June 25th 2009, 22:13

Life inside North Korea's infamous gulag camps
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Burma denies link to N Korea ship

Thursday, June 25th 2009, 11:33
related countries: Burma, United States

Burma's junta says it has no links with a N Korean ship in the South China Sea which the US believes could be heading its way.
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Jailed N Korea reporters visited

Thursday, June 25th 2009, 7:14
related countries: Sweden, United States

Sweden's ambassador to North Korea has visited two US journalists jailed there, the US embassy says.
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N Korea defends nuclear programme

Monday, June 22nd 2009, 11:40
related countries: United States

North Korea boasts of being a 'proud nuclear power' and warns the US that it will strike back if attacked.
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Obama 'prepared' for N Korea test

Sunday, June 21st 2009, 23:32
related countries: United States
related places: Pacific

President Barack Obama says the US is "fully prepared" for a possible North Korean missile test over the Pacific.
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North Korea in plutonium threat

Saturday, June 13th 2009, 8:19
related places: Pyongyang

North Korea says it will "weaponise" its plutonium, after the UN imposes tougher sanctions on the secretive state.
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Robust message

Friday, June 12th 2009, 18:27
related countries: China, Russia

China and Russia on board for North Korea sanctions
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UN toughens North Korea sanctions

Friday, June 12th 2009, 17:48

The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to impose new sanctions on communist North Korea.
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US 'prefers talks' over N Korea

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 22:26
related countries: United States

The US is addressing a growing threat from North Korea but still hopes for a diplomatic solution, its envoy says.
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Explosion mystery

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 15:18

Scientists fail to detect North Korea nuclear traces
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N Korea draft resolution agreed

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 16:51

Key UN Security Council members agree a draft resolution to expand sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test.
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S Korean firm quits joint complex

Tuesday, June 9th 2009, 10:07

A South Korean company becomes the first to pull out of a joint industrial complex set up in North Korea as a symbol of reconciliation.
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Mercy plea for held US reporters

Tuesday, June 9th 2009, 1:23
related countries: United States

The families of two US journalists sentenced to 12 years' hard labour in North Korea plead for their release.
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Bargaining power

Monday, June 8th 2009, 23:46
related countries: United States

Trial of US pair gives North Korea diplomatic leverage
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Obama 'concerned' for jailed reporters

Monday, June 8th 2009, 11:31
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama says he is "deeply concerned" by North Korea's sentencing of two US journalists to hard labour.
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North Korea jails US journalists

Monday, June 8th 2009, 10:00
related countries: United States

A North Korean court sentences two US journalists convicted of entering the country illegally to 12 years' hard labour.
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North Korea jails US journalists

Monday, June 8th 2009, 10:00
related countries: United States

A North Korean court sentences two US journalists convicted of entering the country illegally to 12 years' hard labour.
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US warns N Korea over terror list

Sunday, June 7th 2009, 13:47
related countries: United States

The US is considering putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Hillary Clinton says.
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Son 'confirms N Korea succession'

Sunday, June 7th 2009, 11:45
related countries: Japan

The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il tells Japanese TV he believes his younger brother is leader-in-waiting.
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No 'reward' for N Korea, US vows

Saturday, June 6th 2009, 14:07
related countries: United States

The US will not reward North Korea's "extraordinarily provocative" recent actions, President Barack Obama says.
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US journalists on trial in N Korea

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 9:33
related countries: United States

Two US journalists are thought to have gone on trial in North Korea, accused of "hostile acts" and illegally entering the country.
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Pyongyang justice

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 4:10

The two Americans on trial for spying in N Korea
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N Korea 'names Kim's successor'

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 6:57
related countries: South Korea

Media reports from South Korea say North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has chosen his youngest son to succeed him.
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