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

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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