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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• 'Critical' S Korean held in North – Asian Olympians fail dope tests
• Asian outcry over Dutch adoption – Calm urged after N Korea missiles
• Caution urged on N Korea response – Daewoo leases Madagascar land
• Damages win for S Korea baby swap – Flood-hit N Korea 'faces famine'
• Floods delay Korea summit – Inspectors visit N Korea reactor
• Inter-Korean dialogue to restart – Japan wants N Korean spies held
• Japan's NHK in media control row – Korea asks US for hostage help
• Korea cloning researchers quizzed – Koreas announce historic summit
• Koreas begin key security forum – N Korea 'hit by measles epidemic'
• N Korea 'in final uranium phase' – N Korea accuses fishing boat crew
• N Korea accuses South over border – N Korea envoys mourn Kim Dae-jung
• N Korea expels S Korean managers – N Korea launches 3G phone network
• N Korea leader 'visits factories' – N Korea rejects Seoul talks offer
• N Korea rejects UN missile call – N Korea threatens talks walk-out
• N Korea to attend security talks – N Korea's military seeks US talks
• N Korea-Japan dispute unresolved – North halts inter-Korean reunions
• North Korea 'enriching uranium' – North Korea fund transfer stalled
• North Korea gets its first pizzeria, staff... – North Korea warns of naval clash
• North Korea-Japan talks to resume – Prosecutors charge Samsung chief
• Prosecutors seek Hyundai arrest – S Korea abductee 'to meet family'
• S Korea accuses refugee of spying – S Korea president-elect cleared
• S Korea probes 'cell phone death' – S Korean in oil rally suicide bid
• S Korean jailed for Iraq bribes – Seoul charges North Korea 'spies'
• Seoul eases N Korea missile fears – South Korean flood aid for North
• South Korean grandmother fails her written... – Thousands mourn S Korean cardinal
• Thousands wed in Korean ceremony – UN nuclear chief upbeat on N Korea
• UN praises N Korea co-operation – US backs allies against NK threat
• US backs N Korea nuclear plan – US journalists 'face North Korea trial'
• US journalists on trial in N Korea – US to give North Korea more time
• US to keep N Korea on terror list – Word power

North Korea: news

'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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'Deal reached' at N Korea talks

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 7:21

A tentative deal to curtail North Korea's nuclear programme has been reached at talks in Beijing.
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'Deal' on N Korea reactor closure

Friday, June 29th 2007, 12:12

The UN says it has reached an understanding with N Korea on monitoring the closure of a nuclear reactor.
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'Fake photo' revives rumours over health of North Korea's leader

Friday, November 7th 2008, 13:33

Suggestions that a recently released image of North Korea's leader may have been faked revive suspicions he may be seriously ill.
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'Five killed' in Nigeria oil raid

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 9:42
related countries: Niger, Nigeria

Five Nigerian soldiers are killed in a raid on an oil field in which five South Koreans were kidnapped, militants say.
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'Hundreds dead' in N Korea floods

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 13:05

Flooding in North Korea leaves hundreds dead and wreaks more damage than last year's heavy rain, officials say.
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'Hundreds dead' in N Korea floods

Friday, July 21st 2006, 10:25

Hundreds are dead or missing in North Korea after days of heavy rain, according to state media.
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'No aid' unless N Korea disarms

Friday, October 9th 2009, 7:16
related countries: Japan, South Korea

The leaders of Japan and South Korea say North Korea should not be offered aid until it dismantles its nuclear programme.
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'North Korean arms plane' seized

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 19:26
related countries: Thailand
related places: Bangkok

Thailand seizes a cargo plane refuelling in Bangkok which it says was carrying weapons from North Korea to an unknown destination.
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'Nuclear threat' to power grids

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 16:33
related countries: Iran

Scientists warn that Iran and North Korea may develop a bomb that could paralyse western electricity grids.
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'Progress' in N Korea-US talks

Friday, January 19th 2007, 12:17
related countries: United States

N Korea and the US call recent talks positive, as Washington's envoy prepares for more nuclear negotiations.
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'Success' hailed in N Korea talks

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 14:01
related countries: Singapore, United States

Envoys from the US and North Korea hail progress in the latest round of nuclear talks in Singapore.
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'US envoy to N Korea' after clash

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 10:46
related countries: United States
related places: Pyongyang, Washington

The US says a naval clash between the two Koreas will not affect Washington's decision to send an envoy to Pyongyang.
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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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Abducted S Korean returns home

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 12:18

A South Korean fisherman kidnapped by North Korea 30 years ago arrives home after fleeing from the North.
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Abductee sticks to N Korean line

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 9:23

A man thought to have been kidnapped by North Korea denies it, keeping to the North's version of events.
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Abe warns world against N Korea

Tuesday, January 9th 2007, 4:10

Japan's PM urges international co-operation to stop a nuclear-armed North Korea, in a BBC interview.
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Afghan hostage deadline expires

Monday, July 23rd 2007, 15:16
related countries: Afghanistan

Another deadline issued by Taleban rebels threatening to kill a group of Korean hostages passes unmet.
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Afghan hostage mission 'begins'

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 13:01
related countries: Afghanistan

Fighting erupts in the area where South Korean hostages are held, suggesting a mission has begun to free them.
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Afghan link to Seoul drug arrests

Friday, July 4th 2008, 8:46
related countries: Afghanistan, South Korea
related places: Seoul

South Korean police arrest several South Asian men suspected of trafficking heroin ingredients to the Taleban.
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Alert level raised on North Korea

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 10:25
related countries: United States

The US and South Korea raise their alert levels after North Korea says it is scrapping its truce with the South.
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Amnesty criticises S Korea police

Friday, July 18th 2008, 10:10

Amnesty International says South Korean police were, at times, excessively forceful in handling recent protests.
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Angry N Korea quits nuclear talks

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 11:33

North Korea says it is ending talks on its nuclear activities and will restore its disabled nuclear reactor after UN criticism.
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Apec 'concern' at N Korea threat

Sunday, November 19th 2006, 11:33

Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam express "strong concern" over North Korea's nuclear weapons test.
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Arrest sought over S Korea attack

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 12:12

South Korean prosecutors seek the formal arrest of a man accused of slashing the face of the opposition leader.
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Arrest warrant in S Korea attack

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 11:00

A court issues a warrant for the arrest of a man accused of slashing the face of the South Korean opposition leader.
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Asian giants agree economic plan

Saturday, December 13th 2008, 10:00
related countries: China, Japan

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea vow closer economic co-operation to lessen the impact of the financial crisis.
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Asian Olympians fail dope tests

Friday, August 15th 2008, 4:14
related countries: Vietnam

A North Korean shooting medalist and a Vietnamese gymnast are kicked out of the Olympics after failing dope tests.
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'Critical' S Korean held in North – Asian Olympians fail dope testsAsian outcry over Dutch adoption – Calm urged after N Korea missilesCaution urged on N Korea response – Daewoo leases Madagascar landDamages win for S Korea baby swap – Flood-hit N Korea 'faces famine'Floods delay Korea summit – Inspectors visit N Korea reactorInter-Korean dialogue to restart – Japan wants N Korean spies heldJapan's NHK in media control row – Korea asks US for hostage helpKorea cloning researchers quizzed – Koreas announce historic summitKoreas begin key security forum – N Korea 'hit by measles epidemic'N Korea 'in final uranium phase' – N Korea accuses fishing boat crewN Korea accuses South over border – N Korea envoys mourn Kim Dae-jungN Korea expels S Korean managers – N Korea launches 3G phone networkN Korea leader 'visits factories' – N Korea rejects Seoul talks offerN Korea rejects UN missile call – N Korea threatens talks walk-outN Korea to attend security talks – N Korea's military seeks US talksN Korea-Japan dispute unresolved – North halts inter-Korean reunionsNorth Korea 'enriching uranium' – North Korea fund transfer stalledNorth Korea gets its first pizzeria, staff... – North Korea warns of naval clashNorth Korea-Japan talks to resume – Prosecutors charge Samsung chiefProsecutors seek Hyundai arrest – S Korea abductee 'to meet family'S Korea accuses refugee of spying – S Korea president-elect clearedS Korea probes 'cell phone death' – S Korean in oil rally suicide bidS Korean jailed for Iraq bribes – Seoul charges North Korea 'spies'Seoul eases N Korea missile fears – South Korean flood aid for NorthSouth Korean grandmother fails her written... – Thousands mourn S Korean cardinalThousands wed in Korean ceremony – UN nuclear chief upbeat on N KoreaUN praises N Korea co-operation – US backs allies against NK threatUS backs N Korea nuclear plan – US journalists 'face North Korea trial'US journalists on trial in N Korea – US to give North Korea more timeUS to keep N Korea on terror list – Word power