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07 Jan 02 : 20 | North Korea says to elect MPs in government shake-up (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - Communist North Korea announced on Wednesday it will elect new delegates to its rubber stamp parliament in March, marking another step in a leadership shakeup that has already included a cabinet reshuffle. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
06 Jan 06 : 32 | North Korea shaking up cabinet, says South (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
07 Jan 08 : 31 | N Korea to hold parliamentary elections in March (ABC) North Korean state media has announced the communist state will hold parliamentary elections in two months time. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News 45 hours ago |
05 Jan 08 : 45 | N Korea 'invulnerable', Kim Jong-Il says (AAP) North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il described his country as invulnerable due to its "matchless great" army, during an army inspection, state media said on Monday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
01 Jan 07 : 05 | North Korea to seek 'stronger' military (AAP) North Korea lashed out at South Korea but dropped its customary criticism of the US in a New Year message which called for a stronger military and economy. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
01 Jan 03 : 19 | North Korea issues New Year denuclearisation pledge (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea greeted the New Year by repeating its pledge to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons and hinting it could work with Barack Obama when he becomes the U.S. president, editorials said on Thursday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
29 Dec 09 : 16 | North Korea's Kim in firm control: Seoul (AAP) North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is back in firm control of his country, South Korea's unification minister says. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
29 Dec 02 : 18 | North Korea's Kim appears at large public event (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his first appearance at a mass public event since his suspected stroke in August when he attended a concert and was met by a cheering crowd, according to a state media report on Monday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
02 Jan 20 : 42 | N.Korea's Kim inspects tank division: state media (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspected a tank division of the Korean People's Army, state media said Saturday, the latest reported appearance by the communist leader said to be recovering from illness. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
02 Jan 00 : 03 | N Korea vows to strengthen military in 2009 (ABC) North Korea says it is launching a new push to revive its shattered economy and to build a stronger military. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
01 Jan 00 : 43 | South Korea to build bridges with North (ABC) South Korea has offered aid to develop North Korea's crumbling economy, provided the communist state agrees to dialogue this year. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
31 Dec 04 : 22 | South Korea to press North for talks (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea wants to resume frozen talks with North Korea next year and bolster its ability to keep an eye on its communist neighbour by working closely with the new Obama administration, policy papers on Wednesday said. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
31 Dec 02 : 17 | N Korea must pay $94m for torture: judge (AAP) A federal judge has awarded more than $US65 million ($A94.04 million) to several men who were captured and tortured by North Korea . Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
06 Jan 22 : 11 | N Korean ministers sacked in cabinet purge (ABC) North Korea's communist leadership has sacked at least nine cabinet ministers in a purge designed to revive its crumbling economy. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
31 Dec 08 : 30 | Four North Koreans defect to South by boat (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - Four North Koreans defected to South Korea this week, an official at the South's intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in a rare escape by sea between two countries still technically at war. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
30 Dec 04 : 07 | South Korea "seeks to pay" North to return abductees (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has been drawing up plans to buy the release of more than 1,000 of its citizens held in North Korea , hoping such aid can help it improve ties with its impoverished neighbor, local media reported on Tuesday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
20 Dec 00 : 20 | Rice says only an idiot would trust North Korea (Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview released on Friday only an "idiot" would trust North Korea , which is why the United States is insisting on a way to check its nuclear claims. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
18 Dec 15 : 32 | North Korea accuses South of deadly spy plots (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea raised tension with the South on Thursday by accusing its rich neighbor of being behind espionage plots to undermine its communist system by trying to set up a secret religion and assassinate leader Kim Jong-il . Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
17 Dec 03 : 37 | North Korea presents more "evidence" of recovered Kim (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea stepped up its campaign to prove leader Kim Jong-il is well and in control by showing him looking at an electronic copy of a newspaper dated Tuesday in a series of photos released through its official media. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
14 Dec 07 : 35 | North Korea ups border punishments after Kim's illness (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has imposed stiffer punishments on those caught trying to flee the destitute state with the new measures coming into effect after reports surfaced that leader Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke, relief groups said. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
13 Dec 16 : 31 | North Korea threatens to slow nuclear disablement (Reuters) FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) - North Korea threatened on Saturday to slow disablement of its main nuclear plant after Washington said energy aid to the state had been suspended due to failed talks on verifying the North's operations. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
13 Dec 03 : 45 | South Korea and Japan condemn North Korea over nuclear talks (Reuters) FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) - South Korean and Japanese leaders condemned Pyongyang on Saturday for failing to show a cooperative attitude in the latest round of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear arms programmes. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
11 Dec 13 : 12 | North Korea talks fail to break impasse, no prize for Bush (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - Multilateral talks with North Korea failed on Thursday to break an impasse on checking Pyongyang's nuclear declarations, scuppering the Bush Administration's hopes for a farewell diplomatic success. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
11 Dec 02 : 56 | North Korea nuclear talks limp on with no breakthrough (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks aimed at pressing North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms ambitions limped into a fourth day on Thursday, with dim hope of progress in a disarmament deal that was a prize for the Bush administration. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
10 Dec 13 : 33 | Envoys say North Korea talks fail to make headway (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons plans failed to make headway in setting rules for probing its atomic activities, envoys said on Wednesday, offering dim prospects of a breakthrough. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
10 Dec 05 : 45 | U.S. says problems ahead in North Korea talks (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. delegate to talks aimed at the nuclear disarmament of North Korea said problems lay ahead as negotiators gathered on Wednesday to discuss rules about verification of the reclusive state's nuclear activities. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
10 Dec 02 : 27 | Nuclear envoys discuss North Korea verification plan (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - Nuclear disarmament negotiators gathered to discuss an agreement on rules about monitoring North Korea's nuclear activities in Beijing on Wednesday as six-party talks entered their third day. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
09 Dec 10 : 03 | North Korea nuclear talks seek to narrow distrust (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - Nuclear disarmament negotiators sat down for more sparring with North Korea on Tuesday, with talks seeking to narrow distrust and settle rules allowing inspectors to probe the North's atomic activities. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
09 Dec 03 : 50 | Nuclear envoys seek North Korea deal despite gloom (Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - Nuclear disarmament negotiators readied for more sparring with North Korea on Tuesday, with talks seeking to narrow distrust and settle rules allowing inspectors to probe the North's atomic activities. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
22 Dec 02 : 28 | N. Korea's Kim reported recovered and in public (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. and South Korean intelligence believe North Korea's state media reports of Kim Jong-il's public appearances over the past week are likely true and he has recovered from a stroke, a local daily said on Monday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
20 Dec 09 : 56 | Myanmar arrests 19 North Korean defectors: police (AFP) YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar authorities have arrested 19 defectors from their ally North Korea and plan to charge them with illegally entering the country, a senior police official said Saturday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
19 Dec 05 : 36 | Bush deserved Iraqi shoe insult: N Korea (AAP) North Korea's government newspaper says US President George W Bush deserved the Baghdad shoe-throwing insult. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
20 Dec 22 : 47 | Defectors drop 1.5 million anti-Pyongyang leaflets on N Korea (ABC) A group of North Korean defectors have flown more than 1 million anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets over the border into the communist state. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
18 Dec 10 : 24 | Australia won't join N Korea oil program (AAP) Australia will not take part in the fuel aid program for North Korea it agrees to a plan to verify its nuclear disarmament, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
16 Dec 23 : 44 | No better nuclear deal for N.Korea after Bush says envoy (Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea , which is resisting verification of its atomic programs, should not expect the incoming Obama administration to offer easier terms, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
13 Dec 07 : 13 | U.S. halts N.Korea fuel aid until deal (Reuters) FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) - The United States said energy aid to North Korea had been suspended, prompting Pyongyang to threaten to slow down the disablement of its main nuclear facility, further jeopardizing a six-party deal. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
12 Dec 07 : 19 | N.Korea sends signs that Kim is back (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been using a flurry of recent media dispatches to show its people that Kim Jong-il is firmly in control after reports their leader suffered a stroke, a South Korean official said on Friday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
11 Dec 03 : 04 | Envoys say N Korea nuclear talks stall (AAP) International talks on North Korea's nuclear program have stalled, envoys say. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
01 Jan 01 : 46 | NKorea stresses strong military in New Year message (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea called Thursday for a stronger military and lashed out at South Korea's "treacherous" conservative government in a policy-setting New Year editorial message. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
09 Dec 08 : 33 | Defectors show N Korea 'drug farm' video (AAP) South Korean activists and North Korean defectors have shown what they say is the first video clip of a military-controlled poppy farm in the communist North. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
30 Dec 03 : 34 | SKorean Buddhists send aid to NKorean mothers, children (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean Buddhist group said Tuesday it has shipped a fresh consignment of food aid for mothers and children in impoverished North Korea . Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
29 Dec 08 : 39 | NKorea may stage nuke test to tame Obama team: study (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea might stage a second atomic test to raise the stakes in nuclear disarmament negotiations next year but the new US administration is unlikely to yield, a South Korean think-tank said Monday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
29 Dec 08 : 37 | NKorea's Kim in firm control of country: SKorea official (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is back in firm control of his country, South Korea's unification minister said Monday, following reports that he suffered a stroke last August. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
17 Dec 03 : 33 | NKorea tightens its economic grip, restricts market trading (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has clamped down on fast-growing free markets for fear they could undermine the communist state's power over its people, analysts and observers say. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
15 Dec 00 : 52 | Number of NKoreans increased at Seoul-funded estate (AFP) SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has increased the number of its nationals working at a Seoul-funded industrial estate in the communist state since tighter border controls were introduced, data showed Sunday. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
12 Dec 18 : 29 | US says no more fuel shipments to NKorea until nuke verification (AFP) WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Friday that there would be no more fuel aid shipments to energy-strapped North Korea until Pyongyang agrees to a written plan to verify its nuclear disarmament. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
09 Dec 16 : 51 | NKorea talks look at new Chinese proposal (AFP) BEIJING (AFP) - Delegates from six nations focused Tuesday on a Chinese proposal on how to verify North Korea's claims about its atomic programme in talks aimed at ending the secretive regime's nuclear activities. Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
19 Dec 05 : 08 | Spies deny 'plot' to kill Kim Jong-Il (AAP) South Korea's main spy agency has denied involvement in an alleged plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il . Source : World News - Yahoo!7 News |
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