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1 hr ago | Mother Jones

How the World's Dullest Story Became the Target of a Massive Leak Investigation

Four years ago, Fox News reporter James Rosen wrote a story saying the CIA had learned that North Korea planned to carry out a nuclear test if the UN approved additional sanctions: What's more, Pyongyang's next nuclear detonation is but one of four planned actions the Central Intelligence Agency has learned, through sources inside North Korea, that ... (more)

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6 hrs ago | Korean News

Chongryon Officials Flay S. Korean Chief Executive's Trip to U.S.

Officials of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan made public statements on May 16 condemning the south Korean chief executive's sycophantic and country-selling trip to the U.S. Ri Tong Je, chairman of the Association of Koreans in Japan for Peaceful Reunification, denounced the south Korean chief executive for having worked hard to ... (more)

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10 hrs ago | Voice of America

South Korea See North's Threats at Unprecedented Levels

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, April 2, 2013.

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12 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Court rules against man for emailing NKorean spy

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling sentencing a man to a year and half in prison for exchanging emails with an alleged North Korean spy and praising Pyongyang on his website.

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18 hrs ago | Ananova

China Urges North Korea To Free Fishing Boat

The boat's owner claims the 16-strong crew were held at gunpoint and then seized by North Koreans in Chinese waters on May 5. Yu Xuejun, who was not on board at the time, has said a 66,000 fee was demanded for the return of the vessel.

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Mon May 20, 2013

New York Post

Snoops: We did it again

The Obama administration's snooping scandal mushroomed yesterday when it was revealed that the Justice Department seized a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to aid a leak investigation - including tracking the reporter's movements in and out of the State Department.

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The Standard

Pyongyang frees Chinese fishermen

North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, media reports said.

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Asia News Network

TOKYO: Can Iijima's trip to North Korea be conducive to solving abduction issue?

Is there any chance of finding a toehold to break the long-standing impasse on the problem of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents? The effectiveness of the diplomatic strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is now being tested over the issue.

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12NewsNow.Com

Firefighter trapped in six-alarm blaze at Dallas condo

A firefighter was trapped early Monday in a six-alarm blaze at a Dallas condominium complex, the city's fire department said.

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Asia Times

Are Kaesong curtains drawn for good?

Page 1 of 2 Are Kaesong curtains drawn for good? By Aidan Foster-Carter In a triumph of hope over experience, our last report ended with the cautious thought that new leaders in the two Koreas, each with a dynastic background, might have "a tacit basis for understanding". It is early days yet, but so far 2013 has gone in the opposite direction.

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CNN

Washington AM Note

North Korea on Monday fired a projectile into the sea off its east coast for the third day in a row, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts." The South Korean Defense Ministry still needs to analyze exactly what the North fired, said Choi Yong-su, an official in the ministry's spokesperson's office.

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Connecticut Post

SKorea: NKorea fires sixth projectile into waters

South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Chosun Ilbo

China 'Has Secret Plan to Replace N.Korean Leader'

China is secretly pursuing plans to install North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's older brother Kim Jong-nam at the head of the renegade country in case the regime collapses, Germany's Deutsche Welle reported Thursday.

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KHOU-TV Houston

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Korea to release a private Chinese fishing boat and its crew soon after its owner reported the detention 10 days ago, state media said.

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South China Morning Post

North Korea attracts end-of-term tours for Hong Kong students

Tourist in the border village of Panmunjom, which separates the two Koreas. A trip to North Korea can provide not only a valuable learning opportunity but also a unique travel experience.

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The China Post

Aide to Japan PM tells of demands to NK

An aide to the Japanese premier returned home from a controversial trip to North Korea on Saturday, reportedly saying he had demanded Pyongyang's act swiftly on its kidnapping of Japanese nationals.

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Xinhuanet

DPRK fires short-range missile into East Sea: media

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, Yonhap News Agency said quoting an anonymous Seoul military official.

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Voice of America

UN Calls on North Korea to Stop Missile Launches

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russia's President Vladimir Putin smile as they meet at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 17, 2013.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Salinas Californian

S. Korea: N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

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Korean News

Gem Sculpture "Chollima Statue", Gift from Chinese Company

On display at the International Friendship Exhibition House in the DPRK is a gem sculpture "Chollima Statue", a gift presented to leader Kim Jong Il by a Chinese international tourist agency in August Juche 85 .

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