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US Navy officer not guilty of Sydney rape
A US Navy serviceman has been found not guilty of raping a sex worker in a Sydney brothel.
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Chinese Defense Minister visits DPRK
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N.Korea Gets Impatient About Package Tours
North Korea on Saturday criticized Unification Minister Hyun In-taek for hindering efforts to improve inter-Korean relations.
Today is Monday, November 30, the 334th day of 2009. There are 31 days left in the year.
China Says It Supports US-North Korea Talks
CHINA welcomes dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday.
Top DPRK leader inspects Ministry of People's Security
Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , has inspected the headquarters of the Ministry of People's Security, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday.
A GROUP of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.
SGV's Mary Ling Speaks Out About Her Daughter's Experience in North Korea.
Although her daughter was released in August, San Gabriel Valley's Mary Ling still feels the emotional roller coaster she endured for more than five months.
What does containing North Korea actually mean?
In 1947, after George Kennan, writing under the pseudonym "X," published his famous article on "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" in Foreign Affairs , he quickly found that his concept of "containment" was distorted in the public discussion about his article that ensued.
Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony
South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
Breaking the Pyongyang pattern
U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak reaffirmed in Seoul on Thursday that they will seek a "definite and comprehensive resolution" to the North Korean nuclear issue.
UN: Trade sanctions bite North Korea, but arms embargo stings less
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Sweden: NKorea diplomats arrested for smuggling
Sweden says two North Korean diplomats have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes into the Nordic country.
Learning to Live With Nuclear Iran
"It will be just like Syria," said the strategic scholar just back from Israel and speculating about the much-debated question of whether Israel eventually will bomb Iran's nuclear installations.
UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights
A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.
Defense Minister to visit DPRK soon
BEIJING: Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Nov 22, 2009.
Fifteen seamen from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who were missing after their cargo ship sank off China's coast Tuesday have been saved by a Chinese maritime rescue team.
Japan: Press North Korea on Human Rights
The new Japanese government should take a leadership role in helping to improve human rights conditions in North Korea, Human Rights Watch and three other nongovernmental organizations said today in a letter to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Spain quiet on $3.7m pirate ransom
Freed . . . the Spanish tuna fishing boat Alakrana sails safely near a Spanish warship in the Indian Ocean.
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A report released yesterday by the United Nations Population Fund showed that the social and economic gap between the two Koreas is widening.
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