BBC NewsNorth Korea has fired four short-range missiles into the sea, South Korean defence ministry officials say, in a move widely seen as a response to South Korea’s military exercises…
Tag: North Korea
North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles, Disrupts Easing Tensions – Businessweek
BusinessweekNorth Korea launched four short-range missiles, the first such action in more than nine months, disrupting a period of easing tensions with the South. The missiles were fired into the…
North Korea releases video of missionary from South accused of spying – Reuters
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean missionary held in North Korea said he had committed crimes against the state in a bid to establish an underground church, according to video…
South Korean Missionary ‘Confesses’ to Spying – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaA South Korean Christian missionary confessed Thursday to trying to overthrow the North Korean government at the behest of Seoul. Kim Jung Wook is at least the third…
North Korea ‘violates’ sea border with South amid drills – BBC News
BBC NewsA North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday, officials in Seoul say. The ship spent a few hours south of…
US-South Korean war games loom over emotional family reunions of war … – Fox News
Fox NewsSEOUL, South Korea – A year ago, North Korea vowed nuclear attacks to retaliate for U.S.-South Korean war games. But the start Monday of this year’s joint military drills…
North Korea Arrests Christian Missionary From Australia – New York Times
New York TimesHONG KONG — North Korea has arrested a Christian missionary from Australia, his family said on Wednesday, taking him into captivity even as it continues to face pressure…
Can China Teach North Korea to Play Nice? – Bloomberg
BloombergThe United Nations’ report on human rights in North Korea is a sickening document. It should give China’s leaders pause. Supporting the despicable regime of Kim Jong Un is not…
China Faults Report Citing North Korean Leader in Atrocities – New York Times
New York TimesHONG KONG — Chinese officials on Tuesday criticized a United Nations report that served notice to Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, that he may be personally held…
Pyongyang’s gulags stuff of Nazis: Kirby – The Australian
The AustralianNORTH Korea runs a vast torture and extermination apparatus whose human rights abuses are comparable to those of the Nazis. That’s the finding of a UN Commission of Inquiry…
Life in a North Korean Labor Camp: ‘No Thinking … Just Fear’ – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.comSEOUL, South Korea — An orphan who was caught trying to escape from North Korea told NBC News how he was “treated like an animal” in one of the country’s…
Kim Jong-un warned he could face prosecution for ‘crimes against humanity’ – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukNorth Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has been warned that he could face prosecution for crimes against humanity after a United Nations inquiry accused him of some of the worst human…
North Korea report: drawings reveal horrific scenes witnessed by former inmate … – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldStories from inside North Korea. Mr Kim Kwang-il, 48, spent more than two years at a prison in North Korea where he was tortured, starved and witnessed the…
UN Inquiry Finds North Korea’s Kim Should Face Rights Trial – Businessweek
BusinessweekNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center front, inspects the command of Korean People’s Army (KPA) Unit 534, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News…
North Korea atrocities exposed, but what next? – AFP
AFPSeoul — Defectors and activists welcomed Tuesday a UN-mandated inquiry’s searing indictment of gross human rights abuses in North Korea, but analysts questioned the international community’s ability to act on…
World must act on North Korea rights abuse, says UN report – BBC News
BBC NewsPlease turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Michael Kirby: “Testimony which tells the stories of the prison camps… of the babies who are born stunted… of the…
UN Urges Probe Into ‘Atrocious’ N. Korean Crimes – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaSEOUL — A new United Nations report accuses North Korea of “unspeakable atrocities,” many of which amount to crimes against humanity. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human…
UN Report: North Korea Committing Crimes Against Humanity – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaA U.N. human rights inquiry has concluded North Korea is committing “unspeakable atrocities” against its people. The U.N.-mandated report says the North Korean government, with policies set at…
UN documents North Korean torture chambers, prison camps … and luxury goods – Reuters
ReutersGENEVA Feb 17(Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators on Monday issued a damning report cataloguing massive human rights violations in North Korea that they said amount to crimes of…
China to Further Pressure North Korea Over Nuclear Program – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalBEIJING—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he received firm commitments from Chinese leaders to take additional steps to pressure North Korea over its nuclear program. Mr.…
China to Toughen Stance on North Korea, Kerry Says – New York Times
New York TimesBEIJING — After a day of meetings with senior Chinese officials, Secretary of State John Kerry asserted on Friday that China was prepared to step up the pressure…
Two Koreas to Go Ahead With Reunions of Families Split by War – New York Times
New York TimesSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea agreed Friday to honor its earlier agreement to allow hundreds of elderly people separated by the Korean War six decades ago to…
Kerry presses China to ease territorial claims, rein in North Korea – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesBEIJING — Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Friday appealed to China to rein in its North Korean ally and to ease its provocative territorial claims, but…
Koreas Agree to Hold Reunions For War-Torn Families – TIME
TIMEFollowing a series of border talks held this week, South Korean officials said Friday that North Korea agreed to let families separated by the decades-old Korean War reunite sometime in…
Koreas ease animosity, will hold family reunions – Fox News
Fox NewsSEOUL, South Korea – North and South Korea agreed in a rare high-level meeting Friday to stop insulting each other and to go ahead with planned reunions of Korean…
Kerry pushes China on North Korea’s nukes – Washington Post
Washington PostBEIJING — Secretary of State John F. Kerry said he held a very constructive meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday as he sought Beijing’s help in deterring…
In China, Kerry talks NKorea, regional tensions – Businessweek
BusinessweekBEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday appealed for China’s help in bringing a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks but faced an uncertain…
US top diplomat in China amid North Korea, territorial tensions – BBC News
BBC NewsUS Secretary of State John Kerry has met China’s President Xi Jinping, in a visit expected to focus on North Korea and regional territorial tensions. Mr Kerry told reporters…
Kerry in China Seeking Help in Easing Tensions in N. Korea, Maritime Disputes – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing for talks aimed at encouraging Chinese leaders to put more pressure on ally North Korea to end its nuclear…
Kerry In Beijing For Talks – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Beijing for meetings with senior Chinese officials in an attempt to get help on bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament…
US Bomber Training Run Imperils Family Reunions in Korea – New York Times
New York TimesSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday threatened to cancel reunions of families separated by the Korean War, accusing the United States of flying nuclear-capable B-52 bombers…
Koreas agree to family reunions in February – BBC News
BBC NewsNorth and South Korea have agreed to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War, following calls from Pyongyang to improve ties. The reunions are scheduled to take…
Sister echoes apology of man held in North Korea – Houston Chronicle
Houston ChronicleSEATTLE (AP) — The sister of an American missionary detained for more than a year in North Korea echoed her brother’s apology to the nation for crimes he committed…
US Prepared to Send Envoy to N. Korea for Bae Release – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaThe United States is now waiting for North Korea to respond after offering to send a special envoy to Pyongyang to help win the release of jailed American…
Reporters in North Korea see Jailed American – USA TODAY
USA TODAYReporters in North Korea saw the American held in a North Korean jail on Monday. Kenneth Bae apologized for crimes against North Korea’s government and asked for US help…