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Local residents rest on a pier in a fishing village at Dalian Bay fishing port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province on May 20, 2013. China has called on Pyongyang to intervene over North Koreans detaining a Chinese fishing boat from Dalian, authorities said on May 20, after the vessel's owner said armed hijackers had demanded a ransom for 16 sailors.
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Washington didn't pay enough attention to the DPRK issue in the first term of US President Barack Obama (from 2009 to January), and the old policy didn't stop Pyongyang's nuclear project, so Washington is trying new ways to tackle the issue
One of the most notable changes from Kim Jong Un was the replacement of the powerful military chief Ri Yong Ho, who was dismissed because of what Pyongyang called an unspecified illness. Outside observers speculated that Ri, who held a different post from the one Jang has been appointed to, was purged as Kim tried to put his stamp on his government. Ri was also replaced by a little-known general.
North Korea is using Bae as bait to make such a visit happen. An American bigwig visiting Pyongyang would also burnish Kim Jong Un's leadership profile.More quotes »
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North Korean leader sends 'special envoy' to China
with North Korea and a greater willingness to work with Washington to harry Pyongyang over its nuclear ambitions. China is Pyongyang's economic and diplomatic lifeline, providing nearly all of its fuel and most of its trade.Still, Beijing 's primary goal is 5/21/13 Read more »
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Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that Pyongyang was testing.North Korea regularly conducts short-range missile tests. Analysts say the recent launches appear to be weapons Read more »
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Rodman to Kim: 'Do me a solid' and free American
acts."Bae is at least the sixth American detained there since 2009. The others eventually were deported or released, some after trips to Pyongyang by prominent Americans.Pyongyang rejects speculation it seeks a U.S. envoy to negotiate Bae's release. Read more »
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US calls for NKorea amnesty for sentenced American
in North Korea since 2009. The others eventually were deported or released without serving out their terms, some after trips to Pyongyang by prominent Americans, including former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.Analysts say Bae's sentencing could Read more »
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Cyr: North Korea's behavior reminiscent of Cold War
remove this threat. On April 26, Seoul announced 175 workers at the idle Kaesong industrial park in North Korea will be withdrawn. Pyongyang terminated cooperation early this month. The Pentagon is expanding anti-ballistic missile defenses on the U.S. West Read more »
Around the web
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State media shows NKorea has new military chief
new title for Kim Kyok Sik came in a dispatch Wednesday from the North’s Korean Central News Agency detailing a delegation at Pyongyang’s airport that was seeing off a special envoy on a trip to China. There were no other details on the appointment. Kim Kyok 12:35 AM from Asian Correspondent Read more »
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North Korea's top party-military official sent to China as 'special envoy' amid strained tensions
North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbour. Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party 12:16 AM from Vancouver Sun Read more »
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Top DPRK leader's envoy leaves for visit to China
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), left Pyongyang today for a visit to China, the official KCNA news agency reported. Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, left Pyongyang by air for the visit, the KCNA said. 5/21/13 from Shanghai Daily Read more »
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Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea - media
that Japan must take leadership in solving the abduction problem. Japan's ties with North Korea have long been fraught due to Pyongyang's bitterness over Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula, Tokyo's worries about North Korea's missile and 5/21/13 from The Star Malaysia Read more »
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How the World's Dullest Story Became the Target of a Massive Leak Investigation
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 the regime of Kim Jong-Il intends to take — but not announce — once the Security Council resolution 5/21/13 from Mother Jones Read more »
