UN: Trade sanctions bite North Korea, but arms embargo stings less
New York - The UN Security Council's trade sanctions against North Korea inflicted a sharp drop in business, but the country appeared to have eluded the arms embargo because of its sophisticated international network, a sanctions panel said Thursday....
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Clinton: No normal ties with nuclear armed North Korea
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanctions will not be relaxed unt...
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Swedish coach Eriksson linked to North Korea job
London - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is in talks to manage North Korea at next summer's World Cup, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Eriksson, who led England at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, is reported to be heading to...
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North Korea says it has completed plutonium work - Summary
Seoul - North Korea said Tuesday that it has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to obtain plutonium for nuclear weapons. The work was completed by the end of August at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, the state-run Korean Central News...
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US urges North Korea to avoid provocative steps
Washington - The United States urged North Korea on Friday to avoid taking any provocative steps following a clash earlier in the week between North and South Korean warships. Ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to South Korea next week, Pyongyan...
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North Korea accuses South of naval conspiracy - Summary
Seoul - North Korea charged Thursday that a naval skirmish this week with South Korea was a conspiracy by its neighbour aimed at thwarting a current thaw in tensions and threatened retaliation. Navy vessels from the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday,...
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US to send envoy to North Korea despite naval clashes
Singapore - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday said a recent clash between warships from North and South Korea would not affect the decision to send a US special envoy to the Stalinist state. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth would...
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North Korea threatens military action to defend sea border
Seoul - North Korea warned Friday it would use merciless military action to defend its sea border with South Korea. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's military demanded an apology for a naval clash ear...
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Obama arrives in South Korea
Seoul - US President Barack Obama arrived on Wednesday in South Korea, the last leg of his Asia trip, with attempts to persuade North Korea to return to international nuclear disarmament talks expected to dominate discussions with his South Korean co...
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Orascom: North Korea mobile subscriptions on the rise - Summary
Cairo - The head of the Orascom groups, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, said Tuesday that the number of mobile subscribers in North Korea was on the rise and that his investments in the country were forward-looking. Orascom Telecom Holdings runs...
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Orascom chief: North and South Korea will reunite
Cairo - The head of the Orascom groups, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, said Tuesday that his investments in North Korea were forward-looking as he expects the peninsula to be united. Orascom Telecom Holdings runs a mobile network in the isolate...
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North Korea accuses South of naval conspiracy
Seoul - North Korea charged Thursday that a naval skirmish this week with South Korea was a conspiracy by its neighbour aimed at thwarting a current thaw in tensions. Navy vessels from the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday, the first such incident in...
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