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Red Army members want talks with Japan on return from N Korea

BEIJING — Four of nine former Red Army Faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane to the country in 1970 plan to request talks with the Japanese governme...

Defector tells of shopping in Europe for North Korea dictators

Kim Jong-il – says he realizes the danger. “Maybe I’ll be shot, killed in the next few days,” Kim Jong-ryul, who escaped North Korea in 1994 and now lives at a secret address, told reporters ...

North Korea 'creates midrange missile unit'

SEOUL (AP) North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said...

Report Describes Soviet Abuses in N. Korea

A document released yesterday vividly described atrocities committed by Soviet troops stationed in North Korea for five months from August 1945. The 13-page report was written by a Soviet lieutenant c...

Red Army members want talks with Japan on return from N. Korea+

BEIJING, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)?Four of nine former Red Army Faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane to the country in 1970 plan to request talks with...

Defector tells of shopping in Europe for North Korea dictators

A new book tells of Col. Kim Jong-ryul, who went on shopping sprees for North Korea dictators Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il before hiding in Europe for 16 years. His tell-all could threaten his life, he...

CHINA – NORTH KOREA Pyongyang leases port on the Sea of Japan to Beijing

China now has direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century. Goods from hitherto landlocked Jilin and Heilongjiang will be able to move through the port of Rajin. Trade w...

N.Korea has medium-range missile division, says report

North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said yesterday....

Ministry Protests WSJ Journalist’s Behavior

By Lee Hyo-sik Staff Reporter The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said Tuesday that it will stop providing press releases to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and send a protest letter to the newspap...

'Makgeolli' to Undergo New Quality Controls

By Kim Hyun-cheol Staff Reporter A new quality certification system will be introduced in August for some traditional alcoholic beverages, including the recent hit item, "makgeolli," a milky-color...

'Kim Jong-il Suffering From Kidney Failure'

By Lee Tae-hoon Staff Reporter Analysis of photographs of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appears to support the growing speculation that he is suffering from kidney failure. Pictures of the 68...

Can Obama Reform Education

By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk Scripps Howard News Service U.S. President Barack Obama is refashioning the nation's education policy in his own image. With Congress likely to revamp the No Child L...

Sony-Ericsson Joins Smartphone Bandwagon

By Kim Yoo-chul Staff Reporter Sony-Ericsson, a joint venture between Japan's Sony Corp. and Sweden's Ericsson AB, plans to introduce its first Android handset ? XPERIA X10 ? to the local mark...

Korean Music Awards to Honor Quality

Girls' Generation will compete with other talented contestants for the Album of the Year award at the annual Korean Music Awards, which will be held at Platoon Kunstehalle, March 30. /Korea Times File

DPRK nationals in Russia seek asylum

Two lumberjacks of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) working in Russia's Far East on Tuesday asked for political asylum at a South Korean consulate, Russian news agencies reported.The t...

A Korean Marine, left, bumps fists with a U.S. Marine ...

Joint military exercise: A Korean Marine, left, bumps fists with a U.S. Marine during a joint drill by South Korean and U.S. troops in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. South Korea and the U...

President Lee Myung-bak, left, and Minister of Patriots ...

‘Thank You’ letter: President Lee Myung-bak, left, and Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affair Kim Yang, center, look at a “Thank You” letter to be sent to 21 countries that fought during the...

N. Korea Ready for Talks or War

SEOUL - North Korea's foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday her country is ready for either dialogue or war with the U.S. "The DPRK [North Korea] is fully ready for dialogue and war," Pyongyang'...

North Korea Expresses Readiness For Talks But Vows To Expand Nuclear Arsenal

(RTTNews) - North Korea Tuesday expressed its readiness for holding talks as well as waging war while vowing to expand its nuclear arsenal to deal with what it called "U.S. military threats and provo...

S. Korean Red Cross to provide skim milk powder to DPRK

The Seoul-based Korean Red Cross will give 20 tons of skim powder milk to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday as part of humanitarian aid for infants and young children there, t...

North Korea says it is ready for talks and war amid US manoeuvres

Seoul - North Korea said Tuesday it was prepared for both talks and war, vowing to beef up its nuclear force to contain what it called military provocations by the US and South Korea. "Undoubtedly, th...

N Korea reportedly has medium-range missile division

SEOUL — North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency ...

N. Korea slams U.S.-S. Korea drill, calls for peace talks with U.S.+

BEIJING, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)?North Korea on Tuesday slammed U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises launched Monday and repeated calls on the United States to conclude a peace treaty to f...

N. Korea vows to build up nuclear arsenal if U.S. threats remain

North Korea said on Tuesday it would boost its nuclear capability in response to what it considers "continuing U.S. military threats and provocations," the Yonhap news agency said, citing the North's ...

NKorea has medium-range missile division

North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and

N. Korea believed to have special unit for ballistic missiles+

SEOUL, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)?North Korea is believed to have a military unit charged with operating intermediate-range ballistic missiles, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry tol...

N. Korea says ready to 'blow up' S. Korea, U.S.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's army said Monday it is ready to “blow up” South Korea and the U.S., hours after the allies kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang has slammed as a reh...