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China to North Korea: Don't You Dare Test That Nuke

Kevin Spak — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:11:43 CDT

Someone get Alanis Morissette on the phone: China is suddenly hot and bothered about the environment. Yes, Beijing is urging annoying little brother North Korea not to go through with its third nuclear test , because it's worried about damaging the Changbai Mountain region, particularly radiation that might leak out, sources...

Report Reveals Horrors of North Korea Prison Camps

Rob Quinn — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:00 CDT

A South Korean human rights group has released the most detailed report yet on the horrific conditions in North Korea's labor camps, which are believed to hold up to 200,000 political prisoners. The report, based on interviews with hundreds of survivors who escaped to the South, tells of widespread...

Clinton to N. Korea: Change, and We'll Work With You

Matt Cantor — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:35:05 CDT

It's not too late for North Korea's new leadership to mend its ways, Hillary Clinton says. "If they focus on honoring their commitments and rejoining the international community, and on feeding and educating their citizens, the United States will welcome them and work with them," the secretary of state said...

South Korea: North Is Jamming Planes' GPS

Kevin Spak — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:29:50 CDT

Commercial flights into and out of South Korea found their GPS signals mysteriously jammed this weekend, officials revealed today, and they weren't shy about casting suspicion on their neighbors to the north. More than 250 flights were affected, though officials say none were in danger because they automatically switched to...

Analysts: North Korea's Missiles Are Fake

Kevin Spak — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:48:43 CDT

If the missiles North Korea triumphantly unveiled at a parade last week are the ones that are supposed to defeat the US in a "single blow," then Washington has nothing to worry about. The missiles, which were saved for the end of the parade and trotted out on the biggest...

North Korea: We Could Defeat US In 'Single Blow'

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:06:00 CDT

If bluster were power, North Korea would have taken over the world this week—and today it's boasting that it could pretty much do just that. One of the nation's top military officials today bragged that his nation "is armed with powerful modern weapons" that "can defeat the (US) imperialists...

North Korea to Launch 3rd Test 'Soon'

Kevin Spak — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:28:34 CDT

North Korea isn't done thumbing its nose at the world, and is now preparing to launch a third nuclear weapons test, a senior source tells Reuters . When asked if North Korea was planning another nuclear test, following its much-condemned 2006 and 2009 demonstrations, the official replied, "Soon. Preparations are almost...

North Korea: 'Special Actions' Will Crush South's Leadership

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:55:43 CDT

North Korea's military says it will launch "special actions" soon meant to wipe out conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's administration. The army statement carried by state media Monday said the actions will last 3 to 4 minutes and be carried out "by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our...

Kim Jong Il's Will: Keep Peace by Building Nukes

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:34:53 CDT

Kim Jong Il's last wish was for peace with South Korea—or at least, it was according to a document that a pair of South Korean think tanks claim is the dear leader's will. In it, Kim writes that North Korea should renounce its war with South Korea, but continue...