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North Korean Envoy Visits Beijing Amid Concerns About US-Chinese Relations – New York Times
New York TimesNorth Korean Envoy Visits Beijing Amid Concerns About US-Chinese Relations
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BEIJING — A senior North Korean military official's visit here Wednesday appears to have been organized on short notice, and was probably prompted by North Korea's concerns about a planned meeting between President Xi Jinping of China and President …
North Korea sends 'special envoy' to China amid tensionFox News
European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groupsReuters
North Korea sends top official to China amid strained relations with vital allyCBS News
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China, North Korea and the Tale of Two Fishing Boats – Bloomberg
China, North Korea and the Tale of Two Fishing Boats
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Is the Chinese government's uneasy friendship with North Korea costing it the public's confidence? A curious confluence of recent events involving two fishing vessels suggests that might be the case. The crisis began in the waters of Scarborough Shoal …
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Does North Korea Have a Missile-Deliverable Nuclear Weapon? – Heritage.org
Wall Street JournalDoes North Korea Have a Missile-Deliverable Nuclear Weapon?
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The North Korean regime is one of the most fanatic, paranoid, and militaristic dictatorships on the planet. The “supreme leader” is virtually worshipped as a god. The population lives in abject poverty while the regime pursues a “military first” policy …
North Korea, Iran threats demand military readinessThe Hill (blog)
How North Korea Could Cripple the USWall Street Journal
How the World's Dullest Story Became the Target of a Massive Leak InvestigationMother Jones
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North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid: group – Yahoo! News
NDTVNorth Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid: group
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By Emma Batha. LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank cut ties with main foreign exchange bank, a humanitarian group said on Wednesday.
INTERVIEW-North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aidReuters AlertNet (blog)
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US Air Force test-launches Minuteman 3 missile delayed by North Korea tensions – Fox News
MiamiHerald.comUS Air Force test-launches Minuteman 3 missile delayed by North Korea tensions
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Officials say the original mid-April flight plan was delayed to avoid it being misconstrued by North Korea during a time of heightened tensions. It was rescheduled for Tuesday morning but was pushed back a day due to a problem with range safety …
US Air Force test-launches Minuteman 3 missile in California; delayed by North …Newser
US missile test postponed in April due to North Korean tensions is now …Greenfield Daily Reporter
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North Korean Envoy Meets With Chinese Official in Beijing – Voice of America
North Korean Envoy Meets With Chinese Official in Beijing
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The state-run Bank of China recently halted business with North Korea's main foreign exchange bank. The move, welcomed in Washington, was seen by many as a sign China is willing to comply more rigidly with U.N. sanctions imposed against the North's …
North Korea sends special envoy to patch up relations with China – The Guardian
The GuardianNorth Korea sends special envoy to patch up relations with China
The Guardian
China provides North Korea with the vast majority of its fuel and trade – reportedly accounting for almost nine-tenths of its imports and exports in 2011 – and its support has become even more important as Pyongyang's relations with Seoul have …
North Korean Leader Sends Envoy to China – New York Times
North Korean Leader Sends Envoy to China
New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, sent his first special envoy to China on Wednesday, amid signs that Mr. Kim's government was trying to mend strained ties with Beijing and was also seeking breaches in the tightening ring of …
North Korea’s Kim Sends Envoy to China – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaNorth Korea's Kim Sends Envoy to China
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A North Korean official and close confidante of leader Kim Jong Un is in Beijing meeting with Chinese leaders. Choe Ryong Hae arrived Wednesday on a chartered flight along with senior military and ruling party officials from North Korea. China's …
North Koreans holding Chinese boat for ransom – Washington Post
BBC NewsNorth Koreans holding Chinese boat for ransom
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Chinese officials, who value stability above all else, are unlikely to abandon North Korea anytime soon. But state-run newspapers in China have increasingly published stories questioning the upside of China's ties with Pyongyang. And earlier this month …
North Korea Releases Chinese Fishing CrewNew York Times
China media: North Korea warnedBBC News
Chinese fishermen seized by North Koreans freedThe Guardian
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North korea – Yahoo! News Search Results
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groups
By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) – European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished country. Aid groups said if it became impossible to send enough money to operate, donors might withdraw …
Posted on 23 May 2013 | 3:16 am
North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid: group
By Emma Batha LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank cut ties with main foreign exchange bank, a humanitarian group said on Wednesday. The freeze – imposed amid growing concern over North Korea's nuclear ambitions – has made it impossible for aid agencies to transfer money to fund …
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 5:20 pm
Japan mulls resuming talks with N. Korea: official
Japan is considering direct talks with North Korea, the government said Wednesday, adding momentum to the cause after a top level aide to the prime minister made a surprise trip to Pyongyang.
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 4:58 pm
North Korean leader sends special envoy to China
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance.
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 4:23 pm
North Korea sends special envoy to mend relations with China
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un dispatched a top military official to Beijing Wednesday on what appears to be a fence-mending mission to his closest ally, in a sign that Pyongyang may be ready to swap diatribe for dialogue.
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 2:41 pm
Hawkish general makes comeback as North Korea's military chief
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has reappointed a hardline and loyal general as military chief in a move experts said was part of young leader Kim Jong-un's attempt to tighten his grip on the armed forces. Kim Kyok-sik, widely believed to have been behind the shelling of a South Korean island in 2010 that killed four people, was named "chief of the KPA (Korean People's Army) General …
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 9:21 am
North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
By Ju-min Park and Ben Blanchard SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with its most important ally. The delegation led by Choe Ryong-hae, vice chairman of the country's top military body …
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 9:16 am
North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 5:53 am
North Korea sends special envoy to China
Choe Ryong-Hae, director of Korean People's Army politburo and special envoy to Kim Jong-Un, flew to China on Wednesday.
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 3:05 am
North Korea's hidden labor camps exposed
Even with new leader Kim Jong-un at the helm, North Korea remains the most reclusive and closed country in the world: It is a police state inside a totalitarian system ruled by a family dynasty that encourages a cultish ideology and following.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 1:55 pm
