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S. Korea trade deal has bleak first-year results for U.S.

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

seattletimes.com - By Rob Hotakainen - May. 25 (News Report) - More than a year after it took effect, a highly touted trade deal with South Korea has failed to produce as expected for the U.S.: Exports are down, imports are up and the trade deficit with the Asian economic powerhouse has ballooned.

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Behind the North Korean Crisis

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Dennis J. Bernstein - Apr. 06 (Special Report) - U.S. propagandists and the mainstream media present foreign crises, like the current one with North Korea, as black-and-white morality plays with Official Washington behaving wisely and the adversaries as crazy. But the reality is always more complex

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The US Army Is Planning For A Failed Nuclear State In North Korea

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

finance.yahoo.com - Mar. 26 (News) -

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Iranian nuke chief was in N. Korea for atomic test

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By Times of Israel Staff - Feb. 19 (News Report) - The man whom Western intelligence agencies say may very well be the head of Iran’s clandestine nuclear weapons program was present as an observer last week when North Korea carried out a critical nuclear test, The British Sunday Times reported.

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What is known about the North Korea Launch?

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

thebulletin.org - By David Wright - Apr. 12 (Special Report) - The launch will still teach North Korea about rocket technology it could use in a missile, but it should be clear from the trajectory whether this launch was in fact an attempt to boost a satellite into orbit. What is the significance of the launch? North Korea has not successfully launched a satellite into orbit. If it succeeds, it would be one of a relatively few countries to have accomplished such a feat. While the satellite is small and not very capable, it would give North Korean engineers practice at communicating with a satellite in orbit. That would be useful in regard to future satellites, even if they were launched for North Korea by another country.

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North Korea: Small step forward, many more to go | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

thebulletin.org - By Suyeon Kim - Mar. 02 (Special Report) - South Korean media have reported that Pyongyang suggested it would be willing to temporarily halt its uranium enrichment facility using the "no-load operation" method until the plant is proved to be useful only for peaceful purposes. (The no-load method means allowing centrifuges to continue spinning, but without feeding them the uranium fuel needed for actual enrichment. This process prevents the destruction of centrifuges, implying that the regime intends to restart enrichment at a later point in time.)

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KBCS 91.3FM Audio Archive: The Korean Conflict

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu - Dec. 08 (News Analysis) - (Audio)

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(LEAD) South Korea, U.S. to start joint naval drill in Yellow Sea on Sunday

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Yonhap News Agency - Nov. 24 (News) - South Korea and the United States will launch a joint naval drill in the Yellow Sea from Sunday with a nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier participating amid heightened tensions over North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island, officials said Wednesday.

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Korea Attack: Yeonpyeong Island Shelled By North Korea

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kwang-Tae Kim - Nov. 23 (News Report) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter.

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Historian Bruce Cumings: U.S. Stance on Korea Ignores Tensions Rooted in 65-Year Old Conflict; North Korea Sinking Could Be Response to November '09 South Korea Attack

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Juan Gonzalez, Amy Goodman - May. 27 (News Analysis) - Tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula over North Korea’s alleged sinking of a South Korean warship two months ago. North Korea has said it will sever all ties with South Korea and repeal a non-aggression agreement between the two countries. South Korea meanwhile has announced a stop to most trade with North Korea and is seeking action against Pyongyang at the United Nations Security Council. The South Korean navy is reported to be conducting a major anti-submarine drill. We speak to University of Chicago historian Bruce Cumings, author of several books on Korea.

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China and Hong Kong: Responses to Cheonan sinking incident

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Oiwan Lam - May. 27 (News Analysis) - The release of the international investigation report on sinking of Cheonan in May 20, 2010, concluding that the South Korean warship had been bombed by a North Korean torpedo has alleviating [sic] the tension in Northeast Asia region. South Korea suspended all trade and investment with North Korea while Pyongyang denied its responsibility for the March 26 incident and called the investigation a “fabrication”.

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Swiss Politician Says N.Korea's Economy is on the Verge of Collapse

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

arirang.co.kr - Apr. 30 (News Report) - A Swiss lawmaker Ulrich Schluer who recently visited North Korea says the nation's economy is on the verge of collapsing. In an interview with a Swiss daily, Blink upon returning from his trip to Pyeongyang and Gaeseong Schluer said the people on the streets seemed to be in poor health conditions and that the regime was experiencing severe energy shortages.

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Walls of Conflict

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Link TV - Nov. 12 (News Analysis) - Many walls stand around the world, even as Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall coming down. As most media focused on the anniversary celebrations, others tied the plight of Koreans and Palestinians, who are still separated by walls, to the festivities. When trying to keep the peace, are walls ever a good idea?

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UAE seized ship with N.Korea arms bound for Iran

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Ynetnews - Aug. 30 (Special Report) - The United Arab Emirates seized a ship several weeks ago that was bound for Iran and carrying North Korean weapons in violation of a UN embargo, Western diplomats said on Friday.

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The Press Association: N Korea blamed for cyber attacks

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Press Association - Jul. 09 (News Report) - South Korea's main spy agency has said North Korea is believed to be behind the cyber attacks targeting government and other websites in the country and in the United States. North Korea, which has been firing missiles and spewing threats against America, is not known for its computing prowess, but experts said such attacks would be easy - and cheap - to mount by hiring outside help. The attacks began paralysing websites in the US over the July 4 Independence Day holiday weekend and in South Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday. And a South Korean computer security company said another wave of cyber attacks was now expected in South Korea. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told members of parliament's intelligence committee that Pyongyang or its sympathisers were believed to be behind the attacks, according to aides to two of the MPs.

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North Korea Food Aid Slashed | OneWorld.net (U.S.)

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

OneWorld - Jul. 08 (News Report) - Due to a lack of funds, the United Nations is cutting back an emergency food aid program in North Korea, where an estimated 9 million people may go hungry due to cereal shortages this year.

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Minister Ben-Eliezer 'concerned over absence of US response to N. Korea' - Israel News, Ynetnews

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Ynetnews - By Roni Sofer - Jul. 05 (Special Report) - Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on Saturday said he is "very concerned over the absence of an American response to North Korea's provocation". North Korea has reportedly test-fired seven ballistic missiles of the "Skud type" since Saturday morning, which South Korean officials have said may be a message to the United States on Independence Day. (Roni Sofer)

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AP source: NKorea may be prepping new nuclear test

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

seattlepi.com - By Pamela Hess - Jun. 11 (News Report) - North Korea may be preparing for its third nuclear test, a show of defiance as the United Nations considers new sanctions on the dictatorship for conducting an underground nuclear explosion in May, according to a U.S. government official.

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Reporters' families seek mercy, N.Korea makes threats

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

news.asiaone.com - Jun. 09 (News Report) - Relatives of two U.S. journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea called on the reclusive state to show compassion, while Pyongyang threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend itself.

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U.S. Media Complicit in U.S. Intimidation of Media

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

FAIR - By Gabriel Volles - Jun. 03 (News Analysis) - Discussing (5/31/09) the "story on the two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea," NPR Check's Mytwords states clearly that it "deserves coverage, as did some coverage of [Roxana] Saberi's arrest in Iran (though not the wall to wall attention given by NPR)." But a reader's link to the L.A. Times' May 24 "article on another irregular (illegal?) detention of a journalist" sheds light on a glaring double standard:

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South Koreans mourn late president

Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Jiyeon Lee - May. 30 (News Report) - He was the people’s president. South Koreans flooded the streets of Seoul to see late president Roh Moo-hyun’s funeral on Friday, many taking time off from work or traveling hours to pay their final respects. Roh shocked the country by jumping to his death a week ago in the midst of a corruption investigation.

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Latest North Korea Provocations Stem from Missed US Opportunities for Demilitarization

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Bruce Cumings - May. 29 (News Analysis) - There’s an article in the New York Times where someone in the Pentagon—I think it was Rumsfeld, but it was anonymous—was quoted saying, “If I’m Kim Jong-il, I’m running around wondering, you know, what’s likely to hit me next.” Is this any way to run a foreign policy, to threaten to decapitate the leadership of a country that we’re technically at war with? So—with nuclear weapons? So this is the real situation. And if I or you were in North Korea, uppermost in our mind would be American nuclear weapons.

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Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Council on Foreign Relations - May. 26 (Special Report) - The Korean crisis has drawn the region into ongoing multilateral discussions—Six-Party Talks—and tensions over how to handle the Kim Jong-Il regime. In 2003, the nations represented here began holding the Six-Party Talks with the goal of controlling North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. But abrupt policy shifts by the United States, disagreements among the six countries involved, and most of all North Korea's provocative conduct have made progress toward an agreement difficult to sustain.

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North Korean blast smaller than thought

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

news.asiaone.com - May. 26 (News Report) - The yield is about four kilotonnes equivalent of TNT, with an uncertainty range from three to eight kilotonnes," Martin Kalinowski, a professor at the Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker Centre for Science and Peace Research (ZNF), at the University of Hamburg, told AFP.

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Koreas Heading Back to Cold War Era?

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Korea Times - By Kim Sue-young - May. 26 (News Analysis) - After a decade of reconciliation, the two Koreas appear to be heading back to the confrontational Cold War era, with inter-Korean tension escalating to a 10-year peak. South Korea decided Tuesday to join in a U.S.-led initiative to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), a move that came following North Korea's second nuclear test and a test-firing of three missiles Monday.

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