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Kim Jong-Nam killed by VX nerve agent: Malaysia police AFP on February 25, 2017, 6:46 am Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical warfare and listed by the UN as a weapon of mass destruction...

UN slams North Korea for diverting funds to missiles AFP on November 16, 2016, 4:30 am United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN member states on Tuesday condemned widespread human rights violations in North Korea and expressed concerns that funds needed to ease the dire humanitarian crisis...

North Korea purges vice foreign minister: report AFP on October 12, 2016, 1:17 pm Seoul (AFP) - North Korea has purged its vice foreign minister as punishment for the recent defection of the nuclear-armed country's deputy ambassador to Britain, South Korean media reported on Wednesday. The...

N. Korea embassy official defects in Beijing: report AFP on October 5, 2016, 3:15 pm Seoul (AFP) - A North Korean embassy official in Beijing has defected, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, while a separate report suggested two embassy staff had sought asylum with the...

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Floods kill 60, displace 44,000 in N. Korea: UN AFP on September 6, 2016, 6:24 pm Seoul (AFP) - Flooding following heavy rain has killed 60 people and left over 44,000 homeless in North Korea, the United Nations said Tuesday, after the country reported that a northeastern river suffered its...

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N. Korea demands repatriation of restaurant defectors AFP on August 21, 2016, 5:14 pm Seoul (AFP) - North Korea on Sunday demanded the repatriation of a dozen restaurant workers who jointly fled to South Korea, a day after blasting Seoul over a separate high-profile defection. Sunday's...

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North Korean jet involved in mid-flight incident operating again Following domestic test flight, Air Koryo jet successfully completes Pyongyang to Beijing route Hamish Macdonald July 29th, 2016 A North Korean commercial plane, which reportedly caught fire, filled with smoke and had to...

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Fire on board North Korean passenger jet forces it to make emergency landing in China PUBLISHED : Friday, 22 July, 2016, 1:57pm UPDATED : Friday, 22 July, 2016, 1:57pm Kyodo Staff Reporter A North Korean passenger aircraft travelling from Pyongyang to Beijing has made an emergency landing...

South Korean gets 4 years for Tokyo shrine blast AFP on July 19, 2016, 4:54 pm Tokyo (AFP) - A South Korean man was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for detonating a homemade pipe bomb at a controversial Tokyo war shrine. During the trial Jeon Chang-Han, 28, reportedly admitted...

http://www.nknews.org/2016/07/n-koreas-new-phone-limits-file-transfers-from-foreign-devices/ N. Korea’s new phone limits file transfers from foreign devices No transfers of files from foreign made handsets not totally without precedent Leo Byrne July 14th, 2016 North Korea has updated its...

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Row over North Korea defectors echoes in Seoul court AFP on June 21, 2016, 10:06 pm Seoul (AFP) - A South Korean court hearing into a dozen North Korean defectors who Pyongyang insists were abducted, adjourned Tuesday with a motion to replace the judge after he declined to compel the 12...

North Korea’s anti-tobacco drive up in smoke as Kim keeps puffing PUBLISHED : Saturday, 11 June, 2016, 8:17pm UPDATED : Saturday, 11 June, 2016, 8:16pm Agence France-Presse A North Korean anti-smoking campaign has apparently failed to persuade young leader Kim Jong-un to quit, despite his...

North Korea missile launch failed, says South Korean military AFP on June 1, 2016, 12:28 am Seoul (AFP) - North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons programme that aspires to threaten the US mainland...