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    A South Korean human rights group has detailed how North Korea's extensive prison camps ultimately fund the nation's missile and nuclear programs.
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    North Korea's Network Of Prison Camps Funds Weapons Programs, Rights Group Says

    Feb 26, 2021
    A South Korean human rights group sheds light on how North Korean prison camps help the country support its military operations through "mafia-type" tactics.
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    Asia
    South Korean soldiers patrol while hikers visit the DMZ Peace Trail in the Demilitarized Zone in Goseong, South Korea. A defector from North Korea was apprehended in Goseong last week after evading South Korean guards for hours.
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    North Korea Defector Swims To South, Evading Border Guards For 6 Hours

    Feb 23, 2021
    The man's daring escape, and the failure of South Korean guards to detect him, is the second embarrassing breach of the heavily fortified DMZ in recent months.
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    Asia
    A person passes by a bouquet of Workers Party flags along a main street of the Central District in Pyongyang, North Korea, last week.
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    North Korea's Kim Talks Of New Weapons, But Leaves Door Open For Biden

    Jan 13, 2021
    Kim Jong Un calls for beefing up his country's nuclear and military capabilities, but appears to be leaving open the possibility for negotiation with the incoming Biden administration.
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    Asia
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Pyongyang General Hospital on March 17, 2020.
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    Kim Jong Un Calls U.S. North Korea's 'Biggest Enemy,' Vows To Advance Nuclear Arsenal

    Jan 09, 2021
    Kim's comments come just days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Biden has promised "principled diplomacy" with North Korea, implying a break with Trump's high-stakes summits.
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    Asia
    A man watches a television screen showing news footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the 8th congress of the ruling Workers' Party held in Pyongyang, at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.
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    In Rare Display Of Contrition, North Korean Leader Admits Failures

    Jan 06, 2021
    At a Party Congress gathering in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un acknowledged that policies of the past five years had been an abject failure.
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    World
    Marines of the 5th and 7th regiments who hurled back a surprise onslaught by three Chinese communist divisions wait to withdraw from the Chosin Reservoir area circa December 1950.
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    'God ... Let Us Survive': Remembering Korean War's Chosin Battle And Evacuation

    Dec 04, 2020
    Seventy years on, war participants are drawing starkly differing conclusions from the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The decisive conflict's lasting legacy is still visible on the Korean Peninsula.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    North Korean State Commission of Quality Management staff in protective gear carries a disinfectant spray can as personnel check the health of travelers and inspect goods delivered via the borders at the Pyongyang Airport in North Korea, on Feb. 1.
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    North Korea Executed Coronavirus Rule-Breaker, Says South Korean Intelligence

    Nov 27, 2020
    South Korean lawmakers say intelligence officials briefed them on the North's tough pandemic rules, including a Pyongyang lockdown and an execution of an official caught breaking restrictions.
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    Asia
    People at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a news program Friday showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said he was sorry over the killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the two countries' disputed sea boundary.
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    Kim Jong Un Says He's Sorry That North Korean Troops Killed A South Korean Man

    Sep 25, 2020
    Pyongyang says an unidentified man was found in North Korean waters and that he murmured he was from South Korea but then stopped responding to soldiers' questions and appeared to try to flee.
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    Asia
    A South Korean fisheries patrol boat seen off Yeonpyeong Island on Thursday, near North Korean waters. South Korean officials say a fisheries inspector working on the boat disappeared Monday and was killed by North Korean troops.
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    North Korean Troops Fatally Shoot South Korean Man Believed Attempting To Defect

    Sep 24, 2020
    The 47-year-old fisheries official, whose name was not released, apparently jumped off a patrol boat near the maritime border between North and South and floated into North Korean waters.
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    World
    A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English.
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    North Korea Makes A Push To Reach Foreign Audiences On YouTube And Twitter

    Aug 12, 2020
    With a view to reaching English-speaking and South Korean audiences, the videos show glimpses of Pyongyang, highlight consumerism and try to dispel notions that life is restricted and people are poor.
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    Asia
    Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 2, 2019.
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    Kim Yo Jong, Sister Of North Korea's Ruler, Rises Through Ranks With Tough Rhetoric

    Jul 19, 2020
    Her political star has risen since Kim Jong Un took power in 2011, leading to speculation that she could one day become the country's first female leader — if North Korea's patriarchy would allow it.
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    World
    Park Tae-seung, 87, speaks during an interview in his office in Yeongju City about his experiences as a child soldier, 70 years after he was drafted in 1950, at age 17, during the Korean War.
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    Thousands Of Child Soldiers Died In The Korean War. Survivors Want More Recognition

    Jun 25, 2020
    South Korea conscripted more than 30,000 soldiers between the ages of 14 to 17 for the war. An estimated 3,000 of them died. One survivor prays daily for their souls.
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    Asia
    A man watches a television screen showing a news program with video of the demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong, North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station on Wednesday.
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    North Korea Vows To Send Troops Into Border Cooperation Zones

    Jun 17, 2020
    Pyongyang says forces will be sent to Kaesong, an inter-Korean industrial park along the border where a liaison office was blown up by North Korea earlier this week.
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    World
    An image from a thermal observation device shows the explosion of an inter-Korean liaison office building in North Korea's Kaesong as seen from Paju, South Korea, on Tuesday.
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    In 'Terrific Explosion,' North Korea Blows Up Liaison Office

    Jun 16, 2020
    The office, north of the Demilitarized Zone, appears to have been empty when it was destroyed. The act follows threats from Pyongyang, and experts say provocations from the North will likely continue.
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    Asia
    A banner showing a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, was displayed to denounce policies of Moon on North Korea in Seoul, South Korea.
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    North Korea Says It Will Sever Contact With South Korea And Will Treat It As 'Enemy'

    Jun 09, 2020
    The move is the latest sign of deterioration in relations between North and South Korea. On Tuesday, North Korean officials did not answer a routine daily call from the South.
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    Asia
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been the subject of health speculation in recent days.
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    'No Unusual Signs' That Kim Jong Un's Health Is In Danger, South Korea Says

    Apr 21, 2020
    The North Korean leader's public absence and reports of a recent surgery have prompted a flurry of rumors about his health. But South Korean officials said Tuesday, "There is nothing we can confirm."
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    North Korea Seen Expanding Rocket Launch Facility It Once Promised To Dismantle

    Mar 27, 2020
    Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR suggests that North Korea is moving ahead with plans to expand its capabilities.
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    Goats and Soda
    Workers in Pyongyang produce masks for protection against the new coronavirus. Experts say North Korea's track record of fighting epidemics does not bode well for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
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    North Korea Claims Zero Coronavirus Cases, But Experts Are Skeptical

    Feb 20, 2020
    Pyongyang says it has mobilized to fight for its "national survival." Experts say North Korea's track record of fighting epidemics does not bode well for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
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    Asia
    A man watches TV news at a railroad station on Jan. 1 in Seoul, South Korea. While waiting for North Korea's leader to address his nuclear-weapons plans, the program featured file footage of a North Korean missile test.
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    North Korea's Kim Jong Un Says He Is No Longer Bound By Nuclear Missile Moratorium

    Dec 31, 2019
    He stopped short of saying he was breaking off nuclear negotiations with the U.S. President Trump has repeatedly touted the testing moratorium as a political victory.
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    Politics
    President Trump told reporters he would handle whatever "present" North Korea's Kim Jong Un plans to send.
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    Trump Downplays Threat Of 'Gift' From North Korea: Maybe It's A 'Beautiful Vase'

    Dec 24, 2019
    North Korea has threatened to send a "Christmas present" for the United States if sanctions aren't eased by the end of the year. Trump says he isn't worried about it.
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    World
    Experts worry that North Korea may be about to test an advanced solid-fuel missile.
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    North Korea Promises A Christmas Surprise. Here Are The Options

    Dec 23, 2019
    With the holiday just days away and no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough in sight, here are what experts say are the possibilities for North Korea's "Christmas gift."
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    World
    John Bolton after a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, in late August, nearly two weeks before his ouster as President Trump's national security adviser.
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    Bolton: Trump Administration Could Be Making 'Big Mistake' On North Korea

    Dec 19, 2019
    In an exclusive interview with NPR, former Ambassador John Bolton criticized his ex-boss' strategy, saying "there's no serious chance" North Korea will voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons program.
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    National Security
    A woman watches a news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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    Amid Breakdown In Nuclear Talks, North Korea Threatens U.S. With 'Christmas Gift'

    Dec 03, 2019
    Pyongyang did not elaborate on the statement, but in 2017, state media referred to North Korea's first test launch of an ICBM as part of a "package of gifts" for the U.S.
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    Asia
    South Korea's government says it will stay in the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, with Japan, reversing course hours before a midnight deadline. Here, a protest banner about the plan was on display in Seoul on Friday.
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    South Korea Says It Won't Pull Out Of Japan Intel-Sharing Pact — For Now

    Nov 22, 2019
    Hours before a midnight deadline, South Korea reversed its decision to scrap a military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan. The move came as the two U.S. allies have made progress on trade.
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    Asia
    People at the Seoul Railway Station watch a newscast showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch. North Korea on Wednesday fired projectiles toward its eastern sea, South Korea's military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military c
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    North Korea May Have Taken Step Toward Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

    Oct 02, 2019
    The ballistic missile traveled about 280 miles, landing in the Sea of Japan. If capable of submarine launch it would represent a significant advance in North Korea's missile program.

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