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South Korean and Russian Crew Members Released Days After Their Boat Drifts to North Korea @ 2019-07-30T12: Back Hot News
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SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS GENERALLY LET NORTH KOREANS RETURN TO THE NORTH UNLESS THEY SUSPECT ESPIONAGE. SEVERAL INSTANCES OF LETTING NORTH KOREAN FISHERMAN STAY IN THE SOUTH SPARKED ANGRY OUTBURSTS FROM PYONGYANG.
THE BLACKLISTING OF KIM SU IL—WHO THE U.S. SAYS WAS EMPLOYED BY NORTH KOREA』S MUNITIONS INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT—FOLLOWS U.S. CONDEMNATION OF THE TEST FIRINGS AMID STALLED TALKS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND PYONGYANG. THE U.S. IS SEEKING NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BY NORTH KOREA.
THE MISSILES WERE FIRED FROM WONSAN ON NORTH KOREA』S EAST COAST. NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN HAS SAID HE IS DEVELOPING WEAPONS TO STAVE OFF 「THREATS.」
FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE YEAR, DONALD TRUMP HAS INSISTED, IN MULTIPLE FORUMS, THAT NORTH KOREA HASN’T ENGAGED IN ANY RECENT MISSILE TESTING, DESPITE MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TESTING. LATE LAST WEEK, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT TWEAKED HIS POSITION, BUT ONLY A LITTLE.
JULY 29 (UPI) -- NORTH KOREA STATE MEDIA SAYS THE REGIME HAS EXCAVATED REMAINS DATING FROM THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD NEAR THE YESONG RIVER IN NORTH HWANGHAE PROVINCE.
MEDIA REPORTS SAID NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER RI YONG-HO WILL NOT ATTEND THIS WEEK"S ASEAN RELATED MEETINGS IN BANGKOK. WHILE IN THE PAST NORTH KOREA"S FOREIGN MINISTER HAD SKIPPED THE FORUM FROM TIME TO TIME, PYONGYANG HAS ALWAYS SENT OTHER DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND.
JU GYUNG-BAE』S SISTER DEFECTED TO SOUTH KOREA BUT WAS PRESSURED TO RETURN. SHE TURNED HERSELF IN AT THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN BEIJING
THE FORMER U.S. DIPLOMAT WHO SECURED THE RELEASE FROM NORTH KOREA OF AMERICAN OTTO WARMBIER SAID ON MONDAY THAT WASHINGTON SHOULD HONOR ITS PLEDGE TO PAY PYONGYANG $2 MILLION FOR THE STUDENT'S HOSPITAL CARE.JOSEPH YUN, THE FORMER U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREA, CONFIRMED TO REUTERS HE HAD SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH KOREANS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE MONEY BEFORE WARMBIER WAS FLOWN OUT OF PYONGYANG IN A COMA ON JUNE 13, 2017.HE DIED DAYS AFTER RETURNING HOME.
「PANDA…WORKED ON SOFTWARE FOR THE SYSTEM…[AND IT] ALREADY HAD LINKS WITH NORTH KOREA, HAVING RUN ACHIM PANDA JV CO, A JOINT-VENTURE PERSONAL COMPUTER MAKER, SINCE 2002,」 WROTE MARTYN WILLIAMS, A NORTH KOREA MEDIA AND TECH SPECIALIST, IN A 38 NORTH REPORT.
IN FEBRUARY, THE SOUTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES SEIZED THE DN5505 AND THE KATRIN IN SEPARATE ACTIONS BECAUSE OF SUSPECTED SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS. THE DN5505 HAD DOCKED IN POHANG, SOUTH KOREA, CARRYING MORE THAN 3,200 TONS OF COAL AFTER SAILING FROM NAKHODKA. OFFICIALS TOLD EMPLOYEES OF THE SOUTH KOREA SHIPPING AGENCY HANDLING THE SHIP THAT IT WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR CARRYING NORTH KOREAN COAL. THE OTHER SHIP, THE KATRIN, WAS ACCUSED OF BRINGING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO NORTH KOREA.
US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO MEETS WITH SENIOR NORTH KOREAN ENVOY KIM YONG CHOL IN WASHINGTON, DC.
ENSURING THE CONTINUATION OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL SYSTEM LED BY THE KIM FAMILY IS A LONG-SOUGHT GOAL BY NORTH KOREA. IN A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER THE FIRST-EVER U.S.-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT IN JUNE 2018, TRUMP PROMISED TO PROVIDE SECURITY GUARANTEES TO PYONGYANG, WHILE KIM COMMITTED TO THE “COMPLETE” DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN NORTH KOREA SAID EARLIER ON WEDNESDAY THAT NORTH KOREA DETAINED 15 RUSSIAN AND TWO SOUTH KOREAN CREW MEMBERS OF A FISHING VESSEL FOR VIOLATING ENTRY REGULATIONS.
GIVEN THE VOLATILITY OF THE GEOPOLITICS SURROUNDING NORTH KOREA, IT WILL PROBABLY BE YEARS, IF NOT DECADES, BEFORE ANY AMERICANS OR SOUTH KOREANS ARE ALLOWED TO GO BIRDWATCHING IN NORTH KOREA.
THE SISTER OF KIM JONG-UN HAS BEEN RISING IN THE LEADERSHIP RANKS SINCE SHE WAS A TEENAGER, AND MIGHT BE CONSIDERED NORTH KOREA』S SECOND-IN-COMMAND. THE CFTNI』S KOREAN STUDIES TEAM PRESENTS A LOOK INTO HER EARLY YEARS AS PART OF A NEW SERIES.
TWO NORTH KOREAN VESSELS, THE KUM UN SAN AND THE YU SON, RECEIVED THE DIESEL, ACCORDING TO YONHAP, THE SOUTH KOREAN NEWS AGENCY. BOTH ARE 「NORTH KOREAN VESSELS CAPABLE OF ENGAGING IN SHIP-TO-SHIP TRANSFERS OF PETROLEUM,」 ACCORDING TO THE U.S. TREASURY』S MARCH ADVISORY.
FILE PHOTO: KIM MYONG GIL, MINISTER AT NORTH KOREA"S MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS, LEAVES BOUND FOR NORTH KOREA WITH OTHER NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS AFTER THE SECOND ECONOMY AND ENERGY COOPERATION WORKING GROUP MEETING IN SOUTH KOREAN TERRITORY AT THE TRUCE VILLAGE IN PANMUNJOM, NORTH OF SEOUL AUGUST 8, 2007. AHN YOUNG-JOON/POOL VIA REUTERS/FILE PHOTO
THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS TO SELL THE WISE HONEST, THE NORTH KOREAN BULKER IT SEIZED IN APRIL 2019. LAST WEEK, A FEDERAL COURT AUTHORIZED THE VESSEL'S SALE IN ORDER TO SATISFY A CIVIL JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA.
"BUT EVEN THOUGH THE PERSECUTION OF KIM JONG UN, THE NORTH KOREAN CITIZENS, THEY...WANT GOSPEL AND THEY ARE WORSHIPPING IN UNDERGROUND CHURCHES RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAVE A MESSAGE FROM NORTH KOREAN UNDERGROUND CHURCHES AND THEY SENT A PHOTO OF THE WOOD. THREE OF THEM ARE GATHERED THERE AND THEY WERE PRAYING FOR SOUTH KOREA," JU SAID.
OPINION ON THE LATEST NORTH KOREA ISSUES FROM ANALYSTS, ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS WORLDWIDE. VIEWS EXPRESSED IN OPINION ARTICLES ARE EXCLUSIVELY THE AUTHORS’ OWN.

 

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