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A U.N. deadline is forcing North Korea"s global workers to go home. Some never will. @ 2019-12-22T12: Back Hot News
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THE NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON SAID DESTRO"S "MALICIOUS WORDS" CAME AT THE TIME WHEN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE US AND NORTH KOREA ARE "REACHING A HIGHLY DELICATE POINT" AND WOULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY TENSE SITUATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. "LIKE POURING OIL OVER BURNING FIRE," KCNA REPORTED.
ALTHOUGH THE SOUTH』S CONSTITUTION CLAIMS NORTH KOREA AS PART OF ITS TERRITORY, BOTH ​SIDES IN REALITY HAVE ALSO RECOGNIZE​D​ EACH OTHER』S TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY. THEY JOINED THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE SAME TIME, AND HAVE HELD SUMMIT MEETINGS AND SIGNED AGREEMENTS TO BOLSTER ECONOMIC AND OTHER FORMS OF COOPERATION. IN THE PAST DECADE, SOUTH KOREA HAS RETURNED 185 NORTH KOREAN FISHERMEN ADRIFT IN ITS WATERS​ WHO WANTED TO RETURN HOME. IN THE SAME PERIOD, NORTH KOREA SENT HOME 16 SOUTH KOREANS WHO ENTERED THE NORTH ILLEGALLY.
THIS UNDATED PICTURE RELEASED BY NORTH KOREA"S OFFICIAL KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY ON DECEMBER 4, 2019, SHOWS NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN (CENTER) VISITING BATTLE SITES AT MOUNT PAEKTU, RYANGGANG.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, BIEGUN HELD NUMEROUS MEETINGS IN CHINA, JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA ABOUT THE STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DPRK — BUT WAS UNABLE TO MEET WITH THE NORTH KOREANS THEMSELVES.
FILE - PEOPLE WATCH A SCREEN THAT SHOWS A FILE PHOTO OF A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE FOR A NEWS REPORT ON NORTH KOREA FIRING SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES, IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, JULY 31, 2019.
BIEGUN, WHO IS SET TO BE PROMOTED TO DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE, VISITED SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN AND CHINA FROM DEC. 15 TO FRIDAY. WHILE IN SOUTH KOREA, BIEGUN CALLED FOR TALKS WITH THE NORTH, EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF MEETING WITH NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS IN THE INTER-KOREAN TRUCE VILLAGE OF PANMUNJOM.
TALKS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND NORTH KOREA RAISED HOPES THAT KIM JONG UN WILL STOP DEVELOPING OR EVEN SURRENDER HIS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. BUT SECURITY EXPERTS POINT TO SATELLITE IMAGES THAT THEY SAY SHOW NORTH KOREA RAMPING UP PRODUCTION OF ITS ARSENAL OVER THE PAST YEAR. PHOTO COMPOSITE: SHARON SHI
SECOND, A BLOCKADE WOULD NOT BE A ONE-ON-ONE BRAWL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AGAINST NORTH KOREA. A BLOCKADE IS AN ACT OF WAR UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND WASHINGTON WOULD BE PROSECUTING THAT ACT OF WAR IN PART ALONG THE KOREAN WEST COAST—AT BEIJING』S MARITIME DOOR. CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERS ARE ACUTELY CONSCIOUS THAT THE KOREAN PENINSULA OVERSHADOWS THE SEA ROUTE INTO THE BOHAI SEA, HOME TO ONE OF CHINA』S COASTAL ECONOMIC HUBS AS WELL AS THE GATEWAY FROM THE YELLOW SEA TO CHINA』S CAPITAL CITY.
THE OTTO WARMBIER NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR SANCTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT CALLS FOR MANDATORY SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREAN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND COAL AND OTHER MINERALS, AS WELL AS SOME PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND CRUDE OIL, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON BANKS THAT DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA.
MR. TRUMP, WHO HAS REPEATEDLY ASSERTED HE HAS A BUDDING FRIENDSHIP WITH MR. KIM, HAS LARGELY IGNORED NORTH KOREA』S MISSILE LAUNCHES THIS YEAR. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALSO PREVENTED A SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING REQUESTED BY OTHER MEMBERS ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, IN WHAT WAS INTERPRETED AS A GESTURE TO MOLLIFY NORTH KOREA.
ON THURSDAY, NORTH KOREA』S FIRST VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, CHOE SON-HUI, SAID THAT MR. TRUMP』S USE OF THE 「ROCKET MAN」 INSULT WAS A SIGN OF 「THE RELAPSE OF THE DOTAGE OF A DOTARD.」 ON SATURDAY, THE NORTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, KIM SONG, ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT SUGGESTED NORTH KOREA WOULD NO LONGER DISCUSS DENUCLEARIZATION, REUTERS REPORTED.
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INSKEEP: U.S. AND NORTH KOREAN NEGOTIATORS HAVE MET IN RECENT MONTHS BUT HAVE MADE NO PROGRESS. A U.S. OFFICIAL FAMILIAR WITH THE TALKS DESCRIBES NORTH KOREA"S NEGOTIATORS AS, QUOTE, "PROFESSIONAL BUT AFRAID." FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, THEY WANT KIM JONG UN TO DECIDE ON ANY DEAL NORTH KOREA MAKES, BUT HE"S NOT IN THE ROOM. NOW WE NEAR THAT HOLIDAY DEADLINE THAT WAS IMPOSED IN FRUSTRATION. AND SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN FIRING OFF ROCKET ENGINES AS IF PREPARING FOR SOME KIND OF LONG-RANGE MISSILE TEST.
EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT INCLUDE FIXING TV AND RADIO RECEIVERS SO THEY “CANNOT BE TUNED AWAY FROM NORTH KOREAN STATIONS,” INSTALLING TRACKING SOFTWARE ON CITIZENS’ CELL PHONES THAT TAKES SCREENSHOTS AT RANDOM INTERVALS AND “INSIDIOUSLY FORCES NORTH KOREANS TO SELF-CENSOR IN FEAR OF A DEVICE CHECK THAT MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN,” AND FORCING PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS THROUGH SPEAKERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT AGAIN DESCRIBED TRUMP AS A "DOTARD" THURSDAY AFTER THE US PRESIDENT REVIVED THE WAR WORDS WITH KIM JONG UN BY CALLING THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER "ROCKET MAN."
TOLD FACE THE NATION ON SUNDAY, JUST HOURS AFTER NORTH KOREA SAID IT HAD CONDUCTED A "VERY IMPORTANT TEST" AT A SATELLITE-LAUNCH FACILITY. HE ADDED THAT THE TRUMP-APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH KOREA, STEVE BIEGUN, WOULD SOON TRAVEL TO THE REGION BUT GAVE NO INDICATION THAT HE WOULD TALK TO ANY OFFICIALS FROM PYONGYANG. SOUTH KOREA"S FOREIGN MINISTRY ALSO CONFIRMED FRIDAY THAT BIEGUN IS TRAVELLING TO SEOUL THIS WEEKEND. UP TO NOW, NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SENT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE U.S. HAVE EITHER BEEN UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT KIM HAS PERSONALLY PROMISED.
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IN A BID TO HELP DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS WITH NORTH KOREA, THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA HAVE POSTPONED OR SCALED DOWN A NUMBER OF JOINT MILITARY DRILLS.
A MUSEUM OPERATED BY NORTH KOREA IN NORTHERN CAMBODIA APPEARS TO HAVE SUSPENDED OPERATIONS AHEAD OF A LOOMING UN BAN REQUIRING MEMBER STATES TO REPATRIATE DPRK CITIZENS EARNING MONEY OVERSEAS, NK NEWS HAS LEARNED.THE $10 MILLION GRAND PANORAMA MUSEUM, LOCATED NEAR THE ICONIC ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE COMPLEX IN THE RESORT TOWN OF SIEM REAP, OPENED IN 2015, AND HAD BEEN TIED TO NORTH KOREA"S MANSUDAE

 

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