Pyongyang’s top military commander, who is thought responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea, is replaced by a relative unknown.
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When North Korea put its missiles on parade last year, experts were surprised to see what looked to be new long-range missiles that might be powerful enough to reach the U.S. But a closer look at details in the photos suggests the missiles on display might have been a bluff.
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How Cold War tensions defined North-South conflict
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Dennis Rodman, America’s unlikeliest link to Kim Jong Un, wants his friend to release Kenneth Bae. A 44-year-old U.S. citizen, Bae was this month sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp for unspecified “hostile acts.”
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The medium-range ballistic missiles were reportedly taken off launch-ready status for the first time in weeks.
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North Korea’s jointly-run Kaesong industrial complex is left without South Korean staff for the first time, as seven remaining workers depart.
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An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labor” for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday. The official state media said Kenneth Bae’s trial took place Tuesday, but the dispatch provided few new details
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An American tourist held in North Korea is accused of trying to bring down the country’s regime, according to the North’s official news agency. The move comes as tensions grow on the Korean peninsula between the isolated North and the South’s Western allies.
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