North Korea News

Journalists from the north and south side of the Korean Peninsula on Friday called for efforts to "dynamically wage media activity for reunification," the official news agency KCNA said. via People's Daily Online

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“As she (Benazir) was due to visit North Korea at the end of 1993, she was asked and readily agreed to carry critical nuclear data on her person and hand it over on arrival in Pyongyang”

New Delhi: A new book has said North Korea got nuclear technology from Pakistan in 1993, with the then prime minister Benazir Bhutto personally carrying the sensitive material in her overcoat during a visit to ... via Sify

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“It's the first time in eight years the P-5 (nuclear powers) have been able to make common ground on the way forward for the NPT, which has been damaged by our own disarray. Our step may look small but it's important”

The five major nuclear-armed powers said the Non-Proliferation Treaty was under threat and cited Iran's uranium enrichment campaign in a rare joint call for action to shore up the NPT. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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China and Japan agreed in a joint press communique issued here on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in improving Japan's ties with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . via People's Daily Online

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“I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican. But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are.”

I just love Fox News. In fact, I don't really love Fox News. I do, however, love saying that I just love Fox News. via National Ledger

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“But if you look, precious few people in Asia or frankly in the world are receiving serious punishments for that half of human trafficking, which is forced labor - the other half being sex trafficking”

THE United States called on Asian governments Wednesday to slap stiff penalties on labour traffickers, some of whom it said were exploiting loopholes in bilateral agreements in the region. via The Straits Times

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“No one wants a rerun of the 1990s or anything close to that”

North Korean farmers work in their fields outside the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, February 25, 2008. via Time

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“And the soldiers told me Mugabe had sent them to kill. So I believe it.”

"Who brought the North Koreans in?" click here to enlarge image By John Simpson, World affairs editor Matabeleland - The terrible wounds which Robert Mugabe's Fifth Brigade inflicted on Matabeleland in the ... via ZWNews.com

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“They had in-depth and good negotiations”

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States held negotiations in Pyongyang on food aid from Monday to Thursday, the official news agency KCNA reported. via Xinhuanet

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“We refuse to be given sermons on international obligations by a country that has violated all international standards”

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday he hoped his agency would be able to shed light in the next few weeks on whether a Syrian facility bombed by Israel last September was an ... via Haaretz Daily News

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