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AUGUST 20 (Reuters) –South Korea said it fired tens of artillery rounds toward North Korea on Thursday (August 20) after the North launched a shell toward a South Korean loudspeaker that had been blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts, as tension escalated on the peninsula. North Korea did not return fire but later warned Seoul in a letter that it would take military action if the South did not remove the loudspeakers within 48 hours, the South’s defence […]
(Reuters) — South Korea’s defense ministry said on Wednesday (July 22) it was closely monitoring North Korea after reports it upgraded its missile tower. South Korea’s Yonhap News agency reported that the North has erected a new, taller launch tower at its missile base, possibly in preparation for firing a long-range rocket to mark an important national anniversary in October. The 67-metre (220-ft) tower will be able to accommodate the launch of a longer-range […]
MAY 18 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday (May 18) North Korea has “not even come close” to taking the steps needed to rein in its nuclear weapons programme to initiate talks, adding the United States was considering further sanctions. Speaking in the South Korean capital, Kerry said Washington continued to offer the isolated North the chance for an improved relationship in return for signs of a genuine willingness to […]
America is going after cyber attackers based outside the country. President Barack Obama called a growing epidemic of online attacks from overseas a national emergency and issuing an executive order Wednesday (April 1) giving power to the Treasury Department to freeze assets and bar financial transactions of those targeting U.S. computer networks. The new sanctions program follows a rise in tensions between the U.S. and China over cyber security and the high-profile hacking at Sony […]
Sony Pictures comedy “The Interview” grossed more than $1 million in limited release at the U.S. box office on Thursday (December 25), the studio said on Friday. The 44 million dollar (USD) film was pulled from wide release after major U.S. movie chains balked at showing the movie owing to security concerns, and it was instead shown at some 320 smaller theaters in the United States, less than 10 percent of its planned wide release. […]
North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said. New Hampshire-based Dyn said the reason for the outage was not known but could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack. Several U.S. officials close to the investigations of the attack on Sony Pictures said […]
(Reuters) – North Korea experienced Internet outages on Monday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said, adding that the reason for the problems was not known. “For the past 24 hours North Korea’s connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline,” said Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis at New Hampshire-based Dyn Research. “There’s either a benign explanation – their routers are perhaps […]
(Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly committee dealing with human rights on Tuesday called for the U.N. Security Council to consider referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity. The vote followed a U.N. Commission of Inquiry report published in February detailing wide-ranging abuses in North Korea, including prison camps, systematic torture, starvation and killings comparable to Nazi-era atrocities. The resolution passed by the U.N. Third Committee linked the alleged abuses to […]
BY JAMES PEARSON (Reuters) – Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is suffering from “discomfort”, state media has said in the first official acknowledgement of ill health after a prolonged period out of the public eye. Kim, 31, who is frequently the centrepiece of the isolated country’s propaganda, has not been photographed by state media since appearing at a concert alongside his wife on Sept. 3, fuelling speculation he is suffering from bad health. He […]
North Korea said that it will try two US citizens tourists for “crimes against the state”.
South Korea denounces North Korea’s denial of firing artillery in a disputed maritime border, hitting near a naval patrol boat.
(Reuters) – North Korean artillery fired at least one shot which landed near a South Korean navy patrol ship south of the two sides’ disputed maritime border on Thursday (May 22), but it did not hit the vessel, a military official in Seoul said. “Today at 6:00 p.m., an artillery bomb was dropped near our navy ship, which was on the patrol mission in our waters, 14 km south of the NLL (Northern Limited Line), so immediately we fired back near the enemy’s […]
