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Can Singapore serve as economic model for NKorea?

By AP News Mon, May 14, 2012 10:24AM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Less than two weeks after being punished with new U.N. sanctions, North Korea has sent its ceremonial head of state and two top economic officials to Singapore and Indonesia on a trip that appears aimed at drumming up outside investment. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s...

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China, SKorea, Japan try to ease NKorea tensions

By AP News Sun, May 13, 2012 7:34PM UTC View Comments

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak looks on as China's Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a joint news conference of the fifth trilateral summit among China, South Korea and Japan in Beijing Sunday, May 13, 2012.

BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China, South Korea and Japan said Sunday that they will work together to try to calm tensions on the Korean peninsula. The three largest East Asian economies also took steps toward deepening their economic ties by laying the groundwork for a regional free trade area. The nations — which...

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NKorea vows to turn South’s leadership to ashes

By AP News Tue, Apr 24, 2012 1:48PM UTC View Comments

A North Korean military officer points at a diagram of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas at a building in Panmunjom, North Korea. Pic: AP.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea sharply escalated the rhetoric against its southern rival, claiming it will soon conduct “special actions” that would reduce South Korea’s conservative government to ashes within minutes. Monday’s threat from the North’s military leadership comes amid concerns that North Korea may be plotting another provocation in the wake of...

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SKorea asks China about NKorean missile carrier

By AP News Fri, Apr 20, 2012 7:10PM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean official says Seoul is asking China whether it is the source of a missile carrier displayed by North Korea during a military parade last weekend. Military experts have pointed to China as the probable supplier of the 16-wheel truck, but China has denied it. U.N. Security Council...

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SKorea says new cruise missiles a warning to North

By AP News Thu, Apr 19, 2012 6:00AM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has unveiled new cruise missiles it says are capable of hitting any target in North Korea. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that it has completed deploying the missiles. Officials say the deployment should serve as a warning to North Korea. Pyongyang on Sunday unveiled a new long-range missile...

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