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“Northern Limit Line” — Crossing emotional and historical borders

July 17, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Wikipedia and military refers to it as the “Second Battle Of Yeonpyeong.”  On June 29, 2002, two border patrol boats from North Korea slipped over the Northern Limit Line, the maritime boundary between the Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea (DPRK—North Korea) and the Republic Of Korea (South Korea) in […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Alderwood Mall, Andrew Hamlin, DPRK, Democratic People, Four North Koreans, Hak-soon Kim, Jin-sung Jang, Northern Limit Line, Northwest Asian Weekly, Soon-jo Choi, South Korean Battleship, Vol 34 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, WA, Yellow Sea

NK uses racial slur on Obama over hack

January 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at President Barack Obama over the hacking row involving the movie “The Interview.’’ North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission, which is headed by country leader Kim Jong […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press, DPRK, Democratic People, Kim Jong-un, Korean Central News Agency, NK, National Defense Commission, National Security Council, North Korean, Policy Department, President Barack Obama, Sony Pictures, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, State John Kerry, United States

US man in North Korea given 6 years of hard labor

September 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced a 24-year-old American man to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally to commit espionage.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Aijalon Gomes, DPRK, Democratic People, Eddie Yong Su Jun, Following Sunday, Former President Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Fowle, Jen Psaki, Jimmy Carter, Korean American, Matthew Miller, New Jersey-based, North Korean, Robert King, Russian President Vladimir Putin, State Department, Uri Tours, Vol 33 No 39 | September 20 - September 26

North Korea says it’s holding a third American prisoner

June 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press North Korea said on June 6 it has detained an American tourist for committing an unspecified crime, the third U.S. citizen being held there.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, DPRK, Democratic People, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Korean American, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korean, Sweden, United States, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27

North Korea rescinds invitation to U.S. envoy for Bae talks — Jesse Jackson offers to intervene

February 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea has canceled for a second time its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to visit the country to discuss a long-detained American’s possible release, the State Department said Feb. 10.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Ambassador King, Bob King, Cheong Seong-jang, DPRK, Donald Gregg, Japan-based Choson Sinbo, Jesse Jackson, Kenneth Bae, Lynn Turk, North Korean Foreign Ministry, Pacific Century Institute, Pacific Command, Sejong Institute, South Korea, State Department, United States, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21

COMMENTARY: Thank you, President Obama, for promising to help free Kenneth Bae

February 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By the Bae family Our family was delighted to hear President Obama advocate for the release of Kenneth Bae during his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning [Feb. 6]: “And finally, as we build the future we seek, let us never forget those who are persecuted today, among them Americans of faith. We […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, DPRK, John Conyers Jr, Kenneth Bae, Korean War Rep, National Prayer Breakfast, New York, North Carolina, North Korea, President Obama, US, United States, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21, letter

Wireless living: Limited Internet access in North Korea affects country’s development

January 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Imana Gunawan Northwest Asian Weekly While most of the developed world enjoys Internet access as a basic human right, North Koreans live with their web access heavily regulated and monitored.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Brigit Stadler, Clark Sorensen, DPRK, Democratic People, Google, International Studies, Jackson School, Limited Internet, North Koreans, PUST, Seattle, South Korean, Sudan, Though Scott, UW, Vol 33 No 5 | January 25 - January 31, World Policy Journal, technology

N. Korea charges Washington state man in plot to overthrow government regime

May 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced April 27 that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, DPRK, Dongguk University, Euna Lee, Jen Psaki, Kenneth Bae, Koh Yu-hwan, Laura Ling, North Korean, Pae Jun Ho, President Bill Clinton, Russia, South Korean, Supreme Court, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 19 | May 4 - May 10

U.N. chief condemns torpedo attack, expects response

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the evidence was “overwhelming and deeply troubling,”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, China, DPRK, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Russia, Security Council, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, United States, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4, Yellow Sea, attention

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