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EDITORIAL: North Korea is all over the news — Or maybe not…

January 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

There were no stories about the controversial Sony hack from the Associated Press (AP) Pyongyang bureau in North Korea. You can refer to page 5 and the last three issues for background information if you have been hiding from mass media.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2014, 2015, AP, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, censorship

North Korea preparing to try 2 American tourists

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – North Korea said on June 30 it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against it.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, Jen Psaki, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Korean American, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, North Port, Pyongyang Marathon, Sergei Luzginov, State Department, Swedish Embassy, Tatyana Fowle, United States, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18

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

Rodman says he met N Korean leader again

September 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aritz Parra The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman left North Korea Sept. 7, professing his affection for autocratic leader Kim Jong Un and angrily rejecting calls to lobby for the release of imprisoned American citizen Kenneth Bae.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Ask Hillary Clinton, Ask Obama, Beijing, China, Dennis Rodman, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-un, North Korea Sept, United States, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

Koreas hope to reopen joint factory

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean delegates agreed on a desire to restart a stalled jointly run factory park after overnight talks that ended July 8, but they couldn’t immediately reach an accord to reopen the complex that had been a symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, KCNA, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, SEOUL, South Korean, Suh Ho, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Youkyung Lee

North Korea to issue special pardons for convicts around Lunar New Year

January 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will issue special pardons for convicts to commemorate milestone birthdays of its two late leaders, state media said, in the first such dispensations in more than six years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Justice Ministry, KCNA, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Korean Central News Agency, Lunar New Year, North Korea, SEOUL, South Korea, Supreme People, Unification Ministry, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, japan

All wait with bated breath for a post-Kim Jong-il world

December 22, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In the early 1990s, when North Korea opened its borders a tiny bit to Americans, Seong Suk Kim, also known as Joan, sought the opportunity to visit her siblings — two brothers — and their children, Kim’s nieces and nephews, whom she had never met. During the Korean War, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Democratic People, Jang Song Thaek, KCNA, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kyong Hui, Korean Peninsula, Korean Studies, Korean War, North Koreans, Party Delegates Conference, President Barack Obama, Seong Suk Kim, United States, Whereas South Korea

North Korean leader appears in public

October 11, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s state news agency reported a public appearance by reclusive leader Kim Jong Il for the first time in nearly two months, an absence that prompted speculation he was seriously ill.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Associated Press, Jae-soon Chang, KCNA, Kim Ho-nyeon, Kim Il Sung University, Kim Jong-il, North Korean, SEOUL, South Korean Unification Ministry, vol 27 no 42 | October 11 - October 17

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