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North Korea prepares long-range rocket test launch

December 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP)  —  North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, China, Dongguk University, GMT, International Civil Aviation Organization, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, North Koreans, President Barack Obama, President Park Chung-hee, Security Council, South Korean Foreign Ministry, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, United States, Vol 31 No 50 | December 8 - December 14, japan, technology

North Korean harvest modestly improves

November 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press ROME, Italy (AP) — North Korea increased its staple foods production for the second year in a row but its citizens are still suffering from a serious lack of key proteins and fats in their diets, a U.N. report said Monday, Nov. 12.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Kim Jong-un, North Koreans, Rome, Vol 31 No 47 | November 17 - November 23, World Food Program

New North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un gives first public speech

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished country’s military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Cha Myong Hui, Hajime Izumi, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-un, New North Korean, North Koreans, PYONGYANG, Punctuating Kim, Shizuoka University, South Korea, Soviet Union, TV, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, japan, technology

LETTER: Commentary about Korean unification isn’t realistic

January 24, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To the Editor: Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia’s commentary (Jan. 7, 2012) regarding stereotypes harbored by South Koreans toward North Korean refugees among them, and the way that these stereotypes harm hope for reunification enlists the reader in the call for an idealizing and accommodating vision about North Korea that doesn’t seem at all realistic about […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2012, China, Cold Warrior, Harry Truman, Idealizing North Korea, Mac Crary, North Koreans, Saddam Hussein, Seattle, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

COMMENTARY: Stereotyped impressions of North Koreans hurting Korean reunification

January 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia By Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia For Northwest Asian Weekly Compared to about a decade ago, when there was widespread opposition to reunification, a growing number of Koreans now seem to be settling for it. With increasing public discourse on the issue, including the current jostling over a mandatory reunification tax, the […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, International Relations, Kim Jong-il, North Koreans, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

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

Mystery surrounds son set to succeed Kim Jong Il

December 19, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JEAN H. LEE The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With the sudden death of his father, Kim Jong Un went from being North Korea’s “Respected General” to “Great Successor” — a heady and uncertain promotion for a young man virtually unknown even to the North Korean people just a year ago. Word […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Andray Abrahamian, CNC, Choson Exchange, Computerized Numerical Control, Grand People Study Hall, Great Successor, Kim Il Sung Military University, Kim Jong Un Footsteps, Kim Jong-il, Narushige Michishita, North Koreans, Pothongmun Street, Pyongyang Times, Respected General, Ri Un Suk, Tokyo, Yoon Deok-ryong, technology

Tensions boiled as North Korea upsets Japan in World Cup qualifier

November 19, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — There are no hot dogs, peanuts, or plastic cups of beer for sale when the North Korean soccer team takes the pitch. There are no noisemakers, and no one does the wave.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, Asian Cup, Associated Press, Ethnic Koreans, Japanese Football Association, Jong Tae Se, Nishitetsu Travel, North Koreans, Pak Nam Choi, Pyongyang Times, Shoot Shoot, Shusaku Nishikawa, South Korean, Strike Strike, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 47 | November 19 - November 25, World Cup, Yanggakdo Stadium, uzbekistan

North Korea food shortage worst in years despite farms

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press SUNAN, North Korea (AP) — It’s an unlikely sight: hundreds of ostriches, a bird native to sunny Africa, squatting and squabbling in the morning chill on a sprawling farm in North Korea. Even stranger: In winter, some wear quilted vests.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Africa, Kangwon National University, Katharina Zellweger, Kim Jin Ok, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kyung-ryang, Kim Mi Hye, Kim Young-hoon, Leader Kim, North Koreans, Ostrich Alley, President Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang-based North Korea, SUNAN, South Korean, Stephan Haggard, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

The top 10 amazing Asian American achievers of 2010

December 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A Korean American West Point graduate, Dan Choi became the face of the movement against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT).

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, African American, Asian Americans, DADT, Dan Choi, Democrat Hansen Clarke, Indian American, Kal Penn, Kamala Harris, Laura Ling, Michigan House, Nikki Haley, North Koreans, Phyllis Wise, President Barack Obama, South Carolina, UW, Vol 29 No 52 | December 25 - December 31, Wallace Loh, Year in Review 2010

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