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Seoul: North Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals

April 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea and tried to jam GPS navigation signals in South Korea on April 1, Seoul officials said, hours after U.S., South Korean, and Japanese leaders pledged to work closer together to prevent North Korea from advancing its […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Associated Press, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Defense Ministry, GPS, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Science Ministry, Security Council, Seoul North Korea, South Korean, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15, japan

Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elain Kurtenbach and Karin Laub Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Appalled and saddened by news of journalist Kenji Goto’s purported beheading by Islamic State extremists, Japan ordered heightened security precautions Sunday and said it would persist with its non-military support for fighting terrorism. <!–more–> The failure to save Goto raised fears for the life […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Gen Nakatani, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State, Jordan, Junichi Goto, Junko Ishido, Kenji Goto, Mari Yamaguchi, Mayuko Tamura, Security Council, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, Yassin Rawashda, japan

Kim pleads guilty of leaking to Fox News

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former senior adviser Stephen Kim agreed to a 13-month sentence in the case stemming from a report on North Korea’s military that he leaked to Fox News. By Frederic J. Frommera By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. State Department expert on North Korea pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to passing classified information to a journalist. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, FBI, Fox News, James Rosen, Justice Department, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, North Korea, President Barack Obama, Security Council, State Department, Stephen Kim, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, poverty

Dennis Rodman: NKorea leader wants Obama to call

March 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michelle Salecedo The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C, (AP) — North Korea’s young leader has riled the United States with recent nuclear tests, but Kim Jong Un doesn’t really want war with the superpower, just a call from President Barack Obama to chat about their shared love of basketball, according to unlikely diplomat Dennis Rodman, […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, ABC, Dennis Rodman, Eric Schmidt, HBO, Harlem Globetrotters, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, National Defense Commission, North Koreans, Patrick Ventrell, President Barack Obama, Security Council, State Department, United States, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15

Obama hosts Japan PM amid tensions in Asia

March 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama welcomed Japan’s new prime minister to the White House on Friday, Feb. 22, pledging continued close economic cooperation and a shared determination to mount a strong response to a North Korean nuclear test.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Beijing, China, Joe Hinrichs, North Korean, Obama, Oval Office, Security Council, Shinzo Abe, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, WASHINGTON, White House, japan

North Korea apparently conducts third nuclear test

February 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea apparently conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, Feb. 12 strongly indicated by an “explosion-like” earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Chi Heoncheol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, Geological Survey, Japan Meteorological Agency, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Min-seok, Last October, National Defense Commission, North Korea, Security Council, South Korean Defense Ministry, United States, Vol 32 No 8 | February 16 - February 22, Yoshihide Suga, Yosuke Igarashi

Images suggest North Korea ready for nuclear test

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — North Korea could be almost ready to carry out its threat to conduct a nuclear test, a U.S. research institute said, pointing to recent satellite photos.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Associated Press, Joel Wit, Kim Jong-il, Lolita Baldor, National Defense Commission, North Koreans, Security Council, South Korean, State Department, United States, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, WASHINGTON

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

UN SG Ban Ki-moon announces he is seeking a second term

June 11, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday that he will seek a second term as head of the United Nations

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Asian Group, Caribbean, China, Eastern Europe, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, Ivory Coast, Libya, Mark Toner, Middle East, Moscow, North Africa, Russia, Security Council, South Korean, United States, Vol 30 No 24 | June 11 - June 17

North Korea to figure in Japan-China summit

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO, Japan (AP) — China faced Japanese pressure Monday to join international efforts to penalize North Korea for its alleged sinking of a South Korean

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, East China Sea, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, North Korean, Security Council, South Korean, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, japan

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