NK says it will remove S. Korean facilities from Kumgangsan
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Pyongyang sent an ultimatum to Seoul on Monday, warning that it will unilaterally remove all South Korean-built facilities from the Kumgangsan resort unless Seoul tears them down on its own, North Korean state media said Friday.Dismissing South Korea’s calls for talks to salvage the long-suspended tourism venture at the mountain resort, the North said it would develop the resort in its own way, and that there was no room for the South to meddle. “We sent an ultimatum on Nov. 11 that
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Key UN committee condemns North Korean violations of rightsNorth KoreaTodayUNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A key UN committee approved a resolution Thursday condemning North Korea's widespread human rights violations which may amount to crimes against humanity -- a decision denounced by the country's UN mission as "politically motivated" and based on "fabrications."The resolution, sponsored by the European Union and joined by the United States and others, was approved by consensus by the General Assembly's human rights committee, with a bang of the chai -
N. Korea says it sent ultimatum to S. Korea over Mount Kumgang projectNorth KoreaTodayNorth Korea sent an ultimatum to South Korea earlier this week that it will unilaterally remove the South-built facilities from its Mount Kumgang resort unless Seoul tears them down on its own, Pyongyang's official news agency reported Friday.The North's tough stance suggests little room for inter-Korean negotiations that South Korea has sought in an effort to keep the long-suspended tour project that was considered one of the most tangible symbols of inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation.
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NK nuke envoy voices willingness to meet US, but presses for solutionNorth KoreaNov 14, 2019North Korea's top nuclear envoy said Thursday he is willing to meet with his US counterpart if Washington unveils a fundamental solution to the nuclear impasse by a year-end deadline.Kim Myong-gil said US nuclear envoy Stephen Biegun has proposed nuclear talks with North Korea in December via a third country. "If the negotiated solution of issues is possible, we are ready to meet with the US at any place and any time," Kim said in a statement carried by the Korean Central New -
N. Koreans deported according to 'principles' and 'standards': officialNorth KoreaNov 14, 2019GANGHWA ISLAND -- Last week's deportation from South Korea of two North Koreans accused of killing 16 fellow fishermen was carried out in accordance with appropriate "principles and standards," a high-ranking unification ministry official said. The two men in their 20s were sent back to the North through the truce village of Panmunjom last week, five days after they were captured near the eastern inter-Korean sea boarder. Three days of investigation found that they had been fleein -
Unification minister meets Hyundai Group chairwoman over Kumgangsan toursNorth KoreaNov 14, 2019South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul met with Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun on Thursday to discuss the controversy surrounding the plans to dismantle its facilities at the Kumgangsan tourist resort in North Korea. The ministry has held a series of talks with Hyundai Asan -- the inter-Korean business unit of Hyundai Group, which holds a 50-year license to operate a tour program to the scenic Kumgangsan -- since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last month ordered the removal of -
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[Graphic News] N. Korea ranks 193rd out of 195 countries in ability to cope with epidemicNorth KoreaNov 14, 2019North Korea ranks 193rd out of 195 countries in terms of its ability to prevent, detect and respond to an epidemic, a recent global health security index showed. The impoverished North scored 17.5 points in the index compiled by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a US-based nonprofit organization, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, coming higher than only two countries -- Equatorial Guinea and Somalia. The global average was 40.2 points. Meanwhile, South Korea ranked 9th in the index -
N. Korea warns US against joint military drills with S. KoreaNorth KoreaNov 14, 2019North Korea's top governing body demanded Wednesday the United States cancel planned joint military drills with South Korea, warning otherwise it would face a "greater threat." The State Affairs Commission, chaired by leader Kim Jong-un, also repeated that Pyongyang would seek a "new way" unless Washington changes its stance and comes up with new solutions in their nuclear talks by the end of this year. South Korea and the US conducted regular joint drills in March and August -
US issues financial advisory against NKNorth KoreaNov 13, 2019The US Treasury Department issued another advisory against financial dealings with North Korea on Tuesday.In its latest advisory, the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reminded financial institutions not to do business with North Korea, which the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force recently targeted in a call for countermeasures because the North lacks adequate systems to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.On Oct. 18 the FATF, an intergovernmental bo -
US, N. Korean officials had meeting during Moscow forum last week: VOANorth KoreaNov 13, 2019US and North Korean officials had a meeting during last week's international nonproliferation conference in Moscow, a former American diplomat was quoted as saying.Thomas M. Countryman, former assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, made the remarks after attending the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference involving 250 participants from more than 40 countries, including the North, according to the Voice of America."I was told that there was such a meeting -
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[Graphic News] Over 800 North Koreans have defected to S. Korea this yearNorth KoreaNov 12, 2019Over 800 North Koreans have defected to South Korea so far in 2019, government data showed, indicating their annual figure will be similar to that recorded a year earlier. A total of 828 North Koreans defected to the South during the January-October period, according to data provided by the Unification Ministry handling inter-Korean affairs. At the current rate, the annual number of North Koreans settling here is expected to be similar to 1,137 registered last year. (Yonhap) -
Safety guarantees prerequisite for individual tours to Kumgangsan: Unification MinistryNorth KoreaNov 12, 2019South Korea can allow individual trips to Kumgangsan in North Korea only if Pyongyang guarantees the safety of the visitors, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said.Seoul is considering the possibility of allowing individual visits to the mountain resort, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the removal of South Korea-funded facilities from the resort late last month. “Like non-Koreans traveling to North Korea, individual tours do not violate international sanctions against Pyongy -
North Korea assails US, South Korea and UN nuclear agencyNorth KoreaNov 12, 2019UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea on Monday accused the United States of "political and military provocations" and South Korea of "double-dealing behavior."North Korea's UN Ambassador Kim Song made the accusations in a speech to a General Assembly meeting on the International Atomic Energy Agency, which he accused of "ignorance of the prevailing reality of the Korean peninsula."Kim said relations between the US and North Korea "have made little progress" -
Unification Ministry denies claims of deporting North Koreans illegallyNorth KoreaNov 11, 2019The Unification Ministry on Monday denied that two North Koreans were returned to the North unlawfully, saying they were not entitled to protection due to the serious nature of their crimes. “The two North Koreans are not subjected to protection under the North Korean Refugees Protection and Settlement Support Act, as they are ‘nonpolitical’ serious criminals and their acceptance as refugees could pose a danger to the lives and safety of citizens here,” Lee Sang-min, the -
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[Exclusive] Jim Rogers still optimistic about investing in N. KoreaNorth KoreaNov 11, 2019Renowned investor sees NK leader Kim Jong-un’s order to remove SK facilities at Kumgangsan as ‘negotiation ploy’
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