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Google Earth Captures Secret North Korea Underground Runway Built for War

Google Earth Captures Secret North Korea Underground Runway Built for War

04.26.08 posted by jason 1115 views no comments image
North Korean military engineers are completing an underground runway beneath a mountain that can protect fighter aircraft from attack until they take off at high speed through the mouth of a tunnel. The project was identified by an air force defector from North Korea and captured on a satellite image by Google Earth.
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North Korea backs away from nuclear deal

North Korea backs away from nuclear deal

09.19.08 posted by pondy 46 views no comments image
So much for diplomacy. North Korea said on Friday it was working on restarting its nuclear plant and dismissed the prospect of being removed from a U.S. terrorism blacklist in return for a disarmament deal.
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North Korean leader is very ill, U.S. official says

North Korean leader is very ill, U.S. official says

09.09.08 posted by jason 56 views no comments image
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, is seriously ill and is likely to have suffered a stroke weeks ago, raising the prospect of a chaotic power struggle in nuclear-armed North Korea. he failed to attend a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea and that American intelligence agencies believed that he was now under the care of doctors in Pyongyang.
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North Korea Threatens War on South Korea

North Korea Threatens War on South Korea

04.03.08 posted by jason 221 views 2 comments image
Suddenly, North Korea is on the brink of war with South Korea. Although tensions between the two separate nations have always been high since 1953, they hit a crescendo today after North Korea warned that war could be near. The stark announcement caught much of the international community off guard, and largely unaware of this potential conflict.
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North Korea Test-Fires Missiles

North Korea Test-Fires Missiles

03.28.08 posted by chab13 135 views no comments image
North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its western coast on Friday, while threatening to slow further the disablement of its nuclear weapons facilities if the United States continued to demand a fuller accounting of its nuclear activities.
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North Korea Attacks South's President

04.01.08 posted by chab13 105 views no comments news article
North Korea unleashed a propaganda tirade against South Korea's new president, Lee Myung-bak, on Tuesday, calling him a "traitor" and a "U.S. sycophant" and saying that his policies could spell disaster for international efforts to end the North's nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea Expels All South Korean Officials

03.27.08 posted by chab13 109 views no comments news article
South Korea on Thursday said that it was "deeply regrettable" that North Korea had ordered South Korea officials to leave its territory, but that South Korea was undaunted by the move.
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North Korea: Nuclear Arms Talks to Continue

North Korea: Nuclear Arms Talks to Continue

03.18.08 posted by jason 106 views no comments image
North Korea said Tuesday it has agreed to continue working with the United States to resolve a stalemate in international nuclear negotiations over the North's promise to fully declare its weapons programs.
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