NKOREA CALLS NUKES COUNTRY’S ‘LIFE’ AT BIG MEETING
By FOSTER KLUG South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, March 31, 2013. North Korea warned South…
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NKOREAN PROPAGANDA MILL SERVES UP SOFT SIDE OF KIM
By FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this July 25, 2012 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North…
ANALYSIS: NKOREA THREAT MAY BE MORE BARK THAN BITE
By JEAN H. LEE University students punch the air as they march through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of…
VIETNAM ACC– USES CHINA OF FIRING FLARE AT FISHERMEN
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Ahency, crew members of a fishery administration ship attend a ceremony before leaving the Xingang Port of Haikou, capital of south China’s…
NKOREA PUTS ARTILLERY FORCES AT TOP COMBAT POSTURE
ByHYUNG-JIN KIM CORRECTS DATE – South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during the third anniversary of the sinking of a South Korean naval war ship “Cheonan,” at the…
CHINA’S FIRST LADY SPARKS HOMEGROWN FASHION FRENZY
By GILLIAN WONG FILE – In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wife Peng Liyuan smiles after arriving at the government airport Vnukovo II, outside Moscow,…
CYPRUS BAILOUT PROMPTS MUTED RELIEF IN MARKETS
By PAN PYLAS A TV crew reports stock princes in front of an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, March 25, 2013. A last-minute package of…
EXPERTS: NKOREA TRAINING TEAMS OF ‘CYBER WARRIORS’
By YOUKYUNG LEE FILE – In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, North Koreans work at computer terminals inside the Grand People’s Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea. Investigators have…