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North Korea sentences American to 15 years’ labor

May 2, 2013
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North Korea sentences American to 15 years’ labor

A photo provided by Bobby Lee, shows Kenneth Bae, right, and Bobby Lee together when they were freshmen students at the University of Oregon in 1988. Bae is being detained in North Korea and could face the death penalty if he is convicted on charges that he planned to overthrow the North Korean government. (AP…

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Despite talk of imminent attack, calm in NKorea

April 10, 2013
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Despite talk of imminent attack, calm in NKorea

A North Korean commuter crosses a street in central Pyongyang on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)A North Korean commuter crosses a street in central Pyongyang on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)An apartment block stands among the buildings at dawn in central Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)A…

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NKorea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea

April 9, 2013
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NKorea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea

U.S. Army soldiers drive armored vehicles during annual military drills in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. North Korea has unleashed a flurry of war threats and provocations over U.N. sanctions for its last nuclear test, and over the ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills, which the allies say…

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Factories that ran on Korean cooperation go silent

April 9, 2013
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Factories that ran on Korean cooperation go silent

A South Korean army soldier moves a part of barricade for the media to enter at Unification Bridge near the border village of Panmunjom, that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. North Korean workers didn't show up for work at a…

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SKorea: ‘Indication’ NKorea prepping for nuke test

April 8, 2013
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SKorea: ‘Indication’ NKorea prepping for nuke test

A South Korean soldier closes a military gate in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 7, 2013. A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee…

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SKorea: NKorea may be preparing to test missile

April 8, 2013
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SKorea: NKorea may be preparing to test missile

A South Korean soldier closes a military gate in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 7, 2013. A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee…

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Pyongyang rumblings have little effect on SKoreans

April 5, 2013
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Pyongyang rumblings have little effect on SKoreans

People line up to buy tickets for a pro-baseball game at the Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 5, 2013. Outsiders might hear the opening notes of a war in the deluge of threats and provocations from North Korea, but to South Koreans it is a familiar song. Foreigners unused to North…

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NKorea warns military cleared to wage nuke attack

April 3, 2013
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NKorea warns military cleared to wage nuke attack

AAA Apr. 3, 2013 5:56 PM ETNKorea warns military cleared to wage nuke attackBy The Associated Press By The Associated Press AIM ShareIn this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, North Korean workers assemble Western-style suits at the South Korean-run ShinWon Corp. garment factory inside the Kaesong industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea. On Wednesday, April 3,…

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North Korea blocks South workers

April 3, 2013
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North Korea blocks South workers

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: A company manager warns the crisis could cause "serious" damage North Korea blocks South Korean workers from jointly run industrial complex South Korean defense minister says ready to protect workers John Kerry says the U.S. won't accept North Korea as a "nuclear state" Are you from South or North Korea? Concerned about the…

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NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory

April 3, 2013
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NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory

South Korean vehicles turn back their way as they were refused for entry to North Korea's city of Kaesong, at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. North Korea on Wednesday barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run factory park…

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