tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89037317211999751752011-12-21T14:35:27.032-05:00Korea in the Newstnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-75682287254605517792011-12-21T14:35:00.000-05:002011-12-21T14:35:27.041-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/21/world/MOURNING-1/MOURNING-1-articleLarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="330" width="600" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/21/world/MOURNING-1/MOURNING-1-articleLarge.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/world/asia/north-korean-mourning-blends-emotion-and-coercion.html">Scenes of mass hysteria and grief among North Koreans appeared to be part of an official campaign to build support for Kim Jong-il’s successor, his third son, Kim Jong-un.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7568228725460551779?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-75423223239104338672011-12-19T07:34:00.000-05:002011-12-19T07:34:17.944-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/19/world/asia/20111219_337_KIM-slide-PK48/20111219_337_KIM-slide-PK48-articleLarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="380" width="600" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/19/world/asia/20111219_337_KIM-slide-PK48/20111219_337_KIM-slide-PK48-articleLarge.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/world/asia/kim-jong-il-is-dead.html">Within hours of announcing Mr. Kim’s death, which had been kept secret for roughly two days, North Korea on Monday test-fired missiles off its eastern coast, a news report said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7542322323910433867?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-24867351235588700852011-05-08T09:27:00.002-04:002011-05-08T09:31:15.940-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/05/08/magazine/08yourhere_span/08yourhere_span-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 410px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/05/08/magazine/08yourhere_span/08yourhere_span-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/magazine/mag-08Here-t.html">Inside Father School, a program that teaches authoritarian fathers how to loosen up.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2486735123558870085?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-40371726972255590182011-02-04T17:38:00.000-05:002011-02-04T17:39:10.476-05:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n4774q103b"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4037172697225559018?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-33906257353227419852011-02-02T09:24:00.002-05:002011-02-02T09:28:30.422-05:00<script type="text/javascript"src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n476aq1039"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3390625735322741985?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-79172952770358282462011-01-18T14:44:00.000-05:002011-01-18T14:45:01.176-05:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n4748q1032"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7917295277035828246?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-68220804819630046682011-01-12T07:32:00.002-05:002011-01-12T07:35:09.156-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2011/01/12/PH2011011200969.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 235px;" src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2011/01/12/PH2011011200969.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011200962.html">North Korea makes up for its military shortcomings with a vast and loyal force overseen by leaders with a reputation for ruthlessness and meticulously planned surprise attacks.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-6822080481963004668?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-14553047586460299472011-01-12T07:27:00.000-05:002011-01-12T07:29:20.331-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/12/world/12militaryspan-cnd/12militaryspan-cnd-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/12/world/12militaryspan-cnd/12militaryspan-cnd-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/world/asia/12military.html">Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said the country was within five years of developing a missile with the potential of hitting Alaska or the West Coast.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1455304758646029947?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-18632822023432232972010-12-17T06:12:00.000-05:002010-12-17T06:13:23.593-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/world/asia/17korea.html">South Korea said on Thursday it will hold artillery drills in the coming days from the island attacked by the North last month.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1863282202343223297?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-42010048980315390952010-12-15T13:18:00.002-05:002010-12-17T06:13:55.755-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/world/asia/15nukes.html">American officials say they see signs that North Korea’s nuclear program is more sophisticated than was thought, adding urgency to efforts to contain it.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4201004898031539095?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-20999833567186940962010-12-13T06:12:00.000-05:002010-12-13T06:13:37.116-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/13/opinion/13oped1/13oped1-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 166px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/13/opinion/13oped1/13oped1-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/opinion/13harrison.html">How naval strife in the Yellow Sea could lead to peace in Korea.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2099983356718694096?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-90604345886926016182010-12-11T20:36:00.001-05:002010-12-11T20:38:07.988-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/10/world/KOREA/KOREA-articleLarge-v2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/10/world/KOREA/KOREA-articleLarge-v2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/world/asia/10korea.html">After the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, South Koreans are convinced that the North will strike again.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-9060434588692601618?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-85384882950749269082010-11-23T07:26:00.001-05:002010-11-23T07:28:21.966-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/21/world/21INTEL/21INTEL-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 163px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/21/world/21INTEL/21INTEL-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/world/asia/21intel.html">North Korea showed an American scientist last week a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8538488295074926908?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-43537825739632238942010-10-21T21:28:00.002-04:002010-10-21T21:29:30.988-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/21/world/KOREA/KOREA-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 133px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/21/world/KOREA/KOREA-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/world/asia/21korea.html">South Korea said it arrested a North Korean spy who posed as a defector with the aim of assassinating a former member of the North Korean regime.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4353782573963223894?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-49842382215962679192010-10-15T16:17:00.001-04:002010-10-15T16:18:56.852-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/15/world/asia/15kimchi-photo/15kimchi-photo-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/15/world/asia/15kimchi-photo/15kimchi-photo-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/world/asia/15kimchi.html">A sharp increase in the price of the fiery national dish, caused in part by rising cabbage prices, has led the South Korean government to take action.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4984238221596267919?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-9536569239902599062010-10-10T10:49:00.000-04:002010-10-10T10:51:03.164-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/10/world/10korea2-span/10korea2-span-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 341px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/10/world/10korea2-span/10korea2-span-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/world/asia/10korea.html">Kim Jong-un, the son of Kim Jong-il who was recently promoted to four-star general, attended a massive military parade.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-953656923990259906?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-4162552726630928582010-10-04T14:33:00.001-04:002010-10-04T14:36:08.649-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/files/2010/10/VIIMag-NKorea-badge.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 207px;" src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/files/2010/10/VIIMag-NKorea-badge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/culture/secrets-and-lies-in-north-korea/4033/">Posing as an investor looking to open a chocolate factory, photojournalist Tomas van Houtryve managed to slip into North Korea twice. He was interrogated, threatened and almost exposed as a journalist. The bold tactics gave him access to factories, hospitals and government offices, some of which had never been captured by a Western photographer.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-416255272663092858?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-57427754389585358602010-10-04T06:16:00.001-04:002010-10-04T06:17:43.982-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/03/weekinreview/03SANG1_span/SANGKOREAcov-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/03/weekinreview/03SANG1_span/SANGKOREAcov-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/weekinreview/03korea.html">Who knew “Mad Men” had hit Pyongyang? North Korea makes an attempt to create brand awareness.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5742775438958535860?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-27035843497116179922010-10-01T11:16:00.001-04:002010-10-01T11:18:02.782-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/01/world/01koreaspan-cnd/01koreaspan-cnd-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 139px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/01/world/01koreaspan-cnd/01koreaspan-cnd-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/world/asia/01korea.html">As talks ended on Thursday, North Korea released the first official photo of Kim Jong-un, the country’s likely next leader.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2703584349711617992?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-82485428783559760842010-09-04T09:12:00.003-04:002010-09-04T09:14:01.950-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/04/world/04driver-cnd/04driver-cnd-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 139px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/04/world/04driver-cnd/04driver-cnd-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/asia/04driver.html">Cha Sa-soon, 69, has become a national symbol for perseverance in South Korea — and she can legally hit the road.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8248542878355976084?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-82699528398308541132010-08-29T18:04:00.001-04:002010-08-29T18:06:49.693-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.voanews.com/images/480*267/Herman_Korea_annexation_2_28aug10_480.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 267px;" src="http://media.voanews.com/images/480*267/Herman_Korea_annexation_2_28aug10_480.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Korean-Peninsula-Marks-100th-Anniversary-of-Annexation-by-Japan----101746598.html">The annexation completed a years-long process by the Japanese effectively making the Korean peninsula a colony. In Seoul people still harbor strong resentment about their one-time colonial masters a century after the event.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8269952839830854113?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-74758248907617391592010-06-25T10:26:00.002-04:002010-10-04T06:18:57.205-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/06/25/opinion/25opedimg/25opedimg-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 375px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/06/25/opinion/25opedimg/25opedimg-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/opinion/25KoreaIntro.html">Sixty years ago today, units of the North Korean Army crossed the 38th Parallel, invading South Korea and starting the Korean War. Veterans share their memories of the conflict.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7475824890761739159?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-25308904906842295292010-03-03T05:53:00.000-05:002010-03-03T05:54:09.597-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/asia/02iht-women.html">Discriminated against in the private sector, educated women are choosing government jobs instead.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2530890490684229529?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-81903430343923789162010-01-19T20:43:00.000-05:002010-01-19T20:44:08.015-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/asia/12koreastudents.html">A new program brings together teenage South Koreans and North Korean defectors in a rare experiment in building affinity — and preparing for possible reunification.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8190343034392378916?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-17695232800901029932010-01-04T19:36:00.001-05:002010-01-04T19:38:10.441-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/world/asia/02korea.html">North Korea issued a New Year’s message that highlighted the reclusive country’s attempt to readjust the focus of six-party nuclear disarmament talks.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1769523280090102993?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-90294655780243108062010-01-04T19:34:00.000-05:002010-01-04T19:35:52.537-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/world/asia/02choi.html">For more than 40 years, Choi Sung-yong has devoted himself to trying to find missing South Koreans, including his father, believed to have been snatched by the North.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-9029465578024310806?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-5075118671173205032009-12-31T08:13:00.000-05:002009-12-31T08:15:25.074-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/asia/31korea.html">North Korea has been stealing equipment from a nuclear power plant site where an American-led consortium stopped construction four years ago, a South Korean newspaper reported.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-507511867117320503?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-25939646391635777732009-12-27T16:29:00.000-05:002009-12-27T16:30:59.555-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/world/asia/27korea.html">A missionary carrying a letter for the North Korean dictator crossed into the country to try bring attention to North Korean suffering, South Korean activists said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2593964639163577773?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-31772484929349686692009-12-16T08:06:00.000-05:002009-12-16T08:07:04.444-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/world/asia/14korea.html">A project to remake South Korea’s four longest rivers has spurred a national debate over what constitutes green development.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3177248492934968669?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-64779513478608321542009-12-16T07:38:00.000-05:002009-12-16T07:39:30.239-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/world/asia/15thai.html">Five crew members of an aircraft carrying weapons from North Korea were denied bail here Monday and ordered held for at least 12 days while police investigate.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-6477951347860832154?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-70736802513957415912009-11-30T08:42:00.000-05:002009-11-30T08:44:13.463-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/world/asia/29babies.html">Migrant women from poorer parts of Asia have helped fuel a South Korean baby boom but brought concerns about assimilating the offspring of mixed unions.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7073680251395741591?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-77642283167511264292009-11-28T11:29:00.001-05:002009-11-28T11:31:21.593-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/world/asia/27korea.html">Authorities executed at least 4,900 civilians suspected of communist sympathies at the start of the Korean War.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7764228316751126429?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-70298054557376828342009-10-07T06:23:00.000-04:002009-10-07T06:24:36.630-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/world/asia/07korea.html">China wants to ward off an implosion by North Korea, which would endanger the stability of its own border area.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7029805455737682834?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-82244143909428162452009-10-05T06:15:00.001-04:002009-10-05T06:16:55.770-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/world/asia/05korea.html">The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, held talks with the visiting prime minister of China, Wen Jiabao, as his government tried to mend ties with Beijing.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8224414390942816245?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-9024137528542885592009-09-30T15:09:00.000-04:002009-09-30T15:10:39.755-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/world/asia/29korea.html">The changes, which include the removal of the term “Communism” from the constitution’s text, are perceived as an attempt to improve the country’s image abroad.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-902413752854288559?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-86272637047562091932009-09-13T07:16:00.000-04:002009-09-13T07:17:04.960-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/world/asia/09korea.html">Unsatisfied with North Korea’s explanation for its release of dam water that created a flash flood in the South that killed at least three people, South Korea demanded a formal apology from the North.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8627263704756209193?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-9459015301376481012009-08-05T06:43:00.000-04:002009-08-05T06:44:47.256-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/opinion/05dowd.html">Kim Jong-il’s bright smiles were not returned by Bill Clinton. Yet the grinning North Korean and stony-faced American were no doubt savoring their moment of mutual relevance.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-945901530137648101?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-17755936801520704642009-08-05T06:37:00.000-04:002009-08-05T06:40:08.209-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/asia/05korea.html">Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had proposed sending various people to lobby for the release of two journalists before Bill Clinton emerged as the preferred choice, people briefed on the talks said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1775593680152070464?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-8878004129271518662009-08-04T21:04:00.000-04:002009-08-04T21:05:30.289-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/asia/04korea.html">Former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American television journalists who were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-887800412927151866?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-81205811475399949772009-08-04T21:03:00.000-04:002009-08-04T21:04:29.749-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/asia/04iht-letter.html">The current crisis over North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons has unmistakable parallels with the events of spring 1994.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8120581147539994977?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-80810288124592713522009-07-05T06:11:00.000-04:002009-07-05T06:12:25.559-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/world/asia/03korea.html">The launchings had been expected, as North Korea declared a no-sail zone last month in waters off its east coast through July 10.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8081028812459271352?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-86759738675493514392009-06-14T05:57:00.000-04:002009-06-14T05:58:06.933-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/world/asia/14korea.html">Pressing forward on its nuclear weapons, the North vowed to take “military actions” against efforts to isolate it.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8675973867549351439?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-88691406813537146052009-06-13T09:40:00.000-04:002009-06-13T09:41:23.197-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world/asia/13korea.html">As the Security Council once again votes on a new round of sanctions, the question is whether there are real pressure points that North Korea will respond to.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8869140681353714605?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-85200963377573485992009-06-13T09:39:00.001-04:002009-06-13T09:39:51.455-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world/asia/13nations.html">China and Russia were heavily involved in drafting the resolution to tighten sanctions targeting North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8520096337757348599?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-58946098106848408832009-06-11T08:09:00.000-04:002009-06-11T08:10:14.464-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/world/asia/11korea.html">The permanent members of the Security Council have approved a draft resolution that expands export limits and financial restrictions, diplomats said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5894609810684840883?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-9424781844787939742009-06-10T07:17:00.000-04:002009-06-10T07:18:22.874-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/world/asia/10korea.html">The action could anger the Communist regime while bolstering a joint front with the U.S. as the allies seek to punish the North for its recent nuclear test.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-942478184478793974?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-46838109604636786482009-06-09T07:41:00.000-04:002009-06-09T07:42:29.472-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/09iht-edlee.html">North Korea is more unstable and dangerous than people in the South realize. It is perhaps time for southerners to focus on their belligerent neighbors.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4683810960463678648?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-68777044647621829302009-06-09T07:19:00.000-04:002009-06-09T07:20:17.450-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/09tue3.html">American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling have already paid a huge price for doing their job. They should be freed immediately.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-6877704464762182930?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-80102189856602152892009-06-09T07:17:00.000-04:002009-06-09T07:18:31.660-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/asia/09north.html">North Korea’s sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years of labor further complicates Washington’s standoff with Pyongyang.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8010218985660215289?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-40986854875833076142009-06-08T06:55:00.001-04:002009-06-08T06:55:57.283-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/world/asia/08korea.html">The Obama administration signaled that it was seeking a way to interdict North Korean shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4098685487583307614?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-72665799405126448042009-06-08T06:50:00.000-04:002009-06-08T06:51:19.307-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/world/asia/08north.html">North Korea found two American journalists guilty of illegal entry and sentenced them to 12 years of labor, the nation’s official news agency said Monday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7266579940512644804?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-19927690494383562212009-06-05T14:52:00.001-04:002009-06-05T14:54:59.358-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/opinion/05iht-edgorbachev.html">Mikhail Gorbachev argues that responding to Pyongyang's nuclear test with the retaliatory logic of the Cold War could put us on a slippery slope.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1992769049438356221?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-2812231289551670802009-06-05T14:49:00.000-04:002009-06-05T14:50:07.726-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/world/asia/05korea.html">Two American journalists who have been held in North Korea on charges of illegal entry and “hostile” acts were scheduled to go on trial on Thursday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-281223128955167080?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-83949607916678243812009-05-30T06:22:00.000-04:002009-05-30T06:23:25.321-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/world/asia/30military.html">The defense secretary warned North Korea that the U.S. will not accept it as a nuclear-armed state.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8394960791667824381?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-9773873242528413872009-05-30T06:13:00.000-04:002009-05-30T06:14:33.980-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/asia/29gates.html">Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that the United States had detected no unusual military movement in North Korea, and had no plans to reinforce American forces in South Korea.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-977387324252841387?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-22514585133532935682009-05-30T06:11:00.000-04:002009-05-30T06:12:38.771-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/asia/29korea.html">The move was the latest sign of escalating tensions after North Korea conducted its second nuclear test on Monday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2251458513353293568?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-14347741847086002762009-05-28T15:05:00.000-04:002009-05-28T15:06:20.400-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/opinion/28iht-edklein.html">Global reaction to the nuclear test is likely to be swift and unforgiving. The repeated provocations will have diminishing returns for Pyongyang.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1434774184708600276?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-79873426551769542842009-05-28T15:01:00.000-04:002009-05-28T15:02:36.314-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/world/asia/28korea.html">North Korea said it would retaliate if its ships were stopped as part of a U.S.-led anti-proliferation effort.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7987342655176954284?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-87833743632501644032009-05-28T15:00:00.000-04:002009-05-28T15:01:13.999-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/world/asia/28seoul.html">After years of hope that relations with the North would thaw if the South tried to coax it into engagement, regional experts and others speak of growing disenchantment.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8783374363250164403?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-63302312513276716722009-05-27T08:50:00.000-04:002009-05-27T08:51:30.883-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/world/asia/27nuke.html">Political uncertainty and Kim Jong-il’s questionable health are two of the issues that contribute to a diplomatic challenge facing the Obama administration.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-6330231251327671672?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-18660709174265005282009-05-27T08:45:00.001-04:002009-05-27T08:48:38.420-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/world/asia/27korea.html">North Korea fired three missiles into the sea near Japan and said it was “fully ready for battle” against the United States.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1866070917426500528?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-56547814489091623352009-05-26T12:14:00.000-04:002009-05-26T12:15:16.019-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/world/asia/26northk.html">As North Korea announced the detonation of a nuclear device, its primary audience may be its own population.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5654781448909162335?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-4399322494655995722009-05-26T12:11:00.001-04:002009-05-26T12:11:46.711-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/world/asia/26nuke.html">President Obama’s aides say he is seeking a tougher U.S. response than after North Korea’s 2006 nuclear test, but much will depend on Russia and China.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-439932249465599572?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-58374151912587304862009-05-26T12:07:00.000-04:002009-05-26T12:08:10.262-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/world/asia/26reax.html">North Korea’s nuclear test drew protests and threats to punish the regime in Pyongyang with tighter sanctions.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5837415191258730486?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-85748295773454959262009-05-26T12:05:00.001-04:002009-05-26T12:05:55.776-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/world/asia/26threat.html">Despite initial reports, it will be days or weeks before it can be determined if the test was successful and if it was a nuclear detonation.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8574829577345495926?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-24903247704049609772009-05-25T07:20:00.000-04:002009-05-25T07:21:07.720-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/world/asia/25nuke.html">North Korea said it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, raising the stakes in the effort to get the nation to give up its nuclear weapons program.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2490324770404960977?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-5561520828890144062009-05-21T11:31:00.000-04:002009-05-21T11:32:58.989-04:00<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8060832.stm">South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a landmark ruling giving a brain-dead woman the right to die. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-556152082889014406?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-34936316050874609652009-04-03T13:21:00.000-04:002009-04-03T14:29:41.219-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/world/asia/07korea.html">South Korea lashed out on at a warning from North Korea that prompted South Korea’s two principal airlines to re-route some flights.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3493631605087460965?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-75628107620170618792009-03-14T09:19:00.000-04:002009-03-14T09:20:07.342-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/world/asia/24korea.html">North Korea confirmed Tuesday that it was preparing to launch what outside experts believe is a missile theoretically capable of reaching Alaska and Hawaii.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7562810762017061879?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-22523402120308334982009-03-14T08:51:00.000-04:002009-03-14T08:52:53.461-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/world/asia/21painter.html">Sun Mu was trained to create posters and murals for the Communist government before defecting and winning fame as a painter in the South with works that are biting parodies of the North Korean regime.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2252340212030833498?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-44832070980243669812009-03-14T08:03:00.000-04:002009-03-14T08:04:20.789-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/washington/17diplo.html">On her first day of a weeklong tour of Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned North Korea not to test a long-range missile, as it has threatened.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4483207098024366981?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-56746386857871200892009-03-14T07:56:00.001-04:002009-03-14T07:56:53.697-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/world/asia/16korea.html">North Korea suggested on Monday that it will press ahead with test-launching what its neighbors believe is a ballistic missile capable of reaching as far as Alaska.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5674638685787120089?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-32392182336020280112009-03-14T07:54:00.000-04:002009-03-14T07:55:04.376-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/washington/16diplo.html">Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States would have a “great openness” to the country if it gave up its nuclear ambitions.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3239218233602028011?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-86615707533879951502009-03-14T07:11:00.000-04:002009-03-14T07:12:05.217-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/world/asia/08korea.html">In a message to the former American envoy, North Korean officials said they are willing to move forward with denuclearization talks.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8661570753387995150?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-19541758444263724922009-02-04T20:41:00.000-05:002009-02-04T20:43:24.134-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/world/asia/04nkorea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea has been moving what appear to be components of a long-range missile to a newly constructed launch site.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1954175844426372492?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-45496278910047831312009-01-30T06:39:00.001-05:002009-01-30T06:39:54.908-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/world/asia/30nkorea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea unilaterally declared that it was scrapping agreements it had signed with South Korea to ease military tension on the divided Korean Peninsula.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4549627891004783131?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-55916150041690859622009-01-24T07:48:00.001-05:002009-01-24T07:48:58.201-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/world/asia/24norkor.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">It was the North Korean leader’s first public meeting with a foreign visitor since reports of his stroke in August.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5591615004169085962?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-78963827391452299792009-01-21T14:52:00.000-05:002009-01-21T14:53:19.714-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/world/asia/19korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">South Korea placed more soldiers at frontier guard posts, a day after the North Korean military declared an “all-out confrontational posture” against the South.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-7896382739145229979?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-34360839463349880432009-01-21T14:48:00.001-05:002009-01-21T14:48:36.310-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/world/asia/18korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">An American scholar said North Korean officials told him they had “weaponized” enough for several nuclear bombs.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3436083946334988043?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-4124013005026965222009-01-21T14:22:00.000-05:002009-01-21T14:23:54.037-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/world/asia/15korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">In what appears to be its first message to the incoming Obama administration, North Korea has demanded that the U.S. normalize relations with it before it abandons nuclear weapons.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-412401300502696522?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-49226278380057962812009-01-21T14:18:00.000-05:002009-01-21T14:21:46.929-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/world/asia/13korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">The financial crisis prompted South Korea and Japan to set aside historical disputes on Monday and agree to cooperate to meet immediate economic challenges.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4922627838005796281?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-28026182786524051802009-01-08T06:45:00.000-05:002009-01-08T06:46:14.949-05:00A South Korean amusement park is teaching students what it takes to be a good Santa Claus during the festive season.<br /><br />Dozens of Santa school students gathered on Wednesday (November 26) at Everland Park, which is about an hour's drive south of Seoul, to master the Santa technique.<br /><br />Instead of riding a sleigh, the 30 male and female Santa students rode on the roller coaster, they were also trained to perfect their chuckle, dance-moves and carolling.<br /><br />At the end of the day, the students were each given a graduation diploma, and they threw up their Santa hats in celebration.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://static.reuters.com/resources/flash/include_video.swf?edition=US&videoId=94458" width="422" height="346"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/include_video.swf?edition=US&videoId=94458" /><embed src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/include_video.swf?edition=US&videoId=94458" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="422" height="346"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2802618278652405180?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-4277924210102177262009-01-07T13:50:00.000-05:002009-01-07T13:51:05.069-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/world/asia/01nkorea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Four North Koreans defected to South Korea by sea this week and the authorities in the South are questioning them, Seoul’s intelligence agency said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-427792421010217726?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-45375728365165368612008-12-12T07:46:00.000-05:002008-12-12T07:49:45.330-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/world/asia/12kim.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">A Paris-based neurosurgeon confirmed that the North Korean leader suffered a stroke but said Mr. Kim did not undergo any surgery following related to the stroke.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-4537572836516536861?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-35906003949176875812008-12-12T07:44:00.000-05:002008-12-12T07:46:23.052-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/world/asia/12korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea refused to agree to a system of verifying its promise to end all nuclear activity.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3590600394917687581?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-37660881370950831602008-12-10T21:13:00.000-05:002008-12-10T21:15:00.926-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/world/asia/08korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea vowed to ignore Japan at talks due to begin on Monday among representatives from five regional powers aimed at reviving a nuclear disarmament deal.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3766088137095083160?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-61818898611030755652008-11-30T07:48:00.001-05:002008-11-30T07:48:45.380-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea said it would ban South Korean tourists from Kaesong and “selectively expel” South Koreans working in a joint industrial complex there.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-6181889861103075565?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-2353091463174168222008-11-24T06:39:00.000-05:002008-11-24T06:40:09.412-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/movies/23herw.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Foreign movies in the closed land of North Korea keep both the audience and the censor alert.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-235309146317416822?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-87040658669824989452008-11-20T18:36:00.000-05:002008-11-20T18:39:01.571-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/world/asia/20korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Longtime North Korea watchers say recent public moves by the country fit a familiar and consistent pattern, and that they may even signal an upturn in relations with the United States.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8704065866982498945?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-57065583785212195882008-11-14T06:54:00.000-05:002008-11-14T06:55:23.104-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/world/asia/13korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea said it would bar outside nuclear inspectors from taking soil and nuclear waste samples, considered crucial to determining the extent of its weapons program.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5706558378521219588?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-38216904068799193542008-11-09T07:23:00.000-05:002008-11-09T07:29:31.550-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/asia/07kim.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">North Korea’s state-run media have released a flurry of reports of public appearances by its reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3821690406879919354?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-3619894104044629102008-11-03T06:54:00.000-05:002008-11-03T06:55:38.215-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/world/asia/03korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">The North Korean state-run news media released photos showing its leader smiling and looking vivacious, some two months after he was believed to have suffered a stroke.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-361989410404462910?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-26212709041611875102008-10-29T11:19:00.000-04:002008-10-29T11:20:48.577-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/asia/29korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">The disclosure of the defection came on the same day that the Communist North’s military threatened to launch a pre-emptive strike at South Korea.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2621270904161187510?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-58877933030442093472008-10-29T11:15:00.000-04:002008-10-29T11:16:37.891-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/asia/29kim.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader, is probably hospitalized but still capable of making decisions, Japan’s prime minister, Taro Aso, said Tuesday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5887793303044209347?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-16598682863689021372008-10-29T11:06:00.001-04:002008-10-29T11:06:55.109-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/world/asia/26korea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">A girl whose family fled North Korea is breathing new life into boxing by winning a world championship at age 17.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1659868286368902137?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-84335873957952226562008-10-25T06:39:00.001-04:002008-10-25T06:39:39.046-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/world/middleeast/25iran.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">A handful of foreign companies have been slapped with sanctions for sales of technologies that could help Iran, Syria and North Korea to develop nuclear weapons.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-8433587395795222656?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-55405671067793327792008-10-24T09:00:00.000-04:002008-10-24T09:01:05.669-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/world/asia/24nations.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Millions of people in the country are facing “severe deprivations” not seen since the mid-1990s, according to a newly released U.N. report.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-5540567106779332779?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-28951062248529848882008-10-24T07:59:00.000-04:002008-10-24T08:00:21.538-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13nkorea.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">The confirmation comes a day after the United States said it will remove North Korea from its terrorism blacklist.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-2895106224852984888?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-10765056327531287092008-10-24T07:36:00.000-04:002008-10-24T07:37:29.320-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/arts/design/13tulo.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">A new exhibition offers further evidence that China has become the most fertile territory on the globe for experimentation by architects.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-1076505632753128709?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903731721199975175.post-31309005964978273392008-10-24T07:33:00.001-04:002008-10-24T07:34:54.249-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12terror.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Saying North Korea had agreed to adhere to nuclear concessions, the U.S. took it off a list of terrorism sponsors.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8903731721199975175-3130900596497827339?l=koreainthenews.blogspot.com' alt='' 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