http://www.mail.com/locations/12326-north-korea.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/12326-north-korea.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861106-nkorean-uranium-nuclear-test-would-raise-stakes.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As North Korea warns that it plans its third nuclear test since 2006, outside governments and analysts are trying to determine a crucial question: Just what will Pyongyang's scientists explode? The last two tests are believed to have been of plutonium devices, but the next logical step for Pyongyang's ambitious nuclear program co... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861106-nkorean-uranium-nuclear-test-would-raise-stakes.html 2013-02-01T07:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855516-skorea-satellite-working-normally-sending-data.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first satellite launched from South Korean soil is working normally, officials said Thursday, a day after Seoul achieved its space milestone during a time of high tensions over archrival North Korea's recent threat to test a third nuclear device. A South Korean rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from a launch pad Wedne... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855516-skorea-satellite-working-normally-sending-data.html 2013-01-31T03:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852874-tremors-gases-will-best-proof-nk-nuke-test.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — With North Korea appearing set to detonate an atomic device, the U.N. agency that detected two previous tests says it is prepared to confirm an explosion when it takes place. But experts say it might be difficult to establish whether the blast is nuclear in nature. The best indication of a test will be seismic tremors and gases r... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852874-tremors-gases-will-best-proof-nk-nuke-test.html 2013-01-30T03:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848668-north-korean-leader-vows-strong-action.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take "substantial and high-profile important state measures," state media said Sunday, fueling speculation that he plans to push forward with a threat to explode a nuclear device in defiance of the United Nations. The meeting o... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848668-north-korean-leader-vows-strong-action.html 2013-01-27T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848758-japan-launches-2-intelligence-satellites.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan launched two intelligence satellites into orbit on Sunday amid growing concerns that North Korea is planning to test more rockets of its own and possibly conduct a nuclear test. Officials say the launch Sunday of the domestically produced HII-A rocket went smoothly and the satellites — an operational radar satellite and an experimental ... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848758-japan-launches-2-intelligence-satellites.html 2013-01-27T06:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846902-images-nkorea-ready-nuke-test.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent satellite photos show North Korea could be almost ready to carry out its threat to conduct a nuclear test, a U.S. research institute said Friday. The images of the Punggye-ri site, where nuclear tests were conducted in 2006 and 2009, reveal that over the past month, roads have been kept clear of snow and that North Koreans may hav... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1846902-images-nkorea-ready-nuke-test.html 2013-01-25T21:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845312-whats-threat-north-korean-rhetoric-reality.html TOKYO (AP) — According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang's threats? This week, new U.N. sanctions punishing the North's successful December rocket launch have elicited a furious response from Pyongyang: strong hints that a third nuclear test is coming, along with bigger and better long-range... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845312-whats-threat-north-korean-rhetoric-reality.html 2013-01-25T17:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1845828-us-us-china-oppose-north-korea-nuclear-test.html BEIJING (AP) — Washington and Beijing agreed Friday that any North Korean nuclear test will lead to North Korea's further isolation and set back efforts to restart regional talks, a U.S. envoy said. After talks in Beijing with senior Chinese officials, U.S. envoy for North Korea Glyn Davies said that both sides are opposed to North Korea's conducting a nu... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1845828-us-us-china-oppose-north-korea-nuclear-test.html 2013-01-25T14:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842328-envoy-skoreas-park-open-to-dialogue-with-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's new president will not tolerate North Korean provocations but will continue to push for dialogue with Pyongyang, a special envoy to President-elect Park Geun-hye said just hours after the North's top governing body declared it would continue atomic tests and rocket launches. Park is strongly urging North Korea to re... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842328-envoy-skoreas-park-open-to-dialogue-with-nkorea.html 2013-01-25T05:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1843990-us-nkorea-nuke-test-plan-provocative.html WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's plan to conduct a third nuclear test is "needlessly provocative" and will only increase its isolation, the White House said Thursday, as the U.S. expanded its financial sanctions against the north Asian country. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he's seen no outward sign that North Korea will follow through soon on its pl... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1843990-us-nkorea-nuke-test-plan-provocative.html 2013-01-24T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842050-nkorea-warns-that-nuke-test-imminent.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's top military body warned Thursday that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear test in response to U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States. The National Defense Commission rejected Tuesday's U.N. Sec... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842050-nkorea-warns-that-nuke-test-imminent.html 2013-01-24T04:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839596-launch-sanctions-nukes-nkorea-repeat-cycle.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's nuclear agitations follow a well-worn route. It starts with a long-range rocket launch. The United Nations punishes the act with sanctions. And Pyongyang responds by conducting a nuclear test. It happened in 2006, and again in 2009. With the U.N. leveling new sanctions, the world is about to find out whether North K... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839596-launch-sanctions-nukes-nkorea-repeat-cycle.html 2013-01-23T10:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1839760-questions-answers-china-north-korea.html BEIJING (AP) — China took a step against longtime ally North Korea on Tuesday by voting in favor of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Pyongyang's long-range rocket launch in December. Beijing is concerned that North Korea's nuclear ambitions are destabilizing the region, but is willing to go only so far to punish its economically struggling neighbor. Here are som... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1839760-questions-answers-china-north-korea.html 2013-01-23T07:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839256-un-acts-nkorea-vows-nuclear-deterrence.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea swiftly lashed out against the U.N. Security Council's condemnation of its December launch of a long-range rocket, saying Wednesday that it will strengthen its military defenses — including its nuclear weaponry — in response. The defiant statement from North Korea's Foreign Ministry was issued hours after the Security... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839256-un-acts-nkorea-vows-nuclear-deterrence.html 2013-01-23T02:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837784-un-condemns-north-koreas-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea's rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang's space agency. The multi-stage rocket launch is considered part of a covert program to develop ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. The council reiterated it... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837784-un-condemns-north-koreas-rocket-launch.html 2013-01-23T02:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834688-nkorea-eases-rules-visitors-bring-cellphones.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals. For years, North Korea required visitors to relinquish foreign cellphones at the border until their de... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834688-nkorea-eases-rules-visitors-bring-cellphones.html 2013-01-21T23:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1831582-analysis-obama-fulfill-wish-asia-outreach.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his second-term foreign policy, but whether that happens could depend on his ability to manage global hot spots and avert a fiscal crisis at home. Within two weeks of his Nov. 6 re-election, Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar. The historic visit was a sign tha... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1831582-analysis-obama-fulfill-wish-asia-outreach.html 2013-01-19T12:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819274-un-urges-focus-north-korea-human-rights-record.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights official said Monday that as many as 200,000 people are being held in North Korean political prison camps rife with torture, rape and slave labor, and that some of the abuses may amount to crimes against humanity. For that reason, said Navi Pillay, the world body's high commissioner for human rights, nations must ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819274-un-urges-focus-north-korea-human-rights-record.html 2013-01-15T03:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google chairman Eric Schmidt's glimpse of the Web being used at a top university in Pyongyang makes him part of a tiny elite that has seen the Internet in North Korea. His four day visit to the North was a golden propaganda opportunity for North Korean officials striving to give one of the world's most closed societies a modern, ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807940-googles-schmidt-urges-internet-openness-nkorea.html BEIJING (AP) — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Thursday it's up to North Korea to shed its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the Internet and connect with the outside world, or risk remaining way behind other countries. Schmidt was returning from a private trip to North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807940-googles-schmidt-urges-internet-openness-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1524444-google-exec-nkoreans-using-internet.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Students at North Korea's premier university showed Google's executive chairman how they look for information online: They Google it. But surfing the Internet that way is the privilege of only a very few in North Korea, whose authoritarian government imposes strict limits on access to the World Wide Web. Google's Eric Schmidt... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1524444-google-exec-nkoreans-using-internet.html 2013-01-08T23:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1801076-analysis-us-irked-google-chiefs-nkorea-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom who's decided to engage with one of the most intensely censored countries. The administration is wary for a reason. It fears that Schmidt's trip could give a boost to North Korea's youn... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1801076-analysis-us-irked-google-chiefs-nkorea-plans.html 2013-01-05T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799432-richardson-nkorea-trip-private-humanitarian.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says the State Department should not be nervous about a visit he's making to North Korea with Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt. The State Department has advised against his making the trip. But Richardson says he doesn't work for the U.S. government. Richardson said Friday he's concerned ab... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799432-richardson-nkorea-trip-private-humanitarian.html 2013-01-04T11:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797334-google-chairman-heading-to-north-korea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When he lands in North Korea, even Google's executive chairman will likely have to relinquish his smartphone, leaving him disconnected from the global information network he helped build. Eric Schmidt is a staunch advocate of global Internet access and the power of Internet connectivity in lifting people out of poverty and politi... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797334-google-chairman-heading-to-north-korea.html 2013-01-03T18:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1797280-north-korea-striker-to-play-skorean-club.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean club says it has signed North Korea striker Jong Tae Se from Cologne. The Suwon Samsung Bluewings say they have agreed to pay the German club €300,000 ($394,000) for Jong, but declined to say how much they will pay the 27-year-old forward who played for North Korea at the 2010 World Cup. Bluewin... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1797280-north-korea-striker-to-play-skorean-club.html 2013-01-03T10:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1793832-nkoreas-kim-wants-better-living-standards-arms.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently. Kim's first New Year's speech, delivered on state TV, was peppered with rhetoric, with calls for boosting th... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1793832-nkoreas-kim-wants-better-living-standards-arms.html 2013-01-01T15:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793812-pentagon-debuts-float-rose-parade-to-honor-vets.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — It's been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops who fought in Korea. Now he will get the homecoming parade he had expected. The Defense Department for the first time will put a float in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses — one of the most wa... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793812-pentagon-debuts-float-rose-parade-to-honor-vets.html 2012-12-31T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1793408-north-korea-cracks-knowledge-smugglers.html HUNCHUN, China (AP) — The warning came from Kim Jong Un, the North Korean ruler who sees his isolated nation, just across the border from this busy Chinese trading town, as under siege. The attack, he said, must be stopped. "We must extend the fight against the enemy's ideological and cultural infiltration," Kim said in an October speech at the headquarte... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1793408-north-korea-cracks-knowledge-smugglers.html 2012-12-31T17:48:00Z