http://www.mail.com/locations/23890-pyongyang.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23890-pyongyang.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763144-nkorea-years-reliable-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After 14 years of painstaking labor, North Korea finally has a rocket that can put a satellite in orbit. But that doesn't mean the reclusive country is close to having an intercontinental ballistic missile. Experts say Pyongyang is years from even having a shot at developing reliable missiles that could bombard the American mainl... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763144-nkorea-years-reliable-missiles.html 2012-12-13T15:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759934-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They don't call it rocket science for nothing. North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of attacking the United States, Europe and other far-away targets. But experts say Pyongyang is years away from even having a shot at deve... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759934-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html 2012-12-13T10:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him. The question is: Just how soft will Seoul go? Not even Pyongyang's successful launch of a long-range rocket Wednesday has... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html 2012-12-13T04:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response." Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest all... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-13T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going hungry, and the bitter cold had only increased the risk of the launch becoming the latest of several embarrassing failures. Some of Pyongyang's reasons are calendar-related: It's been 100 years since the birth of ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media that scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html 2012-12-10T12:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750138-sign-imminent-rocket-launch-north-korea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea held off launching a long-range rocket Monday, the first day of a 13-day window during a frigid, snowy stretch of winter weather, a day after announcing it may delay the controversial liftoff. Pyongyang had made a surprise announcement earlier this month that it would launch a rocket mounted with a satellite one morni... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750138-sign-imminent-rocket-launch-north-korea.html 2012-12-10T04:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733704-n-korea-rocket-preparations-bluff.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rocket sections are apparently being trucked into North Korea's northwest launch site, but some analysts are asking whether it's just a calculated bluff meant to jangle the Obama administration and influence South Korean voters ahead of presidential elections in three weeks. There are questions about whether North Korean scientis... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733704-n-korea-rocket-preparations-bluff.html 2012-11-30T12:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730638-sources-north-korea-replaces-defense-minister.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has replaced its defense minister with a hardline military commander believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, diplomats in Pyongyang said Thursday. It is the latest in a series of high-profile appointments leader Kim Jong Un has made since he took power nearly a year ago. Diplomats in Pyongyang ... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730638-sources-north-korea-replaces-defense-minister.html 2012-11-29T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1673130-s-korean-candidate-late-dictator-dads-shadow.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Carrying a bouquet of flowers, South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye stepped forward to honor one of the martyrs in her country's long struggle for democracy. A protester threw himself at her feet. "How dare you come here?" the man shouted, sitting between Park and a statue of activist Chun Tae-il. Chun's 1970 labor p... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1673130-s-korean-candidate-late-dictator-dads-shadow.html 2012-11-02T07:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1651506-reading-gone-with-wind-pyongyang.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The former black marketeer has read it. So has the beautiful young librarian, and the aging philosophy professor who has spent his life teaching the ruling doctrine of this isolated outpost of totalitarian socialism. At times it seems as if everyone in Pyongyang, a city full of monuments to its own mythology, has read the book. ... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1651506-reading-gone-with-wind-pyongyang.html 2012-10-24T03:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1646246-south-korean-activists-float-leaflets-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean activists floated balloons carrying tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, eluding police who had disrupted an earlier launch attempt due to threats from North Korea. North Korea's military warned last week that it would strike if the South Korean activists carried through with their plan, and... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1646246-south-korean-activists-float-leaflets-nkorea.html 2012-10-22T22:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641386-nkorea-threatens-to-attack-skorea-leaflets.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's military threatened Friday to strike a South Korean border area where anti-Pyongyang activists plan to launch leaflets from balloons next week. South Korea immediately vowed to retaliate if attacked. North Korea has made similar threats without following through. Its latest vow came a day after South Korean Presiden... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641386-nkorea-threatens-to-attack-skorea-leaflets.html 2012-10-19T08:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1617024-nkorea-south-us-within-missile-range.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday warned that the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles and said that Washington's recent agreement to let Seoul possess missiles capable of hitting all of the North shows the allies are plotting to invade the country. South Korea announced Sunday that it reached a deal with Washington that would allo... Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1617024-nkorea-south-us-within-missile-range.html 2012-10-09T17:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1613352-north-koreas-oz-to-forgotten-cities.html KAESONG, North Korea (AP) — From here, Pyongyang can seem like a dream. At what passes for rush hour on a Wednesday morning, there are few sounds in Kaesong's main traffic circle but the gentle squeak of bicycles and a tinny loudspeaker blaring anthems to Kim Jong Un, the baby-faced ruler who took power after his father's December death ("The footsteps of... Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1613352-north-koreas-oz-to-forgotten-cities.html 2012-10-07T10:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1592988-german-film-wins-top-prize-pyongyang-film-fest.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A German film about an English teacher's struggle to introduce soccer at a strict school in late 19th century Germany has won the grand prize at the Pyongyang International Film Festival. North Korea's official news agency reports that "The Big Dream" also won the festival's award for best actor, while a joint North Korean-Eu... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1592988-german-film-wins-top-prize-pyongyang-film-fest.html 2012-09-28T02:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1590224-photos-enormous-nkorea-hotel-bare-lobby.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A foreign tour agency has released the first public photos from inside the tallest and most notorious building in North Korea: the 105-story, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which remains unfinished more than 20 years after construction began. Beijing-based Koryo Tours got a peek at the interior of the hotel in Pyongyang, the ... Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1590224-photos-enormous-nkorea-hotel-bare-lobby.html 2012-09-27T06:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1585406-nkorean-parliament-holds-second-session-this-year.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's parliament convened Tuesday for the second time in six months, passing a law that adds one year of compulsory education for children in the socialist nation, the first publicly announced policy change under leader Kim Jong Un. The Supreme People's Assembly's second meeting of the year was notable mainly as a dep... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1585406-nkorean-parliament-holds-second-session-this-year.html 2012-09-25T12:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1498516-nkorea-parliament-holding-closely-watched-session.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament is convening a new session that is drawing attention because it is the second in less than six months. The 687-member Supreme People's Assembly gathers Tuesday in the North Korean capital. Under late leader Kim Jong Il, parliament convened only once a year in the spring. Tuesday's session... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1498516-nkorea-parliament-holding-closely-watched-session.html 2012-09-25T01:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1585150-ap-exclusive-images-nkorea-launch-pad-halt.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has stopped construction on a launch pad where intercontinental-range rockets could be tested, an interruption possibly due to heavy rains and that could stall completion up to two years, according to an analysis of new satellite imagery. Despite the setback, however, Pyongyang is also refurbishing for possible future... Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1585150-ap-exclusive-images-nkorea-launch-pad-halt.html 2012-09-24T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1577498-south-korea-fires-north-korean-fishing-boats.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's navy fired warning shots Friday toward North Korean fishing boats that crossed a disputed maritime boundary, but the shots didn't hit the fishing boats and the vessels retreated, a South Korean official said. Fishing boats routinely jostle for position in the seafood-rich Yellow Sea waters claimed by both countries ... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1577498-south-korea-fires-north-korean-fishing-boats.html 2012-09-21T07:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1571824-storms-dampen-hopes-bountiful-nkorea-harvest.html WONSAN, North Korea (AP) — First came an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by a summer of flash floods and typhoons. Now, with North Korean farmers preparing to head out into autumn fields to cut and thresh the nation's most important crop, rice, there are renewed concerns that continued harsh weather will mean another shortfall of food in this c... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1571824-storms-dampen-hopes-bountiful-nkorea-harvest.html 2012-09-19T05:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1557042-north-korea-experimenting-with-change.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Deep in the North Korean countryside, in remote villages that outsiders seldom reach, farmers are now said to be given nearly one-third of their harvests to sell at market prices. Collective farms are reportedly being reorganized into something closer to family farms. State propagandists are expounding the glories of change under the country's n... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1557042-north-korea-experimenting-with-change.html 2012-09-12T07:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1545966-romantic-comedy-twist-with-nkorean-acrobats.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's a classic tale of a small-town girl who follows her dreams to the big city. But in this case, the girl is a North Korean coal miner, the big city is Pyongyang and her dream is to become a high-flying trapeze artist. "Comrade Kim Goes Flying," a collaboration between a North Korean director and two European filmmakers, premie... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1545966-romantic-comedy-twist-with-nkorean-acrobats.html 2012-09-07T15:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1524444-twin-typhoons-raise-fears-disaster-prone-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Twin typhoons renewed fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can turn even a routine rainstorm into a catastrophic flood. Typhoon Bolaven struck the North on Tuesday and Wednesday, submerging houses and roads, ruining thousands of acres of crops an... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1524444-twin-typhoons-raise-fears-disaster-prone-nkorea.html 2012-08-31T02:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1512052-nkoreas-economic-zone-remains-under-construction.html RASON, North Korea (AP) — More than a year after construction began, the road from China to North Korea's special economic zone in Rason is paved. Power substations are being built, railway lines are being linked to routes to Siberia, and piers at the harbor expanded. This week, an international trade fair staged at the exhibition hall in the zone in Nort... Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1512052-nkoreas-economic-zone-remains-under-construction.html 2012-08-22T09:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1475644-north-koreas-leader-diplomatic-debut.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un the marshal became Kim Jong Un the statesman as he met with Chinese political dignitaries in meetings that marked his first official foray into foreign affairs since becoming North Korea's leader. Kim told Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party's international affairs office, that his government is focused on buildi... Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1475644-north-koreas-leader-diplomatic-debut.html 2012-08-04T01:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1472042-nkoreans-perform-mass-arirang-with-kim-odes.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An updated version of North Korea's elaborate "Arirang" performance has opened in Pyongyang. Wednesday's performance featured up to 100,000 North Koreans and debuted routines set to odes to new leader Kim Jong Un. It's the first "Arirang" since Kim came to power after his father, Kim Jong Il, died in December. ... Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1472042-nkoreans-perform-mass-arirang-with-kim-odes.html 2012-08-01T16:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1454772-rue-neglect-skoreas-enemy-cemetery.html PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Just south of the Demilitarized Zone, hundreds of identical wooden grave markers poke from a grassy hill surrounded by rice paddies and trees. Some markers are rotting; others have been knocked to the dirt; most have no names. Here, within sight of the North's dark mountains, is South Korea's badly neglected "enemy cemetery," fina... Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1454772-rue-neglect-skoreas-enemy-cemetery.html 2012-07-26T23:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1435652-kim-title-nkorea-introduces-army-chief.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Hundreds of soldiers danced in Pyongyang's plazas after North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un was named marshal, a title cementing his status atop the authoritarian nation's military as he makes key changes to the 1.2 million-man force. State media said in a special noon bulletin Wednesday that North Korea's military,... Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1435652-kim-title-nkorea-introduces-army-chief.html 2012-07-19T00:53:00Z