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/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23890-pyongyang.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086500-nkorea-american-starts-life-special-prison.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a "special prison," state media said Wednesday. Kenneth Bae entered the prison Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a short dispatch, but no other new details were ... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:50:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086500-nkorea-american-starts-life-special-prison.html 2013-05-15T08:50:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people. Internet postings ostensibly from ordinary South Koreans, but actually fr... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html 2013-05-13T10:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081102-north-korea-replaces-hard-line-defense-minister.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense minister with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what outside analysts call an attempt to install a younger figure meant to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's grip on the powerful military. Jang Jong Nam's appointment is the latest move since Kim suc... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:47:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081102-north-korea-replaces-hard-line-defense-minister.html 2013-05-13T09:47:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076332-nkorea-nuke-arsenal-matter-when.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For 20 years, fears about North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear bombs have been deflected by admonishments not to overestimate an impoverished dictatorship prone to bragging and tantrums. Not anymore. After three nuclear tests of apparently increasing power and a long-range rocket launch that puts it a big step closer to havi... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076332-nkorea-nuke-arsenal-matter-when.html 2013-05-10T15:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076044-nkorea-calls-us-skorea-summit-prelude-to-war.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ahead of a nuclear-powered U.S. carrier's visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called this week's summit between the U.S. and South Korean presidents a prelude to war against Pyongyang. Yet it also said it was waiting "with patience" to see if Seoul changes its policies. The North described South Korean President Park Geun... Fri, 10 May 2013 07:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076044-nkorea-calls-us-skorea-summit-prelude-to-war.html 2013-05-10T07:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074422-nkorea-detained-american-smuggled-propaganda.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea delivered its most in-depth account yet of the case against a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor, accusing him late Thursday of smuggling in inflammatory literature and trying to establish a base for anti-Pyongyang activities at a border city hotel. Still, the long list of allegations included no statem... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:18:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074422-nkorea-detained-american-smuggled-propaganda.html 2013-05-09T18:18:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070862-rodman-to-kim-do-solid-free-american.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North. "I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him 'Kim', to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose," Rodman said on Twitte... Wed, 08 May 2013 10:54:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070862-rodman-to-kim-do-solid-free-american.html 2013-05-08T10:54:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067852-obama-skorea-united-front-pyongyang.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Projecting a united front, President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader warned North Korea on Tuesday against further nuclear provocations, with Obama declaring that the days when Pyongyang could "create a crisis and elicit concessions" were over. Obama also disputed the notion that his cautious response to reported chemical weapo... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:36:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067852-obama-skorea-united-front-pyongyang.html 2013-05-07T22:36:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067944-nkorea-issues-warning-ahead-us-skorea-summit.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead of a Washington summit by the allies' leaders. The warning, however, was softer than North Korea's recent highly bellicose rhetoric, and followed the North's removal of two missiles f... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067944-nkorea-issues-warning-ahead-us-skorea-summit.html 2013-05-07T17:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2064172-nkorea-detained-american-disguised-identity.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday revealed a few more details about a Korean-American recently sentenced to 15 years' hard labor, saying he entered the country with a disguised identity. Pyongyang also rejected speculation that it intends to use Kenneth Bae as a bargaining chip. In remarks carried by state media, an unidentified Foreign Mini... Sun, 05 May 2013 13:03:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2064172-nkorea-detained-american-disguised-identity.html 2013-05-05T13:03:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060314-south-koreans-leave-factory-north-korea.html PAJU, South Korea (AP) — The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. The complex in the town of Kaesong, just north of the Koreas' heavily fortified border, was the rivals' o... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:36:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060314-south-koreans-leave-factory-north-korea.html 2013-05-03T16:36:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058010-us-calls-nkorea-amnesty-sentenced-american.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state. Kenneth Bae, 44, a Washington state man described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, is at least the sixth American detained in North Korea since 20... Fri, 03 May 2013 03:53:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058010-us-calls-nkorea-amnesty-sentenced-american.html 2013-05-03T03:53:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2057638-north-korea-sentences-american-to-15-years-labor.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of labor for crimes against the state, the North's state media said Thursday, a development that further complicates already strained ties between Pyongyang and Washington. The sentencing of Kenneth Bae, described by friends as a devout Chris... Thu, 02 May 2013 07:22:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2057638-north-korea-sentences-american-to-15-years-labor.html 2013-05-02T07:22:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050748-south-koreans-leave-north-korean-factory.html PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Most South Koreans who had remained at an industrial park in North Korea had returned home by early Tuesday morning, officials said, leaving a final seven behind to negotiate unpaid wages for North Korean workers. The Unification Ministry in Seoul said 43 South Koreans began departing from Kaesong late Monday night and arrived in ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:40:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050748-south-koreans-leave-north-korean-factory.html 2013-04-30T03:40:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1524444-pyongyang-glitters-nkorea-dark.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Glossy new construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang skyline. Inside supermarkets where shopgirls wear faux French designer labels, people with money can buy Italian wine, Swiss chocolates, kiwifruit imported from New Zealand and fr... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:31:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1524444-pyongyang-glitters-nkorea-dark.html 2013-04-29T08:31:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048196-nkorea-charges-us-man-plot-to-overthrow-regime.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted. The case involving Kenneth Bae, who has been in North Korean custody since early November, further... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:27:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048196-nkorea-charges-us-man-plot-to-overthrow-regime.html 2013-04-27T19:27:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046304-majority-skoreans-nkorean-factory-to-return.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Roughly three quarters of the 175 South Koreans still at a shuttered factory park in North Korea are scheduled to return Saturday after Seoul decided to withdraw them over Pyongyang's rejection of its demand for talks on the last symbol of inter-Korean cooperation, the government said. The industrial complex in the border city of... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046304-majority-skoreans-nkorean-factory-to-return.html 2013-04-27T04:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045976-north-korea-ignores-seoul-deadline-talks.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says Pyongyang has ignored Seoul's deadline for responding to a demand for talks on a shuttered inter-Korean factory park. Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk said Friday that Seoul is considering countermeasures but refused to discuss what they might be. Pyongyang barred South Korean managers and cargo from ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:56:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045976-north-korea-ignores-seoul-deadline-talks.html 2013-04-26T04:56:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043544-north-koreas-military-capabilities.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of the nation's "military first" policy. Late leader Kim Jong Il elevated the military's role during his 17-year rule; South Korea estimates he boosted troop levels to 1.2 million sold... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:21:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043544-north-koreas-military-capabilities.html 2013-04-26T03:21:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038700-nkorea-vows-to-bolster-nuclear-arms-us-report.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is vowing to bolster its nuclear program in response to a U.S. State Department report accusing Pyongyang of human rights abuses. Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the annual U.S. report proof of a hostile policy by Washington that's aimed at toppling North Korea's leadership. The State Department last we... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:55:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038700-nkorea-vows-to-bolster-nuclear-arms-us-report.html 2013-04-23T09:55:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036380-china-north-korea-nuclear-test.html BEIJING (AP) — China's top general said a fourth North Korean nuclear weapons test is a possibility that underscores the need for fresh talks between Pyongyang and other regional parties. Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fang Fenghui said Beijing firmly opposes the North's nuclear weapons program and wants to work with others on negotiations to end it. He ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:22:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036380-china-north-korea-nuclear-test.html 2013-04-23T00:22:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037572-us-to-press-china-repatriation-nkoreans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea, a U.S. human rights envoy said Monday. He likened the North's vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Robert King is among U.S. officials meeting in Washington this week with China's envoy on Korean affairs, Wu Dawei. The O... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:53:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037572-us-to-press-china-repatriation-nkoreans.html 2013-04-22T22:53:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027244-young-nkoreans-train-to-seek-revenge-us.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Students and teachers here say they're studying harder these days to prepare for a fight. Across the country, banners, slogans and ar... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027244-young-nkoreans-train-to-seek-revenge-us.html 2013-04-19T08:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027572-south-koreans-hope-to-return-to-kaesong-factories.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic collaboration between the Koreas that is now shuttered by the North, have little more than hope to cling to as assembly lines sit idle day after day. They say they want to go back to work. The... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:38:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027572-south-koreans-hope-to-return-to-kaesong-factories.html 2013-04-19T04:38:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022202-nkorea-lashes-anew-protest-seoul.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said it was open to talks, but not as long as the United States is "brandishing a nuclear stick," while Washington insisted that the burden for renewed negotiations now rests with Pyongyang. North Korea also warned that it will intensify unspecified "military countermeasures" unless the U.S. stops conducting milit... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022202-nkorea-lashes-anew-protest-seoul.html 2013-04-17T03:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022776-obama-expects-provocations-north-korea.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he expects North Korea to make "more provocative moves" over the next several weeks. However, he says his administration does not believe Pyongyang has the capacity to put a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile. His says his conclusion is based on current intelligence estimates. A report revealed last week s... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:37:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022776-obama-expects-provocations-north-korea.html 2013-04-16T12:37:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022584-pivotal-nkorea-question-what-kim-thinking.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Don't worry, one popular argument goes, we've seen this before. Just ignore Pyongyang's unlikely threats of nuclear holocaust as you would, say, a child throwing a tantrum. Others, equally well credentialed, say the prospect of another Korean War has never been higher, with a massive, proud North Korean army incensed by propagand... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:34:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022584-pivotal-nkorea-question-what-kim-thinking.html 2013-04-16T11:34:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018676-nkorea-marking-leaders-birthday-ire.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it will conduct a medium-range missile test in defiance of international concerns. State media said the Supreme ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018676-nkorea-marking-leaders-birthday-ire.html 2013-04-16T05:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018330-analysis-beijing-to-us-north-korea-talk.html BEIJING (AP) — Embedded within Chinese leaders' convoluted, yet vague statements to Washington about North Korea is a simple message: Talk with Pyongyang. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's weekend discussions with officials in Beijing offered up the usual encouraging but familiarly noncommittal language on North Korea, emphasizing Beijing's desire to s... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:05:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018330-analysis-beijing-to-us-north-korea-talk.html 2013-04-14T09:05:55Z