http://www.mail.com/people/28604-kim-jong-un.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/people/28604-kim-jong-un.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/2080046-gates-worries-escalation-korean-tension.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Pentagon chief says he worries that North Korea's young leader and his generals don't realize there's been a "dramatic change" in public opinion in South Korea in how to respond to belligerent actions by the North. Robert Gates says that after many years of "swallowing provocation," the South Koreas "are not prepared to take tha... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:07:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080046-gates-worries-escalation-korean-tension.html 2013-05-12T13:07:09Z 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/politics/2069166-obama-hes-spoken-to-kim-jong-un.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't know Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon) personally and has never spoken to him, but says the North Korean leader can still take a different path. Obama says he does know that Kim's actions seem to pursue a dead end. Obama spoke at a news conference Tuesday with South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-ha... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:27:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069166-obama-hes-spoken-to-kim-jong-un.html 2013-05-07T20:27:19Z 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/business/economy/2068140-bank-china-cuts-north-korea-trade-bank.html BEIJING (AP) — One of China's biggest banks said Tuesday it has halted business with a North Korean bank accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs in the latest sign of Beijing's displeasure with its estranged ally. The state-run Bank of China Ltd. has notified the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea that its account or accou... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:47:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2068140-bank-china-cuts-north-korea-trade-bank.html 2013-05-07T13:47:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066956-chicago-case-alleges-ties-to-north-korea.html CHICAGO (AP) — A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his Illinois-based son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S. ban on the export of weapons machinery to the hard-line communist nation, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Hsien Tai Tsai, 67, and his 36-year-old son, Yueh-Hsun Tsai, are charged with one ... Tue, 07 May 2013 00:12:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066956-chicago-case-alleges-ties-to-north-korea.html 2013-05-07T00:12:48Z 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/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/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/2041266-skorea-demands-talks-with-nkorea-closed-factory.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After weeks of threatening rhetoric from the North, South Korea on Thursday promised its own unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang rejects talks on a jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month. The park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong is the most significant casualty so far in the recent deterioration of... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:54:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041266-skorea-demands-talks-with-nkorea-closed-factory.html 2013-04-25T12:54:43Z 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/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/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 http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016756-north-korea-crisis.html As the world waits and watches for an expected North Korean ballistic missile test, the U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond. U.S. officials are conceding that North Korea may be increasing its nuclear capabilities, but they don't expect a nuclear strike. They suggest that other military moves by Pyongyang involving artillery attacks or shelling of nearby South Korean... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:01:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016756-north-korea-crisis.html 2013-04-13T21:01:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017246-logic-north-koreas-threats.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste to America's cities in an atomic firestorm, or to overrun South Korea in a lightning attack. Enemy capitals, North Korea said, will be turned "into a sea of fire." North Korea's firs... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:45:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017246-logic-north-koreas-threats.html 2013-04-13T08:45:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016626-us-stresses-limits-nkoreas-nuclear-firepower.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of an expected North Korean missile test, U.S. officials focused on the limits of Pyongyang's nuclear firepower Friday, trying to shift attention from the disclosure that the North Koreans might be able to launch a nuclear strike. They insisted that while the unpredictable government might have rudimentary nuclear capabilities, it has not prove... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:54:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016626-us-stresses-limits-nkoreas-nuclear-firepower.html 2013-04-13T06:54:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015020-kerry-tamps-anxiety-nkorea-missile-power.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime's nuclear weapons program. Kicking off four days of talks in an East Asia beset by ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:59:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015020-kerry-tamps-anxiety-nkorea-missile-power.html 2013-04-12T19:59:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009192-despite-tensions-nkorea-readies-festivities.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its capital aren't hunkering down in bunkers and preparing for the worst. Instead, they are out on the streets en masse getting ready for the birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung — the biggest holiday o... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009192-despite-tensions-nkorea-readies-festivities.html 2013-04-12T13:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015374-lavrov-russia-would-nkorea-talks-geneva.html NEUCHATEL, Switzerland (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday his nation would welcome a fresh round of talks on Swiss soil over North Korea's nuclear program, if all the parties were to agree. Flanked by his Swiss counterpart at a news conference, Lavrov supported renewed talks in Geneva, if Pyongyang were to agree to hold discussions ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:27:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015374-lavrov-russia-would-nkorea-talks-geneva.html 2013-04-12T13:27:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013746-kerry-heads-to-east-asia-seeks-help-nkorea.html LONDON (AP) — John Kerry had been secretary of state for little more than a week when North Korea tested a nuclear bomb. He gathered top aides together for a morning meeting and asked for ideas, prompting a conversation about how to get China to join the United States in putting pressure on Pyongyang, according to a senior administration official who was ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:59:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013746-kerry-heads-to-east-asia-seeks-help-nkorea.html 2013-04-11T17:59:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012536-nkorea-fury-joint-war-games-decades.html OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) — The names of U.S.-South Korean war games staged over the years don't sound all that threatening: Team Spirit, Ulchi Focus Lens, Key Resolve ... Foal Eagle. But whatever they're called, the annual show of force is guaranteed to get a rise out of North Korea. Two decades ago, Kim Il Sung, the late founder of the still-rulin... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:43:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012536-nkorea-fury-joint-war-games-decades.html 2013-04-11T10:43:03Z