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Strategic assets' plan will add fuel to peninsula fire

ReactionstotheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea'slatestprovocationhavefollowedtheage-oldscript:Pyongyanginsisteditwasexercisingitslegitimaterightto"self-defense

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Peninsula needs cooperation, not missiles, to restore peace

Justthreedaysaftertheabortivelaunchofanumberofunspecifiedprojectiles,theDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKoreafiredwhatwasbelievedtobeaballisticmissilethatflewoverJa

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Shifting the momentum on the Korean Peninsula

BeijinghaslongheldthreeobjectivesforEastAsia,andtheKoreanPeninsulainparticular.ThefirstistopromotegeneralpeaceandstabilitypremisedonNorthKorea'sdiplomaticnormal

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Korean Peninsula eclipsed by danger of war as DPRK mulls strike on Guam

It came as no surprise that the new UN sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its missile and nuclear weapons programs were once again met with harsh condemnation from Pyongyang.

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Instead of hurling threats, US and DPRK should talk

FirstitwasUnitedStatesSecretaryofStateRexTillersonstatingWashington'swillingnesstotalkwithPyongyang,ifthelatterhaltsitsmissilestunts.ThenUSPresidentDonaldTrumpo

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Restraint, dialogue essential to solving the crisis of Korean Peninsula

Tensions have been escalating on the Korean Peninsula with the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4 by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and a combined ballistic missile exercise a day later by the United States and South Korea aimed at sending Pyongyang a warning.

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Restraint, dialogue essential to solving the crisis of Korean Peninsula

TensionshavebeenescalatingontheKoreanPeninsulawiththetest-launchofanintercontinentalballisticmissileonJuly4bytheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andacombi

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Moon's offer of talks brings hope of an end to impasse

It remains to be seen how Pyongyang will respond to Seoul's formal overture for dialogue.

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Moon's offer of talks brings hope of an end to impasse

ItremainstobeseenhowPyongyangwillrespondtoSeoul'sformaloverturefordialogue.Serioustalks,whetheroneasinganimositiesalongtheirtenseborderoronresumingthereunionsof

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DPRK accuses US of deploying warship to spy

The DPRK has accused the United States of deploying a warship and planes to spy and conduct military drills near the Korean Peninsula.

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DPRK accuses US of deploying warship to spy

TheDPRKhasaccusedtheUnitedStatesofdeployingawarshipandplanestospyandconductmilitarydrillsneartheKoreanPeninsula.PyongyangsaidtheUSSMustin,aguidedmissiledestroye

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DPRK's newspaper saves a special place for report of Trump's inauguration

Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, on Sunday reported on Donald Trump officially becoming the president of the United States .

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Responses to Pyonyang suggest increased uncertainty on Korean Peninsula

​Responses from several corners to Pyongyang's nuclear forecast at the onset of 2017 may be an early sign of tensions to come on the Korean Peninsula.

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Strategic misjudgment for Seoul to alienate Beijing and Moscow

The Republic of Korea is making a historic misjudgment deploying the US' Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system on its soil. The decision to deploy the anti-missile system will bring catastrophe to the Korean Peninsula and destroy the hard-won political mutual trust and economic ties between the ROK and its neighbors in Northeast Asia.

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DPRK calls for talks as sanctions bite

DPRK in a message on Saturday called for urgent military talks with Seoul in the next few weeks. The North Korean military sent the message to the Defense Ministry here, saying the talks should be held at a "convenient time and place" in late May or early June.

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"Pyonghattan": where the rich kids of DPRK sip cappuccinos

They like fast fashion from Zara and H&M. They work out to be seen as much as to exercise. They drink cappuccinos to show how cosmopolitan they are. Some have had their eyelids done to make them look more western.

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S. Korea monitoring DPRK's nuke test site: defense ministry

South Korea's defense ministry said Thursday that it has been carefully monitoring the nuclear test site of the Dmocratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).