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South Korea TODAY December 16, 2009 ~ Net Closes On North Korea's Arms Exports
15 hours ago ago from Defense-Technology News
DTN News: South Korea TODAY December 16, 2009 ~ Net Closes On North Korea's Arms Exports * Source: DTN News / Int'l Media (NSI News Source Info) SEOUL, South Korea - December 16, 2009: Kim Jong-il is feeling the noose of sanctions tighten but he will prove a hard man to restrain. North Korea's dictator already knew the world's security services were becoming adept at intercepting his seaborne arms exports, but Thailand's seizure of an ...
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15 hours ago ago from Sinologistical Violoncellist
The latest Good Friends report describes how things are tightening up significantly in the northeastern DPRK city of Hoeryong, snug up against the Chinese border: Heoryung, All-out Effort on Cracking Down of Drug Trafficking and Border Crossing On November 5, Hoeryung City in North Hamgyong Province held a community meeting of Osan Dong Residents. The purpose is to reinforce mass political propaganda as increasing number of defection ...
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22 hours ago ago from Midnight Approaching
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Obama Writes Letter to Kim Jong-Il
13 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il as part of an intense effort to draw the reclusive nation back to nuclear disarmament talks, a senior State Department official said Tuesday. The letter was delivered to North Korean officials last week by Obama's special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, during a visit to Pyongyang aimed at restarting the stalled negotiations, the ...
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22 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
President Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il that was hand-delivered by the U.S. envoy to the country, the Washington Post reports . The contents -- and until now, even the existence -- of the letter were kept closely guarded by the administration, which requested that diplomatic partners refrain from discussing it publicly. Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. envoy to North Korea, sidestepped questions about his ...
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