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North Korea Wants To Restart Nuclear Talks If Trump Wins, Says Ex-Diplomat
North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea told Reuters.
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North Korean Diplomat Defects From Cuba To South Korea: Report
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, a report said Tuesday.
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Boat Carrying Suspected North Korean Defectors Stopped By South Korea
South Korean authorities on Tuesday detained a North Korean boat carrying people believed to be seeking to defect from the isolated country, the military said.
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North Korean Soldier Crosses Demilitarised Zone Into South
A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier.
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South Korean Follows Parents In Rare Defection To North Korea: Report
A South Korean man has defected to North Korea, following in the footsteps of his political parents who also made a high-profile switch of allegiance in the 1980s, according to Pyongyang's state media.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Shuffles Nuclear Talks Team Amid Spying Charges
Veteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of a second summit with the US as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials said.
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Hackers Steal Data Of Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors In South Korea
The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency's database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Friday.
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North Korean Soldier Defects Across Border, Says South Korea's Military
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the eastern land border on Saturday, the South's military said.
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North Korea Defector Paid Smugglers To Get Family Out, Sent Back By China
This was Heo's world. She agreed to tell her story to The Washington Post, abandoning the normal cloak of anonymity used by defectors worried that speaking openly could endanger relatives back home.
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Shots Fired Along Demilitarised Zone As North Korean Soldier Defects
South Korean guards fired warning shots across the heavily militarised border with North Korea on Thursday as a soldier from the North defected, officials said, complicating efforts to ease tensions over the Pyongyang's weapons programmes.
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North Korea Wants To Restart Nuclear Talks If Trump Wins, Says Ex-Diplomat
North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea told Reuters.
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North Korean Diplomat Defects From Cuba To South Korea: Report
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, a report said Tuesday.
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Boat Carrying Suspected North Korean Defectors Stopped By South Korea
South Korean authorities on Tuesday detained a North Korean boat carrying people believed to be seeking to defect from the isolated country, the military said.
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North Korean Soldier Crosses Demilitarised Zone Into South
A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier.
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South Korean Follows Parents In Rare Defection To North Korea: Report
A South Korean man has defected to North Korea, following in the footsteps of his political parents who also made a high-profile switch of allegiance in the 1980s, according to Pyongyang's state media.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un Shuffles Nuclear Talks Team Amid Spying Charges
Veteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of a second summit with the US as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials said.
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Hackers Steal Data Of Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors In South Korea
The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency's database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Friday.
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North Korean Soldier Defects Across Border, Says South Korea's Military
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the eastern land border on Saturday, the South's military said.
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North Korea Defector Paid Smugglers To Get Family Out, Sent Back By China
This was Heo's world. She agreed to tell her story to The Washington Post, abandoning the normal cloak of anonymity used by defectors worried that speaking openly could endanger relatives back home.
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Shots Fired Along Demilitarised Zone As North Korean Soldier Defects
South Korean guards fired warning shots across the heavily militarised border with North Korea on Thursday as a soldier from the North defected, officials said, complicating efforts to ease tensions over the Pyongyang's weapons programmes.
