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Dennis Rodman gave North Korea's sports minister Trump's 'Art of the Deal'
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A peek inside Rodman's odd gift bag for Kim Jong-un
What do you give the man who has an entire country at his mercy?
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Otto Warmbier: North Korea releases jailed US student 'in c
US student Otto Warmbier has been freed from jail in North Korea, but his parents say he has been in a coma for a year.
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The young Japanese working themselves to death
Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world, and some young Japanese workers are literally working themselves to death. Now there are calls for the government to do more.
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S. Korean president ‘shocked’ to find 4 unaccounted US THAAD launchers in his country
Moon has been critical of many policies of his predecessor...
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US Navy orders third nuclear-powered aircraft carrier into North Korean waters
The US Navy has reportedly ordered a third nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to join the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson off North Korea amid increasing tensions.
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Pyongyang launches suspected ballistic missile – South Korean military
North Korea has launched an unidentified projectile which appears to be a ballistic missile, Yonhap news reports, citing South Korea’s military.
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Duterte says he had to declare martial law to fight ISIS in Mindanao
I had to declare martial law in the Mindanao group of islands
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North Korea confirms 'successful' new ballistic missile test
North Korea has confirmed it "successfully" launched another medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday.
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Vladimir Putin warns world leaders to stop ‘intimidating’ North Korea after its latest missile test
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is opposed to any new countries acquiring nuclear weapons, but that the world should talk to North Korea rather than threaten it.
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City Hostel Berlin: Backpackers helping North Korea rake it in
THE hostel at the centre of a media storm after links to North Korea were revealed has hit back at the “false” suspicion cast upon it.
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South Korea's Moon Jae-in sworn in vowing to address North
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in has been sworn in, vowing to address the economy and relations with the North in his first speech as president.
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South Korea's new president Moon Jae-in could rattle U.S. relations
Presidential candidates Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo are among the millions voting in South Korea's Presidential election on Tuesday. South Korea is replacing former President Park Geun-hye, who was forced from office due to a corruption scandal.
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North Korea 'detains US citizen Kim Hak-song'
North Korea says it has detained a US citizen on suspicion of "hostile acts" against the state.
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North Korea accuses CIA of plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un
NORTH Korea has accused America’s CIA of conspiring with South Korean to kill their ‘Supreme Commader’ Kim Jong-un.
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China demands ‘immediate’ halt to THAAD deployment in South Korea
The deployment of the US defense system triggered protests in South Korea, with citizens saying that it would only provoke an attack from their northern neighbor.
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Donald Trump offers to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un 'under the right circumstances'
Responding to Mr Trump's comments at a daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the conditions for a meeting between the US President and Mr Kim "were not there yet" and that a number of things
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Japan sends biggest warship to protect US supply vessel
Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the role of its military.
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Trump keeps options open on military action against North Korea and 'smart cookie' Kim Jong-Un
Donald Trump has spoken numerous times about potential military action against North Korea, but never definitively.
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Take virtual tour of downtown Pyongyang thanks to this brave Finnish reporter
A Finnish journalist has braved North Korea’s notoriously intense and paranoid security regime to smuggle out some extremely rare footage of Pyongyang without any of the pomp and propaganda.
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