DTN News: North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News Dated January 9, 2016

DTN News: North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News Dated January 9, 2016

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	New York Times With Nuclear Test, North Korea's Leader Asserts Role of Instigator New York Times SEOUL, South Korea — The young leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has often been dismissed as inexperienced, erratic and even clueless. North Korea warns of war over South's propaganda broadcasts - U.S. News & World Report Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Idiots Praise North Korea For H-Bomb Test (VIDEO) RedState I think everybody with even a semblance of coherent thought would understand thatNorth Korea testing a hydrogen bomb is not a good thing. With a ... Flag as irrelevant
	North Korea Tests Nuke? Send in the Sniffer! Defense Tech The U.S. is doing what it usually does after North Korea tests a nuclear bomb -- it's sending in the sniffer. As my colleague Richard Sisk reported, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	South Korea blasts K-pop at North to piss off Kim Jong Un Boing Boing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) uses a pair of binoculars to look towards the South, near the border with South Korea, southwest of Pyongyang ... Flag as irrelevant
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	Is North Korea using nuke claims to push for more aid? Fox News White House: No evidence to support hydrogen bomb claim. Flag as irrelevant
	North Korea reports a hydrogen bomb test, but many doubt it Newsela North Korea wants to create a nuclear warhead to place on a missile that can reach the United States mainland. Wednesday's test likely pushed it ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kasich: We must make sure we quarantine North Korea Fox News Kasich: We must make sure we quarantine North Korea. Jan. 07, 2016 - 6:16 - Ohio governor and 2016 candidate explains how on 'America's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Executive Action On Gun Control, Oregon Occupation, North Korea's Bomb On Point Officers from the Korea Meteorological Administration point at the epicenter of seismic waves in North Korea, at the National Earthquake and Volcano ... *Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth  *Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News  *Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated *This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com  ©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News: North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 17, 2013

Defense War News Updates: DTN News: North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 17, 2013

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 17, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to North Korea for the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related to North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News for the world of TODAY.

North Korea tries to project unity on death anniversaryMemphis Commercial Appeal North Koreans bow beneath portraits of the late leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Across the capital city, ... See all stories on this topic »	Vancouver Sun
North Korea Projects Image of Loyalty to Ruling Family Recent PurgeWall Street Journal SEOUL—North Korea sought to project loyalty to its ruling family at a rally Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il after the ... See all stories on this topic »
North Korea marks anniversary without Kim Jong Un's auntReuters SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's aunt was absent from a state memorial ceremony on Tuesday raising questions about her ... See all stories on this topic »
North Korea tries to project unity on anniversaryAppeal-Democrat North Korea has marked the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il with vows to unite behind his son, Kim Jong Un, and a series of events to ... See all stories on this topic »
North Korea's Marking of Kim's Death Offers Post-Purge InsightBusinessweek North Korea is set to commemorate the death of its former ruler Kim Jong Il, an event that may give insight into the country's new power lineup after the ... See all stories on this topic »
North Korea enigma: American released, uncle executed ... enter ...Christian Science Monitor North Korea remains as enigmatic as ever, releasing an American Korean War veteran detained at the end of an organized visit to the hermetic ... See all stories on this topic »	Christian Science Monitor
North Korea Commemorates 2nd Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's DeathVoice of America North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led events commemorating the second anniversary of his father's death, just days after the execution of the uncle ... See all stories on this topic »	Voice of America
North Korea Commemorates Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's DeathVoice of America North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led events commemorating the second anniversary of his father's death Tuesday, just days after the execution of an ... See all stories on this topic »	Voice of America
Visiting North Korea and Vietnam: A Tale of Two WarsHuffington Post From Michael -- North Korea has been in the news more than usual lately. They freed the American Korean War veteran they were holding hostage, ... See all stories on this topic »
North Korea tries to project business-as-usual image on anniversary ...Minneapolis Star Tribune PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea vowed to unite behind leader Kim Jong Un during carefully staged events Tuesday to mark the second ... See all stories on this topic »

North Korea Press Release Generator - Boing BoingRob Beschizza Last week, North Korea announced the trial and execution of Kim Jong Un's "traitorous" uncle Jang Sung Thaek—by way of a startling press release, ... Boing Boing
Pictures of the Day: North Korea and Elsewhere - NYTimes.comBy THE NEW YORK TIMES Photos from North Korea, Ukraine, Brazil and the Central African Republic. Lens
North Korea Execution Effects - Business InsiderFoster Klug, Associated Press North Korean execution of No. 2 explodes myth of all-powerful, unchallenged ruling Kim dynasty. Military & Defense
Orascom has $422 million in cash in North Korea - North Korea TechMartyn Williams Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT), the Egyptian company that owns a 75 percent stake in North Korea's on 3G cellular network ... North Korea Tech
Commentary: North Korea 3.0 | The National InterestRyo Hinata-Yamaguchi The recent execution of Jang Sung-taek epitomizes the inherent political survival practices in North Korea, and once again proves that even the most ... The National Interest
Vacation in North Korea - Truthdigeditor@truthdig.com TAGS: cartoon kim jong un kim jong un nukes kim jong un uncle north korea north korea threatsnorth korea vacation nuclear power nuclear war ... Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Did you know North Korea has nuclear weapons? Then you're one ...Jim Treacher Well, he probably knows they do now. But he didn't when ABC's Martha Raddatz interviewed him for This Week. Which happened, confusingly enough ... The Daily Caller
Dennis Rodman to again visit North Korea, dictator Kim Jong Un ...Stan Diel | sdiel@al.com Visit will come one week of the country's dictator ordered his uncle and two aides executed. Real-Time News from Birmingham
What exactly is 'North Korea' mode? - Paradox Interactive ForumsAlerias I assume its about not devolving any of your baronies to vassals and trying to rule everything yourself, totally ignoring the demesne limit, right? Paradox Interactive Forums
The North Korean purge — Opinion — Bangor Daily News — BDN ...UnBylined Purges in Communist states have rarely stopped with the execution of one senior Party member, especially when he has been tortured into ... Bangor Daily News

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DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: North Korea Has Failed Again Says Obama

Defense War News Updates: DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: North Korea Has Failed Again Says Obama

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 7, 2013: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea can no longer create an international crisis with nuclear provocations, asserting the United States and South Korea are fully capable of defending themselves.

"The days when North Korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions, those days are over," Obama said from the White House East Room, after he and South Korean President Park Geun-hye met privately in the Oval Office.

Obama's comments came in a news conference with Park on her first foreign visit as the country's leader. It marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S.-South Korean alliance.

Obama said that Pyongyang has failed to drive a wedge between the U.S. and South Korea or to garner global respect with its threats. He says the joint U.S.-South Korea meeting at the White House was evidence that North Korea has "failed again."

Ahead of the meeting, U.S. officials said North Korea has taken a step back from its recent escalation of regional tensions by removing from its launch site a set of medium-range ballistic missiles that had been readied for possible test-firing.

Obama says he doesn't know North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally and has never spoken to him, but says he can still take a different path. He said actions by the unpredictable young leader, who came to power after the death of his father Kim Jong Il in December 2011, seem to pursue a dead end.

"There's going to have to be changes in behavior," Obama said. "We have an expression in English, 'Don't worry about what I say, just watch what I do."

Park arrived at the White House with a color guard lining the driveway from Pennsylvania Avenue. Her Oval Office meeting, working lunch and joint news conference with Obama will be followed Wednesday by an address to a joint meeting of Congress.

Obama said such an address is an honor "reserved for our closest of friends." He called Park "tough," spoke of a great friendship between the two nations and joked that "the Korean wave" of culture has hit the United States.

"My daughters have taught me a pretty good 'Gangnam Style,'" Obama joked, a reference to the hit dance song by South Korean singer PSY that has become YouTube's most watched video with 1.5 billion views since its release last summer.

Park has had something of a baptism of fire since she took office in February, two weeks after North Korea's latest atomic test ratcheted up tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula and undermined her hopes of forging a more trusting relationship with a difficult neighbor.

"Instead of just hoping to see North Korea change, the international community must consistently send the message with one voice, to tell them and communicate to them that they have no choice but to change," Park said.

After the U.N. Security Council tightened sanctions on North Korea in response to the nuclear test — its third since 2006 — it claims to have scrapped the 1953 Korean War armistice and has threatened nuclear strikes on the U.S., prompting Washington to bolster missile defenses.

Two Musudan missiles at a site in eastern North Korea had been in what American officials described as launch-ready status for some weeks. Two U.S. officials confirmed their removal on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss a matter involving sensitive U.S. intelligence. It's not clear why they removed the missiles in recent days, but Pentagon press secretary George Little said on Monday that U.S. officials have seen a "provocation pause" by North Korea.

Park touched down in New York on Monday, meeting first with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister who praised her "firm but measured" response to North Korean provocations and determination to resolve their differences though dialogue.

However, Park made clear in an interview on the eve of her visit that she was willing to get tough on North Korea. She told CBS News that if South Korea came under attack, "We will make them pay."

Park, the first democratically elected female leader in Northeast Asia, is no stranger to Seoul's Blue House, as the residence of the chief executive is known. She's the daughter of the late South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee, and in her 20s she took over the duties of first lady for five years after a gunman claiming orders from North Korea killed her mother in a botched attack targeting her father.

While focused squarely on the North Korean threat, Park's visit is a chance to build a rapport with Obama, who enjoyed an unusually close bond with the previous South Korean leader, Lee Myung-bak. The two presided over the adoption of a U.S.-South Korean free trade pact in 2012 that expanded the scope of an alliance largely built on security ties and deterring an attack from the North. Some 28,500 U.S. troops are still based in South Korea for that purpose.

Lee took a hard line on relations with Pyongyang, cutting aid to the impoverished nation. While his approach had Obama's firm backing, public frustration in the South has mounted over the North's continued weapons tests and provocations â€" including attacks in 2010 that left dozens of South Koreans dead.

In a change of tone, Park, although a conservative, has advocated trying to build trust with Pyongyang through aid shipments and large-scale economic initiatives if there's progress on the nuclear issue, even as she and South Korea's military promise to respond forcefully to any possible attack from the North.

But to date, relations have only gotten worse. Most recently, North Korea has withdrawn its 53,000 workers from an industrial park on its territory run by South Korean companies. After Pyongyang rejected Seoul's offer of talks, the South last week withdrew its last staff from the facility, closing the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean cooperation that began during the "sunshine" engagement policy championed by Lee's more liberal predecessors.

On Tuesday, North Korea threatened the U.S. and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in the Yellow Sea. The section of the Korean People's Army responsible for operations in North Korea's southwest said it will strike back if any shells fall in its territory during the drills. Should the allies respond to that, the statement said, Pyongyang's military would then strike five South Korean islands that stand along the aquatic frontline between the countries.

Daniel Russel, White House senior director for Asian affairs, said Obama would reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the defense of South Korea. He said the joint appearance of the two leaders at the White House would make it crystal clear to Pyongyang that the allies stand shoulder to shoulder.
"In dealing with North Korea, it's vital we show unity," Russel told reporters.

Dealing with Pyongyang's secretive regime, never easy, has become increasingly tough under the unpredictable young leader Kim Jong Un, who came to power after the death of his father Kim Jong Il in December 2011.

Russel cautioned it was premature to judge whether North Korea's cycle of provocation "is going up, down or zigzagging." He said both the U.S. and South Korea support "incremental engagement" with Pyongyang, but it has to take "irreversible steps" signaling a commitment to end its nuclear program.

The past year has already seen disconcerting progress in the North's weapons development, including its first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket, although it is not yet believed to have to have the means to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at mainland America.

The Obama administration has put increasing emphasis on the role the North's main ally and benefactor, China, can play to press Pyongyang to honor its previous commitments on denuclearization. In a significant move, 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.
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Associated Press writers Robert Burns, Nedra Pickler and Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this report.

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