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1. News - World - PANAMA

   Panama fines North Korean ship US$1m for carrying Cuban arms

   Posted Sep 28th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... and Pyongyang said they were "obsolete" Cuban arms being shipped to North Korea for refurbishment under a legitimate contract. The ship's 35 crew are being detained at a former US ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1319352/panama-fines-north-korean-ship-us1m-carrying-cuban-arms
2. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   Family turns to UN to find Thai woman missing for 35 years

   Posted Sep 27th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... recognised Anocha in the family's photos, he said. According to Jenkins, who spent four decades in North Korea until he was allowed to leave in 2004, Anocha told him she was forced into a boat ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1318437/family-turns-un-find-thai-woman-missing-35-years
3. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   North Korea nuclear progress is outpacing sanctions, experts warn

   Posted Sep 25th 2013, 03:37pm by Agence France-Presse in Seoul

   ... Agence France-Presse in Seoul North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme is developing beyond the international community’s ability to rein it in with effective sanctions and export restrictions, regional analysts and nuclear experts warned on Wednesday. While opinion on the current level of the nuclear threat posed by North Korea was divided, a conference organised by the Asan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1317534/north-korea-nuclear-progress-outpacing-sanctions-experts-warn
4. News - Asia - KOREAN PENINSULA

   North Korea slams South’s ‘lunatic’ military display

   Posted Oct 02nd 2013, 10:29am by Agence France-Presse in Seoul

   ... aircraft, tanks, heavy artillery and a range of missiles. Although North Korea regularly stages far larger military parades in Pyongyang, it took exception to what it saw as a provocative, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1322699/north-korea-slams-souths-lunatic-military-display
5. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   Pyongyang has technology to build uranium-based bombs, experts say

   Posted Sep 25th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... of international efforts to stop North Korea's nuclear programme over the last decade, Joshua Pollack, a Washington-based expert on nuclear proliferation, said in remarks prepared for delivery today ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1317080/pyongyang-has-technology-build-uranium-based-bombs-experts-say
6. News - Asia - KOREAN PENINSULA

   Military parade in Seoul meant as show of force to deter Pyongyang

   Posted Oct 02nd 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... of muscle South Korea displayed its longest-range missile capable of striking all of North Korea, and other sophisticated weapons, at a military parade yesterday, a display of force meant to show Pyongyang that any provocation would be met with strong retaliation. It was South Korea's biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in a decade, and the first since North Korea conducted its third ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1322439/military-parade-seoul-meant-show-force-deter-pyongyang
7. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   North Korea denies executions of state performers to protect first lady

   Posted Sep 22nd 2013, 04:32pm by AFP

   ... defected”. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper had reported the alleged executions last month, but there was no response from Pyongyang at the time. The North’s state news agency KCNA said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1315263/north-korea-rejects-reports-first-ladys-past
8. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   US, China should agree buffer line in case North Korea collapses, report says

   Posted Sep 20th 2013, 09:25am by AFP

   ... in a country that holds hundreds of thousands of prisoners. The United States and its ally South Korea would almost certainly intervene, causing alarm in China, which is North Korea’s primary ally, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1313582/us-china-should-agree-buffer-line-case-north-korea-collapses-report-says
9. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   North Korea nuclear envoy seeks talks ‘without preconditions’

   Posted Sep 18th 2013, 03:04pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... to prioritise regional stability in its relations with the North. South Korea, which does not have nuclear weapons, and ally the United States, have made it clear they will never accept the idea ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1312243/north-korea-nuclear-envoy-seeks-talks-without-preconditions
10. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

    UN inquiry told of prison camp 'atrocities' in North Korea

    Posted Sep 18th 2013, 11:22am by AFP

    ... investigator spotlighted "unspeakable atrocities" inflicted on political camp prisoners in North Korea "Testimony heard thus far points to widespread and serious violations in all ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1312168/un-probe-exposes-shocking-north-korean-rights-abuses

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