Foreign Relations of North Korea

2 Apr 2013

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that tensions had already soared too high on the Korean Peninsula and warned Pyongyang against making nuclear threats.

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North Korea cuts military hotline with South

27 Mar 2013

North Korea severed its military hotline with South Korea on Wednesday, breaking the last direct communication link between the two countries at a time of heightened military tensions.

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China business brisk on N Korea's trade lifeline

15 Dec 2012

On China’s economic front line with North Korea, rocket launches are far from traders’ minds and few worry about sanctions impeding the flow of cars – or pianos.

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Boat carrying 3 North Koreans drifts south

15 Dec 2012

A South Korean coastguard official says a fishing boat carrying three North Koreans has drifted south of the countries’ eastern maritime boundary.

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U.S. deal with North renews Seoul's fears

4 Mar 2012

The agreement last week between North Korea and the United States that promises to halt Pyongyang's nuclear and military provocations in return for food has highlighted old fears in South Korea....

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Doubts linger over North Korean deal

2 Mar 2012

North Korea has struck an important new deal with the US, but as with previous ones, there is concern whether Pyongyang will keep its word.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Seoul sceptical of nuclear 'deal'

While the world hails an apparent breakthrough in talks - brokered between Washington and Pyongyang in Beijing - regarding North Korea's nuclear plans, experts in Seoul remain deeply cynical of...

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Facing realities

The sudden demise of Kim Jong-il has drastically increased the probabilities of a regime collapse in Pyongyang and the reunification of the two Koreas.

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Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

City's sporting future on Legco agenda

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Leaders have duty to get Pyongyang back to talks

Hu Jintao and Barack Obama may not agree on the value of the yuan, arms sales to Taiwan and human rights, but on North Korea, there should not be any argument. The North's threats and attacks are...

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China must play its part to defuse crisis

As tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalate once more, global stability hangs in the balance.

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UN statement sinks along with the Cheonan

The United Nations Security Council's statement on the Cheonan episode was a model of compromise. Now debate rages on whether it was a shrewd way to avoid the 'all-out war' threatened by North...

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