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A South Korean-based coalition, acting on behalf of 150 refugees, is pushing the international court at The Hague to charge Kim Jong Il. It presents the refugees' accounts of the brutal regime. Lee Kyung-hee took a deep breath Thursday, and then she recounted the nightmare when her newborn was killed before her eyes in a North Korean prison.
While North Korea has rejected UN resolutions against it, calling them a smear campaign, it has spoken up about other countries in the review process. If it can dish out criticism, it should show that it can take it too.
Designer jeans labeled "Made in North Korea" will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has revalued its currency for the first time in a half century, reportedly triggering chaos in the impoverished nation by moving to assert state control over a growing market economy.
HONG KONG (AP) — Armed with a host of Olympic gold medalists, China is expected to dominate the East Asian Games that officially kick off in Hong Kong on Saturday, but Japan, South Korea and North Korea will offer stiff competition in some sports.
Pragmatic plan President Obama's plan to get us out of Afghanistan is well-intentioned and pragmatic. He knows the reality and is trying to give the military the benefit of the doubt on this critical issue.
William Frank Dietzel Sr. of Foxboro, a Korean War veteran and a retired painter, died Monday at Caritas Norwood Hospital. He was 81. Born, raised and educated in Dedham,...
SEOUL | North Korea sharply raised the value of its currency Tuesday by issuing new notes absent some of the zeroes in a move apparently aimed at curbing inflation and black-market trading. The change forces North Koreans to exchange 1,000-won notes with a new 10-won bill this week, according to North Korea specialists in Seoul and media reports. The currency revaluation was announced at 11 a.m ...
The 32-team field for soccer’s 2010 World Cup will be drawn into eight first-round groups today. The tournament is from June 11-July 11 at 10 stadiums across South Africa.
The newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts — including Israel, Egypt and Syria — to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection.
North Korea has sharply revalued its currency by issuing the first new banknotes for 17 years in an apparent attempt to curb inflation and clamp down on black-market trading, reports said Tuesday.
Bill and Mary Morgan Sr. Bill and Mary Morgan Sr., of San Jacinto, celebrated their anniversary with a dinner party with friends at Dittilo's Restaurant in Hemet. They were married Oct. 2, 1939, in Baltimore, Md.
Lakers great Jerry West told a crowd Thursday in San Bernardino that when he was 10, a neighbor lady made a comment that crushed him. "There goes Jerry. He's never going to amount to anything. All he does is play basketball," West recalled. All kids need mentoring and encouragement to reach their potential, said West, a retired Lakers executive vice president, general manager, coach and player.
Tokyo's economic move helps boost the region -- except for a reclusive neighbor across the Sea of Japan.
Gus Skarakis, who championed the underdog as a volunteer attorney for low-income clients and as chief counsel for the state Department of Consumer Affairs, died Sunday of complications from cancer. He was 79.
Almost half say the United States should 'mind its own business,' a Pew survey shows. War-weariness and economic concerns are pushing isolationism to 40-year peak.
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