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Otto Warmbier arriving at a court for his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images/JTA)
June 12, 2018, 3:10 pm
Trump: Kim summit ‘may not have happened without Otto Warmbier’
‘Otto did not die in vain,’ says US president, claiming death of US Jewish student, whom North Koreans jailed and later sent home comatose, focused attention on secretive nation
By Sue Surkes
Children pose in front of an an ice sculpture depicting a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and self-propelled launcher, as people mark the new year at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on December 31, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KIM Won-Jin)
January 1, 2018, 4:53 am
Kim: North Korea could send delegation to South for Winter Olympics
In apparent olive branch to rival nation, Supreme Leader suggests the two countries could participate alongside each other at Games organized by Seoul
By AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 31, 2013. (photo credit: AP/KCNA via KNS)
December 19, 2014, 8:52 pm
FBI says North Korea behind Sony hack
Hackers threaten studio over satirical movie release connected to Pyongyang; McCain calls cyber attack ‘act of war’
By AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a mass military parade, July 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Wong Maye-E)
October 10, 2014, 8:29 am
North Korean leader no-show at major event
Kim Jong Un hasn’t been seen in public for close to a month, raising speculation about his health and political future
By AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a mass military parade, July 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Wong Maye-E)
September 26, 2014, 1:57 pm
Kim Jong Un’s disappearance sparks health rumors
Speculation on malady ranges from gout to diabetes, as North Korean media says leader feeling ‘discomfort’
By AFP
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, at a news conference in Sacramento, California, April 4, 2011 (photo credit: AP)
May 15, 2014, 9:11 am
Governor hopeful’s Obama-Hitler comparison worries California GOP
Republicans concerned moderate Neel Kashkari may lose to Tim Donnelly, who said US gun control laws were akin to those of Nazis
By AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a mass military parade, July 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Wong Maye-E)
April 15, 2014, 5:55 pm
N. Korea threatens UK salon over ad
Poster outside London hairdresser’s shop showing leader Kim Jong Un on ‘bad hair day’ draws ire from diplomats
By AFP
A South Korean man, center, unloads boxes transported from North Korea's Kaesong upon arrival at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
April 10, 2013, 1:26 am
North Korea warns nuclear war with South Korea imminent
Pyongyang urges foreign companies and tourists to leave South Korea; White House calls rhetoric ‘provocative’
By Jean H. Lee
South Korean army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday. (photo credit: AP/Ahn Young-joon)
February 12, 2013, 2:16 pm
North Korea says stronger ‘measures’ in the offing
Pyongyang boasts Tuesday morning nuclear test just a ‘first response’ to US threats
Shmuley Boteach
August 29, 2012, 3:15 pm
Shmuley Boteach
If Ban goes to Tehran, time for US to cut UN funding
How can the secretary general legitimize a genocidal regime that calls for a second holocaust against the Jewish people?
Illustrative photo of a North Korean rocket (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)
April 13, 2012, 4:45 am
North Korea’s long-range rocket launch a ‘failure,’ say Japan, South Korea
‘It’s terribly embarrassing for the North,’ notes former US Security Council official
By AP and Michal Shmulovich
South Koreans watch the 2009 launch of a North Korean missile on TV (photo credit: AP/Ahn Young-joon)
March 26, 2012, 9:35 am
North Korea satellite launch a cover for Iranian military test?
Pyongyang says planned launch is peaceful, but some think its loyalties are to the ayatollahs
By Aaron Kalman
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