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Inner City Press
March 6, 2018
In the face of North Korea sanctions, the UN in December 2017 used the sanctioned Foreign Trade Bank and Russia's Sputnik Bank to release EUR 3,974,920.62 into the country, documents obtained by Inner City Press and exclusively published on February 21 show. On February 21, Inner City Press asked the Dutch chairÃâà...
Voice of America
March 5, 2018
It is difficult to gauge the impact of the increased sanctions imposed on North Korea, with reports of both plummeting exports in the last year and ... media reports have confirmed significantly reduced trade and business activity in Dandong, the Chinese border city where most trade with North Korea occurs.
Express.co.uk
March 5, 2018
Priscilla Moriuchi, a former US National Security Agency officer warned North Korea may have 11,000 bitcoins in storage that could help minimise the damage from crippling economic sanctions. If North Korea cashed out their bitcoin when the cryptocurrency peaked at $20,000 in December of last yearÃâà...
Inner City Press
March 4, 2018
UNITED NATIONS, March 4 – In the face of North Korea sanctions, the UN in December 2017 used the sanctioned Foreign Trade Bank and Russia's Sputnik Bank to release EUR 3,974,920.62 into the country, documents obtained by Inner City Press and exclusively published on February 21 show. On February 21, InnerÃâà...
New York Times
March 4, 2018
South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, is sending two of his closest aides to North Korea to meet its reclusive leader, Kim Jong-un. The trip's goal is to jump-start dialogue between the North and the U.S. But Washington is insisting that any talks be centered on denuclearization, and Pyongyang has againÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 4, 2018
The rusting seaport called Kholmsk is one of the sleepiest harbors in Russia's Far East, a place that sees more full moons than coal ships in a typical year. Yet for a few weeks late last summer, this tiny port was chockablock with vessels hauling outlawed North Korean coal. At least four ships of differentÃâà...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
March 4, 2018
A preventive first strike on North Korea would lead to a massive response from North Korea. Seoul, South Korea, a city of 25.6 million people and our ally, is within direct firing range of thousands of pieces of North Korean artillery, lined up along the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. A warÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 4, 2018
"It was 1950 and I was a 14-year-old student. The US military was stationed near my town near Hyesan city in North Korea. "One afternoon, me, my 40-year-old cousin, his son and some seniors from school hopped on a military truck. We made it as far as the Geoje Island south of Busan where we were keptÃâà...
news9.com KWTV
March 3, 2018
North Korea said Saturday it is willing to have talks with the United States, but that it rejects preconditions and Washington's demands that it must first demonstrate its willingness to denuclearize. During the closing ceremony for the recently concluded Olympics in South Korea, the office of South KoreanÃâà...
City A.M.
February 23, 2018
US President Donald Trump has said the US will launch the "largest ever" package of sanctions against North Korea. During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump said: "The Treasury Department will soon be taking new action to further cut off sources of revenue and fuelÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
February 8, 2018
In South Korea, the North's flag and its national anthem are normally banned. But on Thursday the North's Olympic delegation were welcomed with both at the Olympic Village. And after a nervy start to the ceremony, North Korea's all-female marching band broke the ice, busting out Korean folk songs, whichÃâà...
Kansas City Star
December 31, 1999
The White House says it will wait and see whether a new overture by North Korea for talks with the United States means it is serious about disarming, a step President Donald Trump and other world leaders agree must be the outcome of any future dialogue. "We will see," was the response from WhiteÃâà...
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