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FILE PHOTO – A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

North Korea Is Scarier than Ever

by David Ignatius | Oct 16, 2016 | Opinion

SEOUL- When South Korean officials talk about the growing nuclear challenge from North Korea, they use red-alert phrases such as “existential threat,” “imminent danger” and “dagger at the throat.” They want Americans to understand that this long-running story of...

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A couple tries out Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 at the company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, October 10, 2016.REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Samsung Woes Deepen over Galaxy Note 7

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 10, 2016 | Technology

Samsung Electronics took another hit Monday over its recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, acknowledging it was “adjusting production” of the device after major distributors stopped offering replacements because of continued safety concerns. The South Korean...

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US State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Hong-kyun during a meeting to exchange views on North Korea’s fifth nuclear test at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on September 13, 2016, A.F.P

North Korea Says Ready for “another Attack” against U.S. “Provocations”

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2016 | World

North Korea’s Foreign Minister announced on Thursday that his country was prepared to launch another attack against the “provocations” of the United States, whose bombers this week flew over South Korea in a show of solidarity with its ally after...

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A man watches a TV news program reporting North Korea’s nuclear test at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul: North Korea Capable of Another Nuclear Test

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 12, 2016 | World

North Korea is capable of detonating another nuclear device anytime, South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday, just days after Pyongyang sparked worldwide condemnation with its fifth and most powerful test. “An additional test could be conducted in a...

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Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre in North Korea, seen from a satellite in 2012. AFP

North Korea Resumes Plutonium Production, Raising more Tension

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2016 | World

Tokyo-North Korea, which mothballed the Yongbyon reactor in 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament accord, began renovating it after its third nuclear test in 2013. Pyongyang carried out a fourth test on January 6, leading to tension in the region. In June, the...