Secretive N. Korea opens up to cellphones

Release Date 21 Nov, 2011 in Reuters

 
   

Secretive N. Korea opens up to cellphones

Reuters - 21 Nov, 2011
A traffic policeman use a mobile phone in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang October 11, 2010. By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea is expected to register the 1 millionth cellphone user on its new 3G network by the end of the ...

Minister rules out rice aid to NK without admission of attacks

Korea Times - 21 Nov, 2011
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on North Korea on Monday ruled out rice aid to the impoverished communist country unless Pyongyang admits its deadly provocations. South Korea suspended unconditional aid in 2008 and slapped sanctions on the ...

S.Korea, China set for talks on N.Korea

AFP - 21 Nov, 2011
SEOUL â€" South Korea's pointman on Pyongyang left for China on Monday for talks that will focus on North Korea, amid diplomatic efforts to revive stalled multinational disarmament negotiations. Unification Minister Yu Woo-Ik will meet Vice Foreign ...

Exhibit sheds light on brutal life in North Korea

Toronto Star - 21 Nov, 2011
Children take care of their sick grandmother in this photo from an exhibit shedding light on the lives of people in North Korea. Ha Tae could not wait to share his story and the many like it behind the iron curtain that still separates North Korea from ...

Secretive North Korea loves 3G

News24 - 21 Nov, 2011
Seoul - Secretive North Korea is expected to register the one millionth cellphone user on its new 3G network by the end of the year, barely four years after people were thrown into prison camps, or possibly even executed, for owning one. ...

No Spontanaeity Allowed: How to Visit North Korea as a Tourist in Four ...

TIME - ‎Nov 20, 2011‎
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) inspects a fish farm under Korean People's Army (KPA) unit 580 at undisclosed place in North Korea. Looking for somewhere different for your next vacation? ...

Busy unification minister gains attention

Korea Times - ‎Nov 20, 2011‎
Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik, who travels to China today on a rare trip there from his ministry, is receiving attention with a wide range of activities that reveal his muscle within the Lee Myung-bak administration. ...

North Korea rapidly nearing one million cellphone users

The Verge - 21 Nov, 2011
Despite prohibitive costs and severe restrictions, cellphone usage in North Korea is rapidly accelerating, with Reuters reporting that one million phones are expected to be active by the end of ...

'Seoul expects favorable response from NK'

The Korea Herald - 21 Nov, 2011
South Korea's Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik said on Monday he hopes North Korea could return Seoul's favor, taking a more active approach in efforts to improve inter-Korean relations. His remarks came at a meeting with Korean residents in Beijing ...

No rice to people 'who fire a cannon'

UPI.com - 21 Nov, 2011
BEIJING, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- South Korea will not give rice to North Korea unless the North acknowledges its provocations, a South Korean minister said in Beijing Monday. "We cannot give rice to people who fire a cannon," Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik ...

Spies, Spies and More Spies

Daily NK - 21 Nov, 2011
News of another North Korean spy captured while disguising himself as a defector has been released. Seoul District Prosecutors' Office detained the man known only as Kim on the 19th on charges of violating the National Security Law. ...

S. Korean Unification Minister Visiting China This Week

Arirang News - 21 Nov, 2011
South Korea's Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik is visiting China for three days starting Monday for talks with high-ranking Chinese officials on Seoul's policies in dealing with North Korea. The South Korean government says Minister Yu will try to garner ...

US unlikely to resume food aid to N. Korea this year: official

Yonhap News - 21 Nov, 2011
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States is unlikely to provide humanitarian food aid to North Korea this year as it believes food shortages in the communist state have been eased slightly by the autumn harvest, a Seoul official said. ...

Secrets out for North Korea almost

Hong Kong Standard - 21 Nov, 2011
North Korea is poised to register its one millionth cell phone user on its new 3G network barely four years after people were thrown into prison, or likely even executed, for owning one. Most users are in the capital Pyongyang home to the elite and ...

North Korea opens up to cellphones

Stuff.co.nz - 21 Nov, 2011
CELLPHONE FIX: A North Korean woman uses mobile phone to take picture near the North Korean town of Sinuiju. Secretive North Korea is expected to register the 1 millionth cellphone user on its new 3G network by the end of the year, barely four years ...

S. Korea's point man on N. Korea leaves for China

Yonhap News - 21 Nov, 2011
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on North Korea left for China on Monday for talks with Chinese officials on North Korea and other bilateral issues, an official said. Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik plans to hold talks with Chinese ...

 

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