Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIFA have moved next month's World Cup qualifier between the two Koreas to Shanghai because the North had refused to play the anthem or fly the flag of its Cold War rival, South Korean football officials said on Thursday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
SEOUL (Reuters) - FIFA have moved next month's World Cup qualifier between the two Koreas to Shanghai because the North had refused to play the anthem or fly the flag of its Cold War rival, South Korean football officials said on Thursday.
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Technorati Tags: ryugyong,pyongyang,north korea,hotel Construction has resumed on what has been singularly the most hideous building I have ever seen. This is the pyramidal Hotel Ryugyong in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. More than two decades ago… North Korea reportedly hired a firm called Baikdoosan Architects and Engineers to build a 4-million-square-foot, 3,000-room hotel on a hilltop [...]...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Guy Delisle has an adorable baby and a wife whose job with Médecins Sans Frontières takes her to some of the secretive places on earth. Luckily, Delisle is a cartoonist with a knack for whimsical exploration. His 2005 graphic novel Pyongyang , a chronicle of his two months in North Korea, is one of the best portraits of that reclusive nation we've read, and now his new comic, Burma Chronicles , takes...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Source: Reuters SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it saw as "unjust" calls from global powers such as the United States for Pyongyang to verify claims it made in disarmament talks ...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
PYONGYANG, North Korea - Acrobats on cables flying across a giant stadium. Hundreds of performers executing synchronized martial-arts punches and kicks. A giant globe signifying unity as a grand finale.
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Acrobats on cables flying across a giant stadium. Hundreds of performers executing synchronized martial arts punches and kicks. A giant globe signifying unity as a grand finale.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Acrobats on cables flying across a giant stadium. Hundreds of performers executing synchronized martial arts punches and kicks. A giant globe signifying unity as a grand finale….
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Acrobats on cables flying across a giant stadium. Hundreds of performers executing synchronized martial arts punches and kicks. A giant globe signifying unity as a grand finale.
In From the Cold (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
It's been a matter of considerable interest--and speculation--over the past decade? When, exactly, will the "Worker's Paradise" (a.k.a. North Korea) finally collapse, and can the regional powers, including the U.S., prevent a war as Pyongyang implodes? Korea watchers have been predicting the demise of the DPRK for at least 20 years. By any reasonable standard, a country that is increasingly isolated,...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
SEOUL - South Korean and U.S. forces started annual military drills on Monday denounced by North Korea as a prelude to war, with Pyongyang previously saying they spoiled the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks.
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
SEOUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - South Korean and U.S. forces started annual military drills on Monday that are routinely denounced by North Korea as a prelude to invasion, with Pyongyang saying they spoil the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks. The drills, called Ulchi Freedom Guardian, last until...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Call it skateboard diplomacy….
News & Information (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
(Kyodo) _ A U.S. envoy for talks on denuclearizing North Korea left Beijing on Saturday after holding talks with Chinese officials over ways to verify Pyongyang’s nuclear information, the…Read more
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Call it skateboard diplomacy.
