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N. Korean leader calls for completion of ski resort

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued an appeal to the military and citizens to complete the construction of a ski resort within this year and called on them to join the country's economic development efforts, state media said Wednesday. It marks Kim's first appeal for economic construction efforts since he took power in December 2011. The North has repeatedly stressed its policy line of seeking both economic construction and nuclear arms development since the beginning of this year.The North is building a ski resort near the 768-meter-high Masik mountain pass, or Masikryong, near the eastern coastal city of Wonsan. Previous reports said the country is moving to build an airport near the city as part of efforts to promote the area as a tourism-oriented region. "The (governing) Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) remains unchanged in its resolution to build a world-class skiing ground within this year and provide the people and school youth and children with a highly civilized and happy living conditions to enable them enjoy all blessings," said the appeal carried by the (North) Korea

Jun 5, 2013

Irish NGO to support food, water projects in N. Korea: report

Ireland's largest humanitarian organization plans to support projects aimed at helping North Korea bolster its food output and improve water sanitation, a report said Wednesday.According to Radio Free Asia, Concern Worldwide, a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to helping the world's poorest people, said its 2013 project for the communist country calls for building food production infrastructure in places such as Hwanghae and Gangwon provinces.The group, which first started helping the North in 1997 when the country was suffering from acute food shortages, said this year's projects include building goat and soy milk production factories, greenhouses, fish hatcheries, and food processing plants. It also wants to transfer eco-friendly farming techniques to local farmers that will allow them to use less fertilizers and pesticides.On the water sanitation front, the media outlet said the NGO wants to support the construction of water pumps, reservoirs, drain pipes, as well as setting up water mains that can allow people to gain access to clean water.It said that efforts will b

Jun 5, 2013
Irish NGO to support food, water projects in N. Korea: report

Kim Jong-un 'ordered extraction' of young defectors from Laos

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally ordered the return of nine North Korean defectors who were caught in Laos, Free North Korea Radio claimed Monday. The nine, who are between 15 and 23 years old, have been placed in isolation near Pyongyang, the defector radio station added. It quoted a source in Pyongyang as saying they arrived at a guesthouse in Sunan on May 29 and are still undergoing re-indoctrination. It added that the high-profile extraction of the nine by North Korean agents using diplomatic passports only proceeded so quickly because of Kim's personal orders. 

Jun 5, 2013

Kim Jong-un gets own badge

North Koreans have recently been spotted wearing a new badge with a portrait of leader Kim Jong-un, a source in Beijing said on Monday. The badges have apparently been distributed only to the elite in Pyongyang and its vicinity. The source said that people often wear the badge showing the young leader along with another one bearing the likeness of former leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il together. The regime recently combined the separate badges for the two dead leaders into a single one. The new badge is part of attempts to create a personality cult surrounding Kim Jong-un since last year which also involved publishing stamps with his portrait in August. And the North Korean Embassy in Beijing recently replaced the triple portraits of all dictators with a single one of Kim Jong-un at the front gate.

Jun 5, 2013

Miss Korea 2013

Miss Korea 2013 Yu Ye-bin smiles after being named as the winner of the annual beauty pageant at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, Tuesday. Han Ji-eun and Kim Hyo-hee became the first runner-ups, while Kim Min-joo, Han Soo-min, Choi Hye-rin and Goo Bon-hwa became the second runner-ups./ Korea Times photo by Jo Young-ho 

Jun 5, 2013

Jumpball

Asiana Airlines CEO Yoon Young-doo tosses up a ball for basketball club players at Dahu Middle School in Changsha, China, Tuesday. The airline formed a sisterhood relation with the school as part of its global social corporate responsibility program, “Beautiful Class.”/ Courtesy of Asiana Airlines

Jun 4, 2013

2013 CFDA Fashion Awards

Designer Vera Wang, left, is presented with an award by fellow designer Ralph Lauren at the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall in New York, Monday. CFDA stands for the Council of Fashion Designers of America. / AP-Yonhap

Jun 4, 2013

Drills against chemical war

Members of a medical team from ROK Armed Forces Capital Hospital treat a patient during drills against chemical warfare at Bongwhasan Subway Station in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, Tuesday./ Yonhap

Jun 4, 2013

Top economic policymakers' meeting

Strategy and Finance Minister Hyun Oh-seok, left, shakes hands with Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Kim Choong-soo at their meeting in a restaurant in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, Tuesday. The top policymakers agreed to cooperate closely in responding to economic challenges, saying the possibility of an early exit from quantitative easing by the U.S. is raising uncertainties in the market./ Yonhap

Jun 4, 2013

Veterinarian doctors sexually assault teens

Men in their 30s, including veterinarian doctors, have been caught by the police for sexually assaulting teenage girls whom they met on Internet chatting sites.The police said three men were caught sexually assaulting three teens in a motel in the Jongno district in downtown Seoul in late March. They sought warrants for their arrest but the court rejected the motion, saying that the men have proper occupations and there is no danger of their escapade. According to initial investigations, the six met at a motel, got intoxicated and played “strip poker” following which the men, including a 30-year-old Park, gang-raped one of the 17-year-old girls.The police said the men, one of whom is a veterinarian, took photos of the naked girl and threatened to post them on the Internet if she reported the incident.

Jun 4, 2013
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