http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Kim Jong Un en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:01 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628984/New-South-Korea-president-welcomed-at-White-House.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628984/New-South-Korea-president-welcomed-at-White-House.html President Barack Obama is welcoming South Korea's new leader Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) to the White House, looking to present... Tue, 07 May 2013 10:07:56 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628594/US-calls-for-North-Korea-amnesty-for-sentenced-American.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628594/US-calls-for-North-Korea-amnesty-for-sentenced-American.html The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years'... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:23:35 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627890/US-urges-China-collaboration-on-cyber-intrusions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627890/US-urges-China-collaboration-on-cyber-intrusions.html The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that he has called on China to be more transparent about cyberattacks and boost... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:18:37 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578485/Irans-bombs-not-as-dangerous-as-its-nuclear-plants.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578485/Irans-bombs-not-as-dangerous-as-its-nuclear-plants.html Recent earthquakes in Iran have drawn attention to its Bushehr nuclear power plant, which sits on three tectonic plates. If... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627205/North-Korean-exiles-scoff-at-talk-of-war.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627205/North-Korean-exiles-scoff-at-talk-of-war.html Asked if there might be war, the 40ish woman with the spangly purple shirt laughed out loud. She waved her hands back and... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:28:48 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627095/North-Korea-lashes-out-anew-over-protest-in-Seoul.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627095/North-Korea-lashes-out-anew-over-protest-in-Seoul.html North Korea lashed out anew Tuesday at South Korea over a small public protest in Seoul in which demonstrators burned... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:10:34 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627084/Pivotal-North-Korea-question-What-is-Kim-thinking.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627084/Pivotal-North-Korea-question-What-is-Kim-thinking.html Don't worry, one popular argument goes, we've seen this before. Just ignore Pyongyang's unlikely threats of nuclear holocaust... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:23:04 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626992/After-weeks-of-North-Korean-fury-calm-on-key-holiday.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626992/After-weeks-of-North-Korean-fury-calm-on-key-holiday.html Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:20:46 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626917/As-US-talks-up-diplomacy-North-Korea-takes-hard-line.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626917/As-US-talks-up-diplomacy-North-Korea-takes-hard-line.html The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks if North Korea lowered tensions and honored past... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:22:39 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626918/Despite-tension-North-Korea-lets-in-tourists-athletes.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626918/Despite-tension-North-Korea-lets-in-tourists-athletes.html Despite North Korea's warnings that the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula is so high it cannot guarantee the safety of... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:06:21 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626823/Goal-of-nuclear-free-NKorea-tests-US-China-ties.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626823/Goal-of-nuclear-free-NKorea-tests-US-China-ties.html Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:55:50 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626776/US-N-Korea-nukes-cant-reach-here.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626776/US-N-Korea-nukes-cant-reach-here.html On the brink of an expected North Korean missile test, U.S. officials focused on the limits of Pyongyang's nuclear firepower... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:11:57 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626722/Kerry-tamps-down-anxiety-over-NKorea-missile-power.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626722/Kerry-tamps-down-anxiety-over-NKorea-missile-power.html U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile,... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:33:03 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626723/Despite-tensions-NKorea-readies-for-festivities.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626723/Despite-tensions-NKorea-readies-for-festivities.html Elaborate floral displays featured mini replicas of red-tipped missiles and long-range rockets at an exhibition that opened... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:15:07 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626671/North-Koreas-leader-showing-hes-in-charge.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626671/North-Koreas-leader-showing-hes-in-charge.html North Korea's new leader is using the threat of a nuclear strike to get concessions on foreign aid rather than trying to... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:01:29 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626662/North-Korea-delivers-new-round-of-war-rhetoric-video.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626662/North-Korea-delivers-new-round-of-war-rhetoric-video.html North Korea — North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had "powerful striking means" on... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:21:07 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626559/No-panic-in-North-Korea-despite-talk-of-missile-launch.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626559/No-panic-in-North-Korea-despite-talk-of-missile-launch.html The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:00:27 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626517/N-Korean-capital-shows-no-signs-of-panic.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626517/N-Korean-capital-shows-no-signs-of-panic.html Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:38:11 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626471/Admiral-says-US-can-intercept-North-Korean-missile.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626471/Admiral-says-US-can-intercept-North-Korean-missile.html U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea, the top U.S. military commander in the Pacific... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:10:11 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626469/NKorea-urges-foreigners-to-vacate-South-Korea.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626469/NKorea-urges-foreigners-to-vacate-South-Korea.html North Korea on Tuesday urged all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate, saying the two countries are on... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:09:37 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626461/Factories-that-ran-on-Korean-cooperation-go-silent.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626461/Factories-that-ran-on-Korean-cooperation-go-silent.html A few hundred South Korean managers, some wandering among quiet assembly lines, were all that remained Tuesday at the massive... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:38:57 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626375/In-slap-at-South-North-Korea-suspends-work-at-factory.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626375/In-slap-at-South-North-Korea-suspends-work-at-factory.html North Korea said Monday it will suspend operations at a factory complex it has jointly run with South Korea, pulling out more... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:24:17 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577707/5-editorials-youll-want-to-read-about-North-Korea.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577707/5-editorials-youll-want-to-read-about-North-Korea.html North Korea’s threatened military strikes against South Korea and/or the United States and other nations have dominated... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:45:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626221/Source-US-delays-missile-test-as-tensions-rise.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626221/Source-US-delays-missile-test-as-tensions-rise.html A senior U.S. defense official says the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test for next week at an... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626088/South-Korea-North-Korea-moved-missile-to-east-coast-video.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626088/South-Korea-North-Korea-moved-missile-to-east-coast-video.html After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:11:10 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577446/As-North-Korea-escalates-threats-media-speculates-ad-infinitum.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577446/As-North-Korea-escalates-threats-media-speculates-ad-infinitum.html The U.S. media is trying really, really hard to make sense out of the military saber rattling that is becoming a daily event... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:59:26 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626025/North-Koreas-threats.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626025/North-Koreas-threats.html North Korea is different. Under its untested new leader, Kim Jong-un, believed to be 29 or 30, the always-belligerent pariah... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626006/US-moves-on-North-Korea-aimed-at-deterring-new-leader.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626006/US-moves-on-North-Korea-aimed-at-deterring-new-leader.html The parading of U.S. air and naval power within view of the Korean peninsula — first a few long-range bombers, then... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:34:19 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625981/Secretary-of-State-John-Kerry-warns-NKorea-on-reckless-provocations.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625981/Secretary-of-State-John-Kerry-warns-NKorea-on-reckless-provocations.html Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned North Korea to halt a recent spate of rhetoric and actions, calling them... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:06:44 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625936/North-Korea-vows-to-restart-nuclear-facilities.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625936/North-Korea-vows-to-restart-nuclear-facilities.html North Korea said Tuesday it will escalate production of nuclear weapons material, including restarting a long-shuttered... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:06:31 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625835/North-Korea-shifts-away-from-warlike-rhetoric-amid-nuclear-tension.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625835/North-Korea-shifts-away-from-warlike-rhetoric-amid-nuclear-tension.html North Korea on Monday shifted, at least temporarily, away from weeks of warlike rhetoric, appointing a new premier seen as an... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:16:23 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625834/North-Koreas-parliament-meets-amid-nuclear-tension-threats-of-war.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625834/North-Koreas-parliament-meets-amid-nuclear-tension-threats-of-war.html After weeks of warlike rhetoric, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:45:01 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625812/NKorea-calls-nukes-countrys-life-at-big-meeting.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625812/NKorea-calls-nukes-countrys-life-at-big-meeting.html A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning Sunday, saying that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life"... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:59:50 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625731/North-Korea-says-it-is-in-a-state-of-war-with-South-Korea.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625731/North-Korea-says-it-is-in-a-state-of-war-with-South-Korea.html North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:09:02 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625668/NKorea-says-rocket-forces-ready-to-settle-accounts-with-the-US.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625668/NKorea-says-rocket-forces-ready-to-settle-accounts-with-the-US.html North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.,"... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:22:26 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625612/US-sends-B-2s-to-South-Korea-for-military-drills.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625612/US-sends-B-2s-to-South-Korea-for-military-drills.html In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:08:24 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625370/On-second-thought---.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625370/On-second-thought---.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625023/Experts-suspect-North-behind-SKorea-computer-crash.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625023/Experts-suspect-North-behind-SKorea-computer-crash.html Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed en masse Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MDT