<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - south-korea</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/south-korea</link><description>Newsvine - south-korea</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:21:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>China asks North Korea to release fishing boat, crew</title>
<description><![CDATA[The North Koreans seized the boat earlier this month and reportedly demanded a ransom for its release.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></source><link>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18376858-china-asks-north-korea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew</link><guid>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18376858-china-asks-north-korea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew</guid><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>related-china</category><category>fishery-administration</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:26:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>S. Korea: North fired 3 short-range missiles</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the South Korean Defense Ministry, two missiles were launched on Saturday morning and another in the afternoon though their intent was unclear.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></source><link>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18341106-s-korea-north-fired-3-short-range-missiles</link><guid>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18341106-s-korea-north-fired-3-short-range-missiles</guid><category>security-council</category><category>south-korea</category><category>north-korean</category><category>world-news</category><category>park-geun-hye</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mario692A9312070-C66F-BA8C-F74A-9D8841011BC3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="210" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mario692A9312070-C66F-BA8C-F74A-9D8841011BC3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act </title>
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The conscientious objector is a popular trope in any drama touching on the First World War: Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs and more recently The Village have been awash with young men persecuted for their moral stance, the white feathers they were shamed with fluttering abo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338671-the-price-of-pacifism-refusing-to-go-to-war-is-finally-being-recognised-as-a-brave-act</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18338671-the-price-of-pacifism-refusing-to-go-to-war-is-finally-being-recognised-as-a-brave-act</guid><category>turkey</category><category>israel</category><category>columbia</category><category>fines</category><category>greece</category><category>finland</category><category>south-korea</category><category>vietnam-war</category><category>world-news</category><category>conscience</category><category>conscientious-objector</category><category>conscription</category><category>second-world-war</category><category>freedom-of-thought</category><category>the-village</category><category>cowardice</category><category>military-service</category><category>first-world-war</category><category>universal-declaration-of-human-rights</category><category>upstairs-downstairs</category><category>jail-sentences</category><category>white-feathers</category><category>downton-abbey</category><category>price-of-pacifism</category><category>moral-stance</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:33:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahAB0CD3AF-BB9A-329A-E3AD-BDF8778994D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="465" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahAB0CD3AF-BB9A-329A-E3AD-BDF8778994D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: North Korea axes hard-line defense chief - World News</title>
<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what outside analysts call an attempt to install a younger figure meant to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's grip on the powerful &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></source><link>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18228870-report-north-korea-axes-hard-line-defense-chief-world-news</link><guid>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18228870-report-north-korea-axes-hard-line-defense-chief-world-news</guid><category>south-korea</category><category>north-korean</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mario69286D882FA-E504-86F8-AFCF-B2DCB17E39BD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mario69286D882FA-E504-86F8-AFCF-B2DCB17E39BD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>South Koreans Rally In Favor Of U.S. Maintaining Wartime Operational Control</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Korean demonstrators rallied in the capital on Wednesday, calling  on Washington to indefinitely postpone the transfer of wartime  operational control to Seoul. About 500 pro-U.S. army protesters  gathered in front of Seoul's train station chanting slogans while  holding up&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18023695-south-koreans-rally-in-favor-of-us-maintaining-wartime-operational-control</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18023695-south-koreans-rally-in-favor-of-us-maintaining-wartime-operational-control</guid><category>usa</category><category>korea</category><category>north-korea</category><category>video</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>koreans</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 22:06:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clg67mk2YCM" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Clg67mk2YCM/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Sino-American test in North Korea</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Repeated threats from North Korea have turned the Korean Peninsula into one of the world&rsquo;s most dangerous hotspots. However, the situation also offers an important opportunity: A gain in strategic trust between China and the US &mdash; the two countries with the capacity &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Stora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Stora]]></source><link>http://brian-stora.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17963326-the-sino-american-test-in-north-korea</link><guid>http://brian-stora.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17963326-the-sino-american-test-in-north-korea</guid><category>south-korea</category><category>east-asia</category><category>korean-peninsula</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:03:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brian-stora9FA2B33E-9644-60D0-050C-9AE0A5F59CD9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brian-stora9FA2B33E-9644-60D0-050C-9AE0A5F59CD9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paket Tour Korea Selatan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Melalui artikel Promo Paket Tour Korea Selatan ini, Cheria Travel ingin  memberikan kesempatan bagi anda semua untuk menjelajahi Korea Selatan  yang terkenal akan berbagai objek wisata nya yang mendunia seperti Nami  Island, Namsan Tower, Teddy Bear Museum dan masih banyak lagi.
&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cheriaseo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cheriaseo]]></source><link>http://cheriaseocheriaseo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17909556-paket-tour-korea-selatan</link><guid>http://cheriaseocheriaseo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17909556-paket-tour-korea-selatan</guid><category>travel</category><category>tour</category><category>korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>korea-selatan</category><category>paket-tour-korea-selatan</category><category>paket-tour</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:50:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Analysis: North Korea blinked in missile standoff, but will threaten again - World News</title>
<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea &ndash; After weeks of a standoff that,&nbsp; at times, worried even the most stoic South Koreans, the North blinked. The latest North Koreacrisis is over, but the question is: for how long?
The view doesn&rsquo;t look encouraging. North Korea&rsquo;s medium-r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mario 69]]></source><link>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17879009-analysis-north-korea-blinked-in-missile-standoff-but-will-threaten-again-world-news</link><guid>http://mario692.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17879009-analysis-north-korea-blinked-in-missile-standoff-but-will-threaten-again-world-news</guid><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>north-koreas</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>north-koreardquo</category><category>state-john-kerry</category><category>some-korea</category><category>kim-jong-unrsquo-s</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:16:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mario692D7231FF0-D381-6AB5-C953-793BAA66934E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mario692D7231FF0-D381-6AB5-C953-793BAA66934E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Mindset of North Korean Elites » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On March 27 Kim Jong-un, the &ldquo;Dear Respected Marshal&rdquo; and leader the Democratic People&rsquo;s Republic of Korea, severed the last military hotline between North and South. Three days later he announced that the DPRK was renouncing the armistice agreement of 1953 an&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17785610-the-mindset-of-north-korean-elites-counterpunch-tells-the-facts-names-the-names</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17785610-the-mindset-of-north-korean-elites-counterpunch-tells-the-facts-names-the-names</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:18:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Never mind nuclear war, says North Korean defector Joo-il Kim, the reality of famine is bad enough - Home News - UK - The Independent</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;Although my body is in England, I still have nightmares about North Korea,&rdquo; says Joo-il Kim. &ldquo;About being chased by the army and executed in public, about my family being captured and put in political prison camps.&rdquo;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17785429-never-mind-nuclear-war-says-north-korean-defector-joo-il-kim-the-reality-of-famine-is-bad-enough-home-news-uk-the-independent</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17785429-never-mind-nuclear-war-says-north-korean-defector-joo-il-kim-the-reality-of-famine-is-bad-enough-home-news-uk-the-independent</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:02:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound2A25A2E5-414F-48B5-34A1-71D4428F5332.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound2A25A2E5-414F-48B5-34A1-71D4428F5332.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rep. Peter King: US could make preemptive strike on North Korea - The Hill's Video</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said Tuesday that the United States had the  right to take preemptive military action against North Korea if there  was "solid evidence" that Kim Jon Un planned to attack the U.S. or South  Korea.
"If we have good reason to believe there's going to be an&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766690-rep-peter-king-us-could-make-preemptive-strike-on-north-korea-the-hills-video</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766690-rep-peter-king-us-could-make-preemptive-strike-on-north-korea-the-hills-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>north-korea</category><category>united-states</category><category>south-korea</category><category>united-nations</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>state-of-war</category><category>peter-king</category><category>tea-party</category><category>preemptive-military-action</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:50:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonEC231ABE-3BFC-D336-5542-5DFACC95719E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overtonEC231ABE-3BFC-D336-5542-5DFACC95719E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="21" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Kerry hails Chinese North Korea pledge</title>
<description><![CDATA[
US Secretary of State  John Kerry says China is "very serious" about a pledge to help resolve  tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.
The US and China earlier said they were committed to the "denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula.
Mr Kerry said the two sides would&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></source><link>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739927-bbc-news-kerry-hails-chinese-north-korea-pledge</link><guid>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739927-bbc-news-kerry-hails-chinese-north-korea-pledge</guid><category>nuclear</category><category>korea</category><category>kim</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-korea</category><category>united-states</category><category>south-korea</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>nukes</category><category>world-news</category><category>chia</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>state-john-kerry</category><category>watch-north-korea</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:22:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Beau78904B8FA642-ABE5-5A7E-17FC-21779C7AA198.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Beau78904B8FA642-ABE5-5A7E-17FC-21779C7AA198.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>South Korea Moves to Defuse Tensions With the North</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Korea appeared to ease its stance on North Korea on Thursday by calling for dialogue to help defuse tensions, as its president moved to calm foreign investors whose confidence the North has tried to shake with increasingly belligerent maneuvers.
&ldquo;We hope the North Ko&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17710456-south-korea-moves-to-defuse-tensions-with-the-north</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17710456-south-korea-moves-to-defuse-tensions-with-the-north</guid><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>south-korea-moving-to-ease-tensions-with-the-north</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:41:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan765EAC3B-2C86-FB7E-0E10-5C574D6C6556.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan765EAC3B-2C86-FB7E-0E10-5C574D6C6556.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea delivers new round of war rhetoric, claims it has &amp;#39;powerful striking means&amp;#39; | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had "powerful striking means" on standby for a launch, while Seoul and Washington speculated that the country is preparing to test a medium-range missile during upcoming national celebrations.
On the stree&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sfc.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sfc.]]></source><link>http://militarymind.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707276-north-korea-delivers-new-round-of-war-rhetoric-claims-it-has-powerful-striking-means-fox-news</link><guid>http://militarymind.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707276-north-korea-delivers-new-round-of-war-rhetoric-claims-it-has-powerful-striking-means-fox-news</guid><category>security-council</category><category>south-korea</category><category>north-korean</category><category>korean-peninsula</category><category>world-news</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>kim-jong-ils</category><category>south-koreas</category><category>peaceful-reunification</category><category>kim-jong-uns</category><category>cho-tai-young</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:03:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=militarymindEAE989F3-1066-08DE-7B24-A98C915FB021.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=militarymindEAE989F3-1066-08DE-7B24-A98C915FB021.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>View from the Brink...</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kim Jong Un is at it again. How very polite of him to warn foreigners to leave South Korea before he launches his thermonuclear war! If I were not taking the young mans erratic threats so seriously I'd find it hard not to laugh at images of the diminutive&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[M.R. Chase]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[M.R. Chase]]></source><link>http://smokeater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685553-view-from-the-brink</link><guid>http://smokeater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685553-view-from-the-brink</guid><category>north-korea</category><category>nuclear-arms</category><category>south-korea</category><category>korean-war</category><category>world-news</category><category>world-threat</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:49:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BBC News - Media analysis: The North Korea threat</title>
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North Korea has issued a torrent of belligerent threats against the US and South Korea in recent weeks.
North Korea launched a rocket in December and conducted its third underground nuclear test in February.
These actions led to international condemnation and stiffer sanction&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672914-bbc-news-media-analysis-the-north-korea-threat</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672914-bbc-news-media-analysis-the-north-korea-threat</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 16:58:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound8A1A3F29-5F21-4C08-DDC2-03BF1AE2157F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound8A1A3F29-5F21-4C08-DDC2-03BF1AE2157F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - UN chief Ban: Korea crisis could become 'uncontrollable'</title>
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula may become "uncontrollable".
He once again urged North Korea to tone down its "provocative rhetoric" and to keep open a joint North-South Korean industrial complex.
Also on Tuesday, North Korea war&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672875-bbc-news-un-chief-ban-korea-crisis-could-become-uncontrollable</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672875-bbc-news-un-chief-ban-korea-crisis-could-become-uncontrollable</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><category>un-secretary-ban</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 16:55:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound4C7A64BE-3BFF-6132-A158-6C2D4E62F325.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound4C7A64BE-3BFF-6132-A158-6C2D4E62F325.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. Designs a Korea Response Proportional to the Provocation</title>
<description><![CDATA[As&nbsp;North Korea&nbsp;hints at new military provocations in the coming days, the United States and&nbsp;South Koreahave drawn up plans to respond more forcefully than in the recent past, but in a limited way intended to prevent an escalation to broader war.
Amid the rising te&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17655902-us-designs-a-korea-response-proportional-to-the-provocation</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17655902-us-designs-a-korea-response-proportional-to-the-provocation</guid><category>us</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>us-and-south-korea-devise-a-plan-to-counter-north-korea</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:51:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan66C338E8-58A4-42AE-DB1E-B06678AF3F4E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan66C338E8-58A4-42AE-DB1E-B06678AF3F4E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  North Korea's Christians: Please pray</title>
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&ldquo;Prayer for beleaguered believers in North Korea is more important than ever,&rdquo; said Dykstra, who is summoning Western Christians to heed the call.
&ldquo;We must respond now to the Christian leaders&rsquo; request to pray for them,&rdquo; Dykstra said.
And there&r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17651770-north-koreas-christians-please-pray</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17651770-north-koreas-christians-please-pray</guid><category>south-korea</category><category>north-korean</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>open-doors</category><category>washington-free-beacon</category><category>jerry-dykstra</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:57:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sending over these bad boys to South Korea and the cost of the healthcare bill.  How are we going to afford both?</title>
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The U.S. public needs to be careful what it wishes for. The  great majority of Americans support the use of the U.S. military if  South Korea is attacked by North Korea. Should America be pulled into  the conflict, which could involve a countries beyond Korea&rsquo;s bord&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Runner99]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Runner99]]></source><link>http://runner99.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17641310-sending-over-these-bad-boys-to-south-korea-and-the-cost-of-the-healthcare-bill-how-are-we-going-to-afford-both</link><guid>http://runner99.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17641310-sending-over-these-bad-boys-to-south-korea-and-the-cost-of-the-healthcare-bill-how-are-we-going-to-afford-both</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>south-korea</category><category>obama</category><category>cbo</category><category>healthcare-bill</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 16:48:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Runner9980FCE2F9-CC59-C179-57FB-CAD48D086952.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Runner9980FCE2F9-CC59-C179-57FB-CAD48D086952.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea latest: West slams Kim Jong Un after madman dictator is pictured brandishing a gun  </title>
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All government embassies have been instructed to evacuate staff from Pyongyang after dictator Kim Jong-un warned he could not 'guarantee the safety of foreigners.'&nbsp;
The rogue communist state issued a deadline of April 10 to every government that is represented in North Ko&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619166-north-korea-latest-west-slams-kim-jong-un-after-madman-dictator-is-pictured-brandishing-a-gun</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619166-north-korea-latest-west-slams-kim-jong-un-after-madman-dictator-is-pictured-brandishing-a-gun</guid><category>china</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>threats</category><category>nuclear-attack</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>u-s-russia</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:34:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2D3F0EB88-B03D-70E2-BD86-C354E1D0F81B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2D3F0EB88-B03D-70E2-BD86-C354E1D0F81B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea's threats of war make Chinese neighbours nervous | World news | guardian.co.uk</title>
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Every time North Korea threatens a nuclear strike, Ge Weihan receives a frantic call from his mother. Although the 34-year-old filmmaker moved to Beijing years ago, his parents still live in a small Chinese village less than 25 miles (40km) from the insular nation.
"If a war e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617829-north-koreas-threats-of-war-make-chinese-neighbours-nervous-world-news-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617829-north-koreas-threats-of-war-make-chinese-neighbours-nervous-world-news-guardiancouk</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>park-geun-hye</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 17:08:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound72A1CEDC-807B-24A1-9F75-C24372C41D0F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound72A1CEDC-807B-24A1-9F75-C24372C41D0F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea says it cannot guarantee foreign diplomats' safety after 10 April | World news | guardian.co.uk</title>
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North Korea has asked foreign embassies in Pyongyang whether they have plans to evacuate staff, warning that it cannot guarantee their safety from the threat of conflict after 10 April.
The Foreign Office said the British embassy had received the warning on Friday morning, but&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617790-north-korea-says-it-cannot-guarantee-foreign-diplomats-safety-after-10-april-world-news-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617790-north-korea-says-it-cannot-guarantee-foreign-diplomats-safety-after-10-april-world-news-guardiancouk</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>park-geun-hye</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 17:03:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound7D36930F-FC9A-4EFD-D74A-85725CD964A2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound7D36930F-FC9A-4EFD-D74A-85725CD964A2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fidel Castro advises friend North Korea against war | Reuters</title>
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(Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro warned ally North Korea against war on Friday and described the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula as one of the "gravest risks" for nuclear holocaust since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Saying he spoke as a friend, Castro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617741-fidel-castro-advises-friend-north-korea-against-war-reuters</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617741-fidel-castro-advises-friend-north-korea-against-war-reuters</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>park-geun-hye</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><category>castro-advises-against-war</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:58:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesoundB4474DA3-A704-DA97-642F-546491AFA7E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="91" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesoundB4474DA3-A704-DA97-642F-546491AFA7E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out | Reuters</title>
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(Reuters) - North Korea has asked embassies to consider moving staff out and warned it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10, Britain said, amid high tension and a war of words on the Korean peninsula.
The requests come on the heels of declarations by the gov&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617727-north-korea-asks-embassies-to-consider-moving-diplomats-out-reuters</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617727-north-korea-asks-embassies-to-consider-moving-diplomats-out-reuters</guid><category>standoff</category><category>north-korea</category><category>south-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>park-geun-hye</category><category>nuclear-threats-from-north-korea</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:57:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesoundF857878F-FF5B-4D11-4289-270D9716E357.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="87" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesoundF857878F-FF5B-4D11-4289-270D9716E357.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>