4 minutes ago [From the Scene] At this Starbucks, you need ID: Franchise opens store with view of North Korea

GIMPO, Gyeonggi Province -- South Koreans can now sip their Starbucks while taking in the rarest of views -- the shadowy realm of a forbidden land, North Korea. At a just-opened store, with seating for around 40 patrons, the glass walls frame panoramic vistas of Kaepung-gun and Songaksan in the North Korean city of Kaesong. It is located within the Jogang Observatory in the South Korean border city of Gimpo, part of the 154-meter-high Aegibong Peace Ecopark. This vantage point lies just 1.4 ki

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3 hours ago South Korea Completes Missile Interceptor to Counter Any Threat from North

South Korea Completes Missile Interceptor to Counter Any Threat from North  Asharq Al-awsat - English

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4 hours ago South Korea completes missile interceptor to counter any threat from North

South Korea completes missile interceptor to counter any threat from North  Reuters.com

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4 hours ago Russian defense minister visits North Korea for talks with military and political leaders

Russian defense minister visits North Korea for talks with military and political leaders  The Seattle Times

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4 hours ago Starbucks opens branch at South Korean observatory near border with North Korea

Starbucks opens branch at South Korean observatory near border with North Korea  Yahoo! Voices

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6 hours ago Starbucks offers glimpse of North Korean life from new South Korea cafe

Starbucks offers glimpse of North Korean life from new South Korea cafe  Business Standard

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23 hours ago S. Korea, US to hold tabletop exercise on nuclear deterrence next week

South Korea and the United States will hold a discussion-based exercise simulating North Korea's use of a nuclear weapon next week, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen joint deterrence against the North's nuclear threats. Cho Chang-rae, South Korea's deputy defense minister for policy, and Cara Abercrombie, the US acting deputy under secretary of defense for policy, will lead the tabletop exercise during a two-day meeting slated fo

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23 hours ago NK envoy sidesteps question on troop deployment to Russia at UNSC meeting

North Korea's chief envoy to the United Nations has sidestepped a question confirming the country's troop deployment to Russia during a UN meeting, instead reiterating that his country will continue to develop relations with Russia. Kim Song, North Korea's permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks while responding to a question from Robert Wood, the United States' alternate representative, during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday in New York. "The dep

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