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One of China's biggest banks on Tuesday said it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea, accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, in a recent sign of Beijing pressuring its ally. (Associated Press)
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The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, May 3, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this June 22, 2006, file photo, North Koreans work at a factory of South Korean apparel maker Shinwon company in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, North Korea. South Korea on Thursday, April 25, 2013, warned of an unspecified "grave measure" if North Korea rejects talks on the jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month — setting up the possible end of the last remaining major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Eleven-year-old students at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, in Pyongyang, North Korea practice taekwondo, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo)
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Dennis Rodman recently traveled to North Korea to spend time with dictator Kim Jong-un. The former basketball star now reports he plans a return visit in August.
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North Korea - Poke (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of Newsday)
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Secretary of State John F. Kerry is on his first trip to Asia as the top U.S. diplomat, just as North Korea increases its nuclear threats and may be preparing for a missile test. (Associated Press)
