North Korea

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Protesters cut up a North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea rally in downtown Seoul on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, to denounce the cancellation of the Koreas' high-level talks, which were scrapped a day before they were to begin Wednesday because the sides didn't agree on the delegation leaders, South Korea said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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South Korean police officers spray fire extinguishers after protesters burnt an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and its flag during an anti-North Korea rally denouncing the cancellation of Koreas high-level talks in downtown Seoul on June 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

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A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A South Korean man watches a TV news reporting missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The letters at a screen read " Fired three short-range guided missiles." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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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)