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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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S. Korea, US mull curbing oil exports to N. Korea in case of nuke test
South Korea and the United States are considering curbing oil exports to North Korea as part of punitive measures against its possible additional nuclear test, diplomatic sources said Thursday.Multiple news reports have raised the possibility of the North carrying out its sixth nuclear detonation test by pointing to increased excavation activity at its Punggye-ri test site.(Yonhap)According to the sources, Seoul and Washington are considering making a push to curb oil exports to the North throug
March 30, 2017
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Ecuador imposes visa regulations on N. Koreans
MEXICO CITY -- Ecuador on Wednesday called off a visa waiver program for North Korea in an apparent response to UN sanctions on the North's nuclear and missile tests. The step took effect immediately after a foreign minister order requiring North Koreans to get a visa to enter Ecuador was announced in the official gazette on the day.Up until now, North Koreans could stay in the South American nation without a visa for up to 90 days. This is an Ecuadorian Foreign Minister order to exclude North
March 30, 2017
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US envoy calls on UNSC to address N. Korean human rights issues
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has called on the UN Security Council to discuss North Korean human rights issues, a US report said Thursday. (Yonhap)"I believe the time has come for the UNSC to clarify the relations between human rights and security," she was quoted by the Washington-based Voice of America, as saying during a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations held in the United States on Wednesday."UNSC members should start discussing the matter, which is the right thi
March 30, 2017
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Gallucci: US should give N. Korea early warning against nuclear proliferation
The United States should consider giving North Korea an early warning against transferring nuclear weapons material or technology beyond its borders, a former chief nuclear negotiator with Pyongyang said Wednesday."Among developments we need to be most concerned about in terms of probability of occurrence and magnitude of impact, is the transfer by North Korea of nuclear weapons materials or technology to another state or terrorist group," said Robert Gallucci, who negotiated a 1994 nuclear free
March 30, 2017
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US congressman: 'China is sanctioning the wrong Korea'
US Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL) said Wednesday China is "sanctioning the wrong Korea" as he denounced a series of punitive measures Beijing has taken in retaliation against South Korea for hosting the US THAAD missile defense system."China's decision to punish South Korea is not only regrettable, it's inappropriate. Frankly, China is sanctioning the wrong Korea, and Beijing needs to do more to crack down on North Korea's illicit weapons programs," Yoho said during a House Foreign Affairs Committe
March 30, 2017
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House committee swiftly passes legislation imposing tougher sanctions on N. Korea
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a set of bipartisan measures on North Korea on Wednesday, including legislation calling for imposing harsher sanctions on Pyongyang and relisting the regime as a state sponsor of terrorism.Also approved by the committee was a resolution that urges China to halt a series of punitive measures taken in retaliation against South Korea for its decision to host the US THAAD missile defense system and denounces North Korea's missile development.Swift passag
March 30, 2017
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Ex-CIA chief: US should consider nuclear attack on N. Korea if necessary
The United States should be prepared to launch preemptive strikes on North Korea, including a nuclear attack if necessary, before the communist nation uses its nuclear bombs that could "kill 90 percent of Americans," a former CIA chief said Wednesday.James Woolsey, who served as CIA director from 1993-95, made the case in an op-ed piece in the Hill newspaper, arguing that the US is erroneously underestimating Pyongyang's capabilities to deliver nuclear weapons by missile, freighter and even sate
March 30, 2017
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Russian envoy calls for restraint amid tensions on Korean Peninsula
The top Russian envoy in South Korea called on all relevant countries on Wednesday to exercise restraint from any action that could heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid growing anxiety that North Korea's additional nuclear test is imminent.In a forum held in central Seoul, Russian Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Timonin also underlined the need for resumption of the long-suspended six-party negotiations aimed at resolving North Korea's nuclear stalemate. Russian Ambassador to South
March 29, 2017
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Alaska, Hawaii most sensitive to NK news among US states
Residents in Hawaii and Alaska, among US citizens, are the most sensitive to North Korean developments, with the number of searches with the keyword "North Korea" the highest among the states, a US broadcaster reported Wednesday. Hawaii and Alaska, among US states, are US territories located closest to North Korea, and thus their residents are the most responsive whenever North Korean issues hit newsstands, Voice of America said. A defector activist holds up a placard denouncing Pyongyang for t
March 29, 2017
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CTBTO keeps close eye on N. Korea's nuclear activity
A global agency fighting against nuclear tests said Wednesday it's keeping close tabs on North Korea's reported preparations for another nuclear test.The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization warned that the reclusive communist country won't be able to mask its nuclear activity. Satellite imagery of North Korea's nuclear test site in Punggye-ri in this photo provided by DigitalGlobe and 38 North website. (Yonhap)"We have also seen the reports (of the N
March 29, 2017
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Korea, India agree to hold meeting of vice defense, foreign ministers this year
South Korea and India agreed to hold a meeting of their vice defense and foreign ministers this year in a move to bolster their "strategic cooperation" on political and security areas, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam speaks during a parliamentary session at the National Assembly in Seoul. (Yonhap)The agreement over the "two-plus-two meeting" was announced after Seoul's First Vice Foreign Ministry Lim Sung-nam held talks with his counterpart Preeti S
March 29, 2017
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Korea seeks local halal certificates to be accepted in UAE, Indonesia
South Korea and Egypt have signed an agreement on strengthening bilateral defense cooperation, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday, as Seoul is actively reaching out to African nations.South Korean Vice Defense Minister Hwang In-moo inked the memorandum of understanding with Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhy in Cairo on Tuesday (local time).A halal food restaurant in Itaewon, Seoul (Yonhap)The deal is expected to serve as a chance for promoting substantive military exchanges and
March 29, 2017
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US House speaker picks N. Korea as one of four biggest threats facing US
US House Speaker Paul Ryan picked North Korea as one of the four biggest threats facing the United States, saying the communist nation is churning out anti-American invective while testing nuclear weapons and missiles. US House Speaker Paul Ryan (EPA-Yonhap)"We are living in very dangerous times. ISIS still threatens our troops abroad and inspired terrorism here at home. North Korea continues to spew belligerent, anti-American rhetoric while testing long range missiles and nuclear devices," Ryan
March 29, 2017
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Korean foreign ministry gets several DDoS attacks from China
The website of South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has come under several cyberattacks originating from China but little damage has been reported so far, the ministry said Tuesday."Several on-and-off DDoS attack attempts originating from China have taken place on websites including that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck said in a press briefing.Defensive measures were immediately taken against the cyberattacks and no damage has been sustained, he said.S
March 28, 2017
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US cites NK rights resolution as key outcome of recent UN session
The US Department of State has cited the adoption of the latest resolution on North Korean human rights at the United Nations Human Rights Council as one of the key outcomes for the United States."At the Council's 34th session in Geneva from Feb. 27-March 24, US leadership proved critical to shaping the international response to urgent human rights situations and issues," the department said in a fact sheet posted on its website Monday. (Yonhap)On the last day of the session, the council unanimo
March 28, 2017
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US ready to fight off any kind of N. Korean attack: spokeswoman
The United States will repel any kind of North Korean attack, State Department spokeswoman Anna Richey-Allen told a US broadcaster Tuesday, in response to Pyongyang's latest threat of "preemptive attack" on South Korea and the USOn Sunday, the North Korean army warned that it will "mercilessly smash the enemy's (South Korea and the US) moves with its own style of special operation and preemptive attack" in defiance of joint drills by South Korea-US special operations teams in the South. A statem
March 28, 2017
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Ex-envoy King: US should impose secondary sanctions on China
The United States should impose secondary sanctions on Chinese firms doing business with North Korea, former US human rights envoy Robert King said Monday, calling China a "problem" in dealing with Pyongyang."I think secondary sanctions which would particularly bite Chinese firms are something that we ought to be doing," King said during a discussion at the American Enterprise Institute think tank. When it comes to North Korea, King said China "really is the problem." Former US human rights envo
March 28, 2017
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US should consider direct talks with N. Korea for nuclear freeze deal: CFR president
WASHINGTON -- The United States should consider opening direct talks with North Korea to curb its nuclear and missile development, with the initial goal of freezing the weapons programs in exchange for the relaxing of sanctions, a major US think tank chief said.Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, made the suggestion in an article in the Project Syndicate, saying that time is running out on the issue, and options other than diplomacy, including the use of military force,
March 28, 2017
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‘Colombia brims with travel wonders’
Colombia is a world unto itself, says Ambassador Tito Saul Pinilla. From tropical rainforests to timeworn colonial buildings, the country boasts sundry treasures almost surreal to the senses, the top Colombian envoy to Korea extols in an interview. Pinilla first recommends capital Bogota, the political and economic center blending colonial and modern architectures. Next is Cartagena, a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the northern coast famous for its fortress, beaches and festivals. He al
March 27, 2017
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Greece looks to bright future with Korea
Nearly 200 years after the 1821-32 Greek War of Independence, Greece has claimed its current territorial sovereignty, joined multilateral institutions and become a key player in southeastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. Following our economic crisis, Greece has come to stabilize its public finances and improve its competitiveness through drastic economic reforms, including the recapitalization of our banking system.Greece is currently negotiating with eurozone partners for an evaluation
March 27, 2017