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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Police nab N. Korean defectors for alleged drug use
Police said Monday four North Korean defectors have been arrested on charges of habitually taking illegal drugs smuggled from China. Ilsan Police Station said they have arrested four North Korean defectors and a Korean-Chinese man in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, and confiscated 90 grams of methamphetamine and 5 grams of marijuana, an amount enough for about 3,000 people to use at once.One of the suspects, identified only by his surname Yoon, was arrested on suspicion of receiving the meth from Kan
Aug. 17, 2015
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N. Korea rejects family reunions
North Korea on Sunday blasted President Park Geun-hye's Liberation Day speech, and made clear that it rejects calls for family reunions for people separated during the Korean War (1950-53).The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) said in a statement released by its spokesperson that the president's speech viciously slandered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). It said such behavior caused shock and outrage among the people. The DPRK is North Korea's official nam
Aug. 16, 2015
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S. Korean firms in Gaeseong forced to follow N. Korean time zone
South Korean companies operating in the joint industrial complex in the North are required to change their work hours according to Pyongyang's new time zone, Seoul officials said Sunday.North Korea told the Ministry of Unification in Seoul on Saturday that it will start handling entries into the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in accordance to its new standard time, which is now 30 minutes behind that of South Korea, a ministry official said.Earlier this month, Pyongyang said it is rolling back its
Aug. 16, 2015
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Control center on S. Korean island to watch for N.K. attacks
A control center will be established on South Korea's northernmost island to better deter North Korean threats, local officials said Sunday.The center, to be installed on Baengnyeong Island, will have access to some 40 nearby closed-circuit TVs to watch for potential North Korean attacks, said officials in Ongjin, a county west of Seoul where the island is located.The Marine Corp. first suggested the idea in May, and officials have been discussing where and how the center should be run with the
Aug. 16, 2015
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N. Korea marks Liberation Day with own events
North Korea has commemorated the 70th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japan, its state media said Sunday, after the two Koreas failed to agree on terms for a joint event.The Conference for National Unification, a series of events marking Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule in the North, concluded on Saturday in Panmunjom, the truce village inside the demilitarized zone on the inter-Korean border, after a three-day run, the Korean Central News Agency said.The conference
Aug. 16, 2015
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N. Korea sets new time zone
North Korea set itself a new time zone Saturday in a move expected to complicate relations with South Korea.North Korea's time zone is now 30 minutes behind that of the South."The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK decided to set the standard time of the Republic with 127 degrees 30 minutes east longitude as a standard and to apply it from August 15," the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch, referring to the country's rubberstamp parliament.DPRK is
Aug. 15, 2015
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N. Korea slams Abe statement for lack of apology
North Korea denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's war anniversary statement Saturday, saying he failed to acknowledge and apologize for his country's wartime deeds.An unnamed spokesman for the North's foreign ministry issued a statement hours after the Japanese premier read out his speech in Tokyo to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II."Japan is talking about future and responsibility and contribution in the international community, without making an apology and reflect
Aug. 15, 2015
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N. Korea threatens 'indiscriminate strikes' unless S. Korea halts anti-Pyongyang broadcasts
North Korea threatened Saturday to carry out "indiscriminate strikes" on South Korea unless Seoul halts anti-Pyongyang broadcasts along their border.In an "open warning" issued by the North Korean military's front-line command, the country demanded South Korea remove all means of psychological warfare or face "all-out military action.""If they turn down the demand of the DPRK, it would start an all-out military action of justice to blow up all means for 'anti-north psychological warfare in all a
Aug. 15, 2015
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North Korea denies role in DMZ mine blasts
North Korea on Friday denied its involvement in the landmine explosion on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone, demanding Seoul provide solid proof.North Korea's National Defense Commission said in a statement that it "does not make sense" for it to bury the landmines that injured two South Korean staff sergeants on Aug. 4.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff immediately refuted the statement, adding that the North will suffer the consequences of their actions. Three wooden-box landmin
Aug. 14, 2015
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N. Korea denies cyberattack on university hospital
North Korea said Friday it was not behind the latest hacking of the computer network of a Seoul-based university hospital, adding that such a claim "lacked knowledge."The remark by the North's propaganda organ Uriminzokkiri was a response to the National Police Agency, which said earlier this week that Pyongyang hacked into the central control system of the hospital in August 2014, obtaining full control over the network.Police added it didn't find any patient information leaks as the North's ai
Aug. 14, 2015
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S. Korea to maintain pressure, dialogue with N. Korea
South Korea will maintain a two-track approach of pressure and dialogue in dealing with North Korea, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. "The two major pillars of our policy is retaliation against provocations and a persuasion effort for peaceful cooperation," presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said. The comments illustrated South Korea's latest efforts to engage with North Korea to keep peace on the divided peninsula and eventually push the isolated country to join the international community. P
Aug. 13, 2015
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NK vows to retaliate against S. Korea, U.S. over upcoming military drill
North Korea threatened Thursday to retaliate against South Korea and the United States with "merciless blows" as Seoul and Washington are scheduled to kick off their joint military drill next week. South Korea and the U.S. plan to start the 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise Monday, which North Korea calls a "grave provocation," a rehearsal for an invasion and a de facto declaration of war. In a statement, the North's foreign ministry urged the allies to immediately drop the plan for the m
Aug. 13, 2015
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N. Korea likely to increase uranium production to expand nuclear arsenal: U.S. expert
North Korea has been refurbishing a major uranium mill, an indication the communist regime is preparing to increase uranium production to either expand its nuclear arsenal or produce fuel for light water reactors, a U.S. expert said Wednesday. Jeffrey Lewis, a nonproliferation expert at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said in an article on the website 38 North that the Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant in southern North Korea has been undergoing "significant refurbishme
Aug. 13, 2015
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Kim Jong-un had vice premier executed with gun: sources
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the execution of the country's vice premier by shooting earlier this year, sources said Tuesday, in another sign of the leader's reign of terror.Vice Premier Choe Yong-gon, 63, was executed in May as he had expressed discomfort against the young leader's forestation policy, according to the sources.The Unification Ministry declined to confirm the speculation, but it is on the lookout for what has become of the vice prime minister due to his absence from th
Aug. 12, 2015
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Park vows to sternly deal with N. Korea's provocations
President Park Geun-hye vowed Wednesday to sternly deal with North Korea's provocations as South Korea is weighing retaliation options against the North. The warning came amid public outrage against North Korea over its land mine attack in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. Two staff sergeants lost their legs -- one of them both legs and the other one leg -- when the land mines exploded on Aug. 4 during their patrol mission on the southern side of the buffer zone. "We will
Aug. 12, 2015
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S. Korea checking flood damage in N. Korea
The South Korean government is investigating the level of damage from a flood that hit North Korea early this month to decide whether to provide humanitarian assistance, an official here said Wednesday. The North's Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that torrential rain and a tsunami in South Hwanghae Province, the North's western area, have left breakwaters partially destroyed as well as houses, roads, railways and bridges inundated and damaged. The exact extent of the damage is not imme
Aug. 12, 2015
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S. Korea urges N.K. to stop insulting Park over new standard time
South Korea called on North Korea Wednesday to end its insults against President Park Geun-hye as the North slammed her for condemning the North's decision to push back its standard time by 30 minutes. Park expressed deep regret Monday over Pyongyang's unilateral move to push its clocks back a half-hour starting Liberation Day, which falls on Saturday. The North claimed that the move is aimed at removing what it called the vestige of Japan's colonial rule. Currently, the two Koreas use identic
Aug. 12, 2015
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N. Korea rebukes Park for condemning NK's new standard time
North Korea slammed President Park Geun-hye Wednesday for condemning the North's decision to push back its standard time by 30 minutes, saying that her remarks are "unpardonable." Park expressed deep regret Monday over Pyongyang's unilateral move to push its clocks back a half-hour starting Liberation Day, which falls on Saturday. The North claimed that the move is aimed at removing what it called the vestige of Japan's colonial rule. Currently, the two Koreas use identical standard time, set
Aug. 12, 2015
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Liberation Day detente with N.K. unlikely
The two Koreas have so far failed to arrange any joint events to mark the 70th anniversary this Saturday of their liberation from Japan’s colonial rule, as cross-border relations further worsened due to a series of setbacks including last week’s land mine incident.Seoul officials said that due to Pyongyang’s “half-heartedness and stubborn attitude,” it would be unlikely for the civic groups from the two Koreas to jointly hold any of the commemorative events this Saturday in either Seoul or Pyong
Aug. 11, 2015
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Seoul mulling whether to support pest control for pine trees in N. Korea
South Korea is reviewing whether to provide financial support to treat damage found in pine trees at a mountain resort on North Korea's east coast, a Unification Ministry official said Tuesday. A group of experts from the Korea Forest Research Institute recently visited Mount Kumgang in North Korea to look into the cause of why some pine trees there have withered and turned yellow. A test result showed that it is not the potentially lethal pine wilt disease, but an ailment that can be combated
Aug. 11, 2015