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Pressure is only option on N. Korea: S. Korean official
Regional powers agree that there is no other choice but to put more pressure on North Korea to bring the North back to denuclearization talks, a senior South Korean official said Monday. Realistically, however, there could be different views on the specific ways and level of pressure, he said on background.It represents a dilemma for South Korea, which is seeking to get tougher on its increasingly hostile communist neighbor.The South's top nuclear envoy, Hwang Joon-kook, held trilateral discussi
June 1, 2015
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N. Korea cries foul over U.N.'s handling of submarine missile test
North Korea has claimed the U.N. Security Council would prove itself to be a "political tool" of the United States if it were to take issue with Pyongyang's recent submarine-launched ballistic missile test while ignoring joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S.The North's ambassador to the U.N., Ja Song-nam, made the claim in a letter sent to the Security Council president last week, calling the drills "real nuclear war games of aggression" aimed at "occupying Pyongyang" to remo
June 1, 2015
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S. Korea seeks N. Korea's support on railway project
Senior South Korean and North Korean officials will attend an international railway meeting this week, raising hopes of a breakthrough in efforts to cooperate in the field, officials said Sunday.South Korea will send Vice Minister of Transport Yeo Hyung-koo to the meeting of the Organization for Co-operation between Railways to open in Mongolia on Tuesday. North Korea will be represented by Minister of Railways Jon Kil-su.In the four-day meeting, the South will push for membership in the OSJD. T
May 31, 2015
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N. Korea warns of 'tragedy' from failed U.S. policy
North Korea vowed Sunday to ensure a "balance of forces" with the United States through its continued development of nuclear weapons."As has been already proved in history, the only way to prevent a war between the DPRK and the U.S., which lack even elementary trust in each other and have long stood in mistrust and hostility only, is for the former to bolster up its defense capabilities so as to ensure balance of forces," the North's foreign ministry said in a statement. The DPRK is the acronym
May 31, 2015
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THAAD is 'excellent deterrent' against N. Korean threats: McCain
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said Saturday the possible deployment of the U.S. advanced missile defense system on Korean soil should be considered as threats by North Korea have grown."The THAAD system is a very effective and excellent deterrent. I think it is something that has to be considered in light of recent information about the advanced step North Korea has made," McCain said in a press conference in Singapore on the sidelines of the Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La
May 30, 2015
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U.N. panel to probe N.K. submarine missile launch
A U.N. panel plans to investigate whether North Korea’s recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile has contravened U.N. Security Council resolutions barring the communist state from any launch using ballistic missile technology.The UNSC sanctions panel on North Korea unveiled the plan during its regular briefing to the UNSC on Thursday. The move came after Seoul said this week that it had sent a letter to the committee calling for a probe into the North’s SLBM test.Criticizing Seoul f
May 29, 2015
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N. Korean leader's sister re-appears after 50 days amid childbirth
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister, who was believed to be pregnant, made her first public appearance in about 50 days, the North's media reported Friday, cementing speculation that she might have given birth in May.Kim Yo-jong, 28, accompanied the young leader on his field guidance to a tree nursery, which is being constructed by the Korean People's Army (KPA), according to the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).In April, South Korea's spy agency said that Kim would likely
May 29, 2015
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N. Korea adding more facilities to rocket launch site: 38 North
North Korea is adding more facilities to its recently expanded rocket launch site on the country's west coast, the website 38 North said Thursday, casting doubt over speculation Pyongyang may launch a long-range rocket in October.The North completed the upgrading of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station last year to make it accommodate larger rockets with heavier payloads. The site is where the North successfully fired a long-range rocket and put a satellite into orbit in late 2012.Though the up
May 29, 2015
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Seoul slams Pyongyang for slandering president
South Korea lashed out at North Korea Thursday for slandering its President Park Geun-hye, urging the communist state to stop resorting to vulgar invective and immediately come out for dialogue instead.In recent weeks, Pyongyang has hardened its rhetoric against Park as she criticized the North’s provocative moves, including its recent underwater test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and woeful human rights conditions.Seoul, along with Washington and Tokyo, has also moved to strengthen
May 28, 2015
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Seoul to chronicle sex slavery on liberation anniversary
South Korea will chronicle the sufferings of the women forced into sex slavery during Japanese colonial rule, while also seeking to hold sports events with North Korea and reopen the headquarters of its provisional governments in China, to mark the 70th anniversary of liberation this year. The government will also build a hall of fame in downtown Seoul to honor some 20,000 independent fighters, while compiling a biographic dictionary to list their activities and boost related education. A public
May 28, 2015
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N. Korea slams Park for U.S. visit plan
North Korea rebuked President Park Geun-hye on Thursday for planning to visit the United States in mid-June, saying that her move will derail a possible joint event to mark the 15th anniversary of an inter-Korean summit.North Korea's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri criticized Park for scheduling the trip, which overlaps the 15th anniversary of a historic inter-Korean summit that falls on June 15. Park will travel to Washington from June 14-18, according to her office.Park and U.S. President Bar
May 28, 2015
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N. Korea unveils footage of "SLBM launch"
North Korea on Wednesday unveiled video footage that includes the scene of what it claimed to be a successful test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.North Korea's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri made public the two minutes of footage where a projectile that appears to be a ballistic missile was launched from a black submerged vessel. The object flies into the sky with a loud blast after being ejected from underwater in what looks like a test-firing of a ballistic missile.The foot
May 27, 2015
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Seoul, Washington, Tokyo agree to ratchet up pressure on N.K.
The chief nuclear negotiators of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan agreed Wednesday to strengthen pressure and sanctions against North Korea to bring it to the dialogue table and keep it from further escalating nuclear threats.Seoul’s top nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Sung Kim and Junichi Ihara, held a trilateral meeting in Seoul over an array of North Korean issues including the human rights issue, after holding separate bilateral meetings the previous day.
May 27, 2015
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U.S. urges N.K. to refrain from raising tension
The U.S. urged North Korea to cease escalating tension on Wednesday after the communist country was found to have been setting up military bunkers on a border island in the scuffle-prone West Sea. The facilities on Galdo Island, some 2.5 kilometers north of the Northern Limit Line, the de-facto naval frontier, are thought to be home to 122-millimeter multiple rocket launchers or guard posts to track the movement of South Korean marines and patrol boats. Seoul’s Defense Ministry criticized the mo
May 27, 2015
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Regional powers agree to enhance pressure on N. Korea
South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday to ratchet up pressure and sanctions on North Korea, while continuing efforts to bring the communist nation back to talks.Top nuclear envoys of the regional powers, in a Seoul meeting, concurred that advancement in the North's nuclear capability is "serious" and shared a "sense of urgency" in addressing the problem."In order to deal with it, (we) agreed to put stronger pressure (on Pyongyang) and make active efforts for dialogue," Hwang J
May 27, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to negotiate Gaeseong complex issues
South Korea's unification ministry called on North Korea on Wednesday to meet to discuss the operation of a joint industrial complex in the North amid a row over a wage hike.On Friday, the North accepted the South's tentative offer to pay wages at the current level for the about 53,000 North Korean workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the border city of the same name. The move allows the two sides to buy time for talks on the more sensitive issue of Pyongyang's unilateral wage hike.The
May 27, 2015
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N.K. building military bunkers on border island
North Korea is building “several” military bunkers on a border island in the skirmish-prone West Sea that pose a “grave threat” to South Korea, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The facilities on Galdo Island, some 2.5 kilometers north of the Northern Limit Line, the de-facto maritime frontier, are expected to house 122-millimeter multiple rocket launchers or guard posts to monitor the movement of South Korean marines and patrol vessels. With a range of 20 kilometers, the weapons were mobil
May 26, 2015
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[News Focus] Questions linger over viability of six-party talks
Amid a flurry of efforts to resume the long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea’s denuclearization, questions are being raised over whether the six-party framework is still viable and if there are any better alternatives.The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan held talks bilaterally in Seoul Tuesday before their trilateral meeting on Wednesday. Also on Tuesday, senior Chinese and Japanese diplomats met in Beijing to discuss the restart of the talks among the two Koreas,
May 26, 2015
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S. Korea refers N. Korea to U.N. sanctions panel over SLBM
South Korea has referred North Korea to a U.N. sanctions committee over its recent test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.On May 9, North Korea claimed it successfully carried out an SLBM test underwater, renewing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. If confirmed, the test would be a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban any launch by North Korea that uses ballistic missile technology.South Korea has sent a letter to the U.N. Secur
May 26, 2015
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NK leader hails scientists involved in SLBM test-firing
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un praised scientists who were involved in what the North claimed was a successful test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, the North's media said Tuesday.Kim held a photo session with scientists, technicians and workers who made contributions to its recent test-firing of the SLBM, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency."The acquisition of the SLBM firing technique is another historical event which fully displayed the dignity and might of K
May 26, 2015