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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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N. Korea slams South over smartphone hacking accusation
North Korea lambasted South Korea Monday for its latest claim of the communist country's hacking attempts, denouncing the accusation as a plot to stir up anti-Pyongyang sentiment. The National Intelligence Service (NIS), the South Korean spy agency, said in a parliamentary report last week that North Korea had attempted to hack into South Koreans' smartphones by spreading malicious applications online, possibly infecting more than 20,000 phones from May to September. Denouncing the latest h
Nov. 3, 2014
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U.S. policy on N. Korea unlikely to change after midterm elections
The U.S. policy on North Korea is unlikely to differ much from now after this week's midterm elections because the issue sits low on Washington's priority list and there is little difference between the rival parties on how to deal with the communist regime, analysts said Sunday. Tuesday's elections are expected to be a watershed in U.S.President Barack Obama's second term in office amid widespread views that the Republicans are expected to take control of not only the House of Representatives
Nov. 3, 2014
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‘N.K. launched ballistic missile submarine’
North Korea has recently launched a submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles, a news report said Sunday, adding to concerns over the evolving missile and nuclear threats posed by the communist country.Pyongyang imported, reverse-engineered and modified a Soviet-era Golf-class diesel submarine that was built in 1958 and decommissioned in 1990, Yonhap reported, citing an unnamed government source. The regime is believed to have bought the vessel in the early 1990s.“The new submarine is 67 me
Nov. 2, 2014
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N.K. repeats call for Seoul to block leaflet scattering
North Korea asked South Korea Saturday to halt the cross-border scattering of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets, declaring that there would be no government-to-government dialogue to improve ties unless its demand is met.The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, claimed that the Seoul government is behind the leaflet campaign being waged by civic activists in the South. Separately, the North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a powerful party organization, took t
Nov. 2, 2014
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S. Korea 'regrets' NK threat to end dialogue
South Korea expressed strong regret Sunday over North Korea's latest threat to cease all inter-Korean contact due to the scattering of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border, ruling out the possibility of holding a new round of high-level talks.A day earlier, the North called on the South to halt the cross-border leaflet campaign, warning that there would be no government-to-government dialogue to improve ties unless Seoul takes action to block it."It is very regretful that North K
Nov. 2, 2014
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N. Korea warns S. Korea against U.S.-led human rights campaign
North Korea warned South Korea Sunday against joining a United States-led campaign to condemn the communist state's human rights conditions, saying it would bring an end to inter-Korean relations.North Korea has long been accused of gross human rights violations that range from holding hundreds of thousands of people in political prison camps to committing torture and carrying out public executions.Pyongyang rejects the accusations as a U.S.-led attempt to topple its regime."If the South Korean
Nov. 2, 2014
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N. Korea launches ballistic missile submarine: gov't sources
North Korea has launched a new submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles, military and government sources in Seoul said Sunday, raising further concerns over the North's evolving missile and nuclear threats.The communist country "imported a Soviet-era Golf-class diesel submarine and modified it," a government source said on condition of anonymity. The Soviet vessel was built in 1958 and decommissioned in 1990."The new submarine is 67 meters long with a beam of 6.6 meters, and has a dived di
Nov. 2, 2014
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Kim orders changes to new airport to avoid 'copying': state media
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered changes to the design of Pyongyang's new international airport to reflect the country's socialist ideology after saying the layout looked like "a copy" of a foreign facility, state media reported Saturday.Kim called a halt on work on Terminal 2 at Pyongyang International Airport after inspecting the construction site, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.He reproached workers for failing to carry out his earlier order in July that the project sho
Nov. 1, 2014
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All foreigners visiting N. Korea put in 21-day Ebola quarantine: China
BEIJING (Yonhap) – All foreigners visiting North Korea will be put under quarantine for 21 days as a precaution against the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, according to China's commerce ministry on Saturday.In a brief statement, the Chinese commerce ministry said North Korea has recently notified all diplomatic missions and international agencies in the country that it will quarantine all foreigners entering the North. Citing North Korea's state emergency anti-epidemic committee, the statement
Nov. 1, 2014
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ICC referral on N.K. human rights unlikely
International efforts to bring North Korea’s woeful human rights record to the International Criminal Court may not be successful, but the continued pressure could push the reclusive state to improve the way it treats its citizens, experts said Friday.Amid moves at the U.N. to adopt a human rights resolution calling for the North Korean case to be referred to the ICC, the North has stepped up its diplomacy to counter these efforts and even invited a top European Union human rights official to vi
Oct. 31, 2014
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S. Korea, China express 'deep concern' over N. Korea's
South Korea and China expressed "deep concern" over North Korea's advances of its nuclear and missile capabilities and agreed to continue efforts to prevent the North from further developing such capabilities, Seoul's chief nuclear envoy said Friday. Hwang Joon-kook made the remarks after talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei, in Beijing, adding that South Korea and China pledged to make joint efforts to resume a "meaningful dialogue" on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. "We exchange
Oct. 31, 2014
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S. Korean firm at Kaesong park faces biz failure
One of South Korea's small and mid-sized manufacturing companies (SME) at the inter-Korean industrial complex has applied for business closure due to falling sales, officials said Thursday.Around 120 South Korean firms, mostly SMEs, have been operating at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, employing around 53,000 North Korean workers.The North abruptly suspended operation of the industrial part in April last year, citing tensions on the divided peninsula before resuming it in September that year.An
Oct. 30, 2014
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N. Korea likely can miniaturize nuclear warheads for missiles: U.S. expert
North Korea seems to have the ability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead for its medium-range missiles, but does not appear technically ready to conduct necessary tests, a U.S. expert said Thursday."My analysis is that North Korea could probably miniaturize a warhead that should fit for a Rodong missile," Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Program at the U.S.-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency. "
Oct. 30, 2014
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Inter-Korean talks hang in the balance
The prospect for the resumption of high-level inter-Korean dialogue further dimmed Wednesday as Pyongyang demanded a change in Seoul’s stance on anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets as a condition for holding the talks.The North’s powerful National Defense Commission said that the resumption of the talks hinged on the South’s “responsible” decision on whether to continuously allow its civic groups to float balloons carrying the leaflets that condemn the North’s dictatorial regime.Rejecting the N
Oct. 29, 2014
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U.N. investigator cautious on N. Korea engagement
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― A U.N. human rights investigator said Tuesday that he was surprised and gratified that North Korean officials raised the possibility of allowing him to visit their country, but the prospect of such a trip remains deeply uncertain because of demands the North Koreans made in exchange.Marzuki Darusman said North Korea is insisting that a proposed U.N. resolution drop a recommendation that the North be considered for referral to the International Criminal Court over its human
Oct. 29, 2014
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Gov't to let Korean dictionary board visit N. Korea
The government on Wednesday said it is allowing a group of scholars and writers who are trying to compile a dictionary that can be used by all Koreans to visit North Korea. The unification ministry said 28 people belonging to the Joint Board of South and North Korea for the Compilation of Gyeoremal-keunsajeon will arrive in Pyongyang on Thursday and return on Nov. 8 after consultation with their North Korean counterparts. The visit will mark the first time in five years that South Korean mem
Oct. 29, 2014
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U.S. envoy urges N. Korea to make 'authentic' denuclearization
The U.S. special nuclear envoy Wednesday urged North Korea to halt its nuclear and provocative activities, calling on Pyongyang to pursue "authentic and credible" denuclearization. Sydney Seiler, Washington's deputy negotiator on North Korea's nuclear issue, listed "representative examples" that the North can show its sincerity toward denuclearization, but he made it clear that the U.S. has no intention to "loosen standards" for the resumption of the long-stalled six-party talks. "The (nucle
Oct. 29, 2014
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N. Korea rejects S. Korea's offer of talks this week
North Korea on Wednesday spurned South Korea's offer of high-level talks this week, casting a pall again over tumultuous bilateral ties.The North's National Defense Commission sent a fax message to the South's presidential office through a military hotline reiterating its protest of the scattering of propaganda leaflets across the border, according to the unification ministry.The commission claimed that the South's government is not interested in holding the dialogue and it is rather trying to a
Oct. 29, 2014
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N. Korea attempts to hack into S. Koreans' smartphones: NIS
North Korea attempted to hack into South Koreans' smartphones by spreading malicious applications online, possibly infecting more than 20,000 smartphones, Seoul's spy agency said Wednesday.The malicious applications, disguised as games, were spread on South Korean websites between May 19 and Sept. 16, according to a report submitted to the parliamentary intelligence committee by the National Intelligence Service (NIS).Although the NIS did not report any actual damage, it estimated that more than
Oct. 29, 2014
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N. Korea running new test stand for development of SLBM: U.S. think tank
North Korea has built a new test stand on its eastern coast to research and develop ballistic missiles that can be launched from submarines, a U.S. think tank said Tuesday, citing commercial satellite imagery.The assessment from the website 38 North, run by the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, is in line with South Korea's intelligence that the North is believed to be developing a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)."A review of commerci
Oct. 29, 2014