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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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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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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Foreign ministry releases once-confidential diplomatic documents
The foreign ministry said Sunday that it has released a total of 1,490 volumes of diplomatic documents, or about 220,000 pages, after more than 30 years of being classified.The diplomatic dossiers released this year include those on a 1982 proposal by former president Chun Doo-hwan for reunification with North Korea and South Korea's review of a proposal to take part in a multi-national force in Lebanon, the ministry said in a statement.The documents are available for viewing and printing at the
March 31, 2013
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Amid military tensions, forum to highlight N. Korea's human rights abuses
While military tensions on the Korean Peninsula show no signs of abating, international efforts continue to address North Korea's abysmal human rights situation.The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, said Friday it would hold a forum next week aimed at raising public awareness on the communist nation's human rights abuses.With the theme of "Human Rights in Kim Jong-un's North Korea: Is progress possible?" the session will take place on
March 30, 2013
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N. Korea says inter-Korean relations enter into war phase
North Korea said Saturday that inter-Korean relations have entered into a state of war and all cross-border issues will be dealt with in a wartime manner, the latest in a near-daily series of strident threats against the Southin recent weeks.The warning came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un put strategic rocket units on standby, threatening to strike targets in South Korea, the U.S. mainland, and its military bases in Hawaii and Guam, in anger after nuclear-capable U.S. B-2 stealth bo
March 30, 2013
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N. Korea holds massive rally amid tensions
North Korea held a massive rally in Pyongyang as its leader Kim Jong-un put the country's rocket forces on standby for a possible strike against the United States and its military targets, state media said Friday.It was the first rally since North Korea put its missile and artillery units into a combat ready posture in response to what it claims is a nuclear threat from the U.S.Mun Kyong-duk, a senior official in Pyongyang, renewed his country's latest threat to strike the U.S. and its military
March 29, 2013
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N.K. toughens rhetoricdirected at Park
North Korea has steadily raised the level of attacks directed at South Korean President Park Geun-hye as the country ratchets up tension following its third nuclear test, local observers said Friday.Observers in Seoul said the communist country is using quasi-government organizations like the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland to criticize the chief executive who took office on Feb. 25.The secretariat for the committee in charge of carrying out talks with the South issued
March 29, 2013
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N.K. readies missile forces after B-2 bomber flights
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered his missile forces to be on standby Friday in protest against the United States’ use of nuclear-capable stealth bombers during its joint military drills with South Korea. The communist ruler convened a rare “urgent operation meeting” at the Supreme Command slightly past midnight to discuss the strategic rocket unit’s mission of a firepower strike, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. He signed a plan on technical preparations of missiles,
March 29, 2013
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N. Korea raises level of attacks directed at S. Korean president
North Korea has steadily raised the level of attacks directed at South Korean President Park Geun-hye as the country ratchets up tension following its third nuclear test, local observers said Friday.Observers in Seoul said the communist country is using quasi-government organizations like the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland to criticize the chief executive who took office on Feb. 25.The secretariat for the committee in charge of carrying out talks with the South issued
March 29, 2013
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N. Korean missile launch sites show increased activities: sources
North Korea's missile sites have recently shown increased activities in the wake of the communist nation's threat to strike South Korea and the United States in response to their ongoing military drill involving nuclear-capable bombers, military sources in Seoul said Friday.The latest move comes after the North Korean military on Tuesday put its strategic rocket units on the highest level of combat readiness, threatening to strike targets in South Korea as well as U.S. bases in Hawaii and Guam.F
March 29, 2013
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Hagel: US B-2s not intended to provoke North Korea
The unprecedented U.S. decision to send nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to drop dummy munitions during military drills with South Korea this week was part of normal exercises and not intended to provoke a reaction from North Korea, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.Hagel acknowledged, however, that North Korea's belligerent tones and actions in recent weeks have ratcheted up the danger in the region, “and we have to understand that reality.”Speaking to Pentagon reporters, both Hage
March 29, 2013
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N.K. leader orders rocket forces to be on standby to strike U.S. and S. Korean targets
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the country's strategic rocket forces to be placed on standby to strike U.S. and South Korean targets, state media reported Friday, after two B-2 stealth bombers conducted first-ever operational drills over the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, in an English dispatch, "(Kim) convened an urgent operation meeting on the Korean People's Army's Strategic Rocket Force's performance of duty for firepower strike at the Supreme Command
March 29, 2013
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N. Korea calls on countries to clarify views on 'nuke standoff'
North Korea on Thursday called on countries involved in the "nuclear standoff" on the Korean Peninsula to clarify their views on what future actions should be taken that can either lead to war or peace. In an article carried by the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, Pyongyang said the world at large should not underestimate the dangers of nuclear war. "DPRK-U.S. nuclear war goes beyond the two countries," it stressed. The paper monitored in Seoul then claime
March 28, 2013
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N. Korea leader attends KPA 'information workers' meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a military 'information workers' meeting on Thursday, in a move to highlight the importance the country places on the ideological indoctrination of its soldiers. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the meeting was attended by workers belonging to all branches of the Korean People's Army (KPA), including its rocket force and officers of various military schools. The workers have similar roles to political commissars found in many communist count
March 28, 2013
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N.K. cutoff of hotline doesn’t hamper work at Gaeseong
Border crossings by South Koreans working at the Gaeseong industrial complex in North Korea proceeded without incident on Thursday amid growing concern over their safety following Pyongyang’s severance of a military hotline on the previous day.In the morning, three groups of South Koreans crossed the land border separately through the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Paju, north of Seoul, Seoul officials said.They received entry approval by phone from a North Korean complex manageme
March 28, 2013
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Foreign minister calls on Japan to ‘start off on the right foot’
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se urged Japan on Thursday to “start off on the right foot”to repair bilateral ties ― a thinly veiled swipe at Tokyo’s approval of textbooks laying claim to the South Korean islets of Dokdo. Yun made the remarks a day after South Korea lodged a strong protest with Japan over the approval of high school textbooks that “still contain Japan’s unjustifiable claims to Dokdo.” “As for bilateral relations with Japan, it is always important for the two sides to start off on th
March 28, 2013
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N. Korea manipulates image of military exercise
A close inspection of a picture portraying North Korea’s latest military exercise reveals signs of manipulation, U.S. media reported. According to the Atlantic magazine, two out of eight hovercrafts approaching the east coast of Korea in the photo appear to have been digitally added.The two vessels at the front of the image share identical shapes and have similar patterns of surf flying up the side. The other two at the furthest were also found to be identical. AFP, which distributed the photo f
March 28, 2013
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N. Korea imports massive amount of Chinese silver in Jan.: data
North Korea imported an unusually massive amount of silver from China in January, possibly in relation to leader Kim Jong-un's birthday that month, sources and China's customs office said Thursday.Data from China's customs office showed that North Korea imported 661.71 kilograms of Chinese silver for $653,128 in January.The monthly import is unusually enormous given that the North took in only $77,593 worth of precious metal and other jewels for the whole of 2012. The corresponding amount for 20
March 28, 2013
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S. Korean commuters enter N. Korea without military hotline
South Koreans commuting to an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea's Kaesong crossed the border without a hitch on Thursday, despite the North's severance of a military hotline with the South on the previous day, officials said.On Wednesday, Pyongyang, citing hostility from the United States and South Korea, abruptly cut off its western coastal military hotline with Seoul, which is responsible for guaranteeing the safety of South Korean personnel commuting to and from Kaesong, raising
March 28, 2013
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N. Korea pulls plug on military hotline, closes border office
North Korea on Wednesday severed its military hotline with the South and closed a communication office near the border in protest against recent U.N. sanctions, ongoing Seoul-Washington military drills and their other “hostile” acts. The South’s Unification Ministry immediately urged Pyongyang to retract the decision, which it said will hamper smooth operation of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex by complicating its workers’ entrance and exit. “Increasing U.S. nuclear threats against us and a fran
March 27, 2013
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N. Korea cuts inter-Korean military hotline
North Korea said Wednesday that it will cut a military hotline with South Korea, the latest in a string of provocations that include the North's unilateral severance of an inter-Korean Red Cross hotline about two weeks ago."The Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army solemnly declared that... Due to the reckless acts of the enemies, the north-south military communications which were set up for dialogue and cooperation between the north and the south has already lost its significance," the No
March 27, 2013
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U.S. dismisses N. Korea's threats as 'pattern' to raise tensions
The White House made clear Tuesday that it would not overreact to North Korea's military threats, saying the rogue nation is "following a pattern" to escalate tensions."We do look at this as part of a pattern, and we respond in the way that we always have," press secretary Jay Carney said at a press briefing. He was responding to North Korea's latest warning that its would put artillery and rocket forces on the highest level of combat posture against the U.S. and South Korea.Carney reiterated th
March 27, 2013