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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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[Contribution] From Tesla to Rimac -- a highway to EV mobility
Following its energy transition strategy, the European Union has announced that the production of petrol cars within the EU market will be halted after 2035, as confirmed by the European Parliament last week. Overall adherence to this goal among EU member states has thus far been encouraging. In 2021, 19 percent of all newly registered passenger vehicles in the EU were electric, with more than 1.2 million EV cars sold. In some countries, such as Norway, 75 percent of all newly registered cars we
April 25, 2023
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Ukraine hopes for S. Korean arms in fight against Russia
Ukraine is hoping for South Korea's defense support in its fight against Russia, said the Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul on Monday. The comments came after President Yoon Suk Yeol said that South Korea could provide aid beyond humanitarian or financial support if Ukraine comes under large-scale attacks against civilians in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. Korea can support Ukraine by providing state-of-the-art Korean-made defense equipment, said the embassy. "The continuation of tim
April 25, 2023
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S. Korea to soon release English version of its report on N. Korea's human rights
South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday it plans to release the English version of its report on North Korea's human rights situation within a few days. In late March, the government made public its report on the North's human rights violations for the first time, highlighting widespread rights abuses, such as public executions and torture. "We are preparing to release the English report within a few days," a ministry official told reporters on condition of anony
April 25, 2023
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S. Korea, US sanction N. Korean tied to cybercrimes
South Korea and the US sanctioned a North Korean believed to be linked to cybercrimes meant to bankroll North Korea’s nuclear and weapons programs -- the first ban the two allies have jointly rolled out on a single individual. Sim Hyon-sop, the North Korean in question, worked for a North Korean bank already sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council resolutions, and was responsible for “creating fake accounts, money laundering and other illegal financial activities,” th
April 24, 2023
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About 56% of people support developing nuclear weapons to counter N. Korea's threats
About 56 percent of South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons to counter North Korea's escalating nuclear threats, a survey showed Sunday. The survey of 1,008 adults, conducted by pollster Realmeter last week, found that 56.5 percent of respondents say they support building own nuclear weapons and the issue needs to be discussed at an upcoming summit between President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden. In contrast, 40.8 percent said they oppose developing nuclear weapons.
April 23, 2023
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N. Korea says its status as nuclear weapons state 'final, irreversible'
North Korea's foreign minister said Friday that the United States and the West have no right to argue about its status as a nuclear weapons power, slamming a recent joint statement by the Group of Seven (G-7) diplomats as interference in internal affairs. In a statement, Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui took issue with the G-7 Foreign Ministers that condemned the North's unlawful ballistic missile launches and said Pyongyang "cannot and will never" have the status of a nuclear w
April 21, 2023
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N. Korea begins countdown to first spy satellite launch
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the launch of the country’s first military spy satellite to go ahead as planned, underscoring that his country can never give up its top priority goal of enhancing aerial observation and reconnaissance capabilities against the “escalating military threats” from South Korea and the United States. Kim unveiled the launch plan in his visit to the state-run National Aerospace Development Administration or NADA on Tuesday, claiming that it
April 19, 2023
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N. Korea's Kim orders launch of military reconnaissance satellite as planned
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Pyongyang has completed building its first military spy satellite and ordered final preparations to launch the satellite as planned, the North's state media reported Wednesday, in a move that is expected to further heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Kim made the remarks during an on-site inspection to the North's space development agency a day earlier, as Pyongyang has vowed to complete preparations of the launch of a military spy satellite by the end
April 19, 2023
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NK’s Lazarus Group hacked 61 S. Korean media, organizations: police
North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking group conducted a series of cyberattacks targeting South Korean public and private organizations by leveraging websites of South Korean media outlets to distribute malware, the South Korean police said Tuesday. But South Korea has foiled the Lazarus Group’s potential attempts to launch hacking attacks on a massive scale. The Lazarus Group hacked into 61 organizations, including eight South Korean media outlets, as well as biomedical and defense c
April 18, 2023
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Images show North running inter-Korean factories
Infrared thermal cameras picked up signs that North Korea could have been unilaterally resuming factory operations at the suspended inter-Korean industrial park, a breach of an agreement that South Korea says will have consequences. At least four factories in the Kaeseong Industrial Complex seem to be in operation, according to Radio Free Asia. It said Tuesday that factory activity at one of those plants, which makes rice cookers, looks exceptionally high, citing an expert on satellite images. T
April 18, 2023
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S. Korea urges 'extraordinary responsibility' from UNSC over N. Korea's nuclear provocations
NEW YORK -- South Korea's top envoy at the United Nations called Monday on permanent members of the UN Security Council to take "extraordinary responsibility" to curb North Korea's nuclear provocations. Addressing a session of the council, Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook stressed that Pyongyang is the "first and only case" that has flouted the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) regime and openly developed nuclear weapons and delivery systems. Hwang
April 18, 2023
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French Navy frigate Prairial in Korea
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna reiterates French government priorities and solidarity with Korea during a reception aboard Prairial, the French Navy's Floreal-class frigate docked in Incheon on Saturday. The Floreal-class frigate is the French Navy's light surveillance warship, designed after the end of the Cold War in 1989.
April 18, 2023
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[NK Hunger] A closer look at North Korea’s post-COVID food shortages
This article is the first installment of a two-part series investigating North Korea's food shortages and the political and socioeconomic implications for the people living in the reclusive regime, as well as their geopolitical impact. -- Ed. In North Korea, acute and chronic food shortages have been exacerbated following the triple whammy of economic sanctions, self-imposed border closures and years of extreme weather events. The reclusive state appears to be at a crossroads in regards to
April 17, 2023
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N. Korean leader celebrates completion of building more new homes in Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to mark the completion of building 10,000 homes in Pyongyang, state media said Monday, describing the project to supply more homes as "the most important" one. Kim attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for completing the first stage of the housing project in the Hwasong district of the capital Sunday, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. The ceremony came around one year after the North began the construction in Fe
April 17, 2023
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S. Korea fires warning shots over North border
South Korea fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat that crossed the maritime border in the West Sea on Saturday, amid escalating tension prompted by the North’s latest missile test Thursday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that it fired the shots after the North had not responded to warnings, pushing the boat back to the North from the de facto sea boundary known as the Northern Limit Line. The NLL, disputed by Pyongyang since 1953 when it was drawn up foll
April 16, 2023
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N. Korean leader apparently skipped visit to mausoleum on his late grandfather's birthday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un does not appear to have visited a mausoleum for his late grandfather on the occasion of the national founder's 111th birthday. The country's state media on Sunday did not carry any reports of Kim paying tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun the previous day, where the bodies of Kim Il-sung and the current leader's late father Kim Jong-il lie in state. Flanked by senior officials, Kim usually visited the mausoleum to pay respect to his late grand
April 16, 2023
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N. Korea set to mark late founder's birthday
North Korea appears set to hold celebrations for the 111th birth anniversary of its late founder Kim Il-sung on Saturday with dance performances in its capital and fireworks. The North's state-run Korean Central Television reported that a slew of events will be held at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the Day of the Sun holiday later in the day. But it did not mention large-scale performances and events. As the North usually marks every fifth and 10th political anniversaries with maj
April 15, 2023
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S. Korea, US, Japan agree to hold missile defense, anti-sub drills regularly to counter NK threats
South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed to hold missile defense and anti-submarine exercises regularly to counter growing North Korean threats during their senior-level defense talks in Washington earlier this week, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday. They reached the agreement at a session of the Defense Trilateral Talks on Friday, amid tensions caused by Pyongyang's recent weapons tests, including that of what it claims to be a solid-fuel Hwasong-18 intercontinental balli
April 15, 2023
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N. Korea says it conducted first test launch of new solid-fuel ICBM
North Korea claimed Friday that the country had successfully test-fired a new-type solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time on Thursday., under the guidance of the country’s leader Kim Jong-un. It labeled the ICBM as its “powerful, strategic attack means.” The South Korean military also confirmed that the test-launch aimed to develop a solid-propellant ICBM, although it assessed that North Korea still has a long way to go to complete the weapon developme
April 14, 2023
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Ministry officially uses term 'N. Korea's denuclearization' in white paper on unification
South Korea's unification ministry officially used the term "North Korea's denuclearization" in the first white paper on inter-Korean affairs issued by the conservative Yoon Suk Yeol administration Friday. In the annual Unification White Paper, the ministry also stressed the need to improve the North's human rights situation, and used terminology that was not used under the former liberal government in an apparent bid to highlight the government's tough stance on th
April 14, 2023