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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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New chief named to anti-corruption body
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
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S. Korea fails to repatriate rescued NK fishermen
South Korea failed Thursday to repatriate rescued North Korean fishermen, as the North did not respond to its call, Seoul's unification ministry said.South Korea had planned to send the five crewmen rescued in the East Sea earlier this week back to North Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border earlier in the day. (Yonhap)The government will try to contact the neighbor again on Friday, said the ministry handling inter-Korean affairs.They were found drifting on the vess
Feb. 16, 2017
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Theories abound over murder motive
The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, in broad daylight at a busy international airport, has spawned various theories about the motive behind the killing. South Korean intelligence said that the assassination of the elder Kim was a standing order from Kim Jong-un for the past five years, but many suspect there may have been a more urgent need to carry it out now. Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (Yonhap)
Feb. 16, 2017
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Unfazed by murder, NK marks late leader’s birthday
Unfazed by the global furor over Kim Jong-nam’s death, North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong-il’s birth Thursday. The incumbent ruler Kim Jong-un, who was seen stone-faced and staring into space throughout a party-government-military assembly in television footage a day earlier, paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which houses the embalmed bodies of his father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung, the official Korean Central News Agency said. The
Feb. 16, 2017
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Elite female spy unit behind killing of Kim Jong-nam: defector
The two women involved in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the elder half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, are most likely to be members of an elite female reconnaissance team, according to a former North Korean ranking intelligence official. “I am confident that North Korea mobilized the Moran Platoon to kill Kim Jong-nam,” the former North Korean official said Thursday, on condition of anonymity.“The special unit, affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau, consists of wome
Feb. 16, 2017
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2 more arrested over death of NK leader’s brother
Malaysian authorities said Thursday they have detained an Indonesian woman and a Malaysian man in connection with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother, one day after arresting a woman with a Vietnamese passport. The second woman, 25-year-old Siti Aishah from Serang in Banten province, was alone and carrying an Indonesian passport when caught by the authorities. Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysia’s inspector general of police, said in a statement that they had “positively identifi
Feb. 16, 2017
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British historian says N. Korea's fingerprints on Kim Jong-un's half brother's murder
The recent murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother has Pyongyang's fingerprints all over it, a British historian specializing in the Korean War (1950-53) said Thursday."Speaking from a military perspective, if you want to assassinate someone, the perfect location is an airport," Andrew Salmon said after being awarded an order from the British government in recognition of his books on the Korean War. U.K. Ambassador to South Korea Charles Hay (L) presents the Most Excellent Orde
Feb. 16, 2017
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[Video] Web of intrigue in assassination
A tale of an intricate, well-planned execution is unravelling with the arrest of a 28-year-old woman at KLIA2, the scene of assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.The woman, who was holding a Vietnamese passport identifying her as Doan Thi Huong, was detained at the airport at 8.20am yesterday before she could board a plane to Vietnam.A taxi driver was arrested earlier.According to reports, the woman, who was captured on CCTV wearing a white
Feb. 16, 2017
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N. Korea's spy agency sees increase in women recruits: report
The Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's top spy agency, has seen the number of women joining increase sharply and expand the scope of operations since the North's spy bodies were integrated into the bureau in 2009, a US broadcaster said Thursday.A North Korean defector, who was formerly affiliated with the bureau, said on condition of anonymity in an interview with Radio Free Asia that the bureau took measures to expand the number of female agents and their missions at the time of the b
Feb. 16, 2017
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N. Korean diplomats had pressed Kim Jong-nam to return home: report
North Korean diplomats had tried to persuade Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un, to return home voluntarily shortly before he was killed at an airport in Malaysia earlier this week, a US broadcaster reported Thursday, citing a unnamed North Korean official.The official told Radio Free Asia that the current leader had ordered the State Security Ministry to bring Kim Jong-nam, who was staying overseas, back to the North, instructing its diplomats to talk him
Feb. 16, 2017
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N. Korean leader's next target may be undisclosed defector: lawmaker
A lawmaker from the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee said Thursday that North Korean leader's next target could be undisclosed defectors in the country.During an interview with CBS Radio, Rep. Kim Byung-kee of the Democratic Party, who served at the spy agency for 26 years, said Pyongyang could target defectors with significant intelligence not yet known to the media. Rep. Kim Byung-kee of the Democratic Party (Yonhap)"Thae Yong-ho, who was Pyongyang's No. 2 diplomat to Britain, is ope
Feb. 16, 2017
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NK marks birthday of late leader amid death of his eldest son
North Korea on Thursday celebrated the 75th birthday of its late leader Kim Jong-il, Pyongyang's state media said, days after the death of his eldest son.The country's leader Kim Jong-un paid tribute to his late father on the key anniversary, known as the Day of the Shining Star in North Korea, according to the Korean Central News Agency.On Wednesday, the North held a gathering to mark the anniversary in Pyongyang with the North's young leader and party, military and government officials in atte
Feb. 16, 2017
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Assassi-nation: History of North Korea's state killings
If North Korean agents are responsible for the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, it would be the latest in a long line of targeted killings by the isolated state.Kim, whose younger brother Kim Jong-un has ruled North Korea since the death of their father in December 2011, died after reportedly being poisoned by two female agents at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday.Here are some other fatal attacks carried out by North Korea on foreign
Feb. 15, 2017
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Malaysia arrests another suspect in death of NK leader's brother: police
Malaysian police on Thursday arrested another female suspect in connection with the killing of the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a police statement showed.The woman police detained is Siti Aishah, a 25-year-old who was holding an Indonesian passport, a Malaysian police statement showed. The latest arrest comes as the Southeast Asian nation moves to get to the bottom of Kim Jong-nam's death.(Yonhap)The first suspect was caught at the airport -- a 29-year-old woman with Vietname
Feb. 15, 2017
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NK leader's half brother seen as showing support for victims of Paris terror attacks
The murdered half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un seems to have shown his support for victims of the terrorist attacks in France in November 2015, according to a profile image on a Facebook account presumed to be his on Wednesday. (Facebook)On the Facebook account opened under the name of Kim Chol, the most recently created profile photo visible to the public is an image of an animal uploaded on Nov. 16, 2015. The photo was run through a filter that overlaid the colors of France's na
Feb. 15, 2017
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Presidential hopefuls condemn N. Korea over assassination
The assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother thrust national security to the forefront of the agenda of South Korea's unfolding presidential competition on Wednesday.Presidential hopefuls from ruling and opposition camps united in condemning North Korea but stuck different tones on how to deal with the unpredictable regime. (Yonhap)Conservative contenders from the ruling Liberty Korea Party and the splinter Bareun Party said the killing of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia on Mon
Feb. 15, 2017
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Poisoning, modus operandi of NK assassins
A toxic spray is thought to have been used in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.While the communist regime is often seen using poison to kill its “nuisances” abroad, it would be the first time that a spray has been used, if Kim’s autopsy confirms it. Kim, 46, is reported to have fallen after two unidentified women sprayed his face with a liquid-like substance as he waited for his flight to Macau in an airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ki
Feb. 15, 2017
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'NK leader’s half-brother begged for mercy amid death threats'
South Korea’s spy agency Wednesday confirmed the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, saying Kim Jong-nam had faced murder attempts for the past five years that prompted him to “beg for mercy.” Kim, 46, asked for help while queuing to board a flight to Macau at the international airport in Kuala Lumpur at around 9 a.m. on Monday, after two women approached to poison him, National Intelligence Service Director Lee Byung-ho told lawmakers, citing CCTV footage. He was pronoun
Feb. 15, 2017
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Kim Jong-un loyalists behind killing: experts
The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, could have been engineered by a North Korean faction loyal to the current chief to eliminate a possible threat to the regime, South Korean experts said Wednesday. In interviews with The Korea Herald, the pundits also asserted that the killing may have been motivated by Kim Jong-un’s concern that the elder Kim may seek political asylum in other countries and become the most high-profile dissenter of th
Feb. 15, 2017
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NK leader may have been jealous of elder half-brother
One of the likely reasons for the assassination of Kim Jong-nam was that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was both afraid and jealous of his 46-year-old elder half-brother.The assassinated Kim had once been considered a plausible heir to the late Kim Jong-il, son of the regime founder Kim Il-sung. It was his outspoken attitude and resistance to the hereditary power succession which ruled him out as leader, giving way to his younger half-brother Jong-un. Kim Jong-un(L), Kim Jong-nam(R) (Yonhap)Unt
Feb. 15, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Unfortunate crown prince’s downfall
In May 2001, a man was rounded up after trying to smuggle himself into Narita International Airport in Tokyo, alongside his son and two women, using fake Dominican Republic passports. The incident introduced Kim Jong-nam, the slain older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, to the outside world. But his yearning 16 years ago to visit Tokyo Disneyland blew his chances to succeed in the reclusive dynasty, incurring the wrath of his father and longtime strongman Kim Jong-il.Shown is a f
Feb. 15, 2017