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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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NK claims success in new mid-range missile test
North Korea on Monday claimed its latest intermediate-range missile test heralded the birth of a “new strategic weapon system,“ triggering a UN Security Council emergency meeting and international criticism, including from China. The Pukguksong-2, which flew some 550 kilometers before falling into the East Sea on Sunday, was a result of efforts led by leader Kim Jong-un to develop a land-based ballistic missile with a greater range built on the experiment of a submarine-launched ballistic missil
Feb. 13, 2017
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NK unveils footage of new ballistic missile launch
North Korea's state-run broadcaster on Monday released footage of the latest test-firing of a new ballistic missile in an apparent move to show off what the country called a successful launch.Pyongyang fired off a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, called Pukguksong-2, on Sunday from near an airbase in the country's northwestern province toward waters off its east coast.This photo, captured from footage released by North Korea's state-run broadcaster on Feb. 13, 2017, shows the country's
Feb. 13, 2017
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NK employs SLBM tech in new intermediate-range missile: military
South Korea's military said Monday that North Korea appears to have employed technologies used in submarine-launched ballistic missiles to develop a new type of intermediate-range rocket, citing its analysis of a launch test carried out by Pyongyang a day earlier. "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un likely ordered the task of developing a surface-to-surface Pukguksong-2 missile based on the successful SLBM test carried out in August. We have reached an assessment that the North is in the process of
Feb. 13, 2017
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NK claims successful test of medium-range ballistic missile
North Korea has claimed it successfully test-launched a new medium-range ballistic missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the country's state-run media said Monday.The Korean Central News Agency said the Pukguksong-2 strategic weapon system was successfully test-fired Sunday. It added that the missile launched from a mobile launcher used solid propellants and a new high-thrust engine developed in the country.This undated file photo shows a ballistic missile about to be launched f
Feb. 13, 2017
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[KAESEONG 1 YEAR ON] Kaesong park creeps up election agenda
Ahead of the presidential election, debate over the Kaesong Industrial Park is expected to kick into high gear this year as leading contenders call for a resuscitation of the symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement. One year after the park’s closure, the issue remains highly contentious across society, with cross-border exchanges at a standstill and the losses of 123 forced-out South Korean firms snowballing. The Kaesong Industrial Park in North Korea is seen from South Korea’s Dorasan Observatory
Feb. 12, 2017
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NK fires intermediate-range ballistic missile
North Korea launched an intermediate ballistic missile off its east coast Sunday, marking its first provocation since US President Donald Trump took office, South Korea’s military officials said. The missile lifted off at 7:55 a.m. from Banghyeon, North Pyongan Province, a town from which the regime previously fired an intermediate-range Musudan missile in October. Having reached an altitude of 550 kilometers, it flew about 500 kilometers before falling into the East Sea, according to Seoul’s J
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Korea strongly condemns NK missile launch
South Korea on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch, calling it an "explicit and clear" violation of UN Security Council resolutions banning tests that can contribute to the advancement of nuclear weapons delivery capability.Pyongyang fired off a ballistic missile at around 7:55 a.m. toward the East Sea from Banghyon air base in its western province of North Pyongan, the first missile provocation since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th US president on Jan. 20. Cho
Feb. 12, 2017
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Most N. Koreans unaware of sacking of spy agency chief: report
Most North Koreans are unaware that the head of the country's spy agency has been sacked, a US-based media outlet said Sunday.Citing Japan's media outlet Asia Press that claimed to have contacted four North Koreans to check if Kim Won-hong's fall from grace has reached ordinary people, Radio Free Asia said most in the reclusive country were oblivious of what took place.RFA said that Jiro Ishimaru, who heads the Osaka office of Asia Press, pointed out none of the North's state-run media actually
Feb. 12, 2017
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N. Korea removes rocket launchers from Kaesong complex
North Korea has recently removed rocket launchers from the shuttered Kaesong complex, fueling speculation about its motives, local sources said Sunday.South Korea's military said that Pyongyang relocated more than 30 forward deployed multiple launch rocket systems from the industrial park, located just north of the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas. The relocation took place late last year after being deployed soon after the North declared the area was a military control zone. Seo
Feb. 12, 2017
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N. Korea test-fires non-ICBM missile into East Sea: JCS
North Korea on Sunday fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea in show of force against the Donald Trump government's hard-line stance toward the communist state, the South Korean military said. It is the first test-firing of a North Korean missile since Trump became US president on Jan. 20, and the country's first major provocation in 2017."The missile launch is a clear violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions. It is aimed at drawing attention from the international commu
Feb. 12, 2017
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UN search list for S. Koreans abducted by N. Korea growing: expert group
The United Nations' working group on enforced disappearances said Friday that its search list for South Koreans believed to have been abducted by North Korea has been growing. At a press conference in Seoul, the international panel said the reclusive country remains steadfastly unresponsive to requests for information to determine the fate of such people. As of last year, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances was reviewing 53 cases of South Koreans suspected of being t
Feb. 10, 2017
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Kaesong factory zone's shutdown hits NK's nukes, missile development: Seoul
South Korea's 2016 decision to shut down an inter-Korean industrial complex is presumed to have dealt a heavy blow to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, a government official said Friday.The statement comes on the first anniversary of Seoul's closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea's border city of the same name in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests early last year.Seoul's unification ministry said that the shutdown of the complex had led major countries,
Feb. 10, 2017
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UN designates N. Korea as one of 12 forgotten crises countries needing help
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs designated North Korea as one of 12 regions on its forgotten crises to remember list, calling for global humanitarian assistance, the office's website showed Friday."Today more than 128 million people in 33 countries need humanitarian aid to survive, a figure not seen since the second world war," the OCHA said, announcing the list in a posting earlier this week.In addition to North Korea, Afghanistan, the Central African Repu
Feb. 10, 2017
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US official warns NK provocations could affect Trump's strategy on Pyongyang
A senior US official on Thursday warned North Korea not to undertake any provocations, saying such actions would affect the strategy the administration of US President Donald Trump is putting together to deal with Pyongyang, according to a news report.The unidentified official also told a conference call with reporters that it is premature to discuss Trump's policy on how to deal with the North's nuclear program, according to a Reuters report.The White House has reportedly launched a North Korea
Feb. 10, 2017
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NK's chief of missile operations absent from public eye, triggers speculations
North Korea's missile operations commander did not show up for a key military event this week, an unusual absence which some observers linked to the country's alleged preparations for an intercontinental missile launch.Gen. Kim Rak-gyom, the chief of strategic forces, wasn't present at the defense ministry's briefing session Tuesday marking the 69th anniversary of the North Korean armed forces. It was broadcast one day later by the state-run Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station.Top military of
Feb. 9, 2017
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Ex-NK diplomat says new nuke talks would be ‘great fraud’
Any restart of denuclearization talks with Pyongyang will likely end up as a “great fraud” due to its firm resolve to master its nuclear program, massive political risks for South Korean and US leaders, and the lack of solid monitoring mechanisms, a former senior North Korean diplomat said Thursday. Thae Yong-ho, who served as the No. 2 man at the communist state’s embassy in London before defecting to the South last summer, said that despite calls for dialogue, a new round of gathering would on
Feb. 9, 2017
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US-NK trade plummets drastically to $100,000 range
Trade between the United States and North Korea plummeted drastically to the low $100,000 range last year in the face of tightening American sanctions over the North's defiant nuclear tests, data showed Thursday.Bilateral trade volume stood at $139,334 between the US and North Korea last year, which marks only 2.9 percent of what the countries traded in 2015, according to the data listed by the US Census Bureau.It was the first time two-way trade volume has fallen to the $100,000 level since 199
Feb. 9, 2017
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N. Koreans to hold mass rally near Mt. Paektu on late leader's birthday
As many as 60,000 North Koreans plan to hold a mass rally near Mount Paektu on the border with China on the birthday of the late leader Kim Jong-il next week to pay allegiance to the ruling Kim family, a US broadcaster said Thursday.A source in the northern Yanggang Province told the Radio Free Asia that North Korean youth and students, and residents will take part in a series of political events, including the rally in the province's border town of Samjiyon on the birthday, which falls on Feb.
Feb. 9, 2017
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Ex-minister calls for resumption of inter-Korean industrial complex
A former South Korean unification minister said Thursday the now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial complex needs to be reopened, with the closure of the park entering the first year this weekSeoul's previous administrations had used the operation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex as the symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation, former Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told a radio program."I think the complex should be reopened," said Ryoo, who served as the country's point man on North Korean aff
Feb. 9, 2017
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N. Korea threatens pre-emptive strike ahead of Armed Forces Day
North Korea has threatened a pre-emptive strike against South Korea if provoked as it marked a key military anniversary, a state media reported Wednesday.Hwang Pyong-so, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, made the remarks during an event in Pyongyang on Tuesday, one day before the 69th anniversary of the foundation of the armed forces, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "If the enemies dare violate the sovereignty and dignity of the country even a bit
Feb. 8, 2017