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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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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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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
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NK defector arrives in US as refugee: report
A North Korean defector arrived in the United States last month as a refugee, a US-based news agency said Wednesday.Citing data provided by the State Department, the Voice of America reported that the woman in her 20s entered the country on Dec. 12 and settled in the western part of Arizona.The latest case brought to 212 the total number of North Korea defectors seeking asylum in the US since 2006. North Korean traffic police officer in Pyongyang (Yonhap)They can attain refugee status in the US
Feb. 8, 2017
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US issues latest travel warning for N. Korea
The US State Department on Tuesday issued a new warning against traveling to North Korea."The Department of State strongly urges US citizens to avoid all travel to North Korea/the Democratic People's Republic of Korea due to the serious risk of arrest and long-term detention under North Korea’s system of law enforcement," the department said."This system imposes unduly harsh sentences for actions that would not be considered crimes in the United States and threatens US citizen detainees with bei
Feb. 8, 2017
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Resumption of Kaesong complex to be hotly debated amid sanctions regime
A possible resumption of the now-shuttered joint industrial park will likely emerge as a controversial issue for South Korea's next administration, possibly sparking a row over the country violating UN sanctions resolutions against North Korea, experts in Seoul said Wednesday.With the closure of the factory zone marking its first anniversary this week, whether to resume the Kaesong Industrial Complex is gaining attention in the political arena as liberal presidential hopefuls are voicing the nee
Feb. 8, 2017
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NK sure to resume provocations after S. Korean election: Victor Cha
North Korea is exercising restraint from nuclear and missile tests to avoid galvanizing conservatives in South Korea ahead of a presidential election, and is certain to resume provocations once the leadership crisis in the South is resolved, a top US expert on Korea said Tuesday.The assessment from Victor Cha, a Georgetown University professor and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, breaks with more common perceptions that Pyongyang is holding off on action until t
Feb. 8, 2017
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S. Koreans make unauthorized contact with N. Koreans in China
Officials from South and North Korean civic groups met in China on Tuesday to discuss ways to promote exchanges between the two Koreas despite Seoul's opposition to their unauthorized contact.The two Koreas' committees for the joint implementation of the June 15 summit declaration kicked off a two-day conference that runs through Wednesday in Shenyang, according to an official from South Korea.Topics for the meeting are known to include football matches for teams from the labor unions of the two
Feb. 7, 2017
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Resumption of Kaesong complex could spark row over UN sanctions violation
A resumption of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex could spark a row over the breaking of the latest UN sanctions resolutions against North Korea, a government official said Tuesday.With the shutdown of the Kaesong Industrial Complex marking the first anniversary this week, whether to resume the factory zone is emerging as a key issue, particularly among presidential hopefuls.Seoul's unification ministry said that North Korea's commitment to ending its nuclear and missile programs should
Feb. 7, 2017
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NK vows to launch more long-range rockets
North Korea vowed Tuesday to further launch what it claims to be satellites into space as it marked the first anniversary of firing off a long-range rocket in defiance of international condemnation.The successful launch of North Korea's satellite, named "Kwangmyongsong-4," in 2016 confirmed the country as a space program powerhouse, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper.The placing of the satellite into orbit was viewed by outside experts as Pyongyang's effort to test its lo
Feb. 7, 2017
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NK discharged soldiers to settle in vacant houses in flood-hit areas
North Korea is compelling discharged soldiers to settle in areas that were devastated by floods during a powerful typhoon in August last year as there were more new houses constructed than people can live in, a US broadcaster said Tuesday.A resident of Pyongyang who visited China told the Radio Free Asia that the North Korean authorities are forcing former servicemen to live in houses left over in North Hamgyong Province, adding he learned about it through acquaintances living in the northern pr
Feb. 7, 2017
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Acting president warns of NK 'strategic' provocations
South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday warned of North Korea's possible strategic provocations ahead of the birthday of its late former leader next week, stressing the need for Seoul to maintain strong security cooperation with its ally Washington.During a Cabinet meeting, Hwang also noted that US Defense Secretary James Mattis' visit to Seoul last week reaffirmed the robust bilateral alliance and sent a "strong" warning to an increasingly provocative Pyongyan
Feb. 7, 2017
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Poland to take legal action against NK's illegal business activities: report
The Polish government plans to take legal action to prevent the North Korean Embassy in Warsaw from continuing on its alleged illegal commercial activities, a US-based media said Tuesday.Voice of America reported that the European country's foreign ministry has sent VOA an email saying it will take additional steps to terminate the embassy's illegal activities in line with new sanctions that the UN Security Council imposed on the North in response to its fifth and largest nuclear test.The North
Feb. 7, 2017
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NK leader inspects precision machine plant
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a precision machine factory in Pyongyang, calling for its employees to steadily improve their technical skills, state-run media said Tuesday.The North's leader made an inspection to the Kangdong Precision Machine Plant, stressing the need for its workers to "make it part of their everyday life to acquire the knowledge of cutting-edge science and technology," according to the Korean Central News Agency monitored in Seoul.He said that by doing so, the fa
Feb. 7, 2017
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NK berates recent three-way missile drills as pre-emptive strike-driven
North Korea accused South Korea, the United States and Japan on Monday of carrying out drills aimed at pre-emptively attacking the communist country, and threatened to take retaliatory actions in response.The threat carried by North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper came after the three regional partners conducted a joint three-day exercise from Jan. 20 to detect and track potential North Korean missile launches.The recent missile alert exercise, the third of its kind carried by the three nations,
Feb. 6, 2017
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NK renames financial ministry to attend to wider economic affairs
North Korea renamed its financial planning department in an effort to empower the government ministry to newly take charge of practical economic affairs, a Pyongyang source has said."The Financial Planning Department under the Workers' Party of Korea was renamed last year as the Department of Economy," the source told Yonhap News Agency. O Su-yong, a vice chairman of the ruling party's Central Committee is heading the renamed ministry, the source said. (Yonhap)The rebranding broadened the depar
Feb. 6, 2017
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S. Korea rejects civic group's request for contact with N. Koreans
South Korea's unification ministry on Monday expressed its opposition to a local civic group's push to contact North Koreans in China this week, citing inter-Korean tensions.The government has rejected a plan by the group to meet with its North Korean counterparts in Shenyang on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss ways to promote exchanges between the two Koreas.Seoul's unification ministry said unauthorized contact with North Koreans will entail a fine under the law on inter-Korean exchanges and c
Feb. 6, 2017
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Japan to allow entry to N. Korean athletes for Asian Winter Games: report
Japan will allow entry to North Korean athletes for an upcoming regional sports competition as an exception to its travel ban, a news report said Monday.Citing multiple government sources, Kyodo News said Japan will let North Koreans compete at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo from Feb. 19 to 26.The news agency noted that while Japan normally bans North Korean nationals from entering the country, it will make an exception for sports exchange. Closing ceremony at the Rio Olympics in Brazil (Yonh
Feb. 6, 2017
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Sacking of spy agency chief likely to aggravate instability in NK: think tank
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent sacking of the chief of the country's spy agency is likely to aggravate the sense of instability among the North Korean elite class, a report by the state-run Institute for National Security said Sunday.South Korea's Ministry of Unification said last week that State Security Minister Kim Won-hong was dismissed from the seat in mid-January over charges of abusing authority. The previously four-star general was also demoted to a one-star general, the minist
Feb. 5, 2017
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Black market helped NK weather sanctions last year: researcher
North Korea's black economy, which is believed to have grown as a market force in recent years, helped the isolated country weather international sanctions last year, according to a researcher at South Korea's state-run think tank on Sunday.North Korea, which has been under layers of international sanctions over its nuclear weapons and missile program, is expected to focus on stimulating its domestic consumption this year, said Lee Jong-kyu, a researcher at the Korean Development Institute, in a
Feb. 5, 2017