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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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N. Korean 'songi' mushrooms distributed as Chinese ones in S. Korea: report
Some North Korean "songi" mushrooms disguised as Chinese-grown have been distributed in South Korea, a media report said Tuesday.Citing an informed source, US-based media Radio Free Asia reported the top-notch mushrooms selling at a price of $200 per 1 kilogram in China fetched $350 at an unspecified South Korean department store and their prices topped $700 during this year's Chuseok fall harvest holiday.Songi mushrooms are a delicacy consumed by Koreans and Japanese in the autumn season. In Ja
Oct. 18, 2016
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NK leader resumes field guidance after 11 day break
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly-built eye hospital, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday, marking his first inspection tour after a hiatus of 11 days.The North's leader gave the so-called field guidance to Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital, which he says is equipped with the best and ultra-modern facilities needed for eye treatment, according to the Korean Central News Agency.The report did not specify the timing of his visit, but the media outlet usually reports inspectio
Oct. 18, 2016
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UNSC condemns Pyongyang's Musudan missile launch, warns of 'significant' measures
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's recent intermediate-range missile launch Monday, warning it will continue to closely monitor the situation and take further "significant" measures. The North test-fired a Musudan missile Saturday, but the missile exploded shortly after take-off. It was the seventh test of a Musudan missile this year, coming after June's successful launch in which the missile reached space and re-entered Earth's atmosphere."The members of the Se
Oct. 18, 2016
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US urges countries around world to take steps to show NK consequences for provocations
The United States called for countries around the world on Monday to use all of their channels and influence with North Korea to show the communist regime that its provocations won't go unpunished.Katina Adams, a State Department spokeswoman, made the comment after a senior North Korean official told NBC Television that the country has the capacity to launch a preemptive strike on the US and will keep conducting nuclear tests."We are aware of reports. We strongly condemn the DPRK's continued dev
Oct. 18, 2016
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N. Korea's Musudan missile could become operational next year: US expert
North Korea's Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, believed to be capable of reaching the US territory of Guam, could become operational sometime next year, a top US missile expert said warned Monday, noting that last week's launch of the missile, albeit a failure, could be part of a field test.The North test-fired a Musudan missile on Saturday, but the missile exploded shortly after take-off. It was believed to be the seventh test of the missile this year, coming after June's successfu
Oct. 18, 2016
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North Korea says it wants UK to pull out of military drills
North Korea said Monday that it wants Britain to pull out of upcoming military exercises in South Korea, calling the drills a ``hostile act.'' Britain has announced that it will send fighter jets and support planes to Asia, and that it will take part in exercises in South Korea together with South Korean and U.S. forces in early November.``This is a hostile act, openly joining the U.S. and South Korean forces in moves for a new war against us,'' said North Korean Foreign Ministry official Pak Yu
Oct. 17, 2016
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Uganda in process of severing military ties with N. Korea: Seoul
Uganda has terminated all of its police-related ties with North Korea and is now reviewing whether to suspend military contracts with the communist regime, the foreign ministry here said Monday, following a meeting between senior diplomats from the two countries.The action taken by the Eastern African country is an implementation of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's pledge to sever security and military relations with North Korea, after his meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in
Oct. 17, 2016
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Korea, US to discuss strengthened deterrence against NK threat
Defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States will discuss measures to better counter the growing threats posed by North Korea in a bilateral meeting in Washington this week, the military said Monday.Defense Minister Han Min-koo leaves for talks with his US counterpart, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, on Tuesday to attend the 48th Security Consultative Meeting slated for Oct. 19 (Washington time), it said. He is expected to focus on the extended deterrence guaranteed by the US to its key
Oct. 17, 2016
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NK repeats claim of nuclear state on its key anniversary
North Korea on Monday repeated its claim of being a nuclear state, boasting of its series of missile and nuclear tests, as it marked the 90th anniversary of the formation of an anti-imperialism group, the North's media said.North Korea marked the anniversary of the Down-with-Imperialism Union, which it claimed was created by North Korea's late founder Kim Il-sung in China on Oct. 17, 1926, to fight against Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. Pyongyang has said the organization is the root of the Work
Oct. 17, 2016
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S. Korea, US confirm failed NK ballistic missile launch
South Korea and the US have assessed that North Korea attempted what ultimately was a failed launch of its intermediate-range Musudan missile Saturday, the allies’ joint military body said Sunday.According to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pyongyang fired the missile at around 12:33 p.m. near the northwestern city of Kusong in North Pyongan Province. The city is adjacent to the North’s Yongbyon nuclear facility and a missile launch site in Dongchang-ri.“The missile failed immediately after launc
Oct. 16, 2016
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Pro-North media shows video of virtual US fighter jet shot down
A pro-North Korea website posted a video clip Sunday showing a US fighter jet getting shot down by Pyongyang's ground-to-air missile in a virtual situation. North Korea's main propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri, unveiled the 2 minute, 14 seconds-long video clip on its user-created content message board. The fake reality video, uploaded with the Korean title "Listen carefully to our warning," showed a US fighter being brought down by North Korea's ground-to-air missile after the aircraft entered t
Oct. 16, 2016
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Issue of NK overseas workers could be included in new UN resolution: sources
The issue of North Korea's overseas workers, who are believed to work in dismal conditions, might be included in a human rights resolution by the United Nations in December for the first time, sources said Sunday.South Korea, the United States and Japan are said to be working together to mention in the resolution their dire working conditions, such as long working hours and restrictions on their physical movement.On top of human rights violations, another concern is that part of the money they s
Oct. 16, 2016
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NK lambasts Russel for his 'immediately die' comment
North Korea on Saturday vehemently shot back at a comment made by a top US official on East Asia.In a statement from the Foreign Ministry, reported by the Korea Central News Agency on Saturday evening, Pyongyang called Assistant US Secretary of State Daniel Russel's comment "hurting the dignity" of its leader and threatened to pay it back.Previously, Russel told US defense reporters "Put yourself in Kim Jong-un's place. That is not a good place to be. Perhaps he's got an enhanced capacity to con
Oct. 16, 2016
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US says NK's launch of Musudan missile ends in failure
North Korea has attempted to launch a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, but the launch ended in failure, the US Strategic Command said."US Strategic Command systems detected what we assess was a failed North Korean missile launch" at 12:33 p.m. Saturday near the northwestern city of Kusong, the command said in a statement.(Yonhap)Kusong is near the North's "Dongchang-ri" or "Sohae" missile launch site."The missile is presumed to be a Musadan intermediate-range ballistic missile," it
Oct. 16, 2016
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NK urges Britain to cancel military drill with S. Korea, US
North Korea pressed Britain Friday to cancel its plan to conduct its first joint air operations drill next month with South Korea and the United States, condemning it as a hostile act."This is a never-to-be pardoned serious challenge to peace and security," an unidentified spokesman for the North's Foreign Ministry said in comments carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.Britain should "immediately withdraw its decision to take part in the military drills for aggression."He al
Oct. 14, 2016
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Belarus freezes bank account for violating UNSC resolution
Belarus has frozen a local bank account found to have violated the sanctions imposed under a resolution that the UN Security Council adopted in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test earlier this year, a foreign media report said Friday.This marked the first move of its kind confirmed after the Resolution 2270 was adopted in March, according to the Voice of America.The report quoted a foreign ministry spokesman of Belarus as saying that one of its banks suspended an account and has barred it fro
Oct. 14, 2016
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NK arrests scores of officials over flood damage: activist
North Korea has arrested about 20 land ministry officials to hold them accountable for extensive damage caused by floods that ravaged the northeastern part of the country, an activist claimed Friday.Security agents have arrested scores of officials stationed in North Hamgyong Province, which was recently hit hard by heavy rains in late August, according to North Korean defector Kim Yong-hwa, head of the NK Refugees Human Rights Associations of Korea.The North Korean regime views devastating land
Oct. 14, 2016
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US official warns NK leader of death if he attempts nuclear attack
The top US official on East Asia has warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could face death if he attempts to use nuclear weapons, stressing the nuclear program undermines his security rather than strengthening it."Put yourself in Kim Jong-un's place. That is not a good place to be. Perhaps he's got an enhanced capacity to conduct a nuclear attack and then immediately die. But that can't be plan A," Russel said during a meeting Wednesday with US defense reporters, according to an AP report.Russ
Oct. 14, 2016
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Advisory body calls for US tactical nukes as it meets with Park
President Park Geun-hye’s advisory panel on unification policy has proposed a reintroduction of US tactical nuclear weapons and the constant stationing of other advanced strategic assets on the peninsula as deterrence against North Korea’s evolving threats. In a recent paper, the National Unification Advisory Council made an array of policy suggestions, raising the need to better utilize top-notch US weapons systems such as the F-22 stealth fighter and B-2 nuclear bomber. On home ground, Seoul s
Oct. 13, 2016
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US expert calls for grand bargain with China on NK
The United States should seek a grand bargain with China that commits Beijing to use its leverage over North Korea to end its nuclear program in exchange for American concessions like the scrapping of a decision to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, a US expert said Wednesday.Amitai Etzioni, a George Washington University professor, made the point in an article in the National Interest, stressing that the "greatest threat" to US security that the new American president will
Oct. 13, 2016