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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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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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N. Korea, China showing signs of mending fences
North Korea and China are showing signs they are trying to improve bilateral relations that have cooled following Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test last month, diplomatic sources said Sunday.Observers said senior officials from the two countries took part to mark National Day that celebrates the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949.The top envoys of the two countries took part in the celebratory events that took place in Pyongyang and Beijing, observers in the Chinese capital
Oct. 2, 2016
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S. Korea's FM says Pyongyang's 5th nuke test tantamount to 9/11 attack
Seoul's top diplomat has said in meetings with his counterparts that North Korea's fifth nuke test is being viewed by many South Koreans as a kind of Sept. 11 attack, official sources said Sunday.The comparison with the surprise terrorist attack carried out on the United States that shocked the world reflects the magnitude of the latest provocation and how alarmed South Koreans are becoming over Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities."Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se has been comparing the Sept. 9 test w
Oct. 2, 2016
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N. Korea overtly intervening in S. Korea's presidential race
North Korea is clearly moving to intervene in South Korea's 2017 presidential race by blasting conservatives for trying to hold on to power, observers in Seoul said Sunday.President Park Geun-hye and her conservative government have taken a non-conciliatory stance against Pyongyang's continued nuclear program and demanded it end its provocations. Seoul has cut off all inter-Korean economic ties that have been cited for bankrolling the North's weapons of mass destruction program.The reclusive cou
Oct. 2, 2016
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Park renews calls for national unity amid N.K. threats
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Saturday renewed her calls for national unity to counter North Korea's escalating military threats, stressing internal division is "more dreadful" than Pyongyang's nuclear provocations.During her speech to mark the country's Armed Forces Day, the commander-in-chief underscored that it is the communist regime's "miscalculation" to seek internal stability and cohesion by showing off its nuclear and missile capabilities and escalating military tensions."The N
Oct. 1, 2016
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North Korea appears to be building larger ballistic missile
Recent satellite imagery indicates that North Korea may be building a new submarine larger than its current ballistic missile submarine, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Friday."Commercial satellite imagery strongly suggests that a naval construction program is underway at North Korea's Sinpo South Shipyard, possibly to build a new submarine," 38 North said in a report based on analysis of imagery of the North's Sinpo Shipyard.The imagery shows an approximately 10-meter-in-diameter circu
Oct. 1, 2016
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N. Korea's coal exports to China hit record high in Aug.
North Korea's exports of coal to China reached a record high on a monthly basis last month despite sanctions imposed following a series of nuclear and missile tests, as the reclusive nation cut prices to boost its shipment to its strongest ally, a report showed on Friday.According to the Korea International Trade Association, the North's exports of coal to China amounted to 2.46 million tons last month, the biggest since 1998 when related data began to be compiled.The August figure marks a 35 pe
Sept. 30, 2016
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NK's per-capita GDP tops $1,000 in 2015: report
North Korea's gross domestic product per capita surpassed $1,000 for the first time last year despite heavy sanctions imposed following a series of nuclear and missile tests, a Seoul-based think tank said Thursday. Hyundai Research Institute estimated North Korea's nominal GDP per capita at $1,013 in 2015, up from $930 from the previous year, based on its own income analysis model. The reclusive state's nominal GDP reached $986 in 1987, but has since declined to around $650 in the early 2000s.
Sept. 29, 2016
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North Korean solider defects to South
An unarmed North Korean soldier crossed the inter-Korean border Thursday to defect to South Korea, the military said. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the soldier crossed the military demarcation line around 10 a.m. No clash occurred in the process.“The military has the defector in custody and is conducting an investigation into why and how he defected,” the JCS said. The military is reportedly planning to conduct joint questioning on the soldier with related organizations, including the
Sept. 29, 2016
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US pushing countries to cut, reduce ties with NK
In the aftermath of North Korea’s fifth nuclear test, the US is pushing other countries to cut off or scale down diplomatic and economic relations with the defiant regime, a senior official said Wednesday. Daniel Russel, assistant secretary for Asian and Pacific affairs at the US State Department, said the measure is aimed at further isolating the country that views diplomatic meetings and visits as “important markers of its international legitimacy.” Daniel Russel, assistant secretary for Asian
Sept. 29, 2016
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N. Korean soldier crosses border to defect to S. Korea: military
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Thursday after crossing the border bisecting the two Koreas, Seoul's military said."He crossed the military demarcation line in the middle eastern sector at around 10 a.m. and defected to the South," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Questioning is under way to find out what caused him to flee to the South and how he made it over, it said. The military reportedly plans to hold follow-up questioning in collaboration with the Natio
Sept. 29, 2016
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US actively investigating more Chinese firms for dealings with N. Korea: State Department official
The United States is actively investigating additional Chinese companies over dealings with North Korea after imposing the first-ever sanctions on a Chinese firm earlier this week in connection with Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, a senior State Department official said Wednesday."We're investigating. The Treasury and State are investigating a number of companies around the world," Daniel Fried, the department's coordinator for sanctions policy, said during a Senate hearing in response
Sept. 29, 2016
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US focusing on cutting off NK’s coal, labor exports: Russel
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The United States is working hard with South Korea and Japan to cut off sources of income for North Korea, including coal trade and labor exports, the top State Department official in charge of Asian affairs said Tuesday.Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, made the remark in a written statement submitted to a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, saying the three countries are cooperating c
Sept. 28, 2016
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NK math prodigy arrives in S. Korea after defection: report
A young North Korean math whiz who is believed to have sought asylum at the South Korean consulate in Hong Kong has recently arrived in Seoul, a foreign media outlet reported Wednesday.Citing a report of news agency Factwire, the South China Morning Post said that the 18-year-old student "left Hong Kong for South Korea over the weekend," ending a two-month stay there. (South China Morning Post)The North Korean teen who took part in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong walked into
Sept. 28, 2016
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Center aimed at documenting NK human rights abuses begins operation
A new organization tasked with investigating and documenting North Korea's human rights abuses began operations on Wednesday to implement South Korea's law aimed at improving the rights of people living in the reclusive country.Seoul's unification ministry said it held a ceremony to mark the opening of the Center for North Korean Human Rights Records, attended by Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo and others including Suh Doo-hyun, the head of the center.Under the law which took effect on Sept.
Sept. 28, 2016
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Britain effectively deports 2 N. Korean insurance firm officials
Britain has effectively deported two London-based officials of North Korea's state insurance firm by refusing to renew their visas after the firm was slapped with sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang's January nuclear test, a diplomatic source said.In April, Britain blacklisted the North's Korea National Insurance Corp. and its London office in line with European Union sanctions imposed after the North's fourth nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch in February."It's part of implem
Sept. 28, 2016
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US sanctions Chinese firm tied with NK
South Korea on Tuesday welcomed the US’ imposition of sanctions on a Chinese firm suspected to have provided financial services and illicit goods that may have helped beef up North Korea’s nuclear and missile program. The US Treasury on Monday blacklisted Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development, an industry machinery wholesaler, and four of its executives, including founder Ma Xiaohong. The Department of Justice also laid criminal charges against them for “conspiring to evade” its sanctions and
Sept. 27, 2016
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Time running out for separated families: lawmaker
An opposition lawmaker said Tuesday an average of 3,000 South Koreans with separated families in the North are dying every year, while only a few of them given the opportunity for a reunion.According to the data compiled by Rep. Lee Seok-hyun of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea, 67,740 of 130,982 South Koreans with families in North Korea have died so far, with only 1.8 percent of them having been granted a chance to be reunited with long-lost loved ones.A separate data compiled by Hyun
Sept. 27, 2016
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NK threatens to use nukes to retaliate against US
North Korea threatened to use nukes to retaliate against the United States if Washington policymakers continue to blackmail Pyongyang with nuclear weapons, the North's state media said Tuesday.North Korea's Institute of International Studies on Monday unveiled a memorandum exposing what it called Washington's nuclear crimes, according to the Korean Central News Agency.It said the criminal nature of Washington's nuclear policy can be most evidently found in its stance toward North Korea."As long
Sept. 27, 2016
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N. Korea denounces Japan-Britain joint drill
North Korea on Saturday denounced Japan for conducting a joint military drill with the Britain, saying that Tokyo is moving to emerge as a military giant, Pyongyang's state-run media reported.Japan and the Britain agreed earlier to hold the countries' first joint fighter drill sometime in October, in defiance of North Korea's provocations."Japan's moves to emerge a military giant have reached a grave phase," according to the Korean Central News Agency report monitored in Seoul.The KCNA further s
Sept. 25, 2016
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N.K. reconfirms my-way approach, clouding outlooks for headway
North Korea's top diplomat has reaffirmed Pyongyang's "my-way" stance in its nuclear development efforts during his latest speech at the United Nations, blaming what he calls the United States' hostile attitude again for causing the current stalemate, experts said Saturday. The North also made clear that it will not give in to growing international pressure to dissuade it from pushing forward with its nuclear ambitions, further clouding outlooks for any imminent breakthrough, they predicted.
Sept. 24, 2016