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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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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Top prosecutor orders speedy investigation into first lady's alleged acceptance of luxury handbag
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Park hosts workshop with senior gov't officials on N.K. nukes, economy
South Korean President Park Geun-hye hosts a gathering of Cabinet ministers and vice ministers to discuss ways to address a series of security and economic challenges facing the nation on Saturday at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap)South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Saturday hosted a gathering of Cabinet ministers and vice ministers to discuss ways to address a series of security and economic challenges facing the nation. The workshop gathering, the first since March 2013,
Sept. 24, 2016
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‘Sanctions not enough to bring change in NK’
Despite the tightening global squeeze on North Korea, Seoul and Washington should narrow their policy objectives and reinitiate engagement in tandem to give the communist state substantive incentives to change course, a renowned US scholar told The Korea Herald. Frank Jannuzi, president and chief executive of the Mansfield Foundation, raised the need for the allies to refine their current North Korea policies, especially after their respective presidential elections, while shoring up sanctions a
Sept. 23, 2016
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Seoul calls on Pyongyang to stop belligerent rhetoric
South Korea called on North Korea to stop its belligerent rhetoric Friday, dismissing its latest threat to "turn Seoul into ashes" as preposterous.In response to the closest-ever flight of two armed US B-1B bombers to North Korea on Wednesday, the communist regime said the following day the nuclear warheads fired by the Korean People's Army will completely reduce Seoul into ashes. "It is absurd that North Korea, which has threatened the peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in the world
Sept. 23, 2016
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UN agencies in NK request relief fund for flood victims
UN agencies operating in North Korea have called for the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to support a fund to rehabilitate the North's flood-stricken northeast region, a US broadcaster, monitored here, reported on Friday. This summer, six areas in North Hamkyong Province were devastated by heavy rains accompanied by Typhoon Lionrock.CERF has received an application for an emergency relief fund from the offices of UN agencies in North Korea, Christelle Loupforest, the acting chief of the CERF
Sept. 23, 2016
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South Korea condemns NK for conducting nuke test despite floods
South Korea condemned North Korea on Friday for appealing for outside assistance to recover from the latest flood as Pyongyang has poured money into its nuclear and missile programs while neglecting its people's suffering.South Korea's unification ministry said North Korea deserves to be under fire for its lack of actions to cope with the flood damage as it instead focused on conducting the fifth nuclear test in early September."North Korea tries to elicit outside assistance (by saying that the
Sept. 23, 2016
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New UN rapporteur on N. Korean human rights to look into recent high-rank defections
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations' new special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation, said he will look into a recent series of defections by high-ranking North Korean officials.The comments by Quintana, an Argentine lawyer who was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in July to replace Marzuki Darusman, were made during a recent interview with Yonhap News Agency. The recent series of high-profile defections by North Korea's elites to South Korea includes Thae Yong-ho, the
Sept. 23, 2016
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Five middle powers voice concern over NK, urge restraint
The five middle powers of MIKTA expressed "grave concern" over North Korea's fifth nuclear test and called on Pyongyang to fully comply with international resolutions and refrain from additional provocations. The foreign ministers of MIKTA, comprised of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia, issued a joint statement on the North's nuclear issue after holding a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday (local time)."We... express grave concern over
Sept. 23, 2016
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South Korean FM calls for UN Security Council to take 'meaningful action' about NK human rights abuses
The UN Security Council should go beyond simply discussing North Korea's human rights violations and take "meaningful action," South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Thursday, as the council is considering fresh sanctions on Pyongyang for its fifth nuclear test.Yun made the remark during a meeting with South Korean correspondents in New York, saying the North's human rights abuses will be one of the key focuses of an address he was scheduled to deliver at the UN General Assembly later i
Sept. 23, 2016
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US expert calls for greater efforts to dispel Chinese concern about negative effects in case of NK collapse
The US should try to dispel China's concern about potential negative effects on its national interests in the event of North Korea's collapse in order to win Beijing's help in pressuring Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programs, a US expert said.Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, also said in an article that should such persuasive efforts toward China fail, the US would have to either live with a North Korea capable of striking the US with nuclear missiles or launch m
Sept. 23, 2016
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Biden, Abe condemn NK nuclear test, vow closer cooperation with South Korea
US Vice President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's nuclear and missile tests and vowed to work closely with South Korea to cope with threats from the communist nation, the White House said.Biden and Abe met Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "The leaders condemned North Korea's recent nuclear and missile tests and resolved to coordinate closely, including at the United Nations and with the Republic of Korea, in countering this threat,"
Sept. 23, 2016
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NK's new rocket engine suitable for sending unmanned probes to Moon: US expert
North Korea's test of a new rocket engine this week shows the communist nation has made real strides in its rocket and missile programs to a point where it could send unmanned probes to the Moon, a US missile expert said Thursday.The North unveiled the massive new engine Tuesday, claiming it successfully conducted a "ground jet test of a new type high-power engine of a carrier rocket for the geo-stationary satellite." It said the engine has a thrust of 80 tons, which is three times the power of
Sept. 23, 2016
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Experts call for shift in allies' NK policy
As Pyongyang spurs its nuclear development with its fifth nuclear test, South Korea and the US should fine-tune their pressure-focused North Korea policies and seek fresh ways to put a brake on the regime’s weapons program, experts said Thursday. Dozens of renowned analysts from the US, China, Japan and other countries gathered in Seoul for a conference hosted by the Korea Institute for National Unification. Under the theme “Rapidly changing East Asian order and the Korean Peninsula,” they asses
Sept. 22, 2016
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Weak health top hurdle for N. Korean defectors' employment: lawmaker
North Korean defectors settling in the South are facing hurdles in finding stable jobs due to weak health, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday, urging the government to expand health care support.According to the data compiled by Rep. Sim Jae-kwon of the Minjoo Party of Korea, around 40 percent of unemployed North Korean defectors living in the South said they left previous jobs due to health conditions. The survey was conducted in 2015 on 72 defectors.Rep. Sim Jae-kwon of the Minjoo Party of K
Sept. 22, 2016
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Email hacking makes up bulk of N. Korea's cyberattacks: lawmaker
Email hacking makes up the bulk of cyberattacks committed by North Korea, a ruling party lawmaker said Thursday, adding the South Korean government must improve its security awareness.According to the data compiled by Rep. Joo Kwang-Deok of the ruling Saenuri Party, 86 percent of the cyberattacks conducted by Pyongyang on the South Korean military in 2015 involved using emails.Last year, Seoul detected 74 cases of North Korean cyberattack using email, with 12 involving malicious codes. Rep. Joo
Sept. 22, 2016
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Pro-CTBT countries condemn N. Korea's nuclear test
Dozens of UN member states on Wednesday condemned North Korea's fifth nuclear test and urged the communist nation to conduct no more testing, abide by its international obligations and scrap all of its nuclear weapons and programs.The foreign ministers of about 40 countries supportive of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty made the appeal in a joint statement adopted when they held a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to call for the treaty's ratification."The
Sept. 22, 2016
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White House: China has obligation to prevent exports of banned items to N. Korea 'even if it's pencil'
China has an obligation to prevent the export to North Korea of items banned under UN Security Council resolutions, a senior White House official said, following revelations that a Chinese conglomerate has shipped to the North "dual-use" items that can be used in its weapons programs.Earlier this week, joint research by South Korea's Asan Institute and the US Center for Advanced Defense Studies found that China's Liaoning Hongxiang Group exported aluminum oxide, which can be used in uranium enri
Sept. 22, 2016
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N. Korea opens embassy in Belarus
North Korea's state media reported Wednesday that the country has opened an embassy in Belarus, where thousands of North Korean workers are said to be working to earn hard currency for their impoverished nation.An inauguration ceremony was held in Minsk on Monday, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency."Present there on invitation were personages of the government, political parties, parliament and social circles of Belarus," it said.The report said a delegation headed by a
Sept. 22, 2016
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Women account for 80% of N. Korea defectors: lawmaker
Women accounted for more than 80 percent of North Korean defectors who settled in the South last year, an opposition lawmaker said Wednesday, reflecting the changing demographics among asylum seekers.According to the data compiled by Rep. Sim Jae-kwon of the Minjoo Party of Korea, 1,025 women arrived in South Korea from North Korea last year, taking up 80.3 percent of the total number of defectors.Rep. Sim Jae-kwon of the Minjoo Party of Korea (Yonhap)The figure marks a sharp increase from 12.2
Sept. 22, 2016
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Lawmakers, government spar over US nuke deployment
Some lawmakers on Wednesday stepped up their calls for a redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea as a countermove to the North’s evolving threats, though top government officials ruled out its possibility under the denuclearization principle. The second day of the parliamentary questioning on foreign and North Korean affairs focused on the deepening security crisis following North Korea’s latest nuclear test, along with plans to install advanced US missile defense assets here
Sept. 21, 2016
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US sends bomber, steps up vigilance against NK
The US Air Force on Wednesday deployed its B-1B strategic bomber from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to South Korea, in a move seen as a show of force against belligerent North Korea and a demonstration of the Seoul-Washington alliance.According to the US Forces Korea, two B-1B Lancers flew over South Korea’s airspace and one landed in Osan Air Base. US strategic bomber B-1B Lancer lands Wednesday on Osan Air Base at Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. / Yonhap“The bond between the United States and
Sept. 21, 2016