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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Korea sees high chance of N. Korea's additional provocation
South Korea said Monday that there is an "ample" possibility of the North making additional provocations during ongoing joint military drills between Seoul and Washington.Seoul's unification ministry said North Korea is likely to take further provocative action following last week's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in response to the allies' two-week military exercise which kicked off on Aug. 22."It seems that North Korea is not just making (verbal) threats.There is a
Aug. 29, 2016
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S. Korean Embassy in China warns against possible N. Korea terror attacks, abduction
The South Korean Embassy in Beijing has warned South Koreans in China about possible terrorist attacks or abduction attempts by North Korea in the wake of the recent defection of a senior diplomat, sources said Monday.The embassy urged South Korean residents and travelers in China to refrain from visiting the North Korea-China border areas or coming in contact with North Koreans in a message recently conveyed to South Korean expatriate groups and other associated organizations in China, accordin
Aug. 29, 2016
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NK renames youth association as it seeks to beef up internal solidarity
North Korea has renamed a major youth association founded by the country's late founder, the North's state media said Monday, a move seen aimed at strengthening internal solidarity.North Korea announced that the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League was renamed the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League in accordance with the decision made at a youth congress.Pyongyang on Friday opened the congress of the youth congress, the ninth of its kind, for the first time in 23 years as North Korean leader
Aug. 29, 2016
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N. Korea still at least two years away from SLBM deployment: US expert
Despite last week's successful test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), North Korea appears to be still at least two years away from possible deployment of the weapon, a U.S. expert said.The North conducted the latest in a series of SLBM test-firings Wednesday, sending the missile some 500 kilometers over the East Sea, the greatest distance the communist nation has achieved since it began SLBM tests last year.Moreover, the missile was launched at a high angle, officials said, meani
Aug. 29, 2016
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North Korea rejects UNSC statement
North Korea on Sunday rejected the statement by the United Nations Security Council condemning its recent ballistic missile launches, threatening to take "eventful action steps" in retaliation.In a foreign ministry spokesman's statement, Pyongyang accused the United States and its "followers" of posing threats to its dignity and right to existence at the UNSC."The US and its followers committed a serious hostile act of finding fault with the DPRK's measures for bolstering nuclear deterrence for
Aug. 28, 2016
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Unification minister to attend denuclearization forum in Kazakhstan
South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, Seoul's point man on Pyongyang, left for Kazakhstan on Saturday to join a forum on denuclearization, his ministry said.The two-day conference, titled "Building a Nuclear Weapon-Free World," will open in the capital city of Astana on Sunday for discussions on ways toward nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.It is to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the closing of the Semipalatinsk test site, which was the primary nuclear test venue for the
Aug. 27, 2016
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N. Korea submarine missiles not ready until 2018: experts
Seoul (AFP) -- North Korea is making progress on a submarine-launched ballistic missile system but any deployment of the technology is years away, a US think tank said, as the UN Security Council promised action over Pyongyang's latest test.The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said late Friday on its closely-watched website, 38 North, that the success of North Korea's SLBM test this week suggests the program may be progressing faster than originally expected."However, this does not
Aug. 27, 2016
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UNSC condemns N. Korea's missile launches: report
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned North Korea's four recent ballistic missile launches and agreed to take "significant" measures against Pyongyang, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.The council issued a press statement strongly denouncing North Korea's missile tests in a unanimous decision reached on Friday (New York time), the ministry said.On Aug. 24, North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the East Sea, prompting the council to hold
Aug. 27, 2016
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White House: U.S. deeply concerned about N. Korea
The United States is deeply concerned about the human rights situation in North Korea and the country's nuclear and missile programs, the White House said Friday, local time."The United States and the rest of the international community is deeply concerned about the human rights situation inside of North Korea," Josh Earnest, press secretary at the White House, said in a regular briefing. "We also have deep concerns about the continued willingness of the North Korean regime in provocative action
Aug. 27, 2016
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Global Fund provides $3.7 million to eradicate malaria in North Korea
An international fund has provided a total of $3.7 million to a humanitarian aid project to eliminate malaria in North Korea this year, the Voice of America reported Friday.Under the financial donations from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund has been providing mosquito nets, insecticides and preventive medicines and remedies for malaria for North Korean residents, the U.S.-based media report said.VOA said that UNIC
Aug. 26, 2016
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N. Korea raises military alert to highest level amid S. Korea-U.S.
North Korea's military has raised its alert posture to its highest level in response to an annual joint military drill between Seoul and Washington, a government source here said Friday.The North ordered its military on the highest special alert early this week as the allies kicked off their annual military exercise on Monday aimed at countering Pyongyang's potential aggression, according to the source.This year's alert level was one notch higher than that issued during last year's joint militar
Aug. 26, 2016
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NK diplomat in Russia defects: reports
A North Korean diplomat posted in Russia has recently fled the host country, marking the latest in an ongoing string of defections by Pyongyang’s elite members, news reports said late Thursday. The official, whose identity and current whereabouts remain unclear, is known to have had served at Pyongyang’s trade representative within its consulate-general in Vladivostok before leaving there with his family. Affiliated with the North’s Ministry of External Economic Affairs, the secretary-level dipl
Aug. 26, 2016
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N.K. opens first youth congress in 23 years
North Korea on Friday opened the congress of a youth association for the first time in 23 years as the country's leader Kim Jong-un is seeking to solicit support from young people to cement his power.The Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League held the ninth congress in Pyongyang, the North's state media said, without elaborating.It marked the country's first congress by the youth league since February 1993. The congress was never held under the regime of the current leader's
Aug. 26, 2016
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UNSC working on statement condemning Pyongyang's latest missile provocation
The U.N. Security Council has asked its member countries to review a draft version of a press statement condemning North Korea's latest missile provocation, diplomatic sources said Friday. The UNSC held an emergency behind-closed-doors meeting on Wednesday (local time) at the request of South Korea, the United States and Japan to discuss counteractions against the North's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile earlier on the same day. The missile flew some 500 kilometers before la
Aug. 26, 2016
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North Korea upgrades security at rocket launch station: 38 North
North Korea has upgraded security measures at a rocket launch station on its west coast over the past two years, presumably out of concern of intelligence leaks, 38 North, a think tank that follows developments in the communist county, said Friday.According to a report by North Korean military affairs analyst Joseph Bermudez carried by 38 North, improvements to the outer perimeter of the Tongchang-ri launch site began around 2011 and proceeded slowly. Then it recently started picking up pace. Th
Aug. 26, 2016
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North Korea resumes encrypted numbers broadcast after 2-week hiatus
North Korea's state radio station on Friday resumed the broadcast of mysterious numbers after a two-week hiatus, which some experts say are coded messages to its agents in South Korea.A female announcer at Radio Pyongyang read numbers for more than four minutes starting at 12:45 a.m., calling out numbers, such as "No. 68 on Page 509."The announcer said she is "giving review works in basic information technology lessons of the remote education university for No. 27 expedition agents."Since June,
Aug. 26, 2016
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North Korean diplomat defects from Russia: source
A North Korean diplomat stationed in Russia defected last month, a local source said Thursday, amid a series of defections from the communist country to seek a new life in South Korea.The diplomat from Pyongyang's trade representatives under its consulate general in Vladivostok could have possibly defected with family, according to the source who asked not to be named.The identity and whereabouts of the diplomat have not been made clear.The diplomat is known to have been in charge of covering tr
Aug. 26, 2016
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Kim calls SLBM test ‘greatest success’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailed the latest test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as the “success of all successes,” state media said Thursday, as the UN gears up to condemn the event that would likely beef up the country’s nuclear capabilities. The young ruler observed Wednesday’s liftoff during which the projectile flew about 500 kilometers before falling into Japan’s air defense zone, marking the weapon’s longest flight and signaling sweeping technological advances. The experim
Aug. 25, 2016
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North Korea airs SLBM footage via state TV
North Korea's central television broadcasting station on Thursday aired the footage of the latest launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.In the footage running for one minute and 47 seconds, the broadcaster showed the launch of the missile from various angles.Pyongyang's state-run media, including the Rodong Sinmun, the country's main paper and organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, also has been promoting the launch as a huge success.North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a SLBM in
Aug. 25, 2016
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UNSC seeking to adopt statement to condemn N. Korea's SLBM launch
The United Nations Security Council is seeking to adopt a press statement to condemn North Korea's latest launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, officials said Wednesday following an emergency meeting on the issue.Member countries of the UNSC agreed to push for the press statement after the council held an emergency meeting to discuss North Korea's latest SLBM launch at the request of South Korea, the US and Japan, the officials who attended the close-door meeting said."There was a ge
Aug. 25, 2016