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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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U.S. institute claims discovery of secret N. Korean uranium facility
A U.S. research institute on Thursday said it has located a suspected secret nuclear facility that North Korea used in the early stages of its uranium enrichment program."Recent information suggests that an early centrifuge research and development facility was located at the Panghyon Aircraft Plant, at or near the Panghyon Air Base, which is located about 45 kilometers west of the Yongbyon nuclear site," the Institute for Science and International Studies said in a report. "This is a preliminar
July 22, 2016
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UNSC discusses how to respond to NK's back-to-back missile tests
South Korea said Thursday that the U.N. Security Council is discussing comprehensive measures against the recent back-to-back missile tests by North Korea, apparently dismissing speculation that China might be hampering its swift action.On July 9, the North fired off a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast but it exploded in midair.Pyongyang also test-fired three missiles on Tuesday in an apparent protest against a joint decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy an advanced mi
July 21, 2016
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External construction complete for new submarine assembly hall in N. Korea: 38 North
External construction of a submarine assembly hall at North Korea's main submarine port is now complete in a project that would enable Pyongyang to build much larger ballistic missile submarines, a U.S. monitoring website said Wednesday.The website 38 North, dedicated to monitoring and analyzing the communist nation, released the assessment based on satellite imagery of the North's Shinpo Shipyard, the homeport of North Korea's Gorae-class ballistic missile submarine program.The imagery was take
July 21, 2016
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U.S. Defense Department brushes off N. Korea's threat
The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday brushed off North Korea's threat that its latest missile launches were part of an exercise to preemptively strike American troops in South Korea, urging Pyongyang to refrain from raising tensions.The North fired two short-range Scuds and one Rodong missile into the East Sea on Tuesday in the latest in a series of banned ballistic missile launches, a show of force seen as designed to show it can strike the U.S. THAAD missile defense system to be deployed i
July 21, 2016
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N.K. says missile test aimed at ports, airfields in the South
North Korea said Wednesday that Tuesday’s launch of three missiles was aimed at boosting its capabilities to strike South Korean ports and airfields, in an apparent bid to ratchet up its protest against the Seoul-Washington plan to dispatch advanced U.S. antimissile assets here. The firing of one Rodong and two Scud missiles was seen as a show of force targeting the allies’ recent announcement of their deployment decision. Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, was picked as the location for the Te
July 20, 2016
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Gov't condemns N. Korea's resumption of encrypted number broadcasting
South Korea's government on Wednesday condemned North Korea's resumption of encrypted number broadcasting, a method used in the past to send orders to its spies operating in the country. The Ministry of Unification expressed "deep regret" over the North's latest provocation. Pyongyang on Friday resumed the broadcasting after a 16-year-long hiatus following Seoul's decision a week earlier to deploy an advanced U.S. antimissile system in South Korea by the end of 2017. "We can't speak conclusively
July 20, 2016
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S. Korea faces challenge in reflecting its stance on N. Korea in ARF statement: source
South Korea is expected to face challenges in reflecting its stance on North Korea and its nuclear ambitions in a chairman's statement to be issued at the end of the upcoming regional security meeting, given the chair country's close ties to the communist country, a government source said Wednesday.Top diplomats from 27 Asia-Pacific countries and the European Union will meet in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and hold a series of meetings led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations over th
July 20, 2016
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N. Korea says it staged missile drill to practice striking S. Korean ports, airfields
North Korea on Wednesday said it conducted its recent missile launch drill with the aim of practicing pre-emptive strikes against South Korean ports and airfields. On Tuesday, Pyongyang test-fired three ballistic missiles -- two Scuds and one Rodong -- in an apparent "armed protest" against South Korea's decision early this month to deploy an advanced U.S. anti-missile system in the country to counter growing threats from the North. "The drill was conducted by limiting the firing range under the
July 20, 2016
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U.S. pledges to put unrelenting pressure on N. Korea after missile launches
The United States pledged Tuesday to put unrelenting pressure on the "leadership of North Korea" after the communist nation carried out banned ballistic missile launches in defiance of international pressure. The North fired the three missiles -- two of them short-range Scud and the third an intermediate-range Rodong -- earlier Tuesday in what was seen as a show of force against the planned deployment in South Korea of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system."This is just another in a series of pr
July 20, 2016
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N. Korean missile launches 'deeply troubling': U.N. spokesman
North Korea's latest firing of three ballistic missiles is "deeply troubling" and runs counter to efforts to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.The communist nation fired the missiles -- two of them short-range Scud and the third an intermediate-range Rodong -- earlier Tuesday in what was seen as a show of force against the planned deployment in South Korea of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system."The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's firing of missiles
July 20, 2016
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Republican Party platform calls N. Korea 'Kim family's slave state'
The U.S. Republican Party has adopted its new policy platform, calling for change in North Korea that it denounced as the "Kim family's slave state" and pledging to work toward ending the communist nation's nuclear weapons program.North Korea was the first issue mentioned in the Asia Pacific part of the platform adopted on Monday, the opening day of the party's national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in an indication of the significance the party attaches to the problem."We are a Pacific nation
July 20, 2016
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U.N. requests N. Korea to release fate of 14 abductees including former KAL crew
The United Nations has officially called on North Korea to release information on the fate of 14 people held captive in the reclusive country, including a South Korean plane crew kidnapped 47 years ago, a U.S.-based media outlet said Tuesday. Radio Free Asia said the U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances also requested the Pyongyang regime confirm whether the five North Korean defectors who were forcibly taken back to North from China and six people who were arrested in No
July 19, 2016
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N. Korean defectors experience barracks life with special forces
Teenage North Koreans who defected to the South are experiencing barracks life first hand with the country's special forces in a program aimed at boosting their confidence so they can better adjust to life here, the Army said Tuesday.It said 41 students from Yeomyung School in Seoul are training with troops of the 3rd Brigade of the country's Special Warfare Command. "They arrived at the barracks on Monday and will stay till Wednesday to learn about military discipline and even undergoing mock t
July 19, 2016
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N. Korean smugglers making money through illegal pork exports to China: report
North Korean smugglers are making money through illegal export of pork to China, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia said Tuesday, citing sources from the reclusive country.A North Korean source in Ryanggang Province told RFA that some North Koreans living in the border area with China are making a profit through pork smuggling.The informer said smugglers are making money because the price of pork in the North is only a third of the price in China. A kilogram of pork costs around 1,690 won ($1.50), w
July 19, 2016
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N. Korea resumes encrypted number broadcasting
North Korea has resumed the broadcasting of encrypted numbers, a method used in the past to send messages to spies operating in South Korea, a government source said Tuesday.The source said that propaganda radio station Radio Pyongyang aired a 12-minute shortwave segment last week during which a female announcer read out numbers on what seemed to be from a book. The broadcast started in the early hours of Friday morning and marks the first time Seoul picked up on such communication from the Nort
July 19, 2016
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N. Korean ferry to sail on 3-country tour route: report
The North Korean passenger ferry Mangyongbong will be put on a China-North Korea-Russia tour route next month, a Washington-based broadcaster reported Tuesday. "Tourism officials (from the three nations) agreed on the trilateral project at their meeting in (the North Korean special economic zone of) Rason last Tuesday," Radio Free Asia quoted a tourism bureau official from the far eastern Chinese city of Hunchun, Jilin Province, as saying.The officials also agreed to make use of the North Korean
July 19, 2016
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U.S. confirms N.K. missile launches, identifies one as Rodong missile
The U.S. Strategic Command on Monday confirmed North Korea's launch of three ballistic missiles, saying two of them were short-range Scud missiles and the third was a Rodong intermediate-range missile."U.S. Strategic Command systems detected and tracked what we assess were three North Korean missile launches," the command said in a statement. "The near back-to-back launch of two presumed Scud tactical ballistic missiles, followed by the presumed launch of a No Dong (Rodong) intermediate-range ba
July 19, 2016
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N. Korea test-fires three ballistic missiles after THAAD decision
North Korea fired off three ballistic missiles Tuesday, less than two week after South Korea and the United States agreed to deploy an advanced antimissile system in the country to deal with evolving nuclear and missile threats from the communist country.The three ballistic missiles, Scud or Rodong types, were launched from Hwangju, North Hwanghae Province, between 5:45 a.m. and 6:40 a.m., with two flying some 500 to 600 kilometers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Jeon Ha-kyu said. The traj
July 19, 2016
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N. Korea speeds up development of 'revolutionary county' around Mount Paektu
North Korea is accelerating the development of its county of Samjiyon, where Korea's highest mountain is located, under the direction of its leader Kim Jong-un, a report by the communist country's main newspaper said Monday. The Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the ruling Workers' Party, reported that Kim instructed the development of the northern area of Ryanggang Province near Mt. Paektu, which is claimed by the North to be the sacred origin point of the Korean revolution. Pyongyang has claimed
July 18, 2016
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Seoul report draws renewed attention to Pyongyang's human rights abuses
A South Korean report on the realities of torture carried out in North Korea is drawing renewed attention to deep-rooted human rights abuses continuing in the reclusive country.In a seminar held in Seoul, the state-run Korea Institute for National Unification released a report based on years of surveys and interviews of North Korean defectors who suffered from merciless torture in labor camps.Under the theme of "North Korea's Tortures and Inhumane Treatment," KINU research fellow Lee Sang-sin sa
July 18, 2016