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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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N. Korea proposes joint highway construction project to China's Liaoning Province
North Korea has proposed to China's Liaoning Province a joint project building an expressway linking Dandong in the northeastern Chinese province with the North Korean city of Gaesong, a source familiar with North Korean affairs said Monday.According to the source, the North Korean authorities made the proposal that they and the Liaoning provincial government will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the project on July 27.North Korea initially wanted to push ahead with the project in April, but "
June 27, 2016
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N. Korean media foresees possibility of domino effect after Britain's EU exit
North Korea's main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, carried detailed accounts of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, saying there is a possibility of a domino effect from Brexit and the disintegration of the EU system. In an article on last week's referendum, the organ of the North's ruling Workers' Party of Korea said many countries around the world are keeping watch on the adverse effects of Brexit regarding which road Britain will choose and how EU member countries will cope with the recent
June 27, 2016
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Aid supply to N.K. should be 'quid pro quo' for human rights improvement: professor
The international community needs to consider extending aid to North Korea as a "quid pro quo" to get the communist country to improve its human rights, a Dutch professor specializing in Korean history said Monday.Remko Breuker, professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands, told a forum on North Korea's human rights that there is a need to connect development aid to the issue of North Korea's human rights."If you want to do business with North Korea, it needs to be quid pro quo in terms of
June 27, 2016
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N. Korean students mobilized to pick wild greens for soldiers
North Korea has mobilized residents and school children to pick wild greens for soldiers to make up for the country's food shortage, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia reported Monday.A North Korean source told the RFA that the impoverished country has brought in middle and high school students this year to gather wild edible greens of various kinds in the mountains and fields. The picked greens are being prepared as side dishes for troops.Anyone who fails to meet the allotted amount for the greens
June 27, 2016
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Russia, China won't accept N. Korea's nuclear, missile strategy
The leaders of Russia and China have agreed that they will not accept North Korea's nuclear and missile strategy, but they reaffirmed their opposition to a possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, according to their joint statement Monday. The statement was issued after Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping last Saturday in Beijing. Last week, North Korea claimed it successfully test-launched an intermediate-range b
June 27, 2016
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U.S. lawmakers call for resuming talks with N. Korea to recover
U.S. House lawmakers have introduced a resolution calling for resuming talks with North Korea to uncover and bring home the remains of thousands of American soldiers who went missing during the Korean War from the communist nation.Three Korean War veterans in the House -- Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI) and Sam Johnson (R-TX) -- introduced the resolution Friday on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the war's outbreak, saying the remains of at least 5,300 Americans are believed t
June 27, 2016
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High quality counterfeit U.S. notes circulating in N. Korea: sources
High quality U.S. counterfeit notes are circulating in North Korea, raising speculation that the reclusive country may be manufacturing them and handing them off to unsuspecting visitors, sources in Hong Kong said Sunday.Sources who are familiar with the North said a Hong Kong businessmen who visited Pyongyang recently tried to deposit a $100 note with a local bank but was told that it was a counterfeit bill.The entrepreneur, who was not identified, claimed he got the bill just as he was checkin
June 26, 2016
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North Korea erecting more statues of dead leaders: report
North Korea is continuing to erect new statues of its dead leaders as part of the country's effort to strengthen a cult around the ruling Kim dynasty that has controlled the communist country for nearly seven decades, a U.S.-based news report said Sunday.According to Radio Free Asia, the North is moving to place new statues of the country's founder Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il in front of the country's national defense college and a museum dedicated to the two Kims in Pyongyang.Statues ho
June 26, 2016
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North Korean leader's next move after Musudan launch drawing attention
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's next move after the recent "successful" Musudan missile launch is drawing keen attention as it could help the outside world gauge the future direction of the reclusive country, Pyongyang watchers in the South said Sunday.Observers said the actions Kim takes will be of critical importance as they could fuel confrontations or allow all sides to take stock of the current situation and try to diffuse tensions.Last week, the country claimed it successfully launched a
June 26, 2016
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N. Korea's nuclear envoy returns home after 6-day visit to Beijing
A North Korean nuclear envoy returned home on Saturday after a six-day visit to Beijing where she declared that the North has no intention of returning to the negotiating table on its nuclear weapons program. Choe Son-hui, deputy director for North American affairs at North Korea's foreign ministry and the North's deputy chief nuclear envoy, was seen arriving at the Beijing airport earlier in the day. Choe made no comments upon her arrival at the airport and entered the departure gate for diplom
June 25, 2016
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Latest test reveals N. Korean missile capable of flying 3,500 km: military
North Korea's latest test of its Musudan mid-range missile indicates that the country is capable of firing a missile with a range of 3,500 kilometers, South Korea's military officials said Friday.In the latest test fire of the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) which the North calls the Hwasong-10, one of the two that were launched soared to an altitude exceeding 1,000 km and flew some 400 km before hitting the East Sea.The North launched the missiles on Wednesday near Wonsan on their e
June 24, 2016
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THAAD seen as capable of intercepting N.K. mid-range missile: defense minister
The advanced U.S. missile defense system THAAD is believed to be capable of intercepting North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missiles if it is deployed in South Korea, Seoul's defense chief said Friday.North Korea claimed Thursday that it has succeeded in test-firing its mid-range missile, boasting of its capacity to hit U.S. forces in the Pacific region. "The deployment of THAAD will help South Korea's move to counter (the North's missile threats)," Defense Minister Han Min-koo told repo
June 24, 2016
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U.N. office to unveil report on N. Korea's pretrial detention this year
The U.N. office on North Korea's human rights in Seoul plans to unveil a report on the issue of Pyongyang's pretrial detention this year to highlight the reclusive country's serious rights violations, its head said Friday.Signe Poulsen, a representative of the office, told a forum that the U.N. will "highlight important shortcomings in the legal and institutional infrastructure that governs pretrial detention and make recommendations for concrete changes to protect the rights of detainees." The
June 24, 2016
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Ruling, opposition parties condemn N. Korea's missile launch
South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on Friday expressed concerns over Pyongyang's latest launch of missiles and called on the communist country to put its priority on improving the livelihood of its people instead of making threats against the world.On Wednesday, North Korea fired off what is believed to be two Musudan mid-range missiles from near the city of Wonsan on its eastern coast. The latest launches follow four failed launches involving the Musudan missile since April. "The safet
June 24, 2016
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U.N. Security Council strongly condemns N. Korea's missile test
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday adopted a press statement strongly condemning North Korea's latest missile tests, saying they contribute to the communist nation's development of nuclear weapons delivery systems."The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the most recent ballistic missile launches," the council said in the statement issued a day after it held an emergency meeting to discuss the North's launches of two Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday.Th
June 24, 2016
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U.S. nuclear envoy did not meet with N.K. negotiator in Beijing: State Department
The U.S. envoy for North Korea's nuclear program did not meet bilaterally with a nuclear negotiator from Pyongyang on the sidelines of an international security forum held in Beijing this week, the State Department said Thursday.Amb. Sung Kim's trip to Beijing was a focus of media attention due to the possibility of him meeting with Choe Son-hui, deputy director for North American affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, and the North's deputy chief envoy for the six-party nuclear talks.Both a
June 24, 2016
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N. Korea's Musudan missile far from reliable weapon: U.S. expert
North Korea's Musudan or Hwasong-10 intermediate-range ballistic missile put in an impressive performance in its sixth test after five failures, but the missile is far from a reliable weapon, a top U.S. missile expert said Thursday.John Schilling, an aerospace engineer with expertise in North Korea's missile program, warned, however, that the North's experiment with the Musudan missile could help its intercontinental ballistic missiles, such as the KN-08 and KN-14, reach operational status earli
June 24, 2016
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U.N. aviation agency voices 'grave concerns' over N.K.'s GPS jamming
A U.N. aviation agency has expressed "grave concerns" over North Korea's attempts to jam GPS signals in the South and decided to send a letter to Pyongyang to warn against such activity that could cause serious safety problems, the foreign ministry said Thursday."The International Civil Aviation Organization held the 208th board meeting in Montreal, Canada, from May 16-June 17 and adopted the decision to send a warning to the North with regard to the GPS disruption issue," the ministry said in a
June 23, 2016
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N.K. claims success in ballistic missile test
North Korea on Thursday claimed its intermediate-range ballistic missile soared as high as 1,400 kilometers during Wednesday’s test, with its leader Kim Jong-un boasting the country now has the “overall, practical” ability to strike U.S. military bases throughout the Pacific. State media said the missile, formally Hwasong-10, or better known as Musudan, climbed 1,413.6 kilometers before falling into the “exact target area” in the sea 400 kilometers away. The experiment, the sixth involving the
June 23, 2016
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N.K. parliamentary meeting to reaffirm N.K. leader's one-man rule
South Korea said Thursday that North Korea's upcoming parliamentary meeting will be used as a venue to reassert its leader Kim Jong-un's one-man rule and give him another new title as the head of state.Next Wednesday, North Korea plans to convene a major meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly in a follow-up to the party congress in May, an event aimed at helping reaffirm the leader's unfettered hold on power. (Yonhap)Seoul's unification ministry said that the communist country is likely to con
June 23, 2016