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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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N.K. leader orders crackdown on those leaking intelligence to S. Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his public security staff to hunt down and punish those who leak the reclusive state's internal information to South Korea, multiple sources said Sunday.In a directive sent to the security agencies and the people, Kim warned that those who leak any information to South Koreans will be labeled as "spies" and face harsh punishments, including execution by firing squad."I understand that (Kim) has sent a directive to the security agencies and the people,
June 19, 2016
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Interesting to see how Trump presidency would deal with N. Korea: Bruce Cumings
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump could bring a number of "interesting" things to the U.S. presidency, including how the real estate tycoon would deal with North Korea, an American professor said.Bruce Cumings, a University of Chicago professor with deep expertise on Korea, made the remark in a recent article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, noting that Trump has expressed a willingness to hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un."If Hillary Clinton becomes pr
June 19, 2016
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Some sanctioned vessels spotted sailing outside of N. Korea: media report
Some of North Korean ships separately blacklisted by the United States in the wake of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests earlier this year have been spotted sailing, a U.S.-based media report showed Saturday.Victory 2, in particular, was detected leaving Nampo port of North Korea on Thursday afternoon and sailing westwards, according to the Washington-based Voice of America (VOA), citing traffic information filed by Marine Traffic, an online vessel tracking program.The vessel was blacklisted
June 18, 2016
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Amb. Sung Kim to visit China for security forum
The U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy will visit China next week for a regional security forum and talks with Chinese officials, the State Department said Friday.Amb. Sung Kim will be in Beijing on June 21-23 for "meetings with Chinese officials and attend the Track 1.5 Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue," the department said in a release.The forum brings together high-level policymakers, defense ministry officials, military officers, and researchers from China, Japan, North and South K
June 18, 2016
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U.N. office intensifying probe into N.K. human rights violation
The U.N. office on North Korea's human rights is intensifying its investigation into Pyongyang's dismal rights record ahead of the first anniversary of its establishment, government officials said Friday.The United Nations opened its field office on June 23 last year in Seoul in a bid to monitor North Korea's human rights violations, recommended by the U.N. Commission of Inquiry's landmark report on the North's rights record.Signe Poulsen, representative of the office, and her colleagues, have b
June 17, 2016
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House committee passes legislation calling for N.K.'s designation as terror sponsor
A U.S. House committee on Thursday passed a bill calling for relisting North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.The legislation (H.R.5208), which was introduced by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) last month, passed through the House Foreign Affairs Committee. It calls for putting the North back on the State Department's list of states sponsoring terrorism, saying the regime "meets the criteria for designation."Specifically, the bill requires the president to review about 20 cases involving North Korea, i
June 17, 2016
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N.K. nuclear program top 'blinking-red' problems: CIA chief
North Korea's nuclear program is one of the top "blinking-red" problems that should be highlighted at an intelligence briefing for the next U.S. president, along with cyberthreats and terrorism, the CIA chief said Thursday."Proliferation is something that we cannot forget about, which is brought into stark relief by the activities of North Korea and Kim Jong-un, and the continued development of his nuclear program and ballistic missile capability," CIA Director John Brennan said at a Senate Inte
June 17, 2016
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U.S. think tank report lays out military strike scenario against North Korea
A private U.S. intelligence firm has released a report looking into a military strike scenario against North Korea's nuclear facilities, inviting angry reaction from the communist nation.In a five-part report titled, "Removing the Nuclear Threat," the information firm Stratfor detailed possible military means for a strike and possible responses from the North. Pyongyang has bristled at the report, saying Wednesday that it shows a surprise preemptive attack and armed invasion are in "the full-dre
June 17, 2016
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N. Korea's food rations remain at 60% of U.N. recommendation: report
North Korea has been providing just 360 grams of daily food rations to each of its citizens in the second quarter of this year, far below the United Nations' recommendation, a media report said Thursday.Citing the report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.S.-based media Voice of America said the daily ration is 12 percent less than last year during the same period which was 410 grams, and 10 grams less than the previous quarter’s 370 grams.This is far less than the U.N.'s recom
June 16, 2016
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Bulgaria reaffirms support for denuclearization, vows to fully implement N. Korea sanctions
June 16, 2016
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Trump says he would accept N. Korean leader to U.S. for negotiations
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday he would "accept" North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the United States and hold nuclear negotiations with him while eating hamburgers, according to news reports."If he came here, I'd accept him," Trump said during campaigning in Atlanta, reaffirming his willingness to meet with the North's leader, according to reports. "Who the hell cares? I'll talk to anybody."Trump first expressed his willingness to meet with Kim in an interview las
June 16, 2016
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S. Korea, France agree to jointly consider additional sanctions on N. Korea
South Korea and France agreed Wednesday to jointly consider additional sanctions on North Korea while increasing military exchanges and defense technology cooperation between the two countries, officials said.South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, reached the agreement during talks in Paris, sharing a view that nuclear and missile threats from the communist nation are serious, officials said.The two sides will use their regular defense informati
June 16, 2016
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N. Korea vows to bolster nuclear deterrent to cope with U.S. threat
North Korea threatened Wednesday to strengthen its nuclear deterrent as it accused the United States of plotting a preemptive strike against Pyongyang."We will further bolster up in quality and quantity the nuclear deterrence for self-defense in face of the U.S. reckless war moves," an unidentified spokesman of North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in English-language comments carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.He also warned that North Korea will "foil any slightest milita
June 16, 2016
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N. Korea, Kim Jong-un biggest threat to U.S. Pacific Command: admiral
HONOLULU (Yonhap) -- North Korea and the country's leader Kim Jong-un are the biggest sources of threat from the perspective of the United States' military command responsible for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, a U.S. defense official said, vowing that Washington will not allow Kim to destabilize regional security.The comments were made by Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, director for operations at the U.S Pacific Command in Honolulu, Hawaii, during his meeting with a group of South Korean journalists
June 15, 2016
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China vows to ensure full implementation of U.N. sanctions against N.K,
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- China's foreign ministry said Wednesday that it has been working to ensure a full implementation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs, a day after the country decided to ban exports of more goods that could be used for military purposes by Pyongyang.In line with the latest U.N. resolution to punish North Korea for conducting its fourth nuclear test in January this year, China's commerce ministry announced the decision on Tuesday evening,
June 15, 2016
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Taxi-driving, most coveted job in N.K.:RFA
North Koreans are paying bribes to become taxi drivers, Washington-based Radio Free Asia said Monday.RFA reported that driving taxi is one of the most sought-after jobs now in the reclusive regime pinched under global financial sanctions, as the job brings in foreign currency and provides privileged working condition.The media quoted a North Korean informant who was available for an interview during a brief trip to China, that taxi passengers in North Korea often pay in U.S. dollars or Chinese y
June 15, 2016
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Korea urges N.K. to give up nukes at summit anniversary
South Korea on Wednesday urged North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program and stop reckless provocations as the two Koreas marked the 16th anniversary of their first summit meeting.A summit between then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and then-North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the late father of the current leader Kim Jong-un, was held in Pyongyang on June 15, 2000.It produced a landmark joint declaration that outlines inter-Korean reconciliation and economic cooperation.Seoul's unifi
June 15, 2016
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China beef up security inspection along border with N. Korea: report
Chinese troops have been stepping up security inspections along the border with North Korea in what seems to be a move to check up on tourists visiting certain sensitive regions, a U.S.-based media outlet said Wednesday.An ethnic Korean source in Tumen, China, told Radio Free Asia that Chinese soldiers on border garrison have been reinforcing their security checks after North Korea vowed to retaliate against South Korea for the recent mass defection of North Koreans to the South.In April, 13 Nor
June 15, 2016
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N. Korea's trade volume drops 18% in 2015
North Korea's trade volume sank 18 percent last year from a year earlier, ending five years of straight growth, due largely to a drop in the prices of its key trading items such as coal and overall shipments, a South Korean trade agency said Wednesday.The North's overall trade volume came to $6.25 billion in 2015, compared with $7.61 billion the previous year, according to the state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.The reclusive country's outbound shipments fell 15 percent on-year to
June 15, 2016
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N. Korea believed to have produced additional 4-6 nuclear weapons since late 2014: ISIS
North Korea is believed to have produced an additional four to six nuclear weapons since late 2014, with its total arsenal now estimated at between 13-21 weapons, a U.S. think tank said Tuesday.The Institute for Science and International Security released the assessment in a report, making estimates about the amounts of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium the North is believed to have produced at its Yongbyon nuclear complex.The assessment came after recent reports that the North
June 15, 2016