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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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N. Korea continuously trying to buy luxury goods from Switzerland
North Korea is continuously trying to purchase luxury wristwatches and the newest medical equipment from Switzerland despite the latest United Nations sanctions on the communist country's unwavering pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, a U.S.-based news media reported on Friday. In early March, the U.N. Security Council adopted its toughest-ever sanctions, Resolution 2270, to punish the North's nuclear and missile tests in January and February, respectively. In response to the U.N.'s pu
May 27, 2016
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China's Xi inspects military near border with N. Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected troops in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, near the sensitive border with its traditional ally, North Korea, according to China's state media on Friday. Xi inspected senior military officials and soldiers stationed in Harbin, Heilongjiang's capital, and an outpost on Tuesday and Wednesday, and instructed them to build a "strong army," the official Xinhua News Agency reported from Harbin.While the report made no mention of North Korea, it was Xi's
May 27, 2016
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Sanctions are 'best recipe' for N.K. nuclear issue: unification minister
South Korea's unification minister dismissed calls for conversation with the North on Friday, saying sanctions are the "best recipe" to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. On a local radio program, Hong Young-pyo also said that the government is not considering an inter-Korean summit. "We cannot say when and whether we will hold an inter-Korean summit and are not considering any such talks," Hong said, when asked if there is any possibility for leaders of the two Koreas to meet
May 27, 2016
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N. Korean patrol, fishing vessels cross western sea border
Two North Korean vessels crossed the de facto western maritime border Friday amid heightened tensions in inter-Korean relations, Seoul's military said.The Navy fired warning shots at the North Korean vessels -- a fishing boat and a patrol boat -- as they trespassed across the maritime border in the Yellow Sea, widely known as the Northern Limit Line, at around 7:30 a.m, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They returned to the northern side immediately after the warning shots were fired, it a
May 27, 2016
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Italian Parliament says N. Korean footballer's contract may violate sanctions
The Italian Parliament has claimed a North Korean footballer's contract with a local club may be in violation of international sanctions on the communist regime.The lower house of the parliament on Wednesday asked the government to review the contract signed by Choe Song-hyok with Fiorentina's Primavera (youth) club in March. Michele Nicoletti, a member of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, led the efforts.The lower house believes North Korea may be extorting salaries from its overs
May 27, 2016
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Obama says N. Korea is 'big worry'
U.S. President Barack Obama called North Korea a "big worry for all of us," saying the communist regime is "hell-bent" on developing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles capable of delivering them.Obama made the remark during press availability in Japan on Thursday, saying the communist nation learns something every time they conduct nuclear and missile tests, even though the regime has not yet reached a point where they can "effectively hit" the U.S."North Korea is a big worry for all of us.
May 27, 2016
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Park calls for int’l pressure on N. Korea over nuclear ambitions
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called Thursday for international pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons programs as she met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.Park said North Korea's nuclear programs should never be tolerated as they pose a serious threat to the international community as well as Northeast Asia."Now, the international community should be united and put pressure on North Korea to make it recognize that it has no future unless it gives up its nuclea
May 27, 2016
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North Korea criticizes Obama's Hiroshima visit
North Korea's official news agency is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima on Friday.The Korean Central News Agency published a commentary Thursday calling the visit a "childish political calculation'' aimed at hiding Obama's identity as a "nuclear war lunatic" determined to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal.The commentary also accused Japan of trying to use the visit to masquerade as a victim and cover up its atrocities during World War II.Obama is to become the first s
May 26, 2016
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Immediate North Korea denuclearization is unrealistic goal: expert
With the South Korean government retaining its approach of “denuclearization before talks” against North Korea, nuclear expert John Carlson said that expecting the North to immediately give up nuclear arms would be “totally unrealistic.”“I think it’s unrealistic to expect denuclearization at the beginning. They just won’t do it, so there’s no point in pushing for it,” Carlson said, while participating in the 11th annual Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity held on Jejudo Island.John Carlson, advi
May 26, 2016
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Gov't cancels officials' visits to N. Korea-China border area amid terror concerns
The South Korean government has canceled or postponed officials' visits to the border region between North Korea and China out of terrorism concerns, a public institute under the unification ministry said Thursday. The Institute for Unification Education said that it has indefinitely postponed its education program for government officials and those from publicly owned enterprises, which was initially slated to start at the end of this month.About 60 senior and mid-level officials from several g
May 26, 2016
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N. Korea's key official meets with Cuban president Raul Castro
A key official of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party held talks with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana earlier in the week to boost their cooperative relations, the North's official media report said Thursday.North Korea's Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Workers'Party of Korea central committee, had the meeting Tuesday and also conveyed greetings and a personal letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Castro, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of C
May 26, 2016
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U.N. chief calls for resuming dialogue with N. Korea
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged a return to talks with North Korea despite its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons.Ban, who is on a six-day visit to his native South Korea, made the call during a forum on the southern resort island of Jeju, saying the tensions on the Korean Peninsula are "one of the great challenges to global action and regional cooperation.""Rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula could cast a shadow across Northeast Asia and beyond," he said in a keynote ad
May 26, 2016
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N. Korea expected to conduct another nuke test 'sooner or later': think tank
The possibility of North Korea conducting another nuclear test is high as the reclusive country is striving to intimidate others to engage in peace treaty talks, a local think tank here said Thursday."The possibility is high that the North will sooner or later conduct its fifth nuclear test or fire off another long-range missile," the Sejong Institute, a private think tank, said in its recently published report. It said such actions are aimed at getting other countries to come to the negotiating
May 26, 2016
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N. Korea likely to collapse sooner than expected: ex-USFK commander
North Korea is expected to collapse "much sooner than many of us think" due to internal unrest, former U.S. Forces Korea commander Walter Sharp said.Sharp, who commanded USFK from 2008 to 2011, told a symposium in Hawaii on Tuesday that he recently guaranteed new USFK commander Gen. Vincent Brooks that there would be major changes on the peninsula before his term ends, according to a Military.com report."First off, I believe there will be strong provocations, strong attacks by North Korea that c
May 26, 2016
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N. Korean workers in China send bulk of earnings to Pyongyang regime
North Korean workers in China are forced to send 70 to 80 percent of their meager wages to the North Korean regime as a "loyalty fund," making their lives more miserable, a U.S.-based news media report said Wednesday.A source in China told Radio Free Asia recently that many North Korean laborers have no choice but to cope with poor living conditions since their actual income stands at less than $100 per month.Such developments are taking place despite the fact that their wages have been on the r
May 25, 2016
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Monaco 1st to file implementation report on latest NK sanctions
Monaco has filed its implementation report for United Nations-led sanctions against North Korea for its nuclear test and other provocations, becoming the first member country to submit the action plan, sources said Wednesday.The move came about a week before the deadline by which all member countries are required to submit their own guidelines on how to carry out the toughened sanctions adopted by the U.N. about three months ago. Details, including what measures Monaco will take, have not been d
May 25, 2016
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N. Korea extends charm offensive toward S. Korea
North Korea has extended its offer to hold dialogue with South Korea for the sixth day in a row, calling on Seoul to accept its proposal to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula, the country's state media reported Wednesday.An institute under the ruling Workers' Party of Korea said North Korea is ready to have candid talks with South Korea, blaming Seoul for not accepting its dialogue proposal, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the party's main newspaper.The offer is part of North Korea's charm off
May 25, 2016
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S. Korea denies report of unification minister's possible visit to Japan
South Korea's unification ministry on Wednesday denied a Japanese report that Seoul's top point man on unification is likely to visit Japan early next month to exchange views about North Korea with officials there.Japan's Asahi Sinmun newspaper reported that Seoul is adjusting the schedule of Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo to push for his visit to Japan in June. The Korean government hopes that Hong may have meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo's top diplomat Fumio Kish
May 25, 2016
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Key officials from N. Korea, Cuba hold meeting for better ties
Key ruling party members of North Korea and Cuba have held talks to discuss ways to further develop their friendly ties, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.The talks were held in Cuba on Monday between the North Korean delegation led by Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) central committee, and members of the Communist Party of Cuba led by Salvador Antonio Valdes Mesa, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba, according to the Korean Central News Agency (K
May 25, 2016
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Prospects for global nonproliferation not optimistic due to N.Korea: CFR
Prospects for progress in global nonproliferation efforts are not bright due to North Korea's continued pursuit of its nuclear program, the U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations said Tuesday.In a report on global cooperation, the CFR said that global nonproliferation efforts received a boost from the Iranian nuclear deal last year, but suffered a setback from the North's nuclear program."North Korea continued to threaten the international nonproliferation regime and global peace and stabi
May 25, 2016