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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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S. Korean civic group officials meet with N. Koreans without gov't approval
Officials from a South Korean civic group met their North Korean counterparts in Shenyang Friday to discuss how to hold a joint summit anniversary event despite Seoul's opposition, the group said.The South's group held a meeting with North Koreans in China earlier in the day to discuss inter-Korean exchanges and the preparation of a possible joint event to mark the historic inter-Korean summit in 2000.Seoul's unification ministry earlier rejected the group's request for approval of its plan to m
May 20, 2016
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Russia joins banking sanctions against N.K.
Russia’s central bank has directed local institutions to halt financial transactions with North Korea, marking the latest in a string of countries joining the global sanctions push, a news report said Friday. The central bank on Thursday circulated U.N. Security Council Resolution 2270 imposed in March, following Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests earlier this year, noting that the local banks can engage in wire transfers or other dealings with the North only upon U.N. approval, Radio Free As
May 20, 2016
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Seoul's top diplomat vows efforts to lead global pressure on Pyongyang
South Korea will lead the international community in putting pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, the country's top diplomat said Friday."A perception has taken hold in the international community that sanctions and pressure of a different kind compared to the past should be applied to get the North to change and seek denuclearization," Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said in a speech at a forum."In the last couple of days, Switzerland the European Union took their own sanctio
May 20, 2016
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Seoul urges N.K. to give up nukes, missiles amid Gaeseong zone shutdown
South Korea on Friday called on North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programs as Seoul marked the 100th day since shutting down the joint industrial complex in the communist country.Seoul shut down the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name on Feb. 10 in response to Pyongyang's January nuclear test and long-range rocket launch in February.The decision came amid concerns that money generated from the factory zone is bankrolling the North's nuclear and missil
May 20, 2016
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Russia joins U.N.-led sanctions on N. Korea: media report
Russia has joined other countries in imposing sanctions on North Korea in line with the United Nations' push to punish Pyongyang for its nuclear test and other provocative acts this year, a Washington-based media outlet said Friday.Radio Free Asia said in a report posted on its website that Russia's central bank recently ordered other local banks and financial institutions to halt transactions with North Korea.The central bank also said that transactions of bonds held by North Korean individuals
May 20, 2016
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S. Korea to hold expo on unification next week
South Korea said Thursday it will hold an exhibition on unification next week, hoping that the event can help raise awareness about inter-Korean unification amid frayed Seoul-Pyongyang ties.The exhibition on unification will run from next Friday to next Sunday at Gwanghwamun Plaza and a park near the government complex and will involve 141 organizations including local governments, civic groups and media companies, according to the Ministry of Unification.The event will be the second of its kind
May 19, 2016
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N. Korea waging nonsmoking campaign as Kim Jong-un not seen smoking in 2 months
North Korea has actively launched a nonsmoking campaign and even set up research stations across the country to get people to stop smoking, according to North Korean media reports.In a report picked up in Seoul, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said non-smoking research stations have been established in provincial capitals and major cities and are in close touch with the Pyongyang-based Non-smoking Research Center.Their action programs include counseling for smokers and off
May 19, 2016
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Switzerland joins toughened global sanctions on N. Korea
Switzerland has joined the United Nations-led efforts to impose toughened sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test and other provocative actions earlier this year, a U.S.-based media outlet said Thursday.Radio Free Asia (RFA) said in a report posted on its website that the sanctions, which also included halting financial transactions related to the North, were enforced by the Swiss federal government as of 6 p.m. on Wednesday local time. The move is in tandem with the toughened United Natio
May 19, 2016
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N.K. leader calls for factory's modernization by party's founding anniversary
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on a factory to modernize the process of producing machines by the founding anniversary of the ruling party in October, the North's state media said Thursday.Kim's remarks were made while inspecting a machine manufacturing plant in North Pyongan Province. The visit marks the third time he made an on-site inspection after the country concluded its key party congress on May 9.Pyongyang used the four daylong event to help strengthen Kim's heavy-handed rule
May 19, 2016
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U.S. says N. Korea should first demonstrate denuclearization commitment before talks
The United States is prepared to engage with North Korea if Pyongyang demonstrates its denuclearization commitment, the White House said Wednesday, after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed his willingness to speak to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un."The United States has worked effectively with the international community, including countries like Russia and China, to isolate North Korea because of their failure to abide by their international obligations when it comes to t
May 19, 2016
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Now is the time to focus on pressuring N.K. with sanctions: unification minister
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on unification said Wednesday that now is the time to focus on punishing North Korea with sanctions for its nuclear and missile provocations amid the possibility of the North's fifth nuclear test.Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo told a forum that seeking dialogue with Pyongyang is needed down the road, but it is also not a panacea.“Dialogue is necessary, but it is not a cure-all,” Hong said.“There is the need to prod North Korea into changing i
May 18, 2016
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China expresses support for direct talks between U.S., N. Korea
China on Wednesday expressed its support for direct talks between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, responding to remarks by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that he is open to speaking with the leader of the reclusive country. "China supports direct negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea," China's foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, told Reuters in an interview that he
May 18, 2016
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Cautious hopes, skepticism for new N.K. foreign minister
The official appointment of Ri Yong-ho as North Korea’s new foreign minister has given rise to a blend of cautious hopes and skepticism over cross-border ties. Pyongyang on Monday informed the British government that it has appointed the former vice foreign minister as the successor of Ri Su-yong through a diplomatic letter to its embassy in London, according to the Associated Press. Ri, 60, is a career diplomat with extensive experience in negotiations with Seoul and Washington, having served a
May 18, 2016
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North Korea built up personality cult of Kim Jong-un ahead of key congress
North Korea made a concerted effort to build up the personality cult of its leader Kim Jong-un through literary and artistic works ahead of the recently closed congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, an examination of North Korean media reports showed Tuesday.In media reports released last week, the North's Korean Central News Agency said the country's youth and students created some 1,200 literary works during the 70-day campaign of loyalty that preceded the four-day party congress that ended
May 17, 2016
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North Korea's ceremonial head in Beijing en route to Africa
North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, apparently en route to some African nations, a diplomatic source said. Kim, the head of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, was seen arriving at the Beijing airport earlier in the day, and left the airport escorted by North Korean Embassy cars. The diplomatic source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Kim made a stopover in Beijing before heading for some African nations. The source declined to say
May 17, 2016
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Court upholds jail term for man over assassination plot against late defector
An appeals court handed down a three-year jail term to a South Korean man Tuesday for attempting to assassinate the highest North Korean official to have ever defected here.Upholding a lower court's decision, the Seoul High Court found the man, identified only by his surname Park, guilty of collaborating with another South Korean who said he was ordered by "a group associated with China" to assassinate Hwang Jang-yop.Hwang, known as the main architect of the North's "juche," or self-reliance ide
May 17, 2016
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State Department issues latest travel warning for North Korea
The U.S. State Department on Monday issued the latest warning against traveling to North Korea, saying foreign visitors to the communist nation could end up behind bars for actions not considered crimes elsewhere."The State Department strongly urges U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to North Korea due to the serious risk of arrest and long-term detention under North Korea's system of law enforcement, which imposes unduly harsh sentences, including for actions that in the United States would not
May 17, 2016
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N.K. uses party congress to declare nukes its priority: report
North Korea used its latest party congress as a venue to show its will to give priority to developing nuclear weapons before it moves to bolster its fragile economy, a report showed Monday.North Korea concluded a four-day run of the congress by the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) last Monday, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was elected as chairman of the ruling party.Kim Kap-sik, a research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), said in a report that the North formall
May 16, 2016
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U.S. lawmakers introduce bill calling for North Korea's designation as terror sponsor
U.S. House lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring the government to re-examine whether North Korea should be put back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying they believe the communist nation merits redesignation.The bill (H.R.5208), submitted last week with Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) joining as a co-sponsor, listed about 20 cases involving North Korea, including its 1987 bombing of a South Korean jetliner and the 2014 cyberattack on Sony Pictures.It requires the president to review
May 16, 2016
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North Korea releases Russian yacht and its crew
North Korea has freed a Russian yacht and its five crewmembers after North Korean fishermen mistakenly detained the vessel, a news report said Sunday.The Elfin yacht with five crewmembers onboard was detained in waters some 130 kilometers away from the North Korean port of Kosong on Friday, Russia's Tass news agency said.The yacht, belonging to the Primorye Sailing Association, was on the way from the South Korean port of Busan to Vladivostok after an international regatta, according to the news
May 16, 2016