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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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Analysis of debris shows N. Korea‘s Feb. rocket launch was not for satellite: experts
An analysis of debris from the long-range rocket launched by North Korea in early February showed that it lacked the crucial mechanism necessary to protect a satellite through the course of its bumpy flight, military experts said Wednesday. The signs point to the February launch not being used to send a satellite into space as claimed by the North.On Feb. 7, North Korea launched the long-range missile in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions banning the country from nuclear and
April 27, 2016
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China unlikely to send delegation to N. Korea‘s rare party congress
China is unlikely to send a delegation to North Korea's rare ruling party congress early next month, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, as the North's nuclear ambition and missile launches have soured political ties between the allies. North Korea announced earlier in the day that the Workers' Party Congress will start on May 6, the first such congress in 36 years. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to use the rare congress as a venue to solidify his reign and take credentials for his p
April 27, 2016
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N. Korea to hold first party congress in over three decades on May 6
North Korea said Wednesday that its ruling Workers' Party of Korea plans to hold its first party congress in more than three decades late next week, a move expected to reaffirm North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's tight grip on power.The political bureau of the WPK's central committee has decided to open the seventh party congress in Pyongyang on May 6, the Korean Central News Agency said.It will be the first party congress since October 1980, when the WPK last convened the meeting of the party's h
April 27, 2016
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N. Korea likely to convene ruling party congress on May 5: source
Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea. (Yonhap)North Korea is likely to choose May 5 as the date to hold its first congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in more than three decades, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.The North has previously said the party congress should take place in early May, but has yet to announce a date. South Korea's intelligence agency earlier said it would be held on May 7.The source said that the party event is likely to be held next Thursday, possibly for
April 26, 2016
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Former U.S. official says U.S. does not rule out first-use nuclear option against N.K.
The United States has not ruled out the option of using nuclear weapons "first," due in part to North Korea's potential threat to South Korea, a former senior U.S. official said Tuesday, stressing that America's security commitment to its Asian ally remains credible.During an interview with reporters at a forum, Robert Einhorn, former special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control at the U.S. State Department, also underscored the role of China in the successful implementation of internat
April 26, 2016
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Inter-Korea tension to continue after drills
Seoul and Washington are slated to wrap up their joint military drills on Saturday, but the two Koreas are likely to continue their standoff, with Pyongyang expected to carry out another nuclear test ahead of its ruling party convention in early May.While it is common for tension to peak during the drills and subside afterward, it is expected to continue this time as South Korea braces for a North Korean nuclear test. The South Korean Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the military has been on c
April 26, 2016
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[FEATURE INTERVIEW] Foreign languages taught in N.K. to instill loyalty
When John Kim, not his real name, defected from North Korea in 2007 and settled in the South, he had a tough time communicating in Korean. English words were used so pervasively that he could not do simple things like order food or read signs. “My friend told me to meet at ‘cafe Paris Baguette,’ but I had no clue what that meant. When I read menus, I didn’t know the meaning of ‘don-kkas’ (pork cutlet, from ‘donkatsu’) or ‘chicken,’” he told The Korea Herald last week. “English is part of life he
April 26, 2016
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Participant in Pyongyang marathon says she felt no sense of crisis in Pyongyang
There appears to be no sense of crisis in Pyongyang according to a foreign participant in a North Korean marathon."I did not find any sense of crisis and uneasiness in North Korea despite the ongoing international sanctions," said a Singaporean woman, fresh from her rare trip to Pyongyang to participate in this year's annual Pyongyang marathon."The streets of Pyongyang, with the full blossoms of cherry and forsythia, were peaceful and people looked cheerful and bright," Ong Wann told Yonhap News
April 26, 2016
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N. Korea readying another mid-range ballistic missile launch: sources
North Korea appears to be readying to test-launch another intermediate-range ballistic missile after the country botched its first attempt earlier in the month, government sources said Tuesday.North Korea was initially detected to have loaded one or two IRBMs, known as Musudan, on the transporter erector launcher, near the country's eastern port city of Wonsan, earlier in the month. On April 15, one of the missiles was test-fired but reportedly blew up only a few seconds after lifting off. "Sig
April 26, 2016
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N. Korea celebrates key anniversary without military events
North Korea has celebrated the 84th anniversary of the Korean People's Army's founding without a major military event, the North's media reports showed Tuesday, amid tougher international sanctions.The North marked its key military anniversary on Monday by holding cultural performances and other festivals across the nation, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper.Pyongyang celebrated the anniversary in a relatively calm manner without military events in the face of stronger Un
April 26, 2016
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N. Korea strengthens border control, punishment against defectors: report
North Korea has intensified its border control and imposed stronger punishment on those who were caught fleeing the repressive country, a report by a South Korean think tank showed Tuesday.Since 2014, North Korea has raised the level of punishment against people who have sought to escape the nation, according to the white paper on the North's human rights, released by the state-run Korea Institute for National Unification.The report was written based on interviews with 186 North Korean defectors
April 26, 2016
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U.S. put travel restrictions on N.K. FM in wake of missile test
The United States had put travel restrictions on North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong while he was in New York for U.N. meetings, after the communist nation conducted a banned test of a submarine ballistic missile, an official said Monday.Since Saturday's missile test, Ri was allowed to travel only to four places -- the U.N. headquarters, his hotel, the North's mission to the U.N., and the airport, State Department spokesman John Kirby said at a regular press briefing."It was a decision that
April 26, 2016
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Pentagon still scrutinizing N. Korea's SLBM test
The U.S. Defense Department said Monday it's still scrutinizing North Korea's latest test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile amid conflicting views about whether the launch was successful."We're still assessing the test," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said at a regular briefing. "I can't say from this podium at this point exactly how best to characterize it, other than they conducted a test that we feel as once again another provocative act by the North Koreans, one that does nothin
April 26, 2016
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Short-range in N. Korea's SLBM test doesn't signal failure: U.S. expert
North Korea's latest submarine missile test suggests the communist nation has shifted to developing a solid-fuel missile after repeated failures with a liquid-fuel engine, and the short flight distance in the latest test does not mean it's a failure, a U.S. expert said Monday.The North conducted the submarine-launched ballistic missile test on Saturday in the latest in a series of weapons tests aimed at defying international pressure over its nuclear and missile programs. The launch was seen as
April 26, 2016
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China urges N. Korea to fulfill U.N. resolutions over sub-launched missile test
China on Monday called on North Korea to abide by the U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban the North from conducting ballistic missile launches two days after Pyongyang claimed it successfully fired a ballistic missile from a submarine."The U.N. Security Council resolution has a provision on this issue," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters. "We hope the relevant party can earnestly fulfill the resolution and avoid taking any actions that may escalate tension."N
April 25, 2016
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U.N. condemns N.K. SLBM launch
The U.N. Security Council on Sunday condemned North Korea’s recent submarine-launched ballistic missile test, which experts say demonstrated some level of success.In a press statement, the council said the launch was “yet another serious violation” of the UNSC resolution which bans the communist country from any ballistic missile or nuclear programs. Pyongyang claimed Saturday’s SLBM to be a success, although the South Korean military downplayed it, citing that it flew only 30 kilometers. The mi
April 25, 2016
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N. Korea aims to build new 3,000-ton sub armed with 3 SLBMs: experts
North Korea may be in the process of developing a 3,000-ton submarine that can provide a stable platform to launch three submarine-launched ballistic missiles as the country is scurrying to enhance its nuclear delivery capability, military experts here said Monday.Local military observers said to meet such a goal, Pyongyang may move to test-fire SLBMs until it is confident in launching a missile that can fly as far as 2,000 kilometers, the experts also predicted.On Saturday, North Korea fired a
April 25, 2016
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N. Korea asks Chinese firm to pay advance wages for N. Koreans
North Korea has asked a Chinese company to pay cash in advance for North Korean workers in an apparent bid to raise the funds necessary for the upcoming congress of the ruling Workers' Party, a media report claimed Monday.A North Korean source in China contacted Daily NK, a Seoul-based news outlet specializing in North Korea, claiming that a fishery firm in Dandong has recently remitted six months worth of wages for its North Korean laborers in advance at the strong request of Pyongyang.Dandong
April 25, 2016
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N.K. calls for strong loyalty to leader on military anniversary
North Korea called on its military to show strong allegiance to leader Kim Jong-un as the country celebrated the 84th anniversary of the Korean People's Army creation on Monday.The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, said in its commentary that the country should establish the one-man leadership more firmly as it celebrates the key anniversary of its armed forces."There will be no enemy forces that can stand against the KPA, as our military is equipped with outstanding tactics and strikin
April 25, 2016
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Seoul on alert for Pyongyang‘s possible nuke test
South Korea is on high alert for a possible nuclear test by North Korea that could take place as early as Monday to mark the 84th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, the defense ministry said.South Korea has been bracing for North Korea's fifth nuclear test in the runup to major national events in the communist country, including the KPA anniversary and the all-important party congress expected to take place in early May."Our military is maintaining thorough preparations aga
April 25, 2016