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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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N. Korea is one of 11 nations with record of executions for past 5 yrs
The nongovernmental human rights group, Amnesty International, has listed North Korea as one of 11 countries that have carried out executions for the past five years, a U.S. media report said Thursday.AI said in its annual report released a day earlier that information on North Korea cannot be verified on its own, but reports have shown that North Korea has carried out capital punishment on various crimes, according to the Washington-based Voice of America.The report said the purging of North Ko
April 7, 2016
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N. Korea recently opens hospital in Tanzania: RFA
North Korea has recently opened a hospital in Tanzania and since been striving to boost earnings apparently to make up for its foreign income squeezed by international sanctions, a media report said Thursday.Maibong Sukidor Medical, a Korean traditional medical center, opened near the East African country's former capital of Dar es Salaam in early February, the Washington-based Radio Free Asia said. A copy of the center's business cards showed a doctor named Pak Jae-hong serves as the managing d
April 7, 2016
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U.S. welcomes China's restrictions on trade with N. Korea
The United States has welcomed China's restrictions on mineral trade with North Korea, saying it will continue to urge Beijing to do more until there are "concrete signs" of Pyongyang's denuclearization. This week, China, the North's diplomatic and economic lifeline, imposed restrictions on North Korean coal and iron ore trade, while banning imports of North Korean gold and rare earth, in line with new U.N. sanctions against the North's nuclear and missile programs. In a statement released on We
April 7, 2016
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No change in stance on seeking dialogue with S. Korea: N. Korea
North Korea said Wednesday it is sticking to its stance to seek dialogue with South Korea with the aim of improving inter-Korean ties in what may be a peace gesture in the face of tougher U.N. sanctions.The North's comments came two days after it said that pursuing stability and talks, rather than unilateral sanctions and military pressure, will become fundamental solutions to easing heightened tensions on the peninsula."There is no change in our stance that we seek to open the path toward dialo
April 6, 2016
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N. Korea halts GPS jamming: gov't
South Korea's ICT ministry said North Korea's disruptions of Global Positioning System signals, which started last week, stopped as of Wednesday, although they may resume soon, as the signals have been constantly lessening and increasing.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said the GPS disruptions that began Thursday were no longer detected as of 12:00 p.m. The jamming has been impacting Seoul's adjacent city of Incheon, and the surrounding Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces.The disrupt
April 6, 2016
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N. Korea to deploy long-range rocket launchers late this year: defense chief
North Korea has completed the development of a large-caliber multiple launch rocket system and is likely to deploy it against South Korea starting late this year, Seoul's defense minister here said.North Korea announced last month that its leader Kim Jong-un inspected what was claimed to be the final test-fire of the 300-millimeter caliber rockets equipped with an accurate guidance system.The completion of the new weapon has drawn attention to North Korea's escalating artillery threats to South
April 6, 2016
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N. Korea mobilizing its people ahead of key party event: sources
North Korea is mobilizing all of its people ahead of a key party congress in May by pressing them to work hard even at night and on weekends, sources said Wednesday.The North has been pushing its people, including those in Pyongyang, to put in long hours in a bid to achieve short-term goals before the ruling Workers' Party of Korea holds its congress early next month, according to sources familiar with the isolationist country."North Koreans are working every day from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. as t
April 6, 2016
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N.K. cyber capabilities pose serious challenges to U.S.: cyber command chief
North Korea's cyber capabilities pose serious challenges to the United States, the U.S.cyber commander said Tuesday, emphasizing the communist nation has steadily been bolstering its capabilities and has been "quite active" in the cyber domain.Adm. Michael S. Rogers made the assessment in a statement submitted for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, saying the North is one of the countries that his command is watching "most closely," along with Russia, China and Iran."Iran and North Korea
April 6, 2016
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N. Korea could have already started harvesting plutonium from spent fuel: U.S. think tank
North Korea could have already started reprocessing spent nuclear fuel to harvest weapons-grade plutonium in a process that could give Pyongyang enough fissile material for up to three nuclear bombs, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday.The Institute for Science and International Security, a think tank in Washington that specializes in the Iranian and North Korean nuclear issues, raised the possibility, citing an unidentified "government official who monitors the situation closely."The report
April 6, 2016
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China restricts trade with North Korea over nuclear tests
BEIJING (AP) -- China imposed restrictions Tuesday on imports of coal from North Korea and exports of jet fuel to the North in a potentially significant increase in pressure on Pyongyang following U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests. China is the impoverished and politically isolated North‘s main trading partner, making its cooperation essential for penalties approved by the U.N. Security Council last month to succeed. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has intensified nuclear ac
April 5, 2016
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S. Korea, U.S. working to tackle abuse of N. Korean workers abroad: U.S. envoy
South Korea and the United States are working together to determine the extent to which North Korea uses its workers abroad to raise money for its weapons of mass destruction programs, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues said Tuesday.North Korea's exports of workers has emerged as a new area the international community needs to address to tackle both the North's human rights abuses and its defiant pursuit of missile and nuclear weapons capabilities.Speaking in an intervie
April 5, 2016
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N. Korea's GPS jamming targeted at aircraft navigation system: official
North Korea's continuing attempts to jam South Korea' Global Positioning System may be aimed at disrupting the navigation systems of aircraft, government officials said as the communist country continued to send jamming signals on Tuesday.In a provocative operation that started in late March, North Korea has been sending GPS-jamming signals across the border. The signals began last Thursday and continued on and off into Tuesday, according to military and information and communication technology
April 5, 2016
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2 of 3 N. Korean anti-aircraft missiles fired last week disappeared from radar: military
Two of the three surface-to-air missiles North Korea fired off last week disappeared from the South Korean radar, the military said Tuesday, indicating that they may have malfunctioned.The Joint Chiefs of Staff initially said Pyongyang fired one surface-to-air missile toward the East Sea on Friday but confirmed later that two more missiles were launched at that time.But shortly after the launch, two of the missiles disappeared from the military's surveillance radar that was tracking the missiles
April 5, 2016
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N. Korea shows images of attack on S. Korean gov't offices
North Korea released a propaganda video Tuesday depicting a mock artillery attack on South Korea's main government buildings including the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.The video was published on the North's propaganda website "DPRK Today" under the title "Unless South Korea complies with our ultimatum." DPRK is the acronym of the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.North Korea has threatened to take "merciless" action against South Korea unless Seoul offers an a
April 5, 2016
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S.Korea dismisses Pyongyang's call for dialogue
South Korea on Tuesday dismissed North Korea's thinly veiled call for dialogue, reiterating that the communist state must immediately stop its provocative acts and rhetoric, and take "sincere" efforts toward denuclearization.On Sunday, Pyongyang mentioned the need for "negotiations" for the first time since the U.N. Security Council adopted a new sanctions resolution early last month to punish the unruly regime for its nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch in February."We urge Nor
April 5, 2016
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South Korea, U.S. discuss ways to improve Pyongyang's human rights situation
The U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues met with South Korean officials Tuesday to discuss ways to improve the human rights situation in the communist country.Amb. Robert King, who arrived here Saturday for a five-day trip, held closed-door meetings with senior officials handling North Korea issues at the Unification and Foreign Ministries, according to multiple sources.North Korea has come under growing pressure to improve its human rights record amid allegations of serious
April 5, 2016
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'Suspicious activity' at N. Korea's nuclear complex: 38 North
Recent satellite imagery shows "suspicious activity" at North Korea's nuclear complex in what could be a sign that Pyongyang might be trying to harvest weapons-grade plutonium from spent nuclear fuel, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Monday.The website 38 North said in a report that the satellite imagery has shown "exhaust plumes" from a thermal plant used to heat the Yongbyon nuclear complex's Radiochemical Laboratory, where spent nuclear fuel rods are reprocessed to extract plutonium."
April 5, 2016
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Pyongyang should freeze nuclear activities if it wants negotiations: senior U.S. diplomat
North Korea should freeze all nuclear activities and take other initial denuclearization steps if it wants to resume negotiations to resolve the standoff over its nuclear programs, a senior American diplomat said Monday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel made the remark during a seminar in Washington after Pyongyang's powerful National Defense Commission called earlier in the day for negotiations to find a fundamental solution to the heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Russel sai
April 5, 2016
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N. Korea beefing up border control ahead of party congress: sources
North Korea has strengthened its surveillance of its people in areas bordering China to crack down on those contacting defectors in South Korea ahead of its key party congress, sources said Tuesday.The Ministry of State Security, the North's intelligence agency, has sent a letter expressing its strong allegiance to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to the sources familiar to North Korean affairs.In the letter, the ministry pledged in March to beef up its surveillance along the border as
April 5, 2016
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Pyongyang's GPS disruptions continue for 4th day
South Korea's ICT ministry said North Korea's disruptions of GPS signals, which started last week, continued to affect local airplanes and ships on Monday.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said the GPS disruptions that began Thursday have been repeating at intervals ever since, impacting Seoul's adjacent city of Incheon, and the surrounding Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces.The ministry said 746 airplanes and 621 vessels experienced disruptions, but no significant damage has been rep
April 4, 2016