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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Obama to hold one-on-one summit with China‘s Xi on margins of nuclear summit
U.S. President Barack Obama will hold one-on-one talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next week's Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, the White House announced Thursday.The meeting, set for March 31, will "present an opportunity to advance U.S.-China cooperation on a range of issues of mutual interest, while also enabling President Obama and President Xi to address areas of disagreement constructively," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said without elaborating.N
March 25, 2016
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S. Korea, France vow to jointly tackle N.K. provocations, human rights
South Korea and France vowed Thursday to jointly tackle North Korea's provocations and human rights abuses as they marked a key anniversary in their bilateral ties.At a forum celebrating 130 years of diplomatic relations, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, noted the threats posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, and the acute suffering of its people."North Korea, from the outset of the year, is threatening the entire world with its fourth n
March 24, 2016
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Park orders nationwide alert as N.K. pursues solid-fuel missile
The South Korean military confirmed Thursday that North Korea is developing solid-fuel rockets -- indicating that it is continuing to advance its missile attack capabilities -- as President Park Geun-hye ordered security forces to strengthen their vigilance against further provocations.Earlier in the day, North Korea’s state media Korea Central News Agency claimed that its leader Kim Jong-un guided a successful ground test of high-powered solid-fuel rocket engine, saying that the supposed breakt
March 24, 2016
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N.K. leader boosts military-related public activity this year: Seoul
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has noticeably increased military-related public activity this year in the latest expression of the North's jitters over tougher U.N. sanctions, Seoul officials said Thursday.The North's leader conducted the so-called field guidance in the military and defense sectors 16 times in the Jan. 1-March 18 period, accounting for 62 percent of his total public activities this year, according to South Korea's unification ministry.The tally marked a 20 percent increase from
March 24, 2016
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N. Korea says it successfully conducted solid-fuel rocket test
North Korea said Thursday it has successfully conducted a solid-fuel rocket test, adding that the accomplishment will boost the country's ballistic rocket capabilities to hit its enemies.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made the comments during his visit to the site of the ground-based test on the rocket engine and its separation, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The success of this test will help "strike great horror and terror into the hearts of the enemies,"
March 24, 2016
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N.K. conducts simulation of warhead reentry technology at Chamjin Missile Factory: 38 North
North Korea is believed to have conducted a simulation test of what it claimed was warhead re-entry technology at a missile factory southwest of Pyongyang, a website monitoring the communist nation said Wednesday.The North's state media released photos on March 15 of leader Kim Jong-un overseeing the simulation. Kim was also reported as saying that the country acquired the re-entry technology that is key to developing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States.The North did not d
March 24, 2016
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Pyongynag asks U.N. Security Council to discuss Seoul-Washington
North Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to convene a meeting to discuss joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, calling the maneuvers "a grave threat" to the communist nation.Amb. Ja Song-nam, chief of the North's mission to the U.N., made the request in a letter to the president of the Security Council last week, saying the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises are the largest-ever in size and scope and "truly aggressive in their nature.""The U.S.-South Korea
March 24, 2016
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N. Korea's trade with China rises 4.6 pct in February despite rocket launch
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- Trade between North Korea and its economic lifeline, China, grew 4.6 percent on-year in February, Chinese customs data showed Wednesday, despite tensions over the launch of a long-range rocket following the North's fourth nuclear test. Bilateral trade volume stood at $323 million last month, according to the data. China's imports of North Korean goods gained 2.48 percent on year to $162 million and its exports to the North rose 6.91 percent to $161 million. Compared with Janu
March 23, 2016
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China says N. Korean diplomat killed 2 Chinese in car accident
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- China's foreign ministry said Wednesday that a North Korean diplomat killed two Chinese citizens last month in a car accident and paid compensation to the families of the victims. The accident happened in the Chinese border city of Dandong on Feb. 10 when a car being driven by the unnamed North Korean consular official "collided with a taxi, killing the taxi driver and a passenger," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters. Hua said the North Korean di
March 23, 2016
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North Korea threatens to attack Cheong Wa Dae
North Korea on Wednesday threatened military action against the Park Geun-hye administration, starting with Cheong Wa Dae, in an apparent attempt to spark national unity as well as warn South Korea and the U.S. The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, entrusted with inter-Korean affairs, released a statement saying that the Kim Jong-un regime will launch a “retaliatory battle of justice in order to resolutely eliminate the Park Geun Hye group of traitors on this land and un
March 23, 2016
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N. Korean economy is getting better: Rodong Sinmun
North Korea's economy is improving despite stiff sanctions imposed by the international community, the country's state-run daily said Wednesday.According to the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, the isolationist country's national economy has been reinvigorated "as if it were a living thing which received the blood of vitality."In an article titled "Self-supporting power of Korea," the newspaper claimed that all the people are making strenuous efforts to build an eco
March 23, 2016
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N. Korea is becoming strategic burden for China: experts
North Korea's relentless provocations are putting a dent in China's foreign policy and security initiatives, analysts here said Wednesday, noting Pyongyang is increasingly becoming a "strategic liability" to Beijing.The communist regime's evolving threats against Seoul and Washington have prompted the allies to seek a stronger missile defense and trilateral cooperation with Tokyo -- developments that could undermine Beijing's pursuit of a "peaceful" rise, the analysts noted.The reclusive regime'
March 23, 2016
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N. Korea warns of retaliation against Park
North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a retaliatory war against President Park Geun-hye in the latest show of defiance against tougher U.N. sanctions and joint military drills between Seoul and Washington.North Korea vowed to "launch a retaliatory battle of justice to resolutely eliminate" the United States and Park, warning that it is ready to turn South Korea's presidential office into a sea of fire."The powerful large-caliber multiple rocket launching systems of invincible Korean People's
March 23, 2016
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N. Korea conducts land-based SLBM test last week: report
North Korea conducted a ground test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile last week, a U.S. news report said Tuesday, a move that, if confirmed, would add to a series of provocative acts Pyongyang has undertaken in defiance of international pressure.The March 16 test involved a "pop-up" or "ejection test" of the KN-11 missile from a canister ashore at the Sinpo shipyard on the North's east coast, where the missile is being developed along with the Gorae-class missile-firing submarine, the Wa
March 23, 2016
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ICAO sends warning letter to N. Korea over missile launches
A U.N. aviation organization has sent a letter to North Korea to warn the communist regime over its recent ballistic missile launches that were conducted without prior notice, a Seoul government source said Tuesday."(I) understand the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) has sent a warning letter to the North under the name of its council chairman," the source said, declining to be named.The letter appears to be intended to highlight that under the Convention on International Aviation
March 22, 2016
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N. Korean diplomat pays huge compensation after killing 3 in China car accident
A North Korean diplomat paid a total of 1.5 million yuan ($230,942) in damages to the families of three Chinese victims who he killed in a drunk driving accident last month, a source in the Chinese border city of Dandong said Tuesday. The accident took place on Feb. 7 in Dandong. The North Korean consular official killed the three Chinese people while driving drunk, although the exact circumstances of the accident were not immediately known. At the time of the accident, the North Korean diplomat
March 22, 2016
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Kim Jong-un inspects naval ship repair yard
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has conducted a field inspection of a naval ship repair yard, the North's official news agency reported Tuesday.Kim's visit to the October 3 Factory under the Korean People's Army (KPA) Navy Unit 597 came as the country is under increasing pressure after the U.N. Security Council's recent sanctions for its nuclear test and rocket launch.According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the North Korean leader lauded the repair facility for providing a solid tech
March 22, 2016
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N.K. leader observes test-fire of new multiple rocket launcher
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected the military's test-fire of a new large-caliber multiple rocket launcher, the North's state media said Tuesday, amid heightened tension on the divided peninsula.The North's leader has expressed his satisfaction over the "perfect accuracy" of the launch system, praising officials and technicians in the field of defense science, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The leader said that its rocket launchers would help increase "the capabil
March 22, 2016
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N. Korea launches 5 short-range missiles into East Sea
North Korea fired five short-range missiles into the East Sea on Monday in the latest of a series of provocations in response to the ongoing South Korea and U.S. joint military drills.The missiles were launched near the northeastern city of Hamhung from 3:19 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. and flew east some 200 kilometers, according the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).The type of missiles fired was not immediately known."Our military is keeping close tabs on the situation and standing by with a heightened defens
March 21, 2016
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China, Russia firms may be subject to U.S. sanctions
As a majority of North Korean overseas workers are in China and Russia, companies employing them in the two countries may be subject to Washington’s new sanctions, a top U.S. official in charge of sanctions policy indicated Monday. “The new Executive Order provides very broad authority to deal with the exportation of labor,” said Daniel Fried, coordinator for sanctions policy at the U.S. State Department. “It doesn’t mandate anything in particular, but the authorities are there if needed.” He wa
March 21, 2016