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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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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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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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North Korean propaganda leaflets found at Seoul university
A large number of North Korean propaganda leaflets were found at a local university Tuesday as the isolationist country steps up its campaign to highlight its nuclear achievements and sow internal discontent within South Korea.Police retrieved some 1,500 leaflets from Seoul National University's Gwanak campus in southern Seoul.The leaflets carried criticism of President Park Geun-hye. They also urged young adults not to enter the military. Law enforcement officials did not elaborate on how the l
March 15, 2016
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Aide to N.K. leader sent for 'reeducation' after son watched South Korean dramas
A close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un disappeared for several months last year as he received "reeducation" at a rural farm after his eldest son was found to have watched banned South Korean TV dramas, a scholar here claimed Tuesday.Citing an informed source, Cheong Seong-chang, senior research fellow at the local think tank Sejong Institute, said that Choe Ryong-hae, a secretary of the ruling Workers' Party, accepted reeducation for the "flawed" way he taught his child.In November, Ch
March 15, 2016
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North Korean leader threatens imminent nuclear, missile tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened Tuesday to carry out a fresh round of nuclear and long-range rocket tests “in a short time,” claiming the country has secured missile reentry technology and uncovering an image of what it said is a warhead part. Seoul and Washington urged Pyongyang to cease provocative actions and rhetoric, and abide by its international obligations. “We will conduct an explosion experiment of a nuclear warhead and test-fire a ballistic rocket capable of carrying the wa
March 15, 2016
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South Korea warns of 'unbearable punishment' in case of N.K. provocation
South Korea warned North Korea Tuesday that it will face "unbearable punishment" if it conducts further provocations following its nuclear and missile tests earlier this year.The warning came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country would soon conduct tests of nuclear warheads and ballistic rockets to improve its nuclear strike capabilities. Kim made the remarks while attending a simulation of the atmospheric re-entry of a long-range rocket, according to the North's state media."If
March 15, 2016
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Some North Korean restaurants shuttered in China's border towns
About five North Korean restaurants in China's northeastern border towns have closed their doors for unknown reasons, a source with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday, amid speculation that Chinese authorities might have refused to renew visas for North Korean waitresses working there. The shutdown of the North Korean restaurants in China's border cities of Yanji and Hunchun took place after the U.N. Security Council adopted new sanctions against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. "Am
March 15, 2016
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North Korea has all core missile technologies except for re-entry capability: officials
North Korea appears to have secured all core mid- and long-range missile technologies except for atmospheric re-entry technology, South Korea's military officials said Tuesday, noting the communist state has made strides in improving delivery vehicles through repeated tests.Pyongyang has acquired key technologies concerning the propulsion system, guidance and control system, rocket separation and other crucial elements through a total of six long-range rocket tests including the latest in Februa
March 15, 2016
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Park warns N. Korea could self-destruct unless it embraces change
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that North Korea could self-destruct unless it embraces change, the latest in a series of strongly worded warnings aimed at pressuring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to give up his nuclear weapons program.Tensions have spiked on the divided Korean Peninsula as North Korea has ratcheted up its bellicose rhetoric in response to the massive military drills under way between South Korea and the United States.North Korea could "trod the path of self-destruction b
March 15, 2016
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South Korea, China agree to fully implement new U.N. sanctions on North Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held a telephone discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and they agreed to fully implement new U.N. sanctions on North Korea, China's foreign ministry said, as the North's leader threatens to conduct a nuclear warhead test.In the telephone discussion held on Monday, Yun and Wang exchanged views on the latest situation on the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.The two ministers agreed that the new U.N. sanctions, slappe
March 15, 2016
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U.S. urges N.K. to refrain from provocative rhetoric after threats
The United States urged North Korea on Monday to refrain from menacing actions and rhetoric after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened to conduct yet another nuclear test and more ballistic missile launches.Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency reported that leader Kim declared "a nuclear warhead explosion test and a test-fire of several kinds of ballistic rockets able to carry nuclear warheads will be conducted in a short time to further enhance the reliance of nuclear attack capability.
March 15, 2016
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North Korea conducting attack exercise on replica of Seoul: officials
North Korea is carrying out a military assault exercise using a replica of South Korea's capital of Seoul, a lawmaker said Tuesday, citing government officials.The exercise is focused on destroying key public facilities in the South Korean capital and is part of what North Korea threatened as "an operation to liberate Seoul," Rep. Lee Cheol-woo told reporters after his ruling Saenuri Party's meeting with officials from security-related state agencies.On Saturday, Pyongyang threatened to advance
March 15, 2016
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North Korea threatens to conduct nuke warhead, ballistic missile tests soon
North Korea said Tuesday that it plans to conduct tests of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles "in a short time," in an apparent show of defiance in the wake of tougher U.N. sanctions.The threats add weight to speculation that the North may carry out more nuke and missile provocations following its nuclear test and long-range rocket launch earlier this year.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that "a nuclear warhead explosion test and a test-fire of several kinds of ballistic rockets able t
March 15, 2016
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Obama calls for effective implementation of North Korea sanctions
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that effective enforcement of sanctions on North Korea is one of the key tasks facing the country, along with fighting terrorism and ensuring Iran meets its nuclear commitments.Obama made the remark during an address at a conference of chiefs of U.S. diplomatic missions overseas, saying the U.S. should keep mobilizing the world to meet shared challenges, including strengthening international rules and norms that undergird peace and security."We're going to
March 15, 2016
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U.S. Treasury Department official to visit China for discussions on N.K. sanctions
A senior U.S. Treasury Department official will visit China and Hong Kong this week to discuss ways to implement sanctions on North Korea, the department said Monday.Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam Szubin will visit Beijing and Hong Kong on Tuesday and Wednesday, the department said in a press advisory.During the trip, Szubin will meet with senior government officials and private sector compliance officers for discussions on a range of issues of mutual intere
March 15, 2016
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North Korea likely to feature high at Nuclear Security Summit
North Korea is expected to feature high at the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit that U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host later this month as part of efforts to make the world free of nuclear weapons, sources said Monday.In particular, Pyongyang's nuclear pursuit is expected to be the main topic of discussions for a three-way meeting Obama could hold with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the nuclear conference, the sources said
March 15, 2016
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Growing nuclear, missile threats stir debate in U.S. over Korea's nuclear armament
Growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea have stirred debate in the United States about a topic that has long been considered too nonsensical to even talk about: South Korea going nuclear.American security experts have recently published articles making emphatic cases either for allowing Seoul to seek its own nuclear deterrent or for greater efforts to reassure the Asian ally so as to dissuade it from such a temptation. That appears to suggest that the U.S. may be beginning to feel r
March 15, 2016
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Seoul envoy to U.N. warns of tougher sanctions for additional N.K. provocations
A top South Korean envoy to the United Nations warned Monday that the international organization could further tighten sanctions on North Korea should the communist regime engage in additional provocations.Speaking at a forum hosted by the Kwanhun Club, an association of senior journalists, Oh Joon stressed that although the latest set of U.N. Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang is the harshest ever in decades, the UNSC could further pressure the isolationist regime.Even after the UNSC adopt
March 14, 2016
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FM Yun calls for all-out efforts to resolve N.K. nuke issue
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se called on South Korean diplomats on Monday to devote all of their effort to resolving the North Korean nuclear issue following the adoption of new sanctions on the communist regime.Yun made the call during an annual gathering of ambassadors and other heads of overseas missions, saying South Korea should lead the international community in enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 2270.The resolution, adopted earlier this month to punish North Korea for its recent n
March 14, 2016
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N. Korea has yet to invite China for rare party congress
China's ruling Communist Party has yet to receive an invitation from North Korea to attend a rare party congress in May, a diplomatic source with knowledge of the matter said Monday. North Korea is gearing up to hold the Workers' Party Congress in May. The last such party conference was held in 1980 and China sent a vice premier to Pyongyang at that time. "To my knowledge, China and other communist nations such as Vietnam and Cuba, have not received an invitation from North Korea for the party c
March 14, 2016
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N. Korea demands Seoul's apology, compensation for boat collision
North Korea on Monday belatedly called on the South Korean government to apologize and pay compensation for a boat collision that occurred last October.North Korea had previously claimed that a South Korean vessel deliberately slammed into North Korean fishing boat Turubong-3 in the East Sea on Oct. 1, resulting in property damage and the injury of five North Koreans In an article titled "Gangsters ignorant of human ethics and laws," the North's main newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported that "the Pa
March 14, 2016
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Unification Ministry launches task force to prepare for N.K. human rights foundation
The Unification Ministry launched a task force to prepare for the establishment of a foundation that will enforce the recently passed North Korea human rights act, officials said Monday.The task force will make administrative preparations, such as securing personnel and a budget, for the foundation, which is to be launched as soon as the enforcement of the act begins in September, they said.The Unification Ministry will assign four of its personnel to run the task force. The foundation, subordi
March 14, 2016