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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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U.N. data shows lackluster implementation of previous sanctions on N. Korea
A majority of U.N. member countries failed to submit reports on their implementation of a set of Security Council sanctions adopted in 2013 to punish Pyongyang for its third nuclear test, U.N. data showed Monday.The record, unveiled in a report by a U.N. panel of experts, raises questions about how rigorously they will carry out a new package of sanctions that the Security Council passed last week in response to the North's fourth nuclear test and its long-range rocket launch.According to the pa
March 8, 2016
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U.S. urges N. Korea to halt threatening rhetoric
The United States urged North Korea on Monday to halt provocative rhetoric and threats after the communist nation threatened to launch an "all-out offensive" against South Korea and the U.S. as the allies kicked off annual military exercises.The North's powerful National Defense Commission said earlier Monday the country will take "military counteraction for preemptive attack so that they may deal merciless deadly blows at the enemies" as the South and the U.S. began their annual Key Resolve and
March 8, 2016
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Park calls for additional sanctions on N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye urged policymakers on Monday to take steps to ensure that U.N. member states can impose additional sanctions on North Korea to rein in its nuclear and missile programs.The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution last week to punish North Korea for its fourth nuclear test and long-range rocket launch earlier in the year.The tough sanctions are, among other things, meant to cut off North Korea's access to hard currency, which South Korea and other regiona
March 7, 2016
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'Sanctions, N.K. provocations would help create unification opportunity'
A vice chief of South Korea's presidential advisory panel on unification has said that international sanctions in response to North Korea's relentless provocations could help create an opportunity for national reunification.Speaking to Yonhap News Agency from London on Sunday, Yoo Ho-yeol, executive vice chairperson of the National Unification Advisory Council, noted that "precarious situations," caused by the communist state, can generate momentum for the South to pursue and lead the unificatio
March 7, 2016
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Seoul to unveil its own sanctions on Pyongyang this week
South Korea said Monday it will announce its own punitive steps against North Korea this week over its latest nuclear and missile tests, lending support to the latest United Nations Security Council sanctions.The government plans to unveil its sanctions against the North on Tuesday afternoon in response to North Korea's nuclear test in January and long-range locket launch last month, according to the Prime Minister's Office.Measures to be announced are believed to include banning the entry of ve
March 7, 2016
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Geopolitical tensions could hamper enforcement of new N.K. sanctions
Growing geopolitical tensions stemming from the potential dispatch of an advanced U.S. missile defense system to the Korean Peninsula could pose a hurdle to enforcing newly adopted U.N. sanctions on North Korea, analysts here said Monday.The United States has been mired in an increasingly intense spat with China and Russia over the proposed deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system as Beijing and Moscow have categorically opposed it on the grounds that it would hurt their securi
March 7, 2016
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Seoul to announce new N.K. sanctions Tuesday
South Korea said Monday that it plans to unveil a fresh set of unilateral sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday, which would likely include a port entry ban, as it seeks to ratchet up pressure on its wayward neighbor in line with the latest U.N. resolution. The announcement will be made by Lee Suk-joon, minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, with the participation of foreign and unification ministries and other agencies, the office said. The new measures are expected to be
March 7, 2016
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South Korea to unveil its own sanctions on North Korea this week
South Korea said Monday it will announce its own punitive steps against North Korea this week over its latest nuclear and missile tests, lending support to tougher United Nations Security Council sanctions.The government plans to unveil its sanctions against the North on Tuesday afternoon in response to North Korea's nuclear test in January and long-range locket launch last month, according to the Prime Minister's Office.Measures under review are believed to include an entry ban on vessels that
March 7, 2016
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North Korea omitted from China's 5-year economic plans: document
Economic cooperation projects between North Korea and China were omitted from China's five-year economic plans, a document by Beijing's top economic planner showed Monday, an indication that may represent China's displeasure over Pyongyang's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons. The document was presented by China's National Development and Reform Commission at the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, on Saturday. According to the docume
March 7, 2016
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North Korea could react to sanctions with military clashes, cyberattacks, suspension of U.N. membership: expert
North Korea could respond to the new U.N. sanctions with military clashes with South Korea, cyberattacks, expulsion of diplomats of sanctions-supporting countries and even suspension of its own U.N. membership, a Russian expert said Sunday.Georgy Toloraya, director of Korean Programs at the Institute of Economy at the Russian Academy of Science, made the prediction, saying Pyongyang's reaction to the sanctions resolution could be "harsh" as it came just a few months before the North holds a cong
March 7, 2016
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North Korea threatens to launch offensive against South Korea-U.S. military drills
North Korea threatened Monday to launch an all-out offensive against South Korea and the United States over their annual military drills in the latest warning amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula."The army and people of the (North) will take military counteraction for preemptive attack so that they may deal merciless deadly blows at the enemies," the North's powerful National Defense Commission said in an English-language statement carried by the country's official Korean Central News
March 7, 2016
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Seoul to unveil new unilateral sanctions on North Korea this week
South Korea plans to unveil further standalone sanctions against North Korea this week, including a ship entry ban, as part of efforts to tighten its squeeze on its errant neighbor and shore up a recent U.N. resolution, officials said Sunday. While the Security Council was crafting fresh measures, Seoul has been speeding up its own sanctions drive in response to the North’s latest nuclear and missile tests, shutting down a joint factory park across the border. The fresh steps will likely include
March 6, 2016
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South Korea to announce own North Korea sanctions this week
South Korea will announce its own North Korea sanctions this week after the United Nations Security Council voted to impose stronger sanctions on the belligerent nation, a South Korean official said Sunday.The sanctions will likely include banning the entry of ships to South Korean ports from third-party countries that have been to North Korea and blacklisting more organizations and personnel related to the North's weapons of mass destruction, the official said on the condition of anonymity.The
March 6, 2016
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Seized North Korean ship registered in Sierra Leone: South Korea
A North Korean ship impounded in the Philippines last week was registered as being from Sierra Leone via a practice called flag of convenience, South Korea said Sunday.Flag of convenience is a business practice of registering a merchant ship to a country other than its origin for the purposes of avoiding taxes and other regulations.The Philippines seized the North Korean ship Jin Teng on Saturday, becoming the first country to enforce sanctions on the reclusive country since the United Nations S
March 6, 2016
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Philippines impounds N.K. ship under U.N. sanctions
MANILA (AFP) -- The Philippines said Saturday it had impounded a North Korean vessel in response to tough new United Nations sanctions introduced in response to Pyongyang‘s recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests.The 6,830-ton cargo ship Jin Teng will not be allowed to leave Subic port, northeast of the capital Manila, where it had been docked for three days and its crew will be deported, presidential spokesman Manolo Quezon said on state-run radio station Radyo ng Bayan. The North Korean car
March 5, 2016
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to abandon nuclear ‘delusion’
South Korea urged North Korea on Saturday to abandon its “delusion” that nuclear weapons will protect its regime as Pyongyang bristled at new U.N. sanctions on the country.On Friday, the North threatened to take “strong and merciless actions” in protest of the U.N. Security Council adopting unprecedentedly tough sanctions over the country‘s nuclear and long-range rocket tests earlier this year.It rejected the sanctions as “the most reckless provocation”and vowed to take “stern” actions.“Our gove
March 5, 2016
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Pyongyang slams human rights bill, anti-terrorism legislation
North Korea on Friday warned that the passage of the bill on human rights in its country by South Korea's parliament is a 'grave provocation' and constitutes a huge crime against it.On Wednesday, South Korea's National Assembly approved the bill on North Korean human rights, hours before the U.N. Security Council unanimously okayed its toughest-ever sanctions against Pyongyang in response to the communist country's recent nuclear test and rocket launch. The North also slammed the South's anti-te
March 4, 2016
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After sanctions, N.K. leader orders nuclear weapons to go on ‘standby’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday ordered his troops to put the country’s nuclear arsenal on standby for attack, its state media reported Friday, following the U.N. Security Council’s decision to implement tough sanctions against Pyongyang.Kim stepped up offensive against the country’s “enemies,” saying that the communist country should ready its nuclear warheads so that they can be fired at any moment.He said that he would switch the country’s military posture to ready itself for “preem
March 4, 2016
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Seoul mulls ‘various’ sanctions on Pyongyang
South Korea is considering "various" unilateral sanctions against North Korea following the adoption of tough sanctions by the U.N. Security Council on the communist regime, a government spokesman said Friday.On Wednesday, the UNSC unanimously adopted a new resolution punishing North Korea for its nuclear and long-range rocket tests earlier this year. The sanction measures include mandatory inspections of all cargo going in and out of North Korea and a ban on the country's exports of coal and ot
March 4, 2016
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China media urge N. Korea to change 'self-destructive course'
A state-run Chinese newspaper called on North Korea to refrain from taking a "self-destructive course" on Friday as the country's leader ordered his military to be ready to use its atomic weapons at anytime. The order by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un marked a further escalation of tensions, a day after the North fired short-range projectiles into the East Sea in an apparent show of defiance following the U.N. Security Council's adoption of new sanctions against Pyongyang over its fourth nuclea
March 4, 2016