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U.S., N. Korea had exchanged views over peace treaty talks
The United States exchanged views with North Korea over Pyongyang's proposal to hold peace treaty talks, but no agreement was reached as Washington insisted that denuclearization should be the top priority for such talks, a diplomatic source has said.The exchange took place via the North's mission to the United Nations, known as the "New York channel," after North Korea renewed its calls for peace treaty talks with the U.S. to formally end the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War, the sourc
Feb. 22, 2016
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'N.K., U.S. had discussions over peace treaty talks' - ahead of nuke test
Just ahead of its fourth nuclear test last month, North Korea had offered bilateral talks on sealing a peace treaty, but the proposal failed to materialize as the U.S. stood by its denuclearization priority, Seoul and Washington officials confirmed Monday. The overture was reportedly made “days before” the Jan. 6 detonation through the New York channel based in Pyongyang’s permanent mission to the U.N. But their exchanges fell through after the North brushed off the U.S. counterproposal that den
Feb. 22, 2016
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Park's N. Korea strategy overhauled amid diplomatic dilemma
President Park Geun-hye enters her fourth year in office this week with bigger trouble from North Korea and a broader challenge in regional diplomacy.The communist neighbor's back-to-back provocations roiled the security conditions in Northeast Asia, a major spot for rivalry and cooperation between the United States and China.Inter-Korean ties have also been rocked by the North's Jan. 6 nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch a month later. Military tensions are escalating. All cross-border
Feb. 22, 2016
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Blocking N. Korea's resources exports way to toughen sanctions: report
China-bound exports of North Korea's natural resources should be blocked to improve the efficiency of economic sanctions being ramped up against the reclusive communist country in the wake of its recent provocative actions, a local think tank said Monday.Pyongyang's total exports have been shrinking in recent years, mostly affected by a marked drop in overseas sales of its natural resources. The Korea Economic Research Institute cited the correlation as a major avenue that the international comm
Feb. 22, 2016
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U.S., N. Korea had exchanged views over peace treaty talks: source
The United States had exchanged views with North Korea over Pyongyang's proposal to hold peace treaty talks, but no agreement was reached as Washington insisted that denuclearization should be the top priority for such talks, a diplomatic source said Sunday.The exchange took place via the North's mission to the United Nations, known as the "New York channel," after North Korea renewed its calls for peace treaty talks with the U.S. to formally end the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War, th
Feb. 22, 2016
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U.S., China narrow gap on U.N. resolution against N. Korea
The United States and China are in a critical phase in their drawn-out talks on the level of U.N. punishment against North Korea for its nuclear and missile provocations, government sources here said Sunday."The two sides have made considerable progress in core contents" of the envisioned U.N. resolution, a source said, requesting anonymity.South Korean officials expect a draft resolution to be circulated to the other members of the U.N. Security Council within this week.But they remain cautious
Feb. 21, 2016
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North Korea's ex-security minister replaces executed military chief
A former security minister of North Korea has replaced the head of the North Korean military, who is presumed to have recently been executed, according to the North's state media on Sunday.Ri Myong-su, former People's Security Minister, was referred to as "chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff" in a Korean Central News Agency dispatch reporting on leader Kim Jong-un's observation of aerial maneuvers.He was again mentioned in another dispatch the same day in which he was reported to hav
Feb. 21, 2016
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Kim Jong-un observes flight drills amid tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has watched aerial maneuvers conducted by the North's Air Force, North Korea's state media reported Sunday, in an apparent show of force amid tensions with the outside world over its nuclear and missile programs."Actual maneuvers for attack and defense between large combined units of the Korean People's Army (KPA) were staged in three directions at the same time," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in an English dispatch, adding Kim guided these maneuv
Feb. 21, 2016
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[NEWSMAKER]'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee dies at 89
NEW YORK -- Harper Lee, one of America's most celebrated novelists whose masterpiece about racial injustice "To Kill a Mockingbird" was read by millions, has died, her publisher said Friday. She was 89. A spokeswoman for Harper Collins in New York said Lee passed away peacefully late Thursday. The Pulitzer-winning author shunned the spotlight and spent her final years living in seclusion in Monroeville, Alabama, where she was born. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is considered one of the great cl
Feb. 20, 2016
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N. Korea may have conducted firing drill near frontline island
South Korea's military said on Saturday observers heard an explosive sound near the country's northernmost frontline island of Baengnyeong, adding it possibly came from a Northern military drill. "We detected a sound which is presumed to be from the North's coastal artillery around 7:20 a.m.," a military official said, adding the police also made an urgent announcement to the islands' residents a few minutes later. South Korean fishing boats were also requested to return to their ports fo
Feb. 20, 2016
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U.S. enacts strongest standalone N.K. sanctions
The United States on Thursday put in place a package of its strongest, most comprehensive standalone sanctions yet against North Korea in punishment for its fresh nuclear and long-range missile tests, also targeting cybercrimes, human rights violations and other illicit activities. President Barack Obama signed the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act into law, the White House said. The House of Representatives initially voted nearly unanimously to pass the bill about a week after th
Feb. 19, 2016
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Korea rolls out support measures for companies forced out of Gaeseong
The South Korean government said Friday it would provide a package of measures, such as lending factory sites free of charge for a year, to minimize damage to more than 100 South Korean firms withdrawn from the joint industrial park across the border. A special government task team, headed by Lee Suk-joon, the top official in charge of government policy coordination at the Prime Minister's Office, came up with support measures for 124 South Korean companies, which had to leave behind their produ
Feb. 19, 2016
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South Korea braces for possible terror attacks from North Korea: official
South Korea is bracing for any possible terror attacks from North Korea, an official said Friday."The presidential office of national security is thoroughly in control of every situation related to terror," presidential spokesman Jeong Yeon-guk told reporters.Still, he declined to comment on whether National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin or other South Korean officials are included on North Korea's alleged hit list.South Korea believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered intensified
Feb. 19, 2016
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South Korea expands programs for young North Korean defectors
South Korea said Friday it will expand programs to help growing numbers of North Korean students better adapt to a new life in the capitalist South.The education ministry said it will offer psychological counseling to North Korean students soon after their arrival in South Korea while expanding a mentoring program for them.The decision released by the education ministry underscored South Korea's efforts to better embrace young North Koreans who fled their communist homeland.The ministry said it
Feb. 19, 2016
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Seoul welcomes new U.S. sanctions on North Korea
South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Friday welcomed the effectuation of a U.S. law that hits North Korea with a package of stringent sanctions, anticipating it will help curb Pyongyang's provocative behavior.U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a North Korea sanctions bill that Congress overwhelmingly passed last week in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and long-range rocket tests."The bill was the first one exclusively targeting North Korea, which was passed in an unusually expe
Feb. 19, 2016
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Police raise security for North Korean defector after assassination threat
Police have strengthened security for a North Korean defector who serves as a ranking official at a South Korean state-run think tank after the North ordered his assassination, a source said Friday.Since mid-January, police have beefed up the guard over Ko Young-hwan, vice president of the Institute for National Security Strategy, as North Korea is believed to have issued an order to kill him according to a source familiar with North Korean affairs.Ko defected to South Korea in 1991 after servin
Feb. 19, 2016
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South Korea questions North Korea's qualification as U.N. member
South Korea has officially questioned North Korea's qualification as a member of the United Nations during a U.N. meeting this week, citing Pyongyang's repeated violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions.South Korea's U.N. ambassador, Oh Joon, raised the question during a meeting Monday of the U.N. Security Council, saying the North pledged to accept and to uphold the purposes and principles of the U.N. as laid out in its charter when it joined the U.N. in 1991, together with South Korea."T
Feb. 19, 2016
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Russia expresses opposition to unilateral sanctions on North Korea
Russia reiterated its opposition Thursday to unilateral sanctions against North Korea, saying all but U.N. Security Council sanctions are illegal."Pressuring any countries by imposing unilateral sanctions on them for political purposes is illegal," Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing. "We recognize only sanctions imposed by UN Security Council." She was responding to a question from Yonhap News Agency about whether Russia is willing to suspen
Feb. 19, 2016
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Korea, U.S. agree to focus N.K. policies on pressure rather than dialogue
South Korea and the United States agreed Thursday to focus their North Korea policies on pressure rather than dialogue to make the communist regime understand it has nothing to gain from nuclear and missile development, an official said. The two sides reached the understanding when Cho Tae-yong, deputy chief of South Korea's presidential national security office, held talks with Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken to discuss strategies to deal with Pyongyang in the wake of its nuclear and m
Feb. 19, 2016
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Obama signs North Korea sanctions: White House
US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed off on new sanctions against North Korea to punish the reclusive Asian nation for its provocative recent nuclear test and rocket launch.The White House said Obama had signed measures passed by Congress, tightening sanctions on anyone importing goods or technology related to weapons of mass destruction into North Korea, or anyone who knowingly engaged in human rights abuses. "The administration is deeply concerned about North Korea's actions and their
Feb. 19, 2016