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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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[Herald Interview] ‘Time to Be Strong’ follows retired K-pop idols’ self-discovery
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China hails late North Korean leader on birthday anniversary
China praised the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Tuesday on the anniversary of his birth, saying he made important contributions in developing ties with China. The former North Korean leader, father of current leader Kim Jong-un, died of heart failure in December 2011, after his iron-fist rule and pursuit of nuclear weapons stoked regional tensions for more than a decade. Asked whether China sent a congratulatory message on the anniversary of the birth of the late North Korean leader, C
Feb. 16, 2016
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Park: South Korea's money ended up in North Korea's nuclear program
President Park Geun-hye strongly suggested Tuesday that hundreds of millions of dollars South Korea paid to North Korea through their joint factory park ended up in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.South Korea provided around $560 million in cash to North Korea in total since the two sides opened the sprawling zone in the North's western border city of Gaeseong in 2004.South Korea provided the money directly to the North Korean government, instead of its workers, creating a loophole fo
Feb. 16, 2016
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North Korea calls for allegiance on late leader's birthday
North Korea lauded its late former leader Kim Jong-il and called for generations-long loyalty for his son Tuesday as it celebrated his 74th birth anniversary, the North's state broadcaster said Tuesday.The North marked the birthday of the father of the North's current leader Kim Jong-un, known as the Day of the Shining Star, according to the Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station.Kim Jong-un inherited power in late 2011, when his father suddenly died of heart failure.The broadcaster said the lat
Feb. 16, 2016
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Korean firms in a fix after Gaeseong shutdown
Tension on the Korean Peninsula has been one of the greatest concerns for South Korean companies operating in a jointly run inter-Korean factory park in the North, but Seoul's recent shutdown of the zone could mean life or death for them, analysts say. Indeed, a group of 124 South Korean firms located in the complex, which produce clothing, textiles, and other goods, are in peril, bracing for massive losses that some worry may eventually lead to their bankruptcies. Last week, South Korea suspe
Feb. 16, 2016
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U.N. rapporteur calls for notifying N.K. leader of possible investigation for 'crimes against humanity'
The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to officially notify North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he may be investigated and held accountable for crimes against humanity.Marzuki Darusman made the remark in a report to the council disclosed Monday, saying the human rights situation in the North has not improved and the crimes against humanity documented by a U.N. Commission of Inquiry appear to be ongoing.The special rapporteur "
Feb. 16, 2016
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U.N. Security Council making progress in negotiations to adopt N.K. sanctions resolution: source
The U.N. Security Council is making progress in efforts to put together a new sanctions resolution on North Korea, a U.N. source said Monday, suggesting that the United States and China are narrowing differences.But the source said, however, it's unclear when a resolution would be adopted as differences still remain.For more than a month since the North's nuclear test, the Security Council has been struggling in negotiations to come up with a new sanctions resolution on the North because China h
Feb. 16, 2016
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Obama expected to use summit with ASEAN to drum up support for pressure on N. Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama was to host leaders of Southeast Asian nations in a special summit opening in California on Monday as the United States has been seeking to drum up international support for pressure on North Korea.The two-day meeting with the leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is part of efforts to further bolster U.S. relations with Asian countries under Obama's trademark "rebalance" or "pivot" to Asia policy in the face of a rising China.On Feb. 7, Nort
Feb. 16, 2016
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N. Koreans at joint industrial park unable to make ends meet: defector
North Korean workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex were struggling to make ends meet with most of their wages taken away by the government, a defector from the country claimed Monday.The comments by Kim Tae-san, former official at Pyongyang's Ministry of Light Industry, came less than a week after South Korea shut down the joint industrial park in response to North Korea's recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. The North, in turn, expelled South Korean workers and froze South Kor
Feb. 15, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Minister flip-flops over Gaeseong money
Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo came under fire Monday after reversing his claim that the government possesses documents to corroborate North Korea’s suspected rerouting of income from a joint industrial park for military uses. The diversion allegation served as the primary grounds for Seoul’s decision to pull out from the Gaeseong factory complex last Wednesday. Since the district’s establishment in 2004, South Korean cash totaling 616 billion won ($511.4 million) has been transferred mainly
Feb. 15, 2016
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Gaeseong shutdown hurt South Korea’s credit ratings: Moody’s
The recent shutdown of Gaeseong industrial park following North Korea’s nuclear test and rocket launch has hurt South Korea’s credit ratings due to higher geopolitical risks, Moody’s Investors Service said Monday.The Seoul government announced last week the closure of the joint industrial park where 124 South Korean businesses have been operating with North Korean workers in retaliation against Pyongyang’s string of provocations. In response to the unprecedented move, North Korea expelled all re
Feb. 15, 2016
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Senior lawmaker urges government to seek regime change in North
The leader of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committtee said Monday that South Korea should consider a change of regime in North Korea as an option to fend off Pyongyang’s security threats.“I think we should now think about all options (toward the North), including regime change,” Rep. Na Kyung-won said in a radio interview with local broadcaster KBS. Rep. Na Kyung-won (Yonhap)The third-term Saenuri lawmaker defended President Park Geun-hye’s decision to shut down cross-border industria
Feb. 15, 2016
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Seoul refuses to elaborate on Gaeseong money claim
The Seoul government said Monday that it had its own sources of tracking and analyzing how the money channeled into Gaeseong industrial park was spent, refusing to elaborate or discuss further on the issue.Controversy has heightened after Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo claimed that some 70 percent of its investment in the factory park in the border city in North Korea had been funneled into Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee speaks during
Feb. 15, 2016
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North Korea hackers behind massive spam emails to South Korea: police chief
North Korean hackers sent massive amounts of spam emails to South Korean public organizations last month, South Korea's police chief said Monday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks against the South in recent years."We are at a stage to be assured that it was committed by a North Korean hacking organization," said Kang Sin-myeong, commissioner-general of the National Police Agency, announcing the interim outcome of their probe into the case.The hackers allegedly sent emails disguised as bein
Feb. 15, 2016
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'Bone-numbing' sanctions against North Korea needed: head of presidential panel
The international community should slap "bone-numbing" sanctions on North Korea over its nuke and missile provocations, the head of a South Korean presidential advisory panel said Monday.Yoo Ho-yeol, executive vice chairman at the National Unification Advisory Council, also stressed the importance of China's role in pressing Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear weapons development."Above all things, the international community should push for sanctions that will inflict severe pain to North Kore
Feb. 15, 2016
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South Korea, U.S. conduct joint drills against North Korea's submarine attacks
South Korea and the United States carried out a three-day joint exercise on boosting the allies' joint combat readiness against North Korea's potential submarine attacks, the Navy said Monday.The drills between the navy forces of the two countries kicked off Saturday in the East Sea and were to wrap up later in the day, according to the Navy. The U.S. sent the USS North Carolina attack submarine to the three-day drills, while a South Korean 1,800-ton submarine, the Kim Jwa-jin, joined them.The V
Feb. 15, 2016
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Chinese daily warns of political cost over North Korea's nuclear
China would have to pay a higher political cost at home if it continues to resist calls to put enough pressure on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program, a newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party warned on Monday. China, North Korea's diplomatic and economic lifeline, has been reluctant to put crippling economic sanctions on the isolated ally, despite the North's fourth nuclear test and launch of a long-range rocket. In an editorial, the state-run Global Times newspaper said Chin
Feb. 15, 2016
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South Korea mulls entry ban on vessels en route from North Korea: sources
South Korea is considering an entry ban on vessels that have traveled through North Korea as part of measures to punish Pyongyang for its nuclear and missile tests, sources here said Monday.Seoul is tightening sanctions on Pyongyang as the communist country continues to develop nuclear weapons and missiles in defiance of international bans.Last week, Seoul shut down a joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Gaeseong to cut what it said was the flow of money into Pyongyang's weapon
Feb. 15, 2016
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N.K. leader calls for launching more satellites
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for launching more satellites as Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket carrying what it claimed is an earth observation satellite last week, the North's state media said Monday.The North's leader offered words of encouragement to scientists, technicians and officials who contributed to the successful launch of its satellite, named Kwangmyongsong-4, at a banquet on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency.The leader "called for turning out
Feb. 15, 2016
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U.S. presidential runner Rubio says North Korea, China 'No. 1' threat
The No. 1 challenge the United States is facing right now is how to cope with threats posed by North Korea and China, Republican presidential runner Marco Rubio said.Rubio made the remark during a Republican presidential candidate debate Saturday night, putting the North Korean issue ahead of Middle Eastern problems and tensions with Russia."I think there are three major threats that you want to immediately get on top of. No. 1 is, what are we doing in the Asia-Pacific region, where both North K
Feb. 15, 2016
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North Korea's KN-08 ICBM has potential to hit much of U.S.: Pentagon report
North Korea's KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile would be capable of hitting much of the United States if it is successfully designed and developed, a U.S. Defense Department report has shown.The report said, however, that the KN-08's reliability as a weapon would be low as it has not been tested yet. The report, titled "Military and Security Developments involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" was submitted to Congress on Friday."If successfully designed and developed, the KN
Feb. 15, 2016