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Seoul cuts off electric power transmission to Gaesong complex
South Korea cut off electric power transmission to the Gaesong industrial complex in North Korea, officials said Thursday.Power transmission was halted at 11:53 p.m., unification ministry officials said, adding that the measure will automatically lead to a halt of water supplies to the complex.South Korea announced Wednesday it would suspend the operation of the complex in response to the North's nuclear and missile tests. The North responded by seizing all assets in the complex and expelling So
Feb. 12, 2016
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[Graphic News] Gaeseong complex closes after 12 years
The Gaeseong industrial park had been in operation for 12 years as a relatively sturdy institution among otherwise volatile inter-Korean relations until the Feb. 7 decision to shutter the joint project.A total of 124 South Korean companies had been operating inside the complex located in the northern part of the border with some 55,000 North Korean laborers.A majority, or 58 percent, of the businesses dealt with textiles, followed by machinery and metals (19 percent), electronics (11 percent) an
Feb. 11, 2016
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North Korea freezes Gaeseong assets, expels South Korean workers
Pyongyang on Thursday froze South Korean assets in the inter-Korean industrial complex in its border city of Gaeseong, closed the factory park and declared it as a military off-limit zone in an angry response to Seoul’s decision to pull out of it.The unpredictable regime ordered South Koreans to leave the complex by 5:30 p.m. on the day and allowed them to bring to the South only “personal belongings,” according to a statement from the North’s Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland
Feb. 11, 2016
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South Korean lawmaker seeks cooperation from regional powers over North Korea
The chairwoman of South Korea's parliamentary committee on foreign affairs sent letters to her counterparts in the United States, China, Japan and Russia Thursday seeking cooperation in sanctions against North Korea due to its recent nuclear and long-range missile tests.In the letters, Rep. Na Kyung-won of the ruling Saenuri Party denounced North Korea for carrying out its fourth nuclear test and missile launch in violation of U.N. resolutions.On Sunday, North Korea launched a long-range rocket
Feb. 11, 2016
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North Korea to expel South Koreans from joint industrial park
North Korea said Thursday it will expel all South Korean nationals from a joint industrial park in the North and freeze all assets of South Korean firms operating there in retaliation for Seoul's suspension of the complex.The North has ordered all South Koreans to immediately leave the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city, according to a statement issued by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, which handles inter-Korean affairs.It said that it will freeze all a
Feb. 11, 2016
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North Korea kicks out South Koreans, freezes assets in Gaeseong
Pyongyang on Thursday froze South Korean assets in the inter-Korean industrial complex in its border city of Gaeseong, closed the factory park and declared it as a military off-limit zone in an angry response to Seoul’s decision to pull out of it. The unpredictable regime ordered South Koreans to leave the complex by 5:30 p.m. on the day and allowed them to bring to the South only “personal belongings,” according to a statement from the North’s Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherlan
Feb. 11, 2016
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U.N. sanctions should be beyond N. Korea’s imagination: Yun
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council should adopt international sanctions for North Korea’s recent nuclear and rocket tests that are “way beyond its imagination” to completely end its persistent provocations.During a meeting with reporters in New York, Yun stressed that Pyongyang’s repeated violations of UNSC resolutions through banned activities were an “affront to the authority of the Security Council.”“This time, the UNSC sanctions resolutio
Feb. 11, 2016
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Military chiefs of South Korea, U.S., Japan vow stern action against Pyongyang
The chief military officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Thursday to boost their intelligence sharing on North Korea's recent long-range missile test and react "resolutely" to it, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.JCS Chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin held talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts -- Gen. Joseph Dunford and Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano -- to coordinate their joint response to North Korea's recent provocations.On Sunday, North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying
Feb. 11, 2016
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U.S. attack submarine to visit Seoul next week after Pyongyang's missile launch
The U.S. is planning to send the Navy attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN-777) to South Korea next week in a show of military might against North Korea following the communist country's recent long-range missile launch, an official said Thursday."The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered submarine USS North Carolina is coming to South Korea as far as I know," the military official said.The Virginia-class attack submarine is capable of carrying Tomahawk all-weather cruise missiles and Mark 48 submarin
Feb. 11, 2016
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Seoul retrieves Pyongyang missile debris
The military on Thursday retrieved what is believed to be debris from the rocket North Korea launched earlier this week.Three pieces of what seems to have been the rocket's combustion gas jet nozzle were recovered from waters some 105 kilometers off Ochung Island in the Yellow Sea, according to the Navy.The debris was found in the ocean floor off the island located about midway along the west coast of South Korea, the Navy said.On Sunday, North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying an Eart
Feb. 11, 2016
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China keeps mum on Seoul's decision on Gaesong complex
China's foreign ministry has kept mum on South Korea's decision to halt operations of its joint industrial park with North Korea, a move by Seoul to punish Pyongyang for its latest rocket launch and nuclear test. The Chinese ministry has yet to respond to a question sent by Yonhap News Agency via a fax about China's stance over the South Korean decision as of Thursday morning. At the same time, U.N. Security Council members remain divided over how to punish North Korea for its fourth nuclear tes
Feb. 11, 2016
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Seoul suspends logistics project with Pyongyang, Moscow
South Korea has suspended a trilateral logistics project with North Korea and Russia as part of its measures to punish the North for its nuclear and missile tests, sources said Thursday.The project linked the three countries by rail and sea, with shipments of coal and bottled water arriving in the South through North Korea's port city of Rajin and Russia's border city of Khasan.As the project is a source of income for the North, South Korea will halt its development to stop the money from being
Feb. 11, 2016
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Seoul to take steps for safe return of its citizens from North
South Korea will take all measures to ensure that its citizens can return home safely from a troubled inter-Korean factory park in North Korea, an official said Thursday.Presidential spokesman Jeong Yeon-guk made the comments as South Korea began to move its personnel out of the factory park in North Korea's western border city of Gaesong.The factory park, the last-remaining symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation, is home to more than 120 small South Korean plants that produce garments and
Feb. 11, 2016
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FM calls for toughest U.N. sanctions exceeding Pyongyang's expectations
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council should adopt the toughest possible sanctions resolution on North Korea that goes well beyond Pyongyang's expectations.Yun made the remark during a visit to New York aimed at drumming up international support for stronger sanctions on Pyongyang, stressing the North's four nuclear tests and six long-range missile launches over the past decade represent a direct violation of U.N. resolutions and disrespect for
Feb. 11, 2016
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Seoul's decision to shut down Gaesong complex 'consistent with' international community's view
South Korea's decision to shut down an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea is "consistent with" the international community's view that more steps are necessary to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile programs, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday."I know this was not an easy decision for the government of the Republic of Korea to take and therefore the fact that they made this decision is a compelling indicator of the seriousness with which they regard the provocati
Feb. 11, 2016
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Obama, ASEAN leaders to discuss Pyongyang in next week's summit
North Korea's nuclear and missile tests are expected to be a topic at U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming summit with leaders of Southeast Asian nations, White House officials said.Obama is scheduled to host the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in a summit set for Monday and Tuesday at the Sunnylands resort in Southern California. The summit is part of efforts to further bolster U.S. relations with Asian countries under Obama's trademark "rebalance" or "pivot" to Asia pol
Feb. 11, 2016
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Military continues search for North's rocket debris
South Korea’s Navy is continuing its efforts to detect the first stage of the rocket launched by the North on Sunday by mobilizing a remotely operated vehicle, officials said Wednesday. On Sunday, Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket, sending what it claims to be a satellite into orbit, but South Korea and the U.S. denounced it as a long-range missile test that squarely challenges relevant United Nations resolutions. Upon the launch on the west coast, the rocket flew southward, dropping its f
Feb. 10, 2016
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Seoul to roll out measures for Gaesong-based firms
The South Korean government will map out a set of measures to help minimize any fallout from the shutdown of a jointly-run industrial complex in a North Korean border city, officials said Wednesday, with financial aid in store for firms operating there. Earlier in the day, the South announced a complete shutdown of the Gaesong Industrial Complex in the North‘s border city of the same name, the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation, in response to the North’s recent nuclear test an
Feb. 10, 2016
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Japan announces fresh N. Korea sanctions after rocket launch
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan announced fresh sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday for its latest rocket launch, including a total ban on shipping from the country and barring Pyongyang‘s nationals from entering. Japan’s announcement comes after the UN Security Council strongly condemned Sunday‘s rocket launch and agreed to move quickly to impose new sanctions of its own. “We have decided to take firm sanction steps,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters of the latest move, which adds t
Feb. 10, 2016
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North Korea has restarted plutonium reactor: U.S.
WASHINGTON - North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor that could fuel a nuclear bomb and is seeking missile technology that could threaten the United States, Washington‘s top spy said Tuesday. In an annual threat assessment, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and senior military and intelligence officials singled out the authoritarian pariah state as a major and unpredictable menace. Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, joined Cla
Feb. 10, 2016