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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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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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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Top North Korean military officer executed: source
A top North Korean military officer was executed earlier this month on charges of pursuing personal interests and engaging in corruption, a source said Wednesday. The source said that the execution of Ri Yong-gil, the chief of the General Staff of the North’s Korean People’s Army, occurred around the time a senior-level meeting involving officials from the military and the ruling Workers’ Party was convened from Feb. 2-3. Ri Yong-gil (Yonhap)The execution came as a surprise, as Ri had been regar
Feb. 10, 2016
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Seoul to pull out of Gaeseong park
South Korea on Wednesday announced the closure of a joint factory park in North Korea in fresh retribution for its wayward neighbor’s latest nuclear and missile provocations. After serving more than a decade as a totem of inter-Korean rapprochement, the Gaeseong industrial complex now appears in danger of fading into history, unless Pyongyang caters to faint hopes that it will change course and desert its nuclear program. “Facing away from the international community’s repeated warnings and t
Feb. 10, 2016
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Speculations of further North Korean provocation brew
Seoul is bracing for possibilities of additional provocations from Pyongyang such as cross-border artillery attacks and cyber incursions, as the unpredictable regime is expected to take retaliatory steps against its southern neighbor which is seeking tougher sanctions for its recent nuclear test and rocket launch.President Park Geun-hye’s chief of staff Lee Byung-kee on Wednesday said the possibility of the North conducting military actions against Seoul has grown in light of its recent actions
Feb. 10, 2016
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'China unlikely to alter North Korea policy’
Following Pyongyang’s nuclear test on Jan. 6 and long-range rocket test a month later, attention is being drawn to how Beijing will manage relations with its unruly ally and whether it will support harsher international sanctions against Pyongyang.Some analysts said that although it was galling for China to see its communist neighbor repeatedly engage in provocations, it will not shift its erstwhile approach to North Korea and may continue to call for a resolution through dialogue.After talks wi
Feb. 10, 2016
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South Korea divided over THAAD
With Seoul and Washington poised to initiate official talks over the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense asset on the peninsula, intense debate is raging over the diplomatic and military consequences of the deployment.The debate has been escalating with China and Russia expressing vehement opposition to the installment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system that the U.S. Forces Korea wants to better cope with North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats.Proponents arg
Feb. 10, 2016
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[NEWSMAKER] North Korea's rocket launch reaffirms evolving missile tech
North Korea’s long-range rocket launch on Sunday reaffirmed Pyongyang’s evolving missile technology, though it has yet to complete much tougher tasks such as acquiring miniaturization and atmospheric reentry technologies. Seoul’s Defense Ministry said that the three-stage rocket that the North fired on Sunday appears to have a range of some 12,000 kilometers -- far enough to strike the U.S. mainland. It also noted that Pyongyang had put a satellite into orbit for the second consecutive time --
Feb. 10, 2016
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National Assembly adopts resolution denouncing N.K. missile launch
The National Assembly Wednesday endorsed a resolution censuring North Korea's recent rocket launch, demanding additional retaliation measures from the Seoul government.The resolution, which was put to a vote during an extra session, was passed 241-0, with seven abstentions, three days after the North fired off a long-range rocket and placed a satellite into orbit.The resolution urges Pyongyang to stop weapons development and become a responsible member of the international community, stressing r
Feb. 10, 2016
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FM Yun meets U.N. chief over N.K. sanctions
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York to coordinate their response to North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Yun flew to New York on Tuesday to drum up support for a strong U.N. resolution that will punish the North for its fourth nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.The U.N. Security Council began work on a new resolution shortly after the North claimed it detonated a hydrogen bomb on Jan. 6. On Sunday, N
Feb. 10, 2016
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Koreas step up psychological warfare after Pyongyang rocket launch
South Korea and North Korea have stepped up their psychological warfare in response to the North's rocket launch by putting additional loudspeakers in place along their border, military officials said Wednesday.Both sides have installed loudspeakers along their heavily fortified border to broadcast messages critical of each other.North Korea is sensitive to such broadcasts because they could threaten the stability of the Kim Jong-un regime."Immediately after North Korea fired its long-range miss
Feb. 10, 2016
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N. Korean workers in China rise sharply under Kim Jong-un
The number of North Korean workers earning foreign currency in China has grown sharply under the Kim Jong-un regime, a South Korean study showed Wednesday.According to the Korea Development Institute, the number of North Korean workers in China increased from 79,600 in 2012 to 94,200 last year.Over the four years of Kim's rule, an average of 89,050 North Koreans worked in China each year, the institute said, citing Chinese government data.Many of the North Koreans worked at factories, restaurant
Feb. 10, 2016
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44% of Chinese see dialogue as best strategy for N. Korea
Forty-four percent of Chinese people believe that dialogue is the best way to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, a survey by China's state-run media showed Wednesday.The survey of about 11,000 Chinese, conducted by the state-run Xinhua News Agency, also showed that 32 percent of them responded that there is "no effective solution" about North Korea's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons. The remaining 24 percent said China needs to toughen its sanctions against North Korea.Weeks
Feb. 10, 2016
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JCS chiefs of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks Thursday over N.K. rocket launch
The military chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold talks this week to coordinate their response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.The talks will be held Thursday among Gen. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of the JCS, and his American and Japanese counterparts -- Gen. Joseph Dunford and Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano -- in Hawaii, the JCS said. Lee will participate via video from South Korea."The three countries' JCS chairmen plan to
Feb. 10, 2016
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N. Korea still faces daunting challenges in turning long-range rocket into ICBM
North Korea has yet to master reentry technology and overcome other challenges if it wants to use its recently tested long-range rocket as an intercontinental ballistic missile, a U.S. expert said Tuesday.John Schilling, a U.S. aerospace engineer with expertise on North Korean rockets, also said in an article carried by the website 38 North that the communist nation would need as least one more test launch to overcome such challenges."The obvious concern is that North Korea is testing ballistic
Feb. 10, 2016
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N.K. capable of harvesting plutonium in weeks, on way to field KN-08 ICBM
North Korea has run its nuclear reactor for long enough to harvest plutonium "within a matter of weeks to months" and Pyongyang is also believed to have taken "initial steps" toward fielding a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper unveiled the assessment in his "Worldwide Threat Assessment" report submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, days after North Korea carried out a banned missile
Feb. 10, 2016
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Park, Obama, Abe to cooperate for strong sanctions on N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye and her U.S. and Japanese counterparts agreed Tuesday to cooperate to ensure that the U.N. Security Council can adopt a resolution for strong sanctions on North Korea for its latest nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.The Security Council has vowed to “expeditiously adopt a new resolution” with significant measures against North Korea.(Yonhap)North Korea said the rocket successfully put an Earth observation satellite into orbit on Sunday as part of its space develop
Feb. 9, 2016
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S. Korean FM embarks on trip to push for N.K. sanctions
South Korea‘s foreign minister on Tuesday embarked on a five-day trip to the headquarters of the United Nations and Germany to drum up international support to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test and missile launch.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se plans to make a two-day visit to the U.N. headquarters in New York to ask the U.N. Security Council to slap stronger and more effective sanctions on North Korea.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se talks to reporters at the Incheon International Airpo
Feb. 9, 2016
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N. Korea‘s satellite achieves orbit: Defense Ministry
North Koreans gather at the Kim Il-sung Square to celebrate a satellite launch held on Monday. (AP/Yonhap)The satellite North Korea launched into space earlier this week has achieved orbit, but whether it is operating normally has not been verified, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.On Sunday, the North launched a rocket carrying the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite, but the outside world viewed it as a cover for testing the country's intercontinental ballistic missile technology.The North Korean rock
Feb. 9, 2016
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U.N. Security Council strongly condemns N. Korean launch
The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch, vowing to "expeditiously adopt a new resolution" with significant measures, and calling the launch a "dangerous and serious violation.""The members of the Security Council strongly condemn this launch," Venezuelan U.N. Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, the council's president for February, told reporters on Sunday while reading a press statement after the closed-door meeting."The members of the Securi
Feb. 8, 2016
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FM Yun to visit U.N., Germany this week over N.K. sanctions
South Korea's foreign minister plans to visit the headquarters of the United Nations and Germany this week to drum up international support for punishment over North Korea's nuclear test and missile launch, his ministry said Monday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se plans to visit the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday, where he will ask the U.N. Security Council to slap stronger and more effective sanctions on North Korea, according to the Foreign Ministry.The U.N. Security Counc
Feb. 8, 2016
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Analysts refute China's opposition to U.S. shield in S. Korea
North Korea's latest launch of a long-range rocket prompted Seoul and Washington to begin talks on the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, a move that has been strongly opposed by the North's important ally, China. North Korea said Sunday it successfully put a satellite into orbit, but the international community swiftly condemned the launch as a covert test of ballistic missile technology, which is banned under U.N. resolutions.China's reaction to North Korea's
Feb. 8, 2016