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Park urges officials to brace for provocations from N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye said Monday that South Korea should brace for any possible provocations from North Korea amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Park said the possibility of provocations is growing, citing North Korea's recent leafleting campaign against South Korea.North Korea has floated leaflets criticizing South Korea and the U.S. in an apparent response to Seoul's resumption of anti-Pyongyang broadcasts along the heavily fortified border.South Korea resumed the psychological warfare a
Jan. 25, 2016
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[NEWS FOCUS] War of nerves brewing over North Korea approach
A war of nerves appears to be brewing between the allies -- South Korea and the U.S. -- and China over their approach to North Korea, spawning concerns that any discord would hurt the ongoing efforts to adopt stringent sanctions for Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test.Since President Park Geun-hye expressed skepticism over the efficacy of the long-stalled six-party talks and called for five-party talks -- excluding North Korea -- last Friday, the allies and China seem to be split with Beijing in fav
Jan. 24, 2016
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U.S. expresses support for 5-way N. Korea denuclearization talks
The United States on Saturday voiced its support for five-way talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea proposed by South Korean President Park Geun-hye, noting they will be a "useful step." "The United States supports President Park's call for a five-party meeting. We believe coordination with the other parties would be a useful step in our ongoing efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula through credible and authentic negotiations," a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Seoul said in a sho
Jan. 23, 2016
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N. Korea detains American for hostile acts against Pyongyang
North Korea said Friday that it has arrested a U.S college student for allegedly conducting hostile acts against the regime. Warmbier Otto Frederick, a student at the University of Virginia is being questioned by North Korean officials after being caught taking part in anti-North Korea activity, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch. The state news agency claimed that the student entered North Korea nominally for tourism, though the real intention was to un
Jan. 23, 2016
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FM vows to push for five-party talks on Pyongyang
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se vowed Friday to push for a meeting of five regional powers that would pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program in the wake of its fourth nuclear test.President Park Geun-hye proposed the meeting earlier in the day, saying there needs to be a "creative approach" to denuclearizing the North after its latest detonation on Jan. 6.South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia are members of the six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization, but th
Jan. 22, 2016
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Korea not considering closure of Kaesong complex
South Korea's pointman on inter-Korean affairs made it clear Friday the government is not considering shutting down a joint industrial complex in North Korea or withdraw South Koreans from there despite the North's nuclear test."The government is seeking to focus on how to operate the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North in a stable manner,"Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said in a press briefing.His remarks came amid concerns that an extension of inter-Korean tension sparked by the North'
Jan. 22, 2016
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Sanctions, pressure keywords for Seoul’s North Korea policy
In the aftermath of Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test, Seoul is expected to toughen its cross-border policy this year, focusing on sanctions diplomacy and mounting across-the-board pressure on the communist state. The foreign, defense and unification ministries set “solid diplomacy and security” and “steady unification preparation” as the theme of their joint annual New Year policy briefing for President Park Geun-hye on Friday, with the resolution of North Korea’s nuclear issue being the No.1 pr
Jan. 22, 2016
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Park proposes five-nation talks over Pyongyang
President Park Geun-hye proposed Friday that South Korea hold talks with the United States, China and other regional partners to discuss ways to denuclearize North Korea."We should find various and creative approaches, including attempting to hold five-way talks excluding North Korea," Park said in a meeting with officials on how to deal with North Korea.The comments represent growing doubts about the effectiveness of the nuclear talks, which showed no signs of resumption.North Korea quit the di
Jan. 22, 2016
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Seoul vows more efforts to prod Pyongyang into giving up nukes
South Korea said Friday it will put a priority on resolving North Korea's nuclear issue this year by joining the international community's move to impose stronger sanctions against Pyongyang over the North's latest nuke test.Seoul will sternly respond to additional North Korean provocations while it will also push for its inter-Korean policy aimed at building mutual trust to pave the way for reunification, according to the government.The Foreign Ministry, the Unification Ministry, and the Defens
Jan. 22, 2016
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South Korea, U.S., Japan to set up new channel to share info on Pyonyang
South Korea plans to set up a new military network to share text and image information on North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missiles with the United States and Japan this year, the Defense Ministry said Friday.The military plans to install a Link16 data link connecting its interface control cell with that of the United States Forces Korea both in Osan, south of Seoul, according to the ministry's 2016 policy plan reported to President Park Geun-hye earlier in the day.The military tactical data
Jan. 22, 2016
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Inter-Korean exchanges frozen after nuke test
The South Korean government said Thursday it would not allow any direct civilian exchanges with North Korea for the time being, a punitive step against Pyongyang for its fourth nuclear test.It's time to concentrate efforts on imposing effective sanctions on the North, said an official at the Unification Ministry that handles Seoul-Pyongyang relations.The reaffirmation of Seoul's firm stance came after reports that the North proposed contact in China with the South's civilian organizations not be
Jan. 21, 2016
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THAAD will help counter N.K. missile threats: U.S. think tank
Amid North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats, the stationing of advanced U.S. missile assets on the peninsula would boost the allies’ defense capabilities, a leading Washington think tank said Wednesday. Speculation persists that Washington is seeking to deploy a unit of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in the South, though U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken reiterated that no decision has been made yet during a news conference in Seoul on Wednesday. In a comp
Jan. 21, 2016
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Park vows to push for effective measures against N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye said Thursday that South Korea will push for effective possible means to make North Korea pay a price for its nuclear test earlier this month.She did not elaborate on what she meant by effective possible means. South Korea has resumed anti-Pyongyang broadcasts as part of its punishment against North Korea for its nuclear test.The latest comments were made at a defense meeting with officials and come at the same time that the U.N. Security Council is working on a new resol
Jan. 21, 2016
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Red Cross' projects with Pyongyang suspended over nuke test
South Korea's Red Cross said Wednesday its programs for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War and humanitarian aid to North Korea now face a murky prospect as North Korea's fourth nuclear test froze ties between the two countries. The Red Cross has made video messages of about 10,000 separated family members to be possibly delivered to their relatives in North Korea, but whether they can be delivered remains uncertain due to the strained inter-Korean ties following the North's nuclear tes
Jan. 20, 2016
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Top N.K. official becomes point man on inter-Korean affairs
A top North Korean military official, thought to be behind the North's deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, is sure to have replaced Kim Yang-gon, who died in a car accident in December, sources said Wednesday.Gen. Kim Yong-chol, 70, who leads the North's reconnaissance bureau, has been recently appointed as the party secretary handling inter-Korean affairs, also doubling as the head of the United Front Department at the ruling party, the sources said."It is certain that Gen. Kim has replaced
Jan. 20, 2016
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Defense minister, top U.S. diplomat discuss joint reaction to North Korea's nuke test
Defense Minister Han Min-koo and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken held talks Wednesday as the allies are quickening moves to punish North Korea for its defiant nuclear test earlier this month."Despite repeated warnings and worries by the international community, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, and it is a grave threat to the Korean Peninsula and the international community," Han said in the opening of the talks held in the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul."The Sout
Jan. 20, 2016
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South Korea, Russia agree to work together for U.N. resolution on North Korea
South Korea and Russia agreed to coordinate their efforts to draw a U.N. Security Council resolution over North Korea's recent nuclear test, the Foreign Ministry said.On Tuesday, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, Hwang Joon-kook, met with his Russian counterpart, Igor Morgulov, in Moscow, where the two sides discussed the security environment following the North's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6, the ministry quoted Hwang as telling reporters after the talks.As North Korea advances its nuclear capa
Jan. 20, 2016
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Park warns of more N.K. tests without strict sanctions
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called for “strong and substantive” measures to punish North Korea’s fourth nuclear test, saying it would otherwise press ahead with additional experiments without facing the due consequences. Presiding over a Cabinet meeting, she instructed her top foreign and security policy aides to make utmost efforts to convince the U.N. Security Council to draw powerful sanctions.“If strong and substantive steps are not taken again this time, the international community w
Jan. 19, 2016
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Sanctions on Pyongyang should focus on limiting non-goods trade: report
'The international community should come up with sanctions against North Korea's trade of non-goods such as exports of the North's workers to cut off its source of hard currency, a report showed Tuesday.Possible stronger sanctions against the North need to focus on how to restrict the North's trades of non-goods beyond the current sanctions banning the North's trades of specified goods, according to the report by South Korea's state-run Korea Development Institute.The report said that even witho
Jan. 19, 2016
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Park worries about sending wrong signal to Pyongyang
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that the international community could send a wrong signal to North Korea if it fails to take strong and comprehensive measures against the communist country over its nuclear test earlier this month.The U.N. Security Council has been working on a new resolution to further tighten sanctions on North Korea. South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have agreed to push for a strong and comprehensive response to North Korea's nuclear test, though it remains unclear whether
Jan. 19, 2016