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U.S. expresses concern over North Korea's SLBM test
The United States expressed concern Tuesday over North Korea's recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to refrain from violating U.N. Security Council resolutions.Yonhap News Agency reported exclusively that the North fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea on Saturday, but the missile failed to soar from the waters."We're obviously concerned by those reports," State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said at a regular briefing.The U.S.
Dec. 2, 2015
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Koreas to exchange lists of chief delegates for high-level talks
South and North Korea are likely to exchange lists of their chief delegates next week for the upcoming high-level talks aimed at discussing ways to improve their ties, a government official said Tuesday.The two Koreas have agreed to hold a vice-ministerial meeting at a joint industrial park in the North's border city of Kaesong next Friday as they are seeking to mend long-strained ties.It is yet to be known who will represent the talks from each side, but the two Koreas are expected to exchange
Dec. 1, 2015
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North Korean envoy gets tour of Chinese herbal medicine
North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae-ryong took a rare tour of Chinese herbal medicine and traditional medical treatment at China's southern resort city of Sanya, according to the city government on Tuesday.The tour took place last Friday at Chinese Medicine Hospital of Sanya, the Chinese city said in an article posted on its official website. Reports of public activities by the North Korean envoy are incredibly rare. A photo taken by the hospital shows Ji and his wife posing for the camera w
Dec. 1, 2015
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Pentagon declines comment on N.K.'s SLBM test
The Pentagon declined Monday to comment on North Korea's recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, citing intelligence matters.Yonhap News Agency reported that the North fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea on Saturday, but the test ended in failure as the missile failed to soar from the waters."As far as whether North Korea attempted an SLBM launch, we will not discuss intelligence matters," said Cmdr. Bill Urban, a U.S. Defense Department spokesman.In May,
Dec. 1, 2015
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North Korean leader visits remodeled education center for students
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has visited a recently remodeled facility for primary and middle school students' extracurricular activities, the North's media said Tuesday.The leader visited the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace, a comprehensive after-school education center for school students, according to the Korean Central News Agency. It did not specify the date of his visit.Kim ordered the remodeling of the center, which includes a gym and a swimming pool, in May last year.The leader e
Dec. 1, 2015
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North Korean leader presumed to have watched SLBM test: Seoul spy agency
South Korea's spy agency said Monday that North Korea's leader is believed to have observed the recent botched launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine in the waters off the country's east coast.The National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that North Korea test-fired the submarine-launched ballistic missile at around 2 p.m. on Saturday in waters off the east coast port city of Wonsan, but the launch was viewed as a failure as the missile's trajectory could not be tracked.The agency sai
Nov. 30, 2015
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Seoul urges Pyongyang to stop raising tension on peninsula
South Korea called on North Korea Monday to stop flaring up tension on the Korean Peninsula as the North has continued to condemn South Korean military activity ahead of planned high-level inter-Korean talks.The North has blamed the South for dampening the conciliatory mood on the peninsula, citing the South's military activities, including planned field tactical training."We called on North Korea to stop its condemnation of our military activity in the western area and raising unnecessary tensi
Nov. 30, 2015
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North Korea's SLBM development, test violate U.N. resolutions: Seoul
North Korea's continuing development and test-launch of submarine-launched ballistic missiles constitute a violation of United Nations resolutions, the Defense Ministry said Monday, following the North's reported SLBM launch over the weekend.A South Korean government official said North Korea fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea on Saturday afternoon, but the SLBM failed to leave the water. The remarks indicate the country has yet to master the SLBM technology since its first
Nov. 30, 2015
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N.K. apparently fails submarine missile test
North Korea appears to have failed to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine in yet another provocative action that may escalate tensions on the peninsula, government sources in Seoul said Sunday. The communist state is believed to have tried to fire a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea between 2:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. Saturday, but it stopped short of soaring from the waters, the sources said. Seoul’s Defense Ministry declined to officially confirm the report. “The cover of the
Nov. 29, 2015
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N.K. apparently fails to launch ballistic missile from sub
North Korea apparently failed to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, a South Korean official said Saturday, in a sign that Pyongyang has yet to master the technology.North Korea is believed to have fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea roughly between 2:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m., but the submarine-launched ballistic missile failed to soar from the waters, the official said"The North appears to have failed in its launch," the official said, citing debris from the missile fou
Nov. 28, 2015
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Koreas agree to hold high-level talks next month
South and North Korea agreed Friday to hold high-level government talks next month as they are seeking to mend strained ties following a landmark deal in August on easing military tension.The two sides plan to hold vice-ministerial dialogue at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name on Dec. 11, according to the Unification Ministry.They reached the agreement in marathon working-level talks that began a day earlier at the border village of Panmunjom."Agendas for
Nov. 27, 2015
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Kim Jong-un inspects shoe factory, calling for world's best footwear
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a shoe factory and called for the production of the world's best quality shoes, the country's official news media said Friday. "The ruling party demands everything intended for the people should be the world's best quality," Kim said during his visit to the shoe factory in the east coast port city of Wonsan, according to the Korean Central News Agency's report. "Let's fight vigorously to produce famous goods and produce what can compete in the world,"
Nov. 27, 2015
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Two Koreas reaffirm interest in dialogue itself
South and North Korea have managed to keep the dialogue mood afloat but a significant deal on major pending issues will likely remain elusive, experts here said Friday.After marathon working-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjom, the two sides agreed to hold a vice ministerial meeting on Dec. 11 at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border town.They announced that inter-Korean issues related to the improvement of bilateral ties will be discussed."The two sides seem to have mad
Nov. 27, 2015
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Koreas to hold vice minister-level talks on Dec. 11
The two Koreas agreed to hold vice-minister-level talks at the joint industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong on Dec. 11 to discuss bilateral pending issues to improve cross-border relations, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Friday. Kim Ki-woong (right), assistant minister of South Korea’s Unification Ministry’s Special Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue, shakes hands with Hwang Chol (left), a senior official of the North’s Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherla
Nov. 27, 2015
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Two Koreas hold rare working-level talks
The two Koreas on Thursday held a working-level meeting to arrange high-level government talks, amid concerns that Pyongyang’s continued criticisms against Seoul’s policies could hamper the budding mood for dialogue.Kim Ki-woong (right), assistant minister of South Korea’s Unification Ministry’s Special Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue, shakes hands with Hwang Chol (left), a senior official of the North’s Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland before their talks in Tongilgak on the
Nov. 26, 2015
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South, North Korean students divided over unification: survey
South and North Korean college students have divergent views on reunification, a survey showed Thursday. A majority of South Korean students disapprove of unification if it would have a negative impact on the economy, while those from the North support it, according to the poll conducted by a group of young adults, which calls itself "Story K." From Nov. 1-7, it interviewed 257 South Korean college students and 180 others who defected from the North. Asked if they believe an early unification
Nov. 26, 2015
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Koreas set to hold working-level dialogue
South and North Korea are set to hold a working-level meeting Thursday to prepare for high-level government talks as they seek to mend their long-strained ties, government officials said. The preparatory meeting is to take place on the North's side of the truce village of Panmunjom at around 10:30 a.m., a move to implement the August deal on defusing military tension. "I will do my best to help get the inter-Korean deal fully implemented," Kim Ki-woong, Seoul's chief negotiator for the meeting
Nov. 26, 2015
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Koreas to hold inter-Korean meeting this week
Working-level officials of South and North Korea will meet this week to prepare for high-level government talks that could help mend their strained ties, government officials said Wednesday.The preparatory meeting will take place on the North's side of the truce village Thursday, a step in implementing the August deal on easing military tension.The two sides are expected to set details of the high-level talks, such as the timing, the venue and the agenda, government officials said.A key element
Nov. 25, 2015
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N. Korean leader executes about 100 officials: think tank
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has executed around 100 party and military officials since he took office in late 2011 in a bid to tighten his grip on power, a Seoul think tank said Wednesday. But a number of North Korean power elites are disenchanted with the leader's so-called reign of terror, according to the Institute for National Security Strategy, a think tank under South Korea's spy agency. "Deep doubts about Kim's leadership are spreading among working-level officials. Some officials b
Nov. 25, 2015
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Koreas to hold inter-Korean meeting this week
Working-level officials of South and North Korea will meet this week to prepare for high-level government talks that could help mend their strained ties, government officials said Wednesday. The preparatory meeting will take place on the North's side of the truce village Thursday, a step in implementing the August deal on easing military tension. The two sides are expected to set details of the high-level talks, such as the timing, the venue and the agenda, government officials said. A key el
Nov. 25, 2015