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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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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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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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BOK chief says China poses risks for South Korea
The growing competitiveness of Chinese companies is posing great risks for South Korean firms, while China's slowing economic growth is creating short-term risks for Asia's fourth-largest economy, Seoul's top central banker said Wednesday. "Regarding China risks, many experts are focusing on China's slowing domestic demand, but what we must pay more attention to is progress in China's industrial competitiveness," Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol said in a monthly meeting with economic experts her
Nov. 25, 2015
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Hyundai, Kia likely to see SUV sales exceed 100,000 in Europe
Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. will likely see sales of their major SUV models exceed 100,000 units in Europe this year, industry data showed Wednesday. According to the data, Hyundai Motor sold 95,669 units of the Tucson SUV in Europe during the January-October period, while Kia Motors' sales of the Sportage SUV came to 90,018 units. Given that their monthly sales stood at around 9,000-9,500 units throughout the year, the two South Korean carmakers could see th
Nov. 25, 2015
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North Korean leader visits military unit's fishery base
North Korea's leader visited a fishery base under a unit of the country's military, encouraging workers to bring in a big haul to supply fish to servicemen, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. North's young leader Kim Jong-un toured the fishing station under the Korean People's Army Unit 549, the Korean Central News Agency said without elaborating on the date of his inspection. The KCNA said that Kim urged the base to "set a high goal for remarkably increasing the yearly output of fish in
Nov. 25, 2015
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Park's memoir tops bestseller chart in China's online bookstore
A Chinese-language memoir by President Park Geun-hye was at the top of the autobiography list compiled by China's largest online bookstore for September and October, according to the store on Wednesday. The autobiography, titled "Despair Trains Me and Hope Moves Me," was first published in 2007 and translated into Chinese in 2013. The data compiled by the Chinese online bookstore, dangdang.com, showed that Park's memoir topped the list of sales on the biographies chart for the past two month
Nov. 25, 2015
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North Korean leader's top aide working on farm as punishment: state spy agency
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent his key aide to a local farm in early November as punishment for the mishandling of a hydraulic power station construction project, South Korea's state spy agency said Tuesday. Choe Ryong-hae, the communist party's secretary, appears to have been receiving re-education at a farm in an unidentified province starting this month due to his responsibility for water leakage from the newly built hydraulic power station, according to the National Intelligence Servi
Nov. 24, 2015
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Pyongyang slams Seoul for holding artillery drill on anniversary
North Korea slammed South Korea on Tuesday for holding a live-fire artillery drill a day earlier near the tense western sea border, calling the move "the most vicious military provocation." Despite the North's threat for retaliation, South Korea's military staged the drill Monday as planned in waters off a set of front-line islands in the Yellow Sea as the country marked the fifth anniversary of the North's deadly shelling of Yeonpyeong Island. North Korea's National Defense Commission condem
Nov. 24, 2015
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U.N. chief Ban says he's trying to visit N. Korea at earliest possible date
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he's trying to visit North Korea as early as possible, the first time he's acknowledged that talks are under way to set up a trip to the communist nation. Ban made the remark to reporters when he visited South Korea's mission to the United Nations to pay his respects to late former South Korean President Kim Young-sam. Ban's possible plan has drawn keen attention as he's expected to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. "I can't talk (about t
Nov. 24, 2015
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More key officials fleeing North Korea amid leader's brutal rule: source
A growing number of North Korean key party and military officials has been fleeing the communist country to evade leader Kim Jong-un's reign of terror, a source familiar with North Korean affairs said Monday. Kim has purged or executed many North Korean officials, Seoul's intelligence agency earlier said, putting the number of those killed at about 70. The source said that in the past, North Koreans had fled their home country due mainly to their livelihoods and other personal reasons, but sin
Nov. 23, 2015
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Orascom thinks it has lost control over N. Korea's mobile network provider Koryolink
Egyptian telecommunications firm Orascom, which launched North Korea's first mobile network provider Koryolink in 2008, believes it has now lost control of the joint venture with Pyongyang, the company's latest financial results report showed. The assessment underscores the difficulty in doing business in and with North Korea, one of the world's most closed nations that is known for flouting international norms and has long been under a string of international sanctions for its nuclear and miss
Nov. 23, 2015
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Pyongyang warns of retaliation in case of attack
North Korea said Sunday it will retaliate "mercilessly" if the South fires at its waters in the Yellow Sea, five years after the North bombarded a South Korean island, killing two soldiers and two civilians. A spokesman for the North's southwestern military unit said South Korea is "scheming to attack North Korean waters again." "The South Korean belligerents have forgotten their lessons from the bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island five years ago," the spokesman said, according to the KCNA, the No
Nov. 22, 2015
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U.N. chief remains mum on possible trip to Pyongyang
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon kept silent on his possible trip to North Korea on Sunday, a move that could keep the world guessing about his intentions. Ban did not talk as he walked through the lobby of a hotel in Kuala Lumpur when asked by a Yonhap news reporter if he is willing to visit Pyongyang in December. Ban landed in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur early Sunday to attend the East Asia Summit, an annual meeting meant to discuss regional and international strategic issues. It i
Nov. 22, 2015
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N. Korea bashes U.N. resolution on rights abuses
North Korea on Saturday bristled at the recently-adopted U.N. resolution condemning its human rights situation, claiming that it is a U.S.-led attempt to topple the communist regime. On Thursday, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution that calls for referring the communist country to the International Criminal Court over its grave rights situation."We categorically reject the 'human rights resolution', a vivid expression of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK and a typi
Nov. 21, 2015
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Koreas to hold working-level talks next Thursday
The two Koreas agreed Friday to hold a working-level meeting next Thursday to arrange high-level government talks on a range of bilateral issues, raising the prospects that cross-border relations will improve. Unification Ministry spokesperson Chung June-hee speaks during a press briefing on Friday. (Yonhap)Seoul’s Unification Ministry said that it accepted Pyongyang’s proposal earlier in the day to hold the meeting at Tongilgak, a building on the North Korean side of the inter-Korean border vi
Nov. 20, 2015
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Koreas to hold inter-Korean talks next week
South and North Korea agreed Friday to hold a working-level meeting to prepare for high-level talks next week, Seoul's Unification Ministry said, as they seek to improve long-strained inter-Korean ties.South Korea accepted North Korea's proposal to hold a preparatory meeting for government-level talks on Thursday in the North's zone of the truce village of Panmunjom, according to the Unification Ministry.Breaking silence for the South's repeated offer for dialogue, the North's Committee for the
Nov. 20, 2015
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Pyongyang offers to hold inter-Korean talks next week
North Korea has proposed a preparatory meeting for high-level talks with South Korea next week, the North's media said Friday, breaking silence on Seoul's repeated dialogue offer.The North suggested that the meeting be held on Thursday in the North's zone of the truce village of Panmunjom in a notice sent to Seoul's Unification Ministry, according to the Korean Central News Agency.The North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea in charge of daily inter-Korean affairs delivered the
Nov. 20, 2015
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North Korean leader joins test operation of subway train
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a subway station in Pyongyang for a test operation of a newly manufactured subway train, the North's state media said Friday.Aboard the subway train built with the North's indigenous technology, Kim expressed satisfaction about its performance, according to the Korean Central News Agency.In the public activity on Thursday, he shuttled from Kaeson Station in the capital to several stations aboard the train to learn about its trial operation in detail, the K
Nov. 20, 2015
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Seoul hails U.N. resolution on North Korean human rights
South Korea said Friday a United Nations panel's approval for a resolution against North Korea's human rights abuse reflects the international community's concern over the problem.The statement came hours after the Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly passed the resolution that calls for referring the communist regime to the International Criminal Court.It is almost certain that the General Assembly will endorse it in a session expected to be held in mid-December.South Korea took note of
Nov. 20, 2015
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North Korean human rights resolution passes through U.N. committee
The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution on North Korea's human rights situation that calls for referring the communist regime to the International Criminal Court.The resolution passed in a 112-19 vote, with 50 abstentions.The overwhelming passage almost guarantees its formal adoption at the General Assembly expected for mid-December as the General Assembly process is seen largely as a formality.The resolution, which was introduced by the European Union an
Nov. 20, 2015
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U.N. admits Ban planning N. Korea trip
NEW YORK (Yonhap) ― Discussions are underway about U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s willingness to play a constructive role on the Korean Peninsula situation, “including traveling there,” his spokesman said Wednesday.The remark by U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric was seen as a de-facto acknowledgment that talks are underway to set up what would be Ban’s first visit to North Korea, though the spokesman did not elaborate on those “discussions.”“The secretary-general has always expressed his wi
Nov. 19, 2015
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Seoul calls on Pyongyang to come to dialogue table
South Korea repeated its call for North Korea Thursday to come forward for dialogue as the North blamed the South for an absence of high-level inter-Korean talks following their August agreement to ease tension.Seoul's reaction came as North Korea claimed Wednesday that South Korea has shifted the blame for having failed to hold high-level talks on Pyongyang, raising questions about Seoul's sincerity in improving inter-Korean ties.The two Koreas reached a landmark deal on Aug. 25 to defuse milit
Nov. 19, 2015