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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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South Korea to commemorate 5 yrs after North's shelling of border island
South Korea will commemorate next week the fifth anniversary of the deadly shelling of a South Korean frontline island by North Korea, the veterans affairs ministry said Thursday.In what was North Korea's first attack on South Korean domain since the 1950-53 Korean War, scores of artillery rounds and rockets were fired on Yeonpyeong Island just south of the de facto inter-Korean sea border of the Northern Limit Line on Nov. 23, 2010. The bombardment escalated into artillery engagement between th
Nov. 19, 2015
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U.N. says Ban will not visit Pyongyang next week
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will not visit North Korea next week, a U.N. spokesperson said Wednesday, denying a Chinese news report that Ban will make a rare trip to the North next week. "The Secretary-General will not be traveling to the DPRK next week," a U.N. spokesperson said in a statement, referring to North Korea by the acronym for its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The statement said Ban will be in "New York most of next week and then travel to Malta for
Nov. 18, 2015
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Pyongyang unveils plans to develop Rason economic zone
North Korea unveiled detailed plans Wednesday to develop its special economic zone in the border city of Rason aimed at luring foreign investment amid an economic slowdown and a series of U.N. sanctions.The North made public the comprehensive plan in what is seen as part of efforts to turn the area into a regional logistics hub close to both China and Russia, according to North Korea's official portal site Naenara.North Korea has sought to develop the zone since it designated Rason, formerly kno
Nov. 18, 2015
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Low-level Pyongyang provocations may be in offing for next year: U.S. experts
North Korea could attempt a series of "low-level provocations" next year to mask its internal and external vulnerabilities, U.S. experts said in a report released Tuesday.Victor Cha, chief Korea analyst at the Center for Strategic and nternational Studies, and CSIS researcher Lisa Collins made the prediction in the think tank's "Global Forecast" report, saying the regime of young leader Kim Jong-un is "vulnerable to attacks on its legitimacy.""The growing space between the people and the regime,
Nov. 18, 2015
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U.N. special rapporteur on North Korean human rights to make last visit to Seoul next week
The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation will visit South Korea next week on his final mission to Seoul before his mandate expires in March, the U.N. human rights agency said Tuesday.During the Nov. 23-27 visit, Marzuki Darusman will "assess the latest changes surrounding DPRK (North Korea) and discuss ways to ensure accountability with relevant stakeholders," the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva said in a statement on its website.It will be Darus
Nov. 18, 2015
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Rajin-Khasan project enters 3rd test run
The third trial operation of a logistics cooperation project involving the two Koreas and Russia began Tuesday, with Seoul officials conducting an onsite inspection in the North to determine the project’s feasibility.A day earlier, the Seoul government sent 20 officials to Rajin and Sonbong on the North’s northeastern coast via Russia’s Vladivostok, to check the port facilities in Rajin and the North’s overall capabilities to load and unload cargo containers, officials said.The three nations hav
Nov. 17, 2015
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‘N.K. has yet to notify IMO of no-sail zone’
North Korea has not notified the International Maritime Organization of its alleged declaration of a no-sail zone, the IMO said Tuesday, two days after a Seoul official said Pyongyang set the zone in the East Sea, effective from Nov. 11 to Dec. 7. Washington-funded broadcaster Voice of America reported the IMO spokesperson said the U.N. organization was not informed of Pyongyang’s no-sail zone.On various occasions, the communist state has notified the IMO of its no-sail zones. But there was no
Nov. 17, 2015
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Pyongyang to launch 'large-scale' ski tours for foreigners
North Korea will launch "large-scale" ski tourism packages for foreigners from late this month, according to a North Korean state media outlet on Tuesday, in the latest sign that the reclusive state has approved more cross-border tours. Foreign tourists have been applying for the tour packages at the Masik ski resort near North Korea's eastern coastal city of Wonsan, which opened earlier last year as a pet project of the North's young leader Kim Jong-un, the English-language Pyongyang Times news
Nov. 17, 2015
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Koreas, Russia start third test run for logistics project
South and North Korea kicked off another test operation Tuesday of their joint logistics project to ship Russian coal to the South through a port near the border with Russia, government officials said.Some 120,000 tons of Russian coal will be delivered to three South Korean ports on a ship from the North Korean port city of Rajin after being transported from Russia's border city of Khasan on a re-connected railway in the third run of the so-called Rajin-Khasan logistics project. The trilateral p
Nov. 17, 2015
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Ban's North Korea visit shows Pyongyang's shift to re-engagement: U.S. experts
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's upcoming visit to North Korea is yet more evidence of Pyongyang's shift toward re-engagement with the international community for possible economic reasons, a U.S. expert said Monday.Ban's scheduled visit to Pyongyang this week is expected to include a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a high-level U.N. source told Yonhap News Agency. The surprise visit has spurred hope Ban might broker progress in the North Korean nuclear standoff or inter-Korean
Nov. 17, 2015
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White House reiterates U.S. commitment to N.K. denuclearization
Verifiably denuclearizing North Korea, interdicting Pyongyang's proliferation activities and ensuring the implementation of U.N. resolutions are top priorities for the United States, the White House said Monday."North Korea's continued development of its nuclear and missile programs and proliferation activities poses a direct and serious threat to U.S. national security and that of our allies," the White House said in a fact sheet on President Barack Obama's "rebalance to Asia" policy.The fact s
Nov. 17, 2015
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Park offers N.K. investment for nuclear deal
President Park Geun-hye told the leaders of economically advanced countries Sunday that South Korea would invest in North Korea’s infrastructure together with the international community if Pyongyang were to abandon its nuclear ambitions.Speaking at the first session of the G20 summit held in Turkey, the South Korean leader was suggesting a joint investment project for the reclusive regime and other parts of Northeast Asia that have substantial growth potential as well as high demand for infrast
Nov. 16, 2015
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Talk of Ban’s trip to Pyongyang resurfaces
Talk of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Pyongyang resurfaced Monday following a news report of a trip, possibly this week, to help set the stage for addressing a set of North Korea issues including its nuclear program. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the G-20 summit in Turkey on Sunday, local time. (Yonhap)Yonhap news agency reported that the South Korean secretary-general would visit the North’s capital city after his plan to travel to the North fell through in May due
Nov. 16, 2015
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Park proposes investment in exchange for N.K. nukes
President Park Geun-hye told the leaders of economically advanced countries Sunday that South Korea would invest in North Korea’s infrastructure together with the international community were Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions.Speaking at the first session of the G20 summit held in Turkey, the South Korean leader was suggesting a joint investment project for the reclusive regime and other parts of Northeast Asia that have substantial growth potential as well as high demand for infrastruc
Nov. 16, 2015
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North Korea sets no-sail zone in East Sea
North Korea recently set a no-sail zone in the waters off its eastern coastal city of Wonsan, effective from Nov. 11 to Dec. 7, a government source said Sunday, spawning concerns that the communist state could test-launch a rocket. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a military gathering of service members in Pyongyang, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Nov. 7. (Yonhap)“Pyongyang has declared a wide no-sail zone in the East Sea area, and we are looking at the possibility of the Nort
Nov. 15, 2015
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North Korean workers abroad ordered not to meet foreigners: RFA
North Korean workers abroad have been ordered to stay put and not contact any foreigners in an apparent effort by the North Korean government to stave off their defections, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia reported Sunday."The North Korean government has ordered workers dispatched overseas and employees residing abroad not to leave their assigned workplaces and residences, as well as not directly contacting foreigners other than the locals," the RFA said in its recent report, citing North Korean s
Nov. 15, 2015
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North Korea declares no-sail zone in possible indication of missile launch
North Korea has recently declared a no-navigation zone in the waters near its eastern coastal city of Wonsan, a possible indication that the country could test-launch a missile in the area, sources said Sunday."North Korea declared the no-sail zone in the East Sea area near Wonsan, Gangwon Province, effective from Nov. 11 to the 7th of next month," a government source said. "It is a vast area of the sea, so we are closely watching whether the North will launch a Scud or a new type of ballistic m
Nov. 15, 2015
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Seoul private aid groups to discuss humanitarian aid with Pyongyang this week
A group of South Korean private aid providers will visit Pyongyang this week to discuss humanitarian assistance to the communist country, officials said Sunday.The group of 31 officials from 20 aid providers that are affiliated with the Korea NGO Council for Cooperation with North Korea plans to visit the North Korean capital from Wednesday to Saturday for the discussion, according to the Unification Ministry and the local council.The local council is composed of 59 private aid groups for North
Nov. 15, 2015
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[Newsmaker] N.K. leader’s key aide said to be sent to re-education
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent his key confidant to the country’s top school for reeducation, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Thursday, in an apparent lenient punishment that could set the stage of his political comeback in the coming months, if not years.“Choe Ryong-hae is receiving education at Kim Il Sung Higher Party School,” an official said, referring to the top institution named after the country’s founder, Kim’s late grandfather.Choe Ryong-hae, a secretary of the Work
Nov. 13, 2015
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U.S. expert calls for new form of North Korea nuclear talks with additional topic of arms control
South Korea and the U.S. should consider replacing the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program with a smaller group that also deals with arms control in addition to denuclearization, a U.S. expert said Thursday.Van Jackson, a former Pentagon strategist who currently serves as an associate professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, made the point in an email to Yonhap News Agency, stressing the top priority should be to first curb the progress in the North's nuclear progr
Nov. 13, 2015