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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Chinese ambassador calls for deepening economic ties with N. Korea
A Chinese envoy has urged more Chinese companies to make inroads into the North Korean market, while calling for deepening economic and trade ties with North Korea. Li Jinjun, China‘s ambassador to North Korea, made the remarks on Thursday as he visited an annual trade fair in Pyongyang, in which about 110 Chinese firms took part, according to the Chinese Embassy in the North on Monday. Li urged the Chinese companies to “better understand and enter into the North Korean market.” The Chinese a
Sept. 28, 2015
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Almost 700 North Korean defectors' whereabouts unknown
South Korea's Ministry of Unification on Sunday said almost 700 North Korean defectors' whereabouts are unknown, casting concerns over the country's settlement support system. The ministry said it has failed to locate 688 North Korean defectors, which accounts for 2.6 percent of the 26,000 defectors in South Korea, with 664 of them currently presumed to be overseas. The ministry's data also showed the number of North Korean defectors seeking to resettle in another country came to 22 this yea
Sept. 27, 2015
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S. Koreans convicted of trafficking N. Korean meth
Three South Koreans were convicted Friday of producing methamphetamine in North Korea and bringing some of the drugs to the South. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced a 63-year-old, identified by his surname Kim, to nine years in jail for producing 60 kilograms of methamphetamine at a North Korean factory in Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province. The court said 25 kg is suspected to have been siphoned off to the North. "Twenty-five kilograms is enough to be used two million times and the
Sept. 25, 2015
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Blinken due in Seoul for talks on N. Korea, presidential visit
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken will soon travel to South Korea to discuss North Korea and agenda items for the summit between President Park Geun-hye and her American counterpart Barack Obama, a diplomatic source said Friday. It is a part of his regional tour that will also take him to Japan and China. "He plans to visit Seoul early next month. South Korea and the U.S. are fine-tuning a specific schedule," the source told Yonhap News Agency. "A broad range of issues on regio
Sept. 25, 2015
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Kim Jong-un to give special bonus to N. Koreans
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will give a special bonus to the country's military personnel and ordinary people on the occasion of the North's key anniversary, Pyongyang's media said Friday. The special bonus amounting to 100 percent of monthly salaries will be given to all service personnel, working people and those who receive pensions, subsidies and scholarships to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), according to the Korean Central New
Sept. 25, 2015
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U.S. to send nuclear-powered aircraft carrier amid N.K. threats
With unbridled speculation over North Korea’s missile launch next month, Seoul and Washington are stepping up efforts to avert its provocation by tightening monitoring, intensifying international cooperation and bringing U.S. strategic assets to the peninsula for a display of force. Though Pyongyang has hinted at carrying out nuclear and missile tests to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the inception of its ruling Workers’ Party on Oct. 10, no clear signs of any imminent liftoff have been d
Sept. 24, 2015
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Inter-Korean tensions cast clouds over family reunions
Inter-Korean tensions are building amid the South’s moves to enact a North Korea human rights act and its civic groups’ campaign to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets, triggering concerns over the prospect of the reunions of families divided by the border.Pyongyang’s preparations for what it calls a satellite launch have also added to concerns that a series of setbacks could negatively affect the bilateral efforts to hold the reunions from Oct. 20-26 at Mount Geumgangsan.The communist regime has indic
Sept. 24, 2015
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S. Korea sees no sign of imminent NK rocket launch
North Korea is seeking to launch a satellite near a key anniversary next month, but there is no sign of an imminent rocket launch, a South Korean government source said Thursday. U.S. cable news network CNN released an exclusive interview with senior officials of North Korea's space agency on Wednesday in which they claimed that the launch is "imminent." The North said final preparations are under way to send rockets and "multiple satellites" into space, CNN reported. North Korea is seeking to
Sept. 24, 2015
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China increasingly willing to understand need for pressure on N.Korea: White House official
China has shown an increasing understanding of the importance of denuclearizing North Korea and the need to apply pressure on the regime in Pyongyang to realize the goal, a White House official said.Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, made the remark during a conference call Tuesday evening to preview an upcoming summit between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping."On Iran, China was instrumental in reaching the P5+1 agreement. On North K
Sept. 24, 2015
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U.N. to take swift action against N. Korean rocket: official
The U.N. Security Council will be quick in taking punitive steps against North Korea in case it launches a long-range rocket, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday.He cited "close coordination" among key parties concerned -- South Korea, the United States, China, Japan, and Russia. If the North presses ahead with such a provocative act, the 15-member council is expected to convene immediately under the so-called trigger clause in previous resolutions, the official told reporters in a bac
Sept. 23, 2015
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Seoul to create special unit to attack N.K. nuke, missile assets
South Korea is seeking to create a special unit in the Army tasked with destroying North Korea’s nuclear weapons, long-range missiles and other strategic assets should an emergency break out, military officials said Wednesday. The brigade-level organization will be installed within the Army’s Special Warfare Command, with its primary mission being to “strike the enemy’s core strategic targets,” the command stated in a report submitted to the National Assembly’s defense committee for a parliament
Sept. 23, 2015
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Allies discuss N.K. nuclear, missile threats
Senior diplomatic and security policymakers of South Korea and the U.S. gathered Wednesday in Seoul to assess the possibility of North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket and other provocations, and explore ways to better ward them off. The two-day Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue was led by Seoul’s Deputy Defense Minister Yoo Jeh-seung, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense Abraham Denmark and Elaine Bunn, each in charge of East Asia policy and nuclear and missile defense. Other
Sept. 23, 2015
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Allies at crucial moment on N. Korea: officials
South Korea and the United States stand at a crucial juncture over the North Korea issue, senior officials said Wednesday, amid Pyongyang's move to fire a long-range rocket. In a meeting with visiting chief U.S. nuclear envoy Sung Kim, Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong said his trip is "timely," given the North Korea challenge facing the allies. "As you said, it is an important period in terms of our North Korea coordination," Kim replied. After exchanging brief opening remarks in front of t
Sept. 23, 2015
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U.S.-N.K. relations show no signs of improving
The relations between the U.S. and North Korea show no signs of improving with Washington increasing pressure on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program, while the latter continues to shift the blame to the former for bilateral antipathy.U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice delivers a speech at George Washington University on Monday. (Yonhap)Their diplomatic tensions are expected to further escalate later this week as the U.S. is expected to call on China to exert more influence to stop th
Sept. 22, 2015
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More sanctions possible on N. Korea: S. Korean envoy
North Korea may face U.N.-led restrictions even on its ordinary trade if it goes ahead with a long-range rocket launch or another nuclear test, South Korea's ambassador to the U.N. said Tuesday. Ambassador Oh Joon said there are more sanctions that can be imposed on the North, although it's already under a wide web of punitive measures for its previous provocations. "For example, ordinary trade is not the subject of sanctions. But it could be affected if sanctions widen," he said in a phone i
Sept. 22, 2015
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S. Korea says nothing decided over timing of high-level talks with N.K.
South Korea said Tuesday nothing has been decided over whether the South and North Korea would hold high-level talks before the North's key national anniversary in early October. South and North Korea reached a landmark deal on Aug. 25 to ease military tension and hold high-level talks as soon as possible. But the North is threatening to make missile and nuclear provocations as it prepares for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on Oct. 10. A local media company r
Sept. 22, 2015
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U.S., China won't accept N. Korea as nuclear power: Rice
The United States and China are working together for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and won't accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons country, U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice said Monday. Rice made the remark during a speech previewing a summit between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the two countries are "united in demanding the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." "We firmly oppose North Korea's efforts to develop nucle
Sept. 22, 2015
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NK shows reluctance for joint celebrations of National Foundation Day
North Korea has expressed its reluctance to hold inter-Korean civilian events to mark National Foundation Day in early October, a Seoul civic group said Tuesday. The North has said that it would be difficult to have joint events to celebrate the holiday, which falls on Oct. 3, as it is busy preparing for its own key national anniversary, according to the South's preparatory committee for the event. North Korea is focusing on preparations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling W
Sept. 22, 2015
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N.K. spurns S. Korea's invitation for railway restoration ceremony
The Unification Ministry on Monday said that North Korea rejected Seoul's invitation to a ceremony held in August to embark on restoring the South's section of a disconnected inter-Korean railroad. The ceremony was held on Aug. 5 to mark Seoul's efforts to reconnect the 223.7-kilometer Gyeongwon Line that once ran from Seoul to the North Korean eastern city of Wonsan before the Korean Peninsula was divided 70 years ago. Seoul first plans to renovate the 9.3-km railway section in the South near
Sept. 21, 2015
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U.S. nuclear envoy to visit S. Korea
The chief U.S. envoy to the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program will visit South Korea this week to join an annual defense conference between the allies, a government official said Monday. Ambassador Sung Kim, special representative for North Korea policy, is scheduled to visit South Korea on Tuesday to take part in the two-day Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue starting Wednesday, the official said on condition of anonymity. His visit comes amid North Korea's v
Sept. 21, 2015