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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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Sales of eco-friendly cars top 100,000 in Q1 in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Director of 'Goodbye Earth' aimed to ask how we would face apocalypse
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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
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N. Korea shows no signs of nuclear test preparations: 38 North
North Korea is not showing any signs of preparations for a nuclear test despite its apparent threat to do so, a U.S. research institute said. The North said last week that its bomb-making nuclear facilities at the Yongbyon complex have returned to normal operation and are ready to respond to U.S. "hostile policy" toward it with "nuclear thunder," a term apparently referring to a nuclear test. "Despite renewed speculation of a possible North Korean nuclear test, recent commercial satellite imag
Sept. 21, 2015
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U.S. nuclear envoy willing to hold talks with N. Korea in Pyongyang
The United States is genuinely interested in holding talks with North Korea about how to resume the long-stalled denuclearization negotiations and it does not matter whether such discussions take place in Pyongyang or elsewhere, the chief U.S. envoy said Saturday.Amb. Sung Kim, special representative for North Korea policy, made the remark in an exclusive interview with Yonhap News Agency, stressing the North should come back to the negotiating table and honor its own commitment to give up its n
Sept. 20, 2015
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N. Korea renews its vow to launch satellite
North Korea reiterated its resolve Friday to launch a satellite, calling it a sovereign right, in its latest show of defiance against growing international calls against the provocation. "The more enemy forces will hamper our plan for space development, the more severe our counteraction will be," the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch. North Korea said it is determined to exercise its right to launch a satellite into orbit, no matter what others say about its plan
Sept. 18, 2015
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Parties condemn N.K. provocative acts
South Korea’s ruling and opposition parties alike called on North Korea to stop any provocative moves to escalate military tensions and damage the emerging mood for dialogue on Friday, a day before the 10th anniversary of a landmark denuclearization deal.Rep. Moon Jae-in, leader of the main opposition New politics Alliance for Democracy, speaks during the party`s Supreme Council meeting on Friday. (Yonhap)Moon Jae-in, leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, stressed th
Sept. 18, 2015
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S. Koreans to visit NK soon to repair facilities for family reunions
The Unification Ministry said Friday it plans to again send a team of technicians to North Korea soon to repair facilities at Mount Kumgang for the upcoming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. A group of government officials and technicians returned to Seoul on Thursday from a two-day visit to the North after checking facilities there ahead of the family reunions slated for Oct. 20-26. "The outcome of the recent checks showed that there will be no major problems in procee
Sept. 18, 2015
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N. Korean nuclear envoys absent from China-hosted forum
North Korea's nuclear envoys appeared to be absent from a two-day forum hosted by a Chinese state-run think tank to discuss ways to restart long-stalled nuclear talks, a diplomatic source involved in the forum said Friday, in an apparent snub at China's latest push to resume the six-party talks. The forum, organized by the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), is meant to mark the 10th anniversary of a landmark deal in which North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear program in exch
Sept. 18, 2015
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Christian leaders of two Koreas to meet in Pyongyang
Christian leaders of South and North Korea will meet in Pyongyang next month to discuss how to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula and promote exchanges of churches, the South Korean organizer said Friday. Delegates from the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide inter-church organization, and South Korea's National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) will make a seven-day trip to Pyongyang from Oct. 24, the NCCK said. They will hold an executive committee meeting of the "Ecumenical Fo
Sept. 18, 2015
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NK leader visits flood-hit city to encourage recovery efforts
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the city of Rason on the North's northeast tip in a bid to encourage efforts to recover from a recent flood, Pyongyang's media said Friday. The North's leader went to Rason, on the border with China and Russia, just weeks after encouraging people to spur on recovery efforts before the North's key national anniversary in October, the Korean Central News Agency said. It did not specify the date of Kim's visit. Typhoon Goni soaked the northern part
Sept. 18, 2015
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U.S. vows to use 'all the tools at our disposal' to pressure N. Korea
The United States on Thursday vowed to do all it can to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear program amid concern Pyongyang could conduct a nuclear or missile test "We do continue to look at and will aim to use all the tools at our disposal to make clear ... that North Korea has a choice to make. The onus, as I've said before, the onus is on them," State Department spokesman John Kirby said at a daily briefing. "They've got this choice to make to denuclearize and attain the peace and
Sept. 18, 2015
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DMZ film festival opens in Camp Greaves
An annual documentary film festival themed on "peace, life and communication" opened in Camp Greaves, the former U.S. military camp near the Demilitarized Zone, Thursday. The seventh edition of the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival will run until next Thursday, featuring 102 documentary films from 43 countries around the world, including 43 from South Korea. It will open with "I am Sun Mu," an 87-minute film by American photographer and filmmaker Adam Sjoberg, which follows the def
Sept. 17, 2015