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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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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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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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N. Korea calls launch rocket, nuke test 'sovereign right'
North Korea said Thursday it has the determination to launch a satellite and conduct a fourth nuclear test, vowing stern action against any move to infringe on what Pyongyang claims is its sovereign right.North Korea has recently raised its missile and nuclear threats, prompting South Korea and the United States to strongly warn the North against its possible provocations.North Korea's key propaganda website, Uriminjokkiri, rebuked Seoul and Washington for hampering the North's sovereign rights
Sept. 17, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to improve human rights record
South Korea called on North Korea on Thursday to stop its serious human rights violations after the North rebuked the South's parliament for working toward passing a bill to improve the dismal situation. North Korea's committee for the peaceful reunification slammed South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday for seeking to pass the bill. The North called the South's move "an outrageous politically motivated provocation and undisguised declaration of confrontation." The Unificatio
Sept. 17, 2015
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China may have offered 500,000 tons of crude oil to NK this year: Seoul
China is presumed to have provided North Korea with around 500,000 tons of crude oil so far this year, a similar amount that Beijing offered to its traditional ally last year, despite their apparently strained ties, the Unification Ministry said Thursday. China supplies nearly all of the North's energy needs such as crude oil, diesel and jet fuel. But there have been no recorded oil shipments to Pyongyang since last year amid their frayed ties. The ministry dismissed speculation that China has
Sept. 17, 2015
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Kerry warns North Korea of 'severe consequences'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Wednesday that North Korea will face "severe consequences" if it forges ahead with irresponsible provocations, a day after Pyongyang apparently threatened a nuclear test."There will be severe consequences as we go forward if North Korea does not refrain from its irresponsible provocations that aggravate regional concerns, make the region less safe, and if it refuses to live up to its international obligations," Kerry said."Our position is clear: We will
Sept. 17, 2015
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Ex-U.S. envoy calls for unconditional resumption of N.K. nuclear talks
The United States and its partners should unconditionally resume the long-stalled six-party nuclear talks with North Korea, a former U.S. negotiator said, stressing that ignoring Pyongyang won't improve the situation.Joseph DeTrani, who served as deputy U.S. negotiator for the six-party talks, made the point in an article contributed to the Washington Times on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of a landmark 2005 denuclearization deal with the North."On the 10th anniversary of the Joint Statem
Sept. 17, 2015
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S. Korean nuclear envoy warns N.K. of tougher U.N.
North Korea will face additional U.N. Security Council sanctions further deepening its isolation if the regime forges ahead with a banned long-range rocket launch, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy said Wednesday.Special representative Hwang Joon-kook made the remark after talks with his U.S. counterpart, Amb. Sung Kim, in Washington, stressing that a satellite launch by the North, unlike those by other nations, constitutes a clear violation of U.N. resolutions."The right to peaceful use of spac
Sept. 17, 2015
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Seoul officials visit N. Korea to check reunion facilities
A team of working-level officials visited North Korea’s Mount Geumgangsan on Wednesday to survey the slated venue for the separated family reunions next month.Fourteen members including those from the Unification Ministry and Hyundai Asan traveled to the resort area for a two-day visit to check the facilities at Oegeumgang Hotel and Geumgangsan Hotel as well as the reunion center.The two Koreas earlier this week exchanged a preliminary list of candidates to take part in the reunion being arrange
Sept. 16, 2015
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N. Korea nuclear capabilities back under spotlight
North Korea’s evolving nuclear weapons capabilities have returned to the spotlight as it claimed Tuesday that its researchers have been pushing to improve the “quantity and quality” of its nuclear weapons to ensure deterrence against the U.S. Satellite imagery shows part of the Yongbyon nuclear complex north of Pyongyang, North Korea. (Yonhap)Analysts presume that the North has come a long way in developing nuclear warheads and their delivery means such as long-range rockets, through three nucle
Sept. 16, 2015
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U.S., China to forge cooperation on N. Korea, other hotspot issues
The United States and China will step up cooperation in addressing regional hotspot issues, including North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday, ahead of a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. Washington and Beijing remain at odds over a range of issues, such as China's increasingly assertive actions in the South China Sea, cyber hacking and human rights, but they have sounded upbeat on efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its
Sept. 16, 2015
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S. Korea's vice FM urges NK to give up nuke programs
South Korea's vice foreign minister has called on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, amid growing speculation over the North's provocations."The international community should speak in a strong, clear, and united voice that North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear program cannot be tolerated," Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said in his keynote speech on Tuesday for an annual meeting of the Intern
Sept. 16, 2015
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S. Korea vows stern actions against N. Korea's provocations
South Korea vowed on Wednesday to take "stern" actions if North Korea launches a long-range missile or conducts another nuclear test.The Unification Ministry said it is hard to predict whether the secretive North will go ahead with a rocket launch or a fourth nuclear test but stressed Seoul will respond resolutely to any provocation."North Korea's possible launch of a missile or conducting a nuke test are serious provocations and military threats. They are also a clear violation of the United Na
Sept. 16, 2015
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New nuke crisis looming on Sept. 19 deal anniversary
Flexing its nuclear muscles again, North Korea has moved further away from the Sept. 19 Joint Statement once hailed as a historic deal on ending its nuclear program.The 10th anniversary this week of signing the agreement is far from a celebratory mood.Another round of the nuclear crisis is instead descending on the region, where the national interests of South Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia go head-to-head, while, at the same time, the countries work together for peace and sta
Sept. 16, 2015
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N. Korea, China sign deal to build new bridge over Tumen River
North Korea and China have signed an agreement to build a new bridge over the Tumen River that runs between the two nations, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, in the latest sign that economic ties between Pyongyang and Beijing remain largely unaffected despite the North's nuclear and missile programs. The agreement was signed in Pyongyang on Tuesday by North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Pak Myong-guk and the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, the Chinese Embassy said in a stateme
Sept. 16, 2015
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China's Red Cross gives $100,000 for N. Korean flood relief
China's Red Cross has sent $100,000 in cash to North Korea as part of its humanitarian aid for North Korean victims of last month's floods, China's state media said Wednesday. Two major floods caused by heavy rainfall killed 89 people and left 10 people missing in North Korea last month, the International Federation of the Red Cross said earlier this month. In a brief dispatch from Pyongyang, the state-run Xinhua news agency said the Chinese Red Cross donated $100,000 to North Korea's Red Cross.
Sept. 16, 2015
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N.K. building isotope separation facility to build more powerful nuclear bombs: U.S. institute
A new facility under construction at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex appears to be designed to separate isotopes from spent fuel that can be used in building nuclear weapons more powerful than plutonium or uranium bombs, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday.The assessment from the Institute for Science and International Security adds to growing concern that the communist nation is ramping up efforts to further strengthen its nuclear capabilities and could carry out its fourth nuclear te
Sept. 16, 2015
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U.S. warns N. Korea not to make 'mistake' amid concerns
The United States warned North Korea on Tuesday not to make a "mistake" deepening its isolation after the communist nation has strongly hinted at the possibility of conducting a nuclear or missile test."It would be a mistake for North Korea to once again embark on the kind of threatening behavior and provocations that led to international sanctions in the first place," Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel told reporters after a speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Sept. 16, 2015
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‘N.K. restarted all Yongbyon nuclear facilities’
North Korea has restarted all nuclear facilities including its uranium enrichment factory at its Yongbyon nuclear complex north of Pyongyang, its atomic research agency said Tuesday, the day after it hinted that it would launch a long-range rocket next month. The file photo shows North Korea`s launch of a long-range rocket in 2012. (Yonhap)The unidentified director of the Atomic Energy Institute said that its staff have continued to make “innovations” to secure the credibility of the North’s nuc
Sept. 15, 2015
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N. Korea says it is ready to use nuke weapons against U.S.
North Korea threatened Tuesday to use nuclear weapons against the United States as it announced that it has restarted operation of its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon complex.North Korea has made constant "innovations" in its capacity for nuclear deterrence "by steadily improving the levels of nuclear weapons with various missions in quality and quantity," the director of the Atomic Energy Institute said in a comment carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.It said all the nuclear
Sept. 15, 2015
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N. Korea's rocket launch to undermine inter-Korean ties, family reunions
North Korea's move to launch a long-range rocket is apparently casting a pall over inter-Korean ties and the upcoming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, experts said Tuesday.North Korea said Monday that it plans to launch what it calls "a series of satellites," as it is preparing for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, which falls on Oct. 10."The world will clearly see a series of satellites of (North) Korea soaring into the sky at the time
Sept. 15, 2015
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S. Korea to push for U.N. action over N. Korea's rocket
South Korea said Tuesday it will push for an effective U.N. response if North Korea presses ahead with its planned long-range rocket launch.North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration announced Monday that it is in the final phase of developing a new earth observation satellite, saying "the world will clearly see a series of satellites of (North) Korea soaring into the sky at the times and locations determined by the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea."The announce
Sept. 15, 2015