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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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‘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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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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N. Korea fires rocket toward S. Korean loudspeakers
North Korea fired a rocket at South Korea’s loudspeakers installed on the western frontline on Thursday, sharply raising military tensions that have already been heightened in the wake of the Aug. 4 land mine attack.“At around 3:52 p.m., we detected what is presumed to be a trajectory of North Korea’s rocket. We are still analyzing it and there is no damage to our loudspeakers,” Seoul’s Defense Ministry said in a press release.After the land mine incident that injured two South Korean troops, Se
Aug. 20, 2015
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S. Korea steps up beatification process for Pyongyang bishop, 80 companions
The local Catholic Church has kicked into high gear the beatification process for Korean martyrs who were killed or who disappeared after being persecuted by the North Korean regime before and during the 1950-53 Korean War.The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea said Thursday it will conduct a preliminary inspection in late November to determine whether the former bishop of Pyongyang, Francis Borgia Hong Yong-ho, and his 80 companions are qualified for beatification.The conference said its spe
Aug. 20, 2015
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South Korea sends letter to U.N. on N. Korea's mine attack
South Korea has informed the U.N. Security Council of the details of a recent land mine explosion blamed on North Korea, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.The Aug. 4 explosion inside the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas left two South Korean soldiers seriously injured, raising tensions on the peninsula to a new high. North Korea has denied responsibility for the attack. (Yonhap)South Korea explained its position in a letter sent to the council's 15 member states on Tuesday, the
Aug. 20, 2015
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N. Korea flexing muscles at border: source
North Korea's military is ratcheting up its combat readiness posture along the border with front-line fortifications such as opening up its weapons portholes and intensifying artillery firing drills, a military source said Wednesday."The North Korean military is now being frequently observed opening up the portholes in their guard posts along the military demarcation line in the demilitarized zone, which faces the South," the military source said on the condition of anonymity.The militaries of b
Aug. 19, 2015
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Chinese businessmen invited to inter-Korean industrial park
A South Korean business group in Beijing has invited Chinese businessmen to an investor fair to be held at an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea in October, a group official said Wednesday.The investor fair, organized by The Korea Chamber of Commerce in China, is aimed at paving the way for goods made at the industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong to make inroads into mainland China as Seoul and Beijing signed a bilateral free trade agreement in June. The Korea-Chi
Aug. 19, 2015
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S. Korea slams NK for linking joint military drills to family reunion
The Unification Ministry denounced North Korea Wednesday for demanding ongoing military drills between South Korea and the United States be suspended as a condition for permitting a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.North Korea on Tuesday urged Seoul and Washington to suspend their joint military drills, linking the issue to whether it will accept Seoul's offer for holding the reunion.Jeong Joon-hee, the ministry's spokesman, slammed the North's tactics."The joint military
Aug. 19, 2015
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N. Korea publishes 4 major newspapers in color
North Korea has published four major newspapers in color on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule, a move seen as strengthening the personality cult for the North's leader.The North's Rodong Sinmun, the communist party's official newspaper, and three other papers have been published in full color since Liberation Day, which fell on Saturday, according to an analysis by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday, based on footage aired by the North's Korean Ce
Aug. 19, 2015
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S. Korea monitoring reported purge of senior N. Korean official
South Korea said Wednesday it is closely monitoring the whereabouts of a ranking North Korean official dealing with inter-Korean affairs amid a local media report that he might have been purged.Won Tong-yon, the vice head of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party, is believed to have been purged and forced to undergo "revolutionary education," a kind of punishment handed down to North Korean officials who commit wrongdoing, under which they must perform hard labor, according to a medi
Aug. 19, 2015
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Koreas agree on 5% Gaeseong wage hike
By Shin Hyon-heeThe two Koreas have agreed to raise the minimum wage by 5 percent for North Korean workers at their joint factory park, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday, following months of grueling negotiations amid strained cross-border ties. The sides held talks at the Gaeseong industrial complex at the North Korean border city on Monday. Under the deal, the monthly pay, which includes insurance fees and other benefits, will increase to $73.87 from $70.35 and apply retroactively from Mar
Aug. 18, 2015
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U.N. Command proposes general officer-level talks with N. Korea
The United Nations Command has proposed general-level talks with North Korea to discuss the recent mine explosion on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone blamed on the communist country, the UNC said Tuesday.But the country has not yet accepted the offer, they said."The UNC has passed messages to the (North) Korean People's Army, proposing a general officer-level dialogue regarding the Aug. 4 mine incident," a spokesman for the UNC said. The proposals were made on two occasions on Aug
Aug. 18, 2015
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Koreas agree on 5-pct hike in minimum wage for Gaeseong workers
South and North Korea have agreed to hike the minimum wage by 5 percent for North Korean workers at a joint industrial park in the North, a government official said Tuesday, a move that will help resolve a monthslong row.The two Koreas have been embroiled in a dispute following North Korea's unilateral decision to hike the minimum wage by 5.18 percent for the about 55,000 North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name.The quasi-state committees
Aug. 18, 2015
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Russia invites ministers from 2 Koreas to economic forum
South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo and North Korea's Minister of Foreign Trade RiRyong-nam have been invited to an economic forum in Russia slated for next month, a Seoul government official said Monday."Russia invited Minister Hong and the North's minister in charge of economics to the Eastern Economic Forum that opens in Vladivostok earlier next month," the official said. "I am aware that our side has intentions to participate if the North does."The first Eastern Economic Forum w
Aug. 17, 2015
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S. Korea voices strong regret over N. Korea's flak against Park
South Korea expressed strong regret Monday that North Korea has lashed out at President Park Geun-hye's Liberation Day speech as she sternly warned of retaliation against the North's provocations.The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said in a statement on Sunday that the president's speech "viciously" slandered the North, warning that she will pay the price for her actions.To mark the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's coloni
Aug. 17, 2015
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Police nab N. Korean defectors for alleged drug use
Police said Monday four North Korean defectors have been arrested on charges of habitually taking illegal drugs smuggled from China. Ilsan Police Station said they have arrested four North Korean defectors and a Korean-Chinese man in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, and confiscated 90 grams of methamphetamine and 5 grams of marijuana, an amount enough for about 3,000 people to use at once.One of the suspects, identified only by his surname Yoon, was arrested on suspicion of receiving the meth from Kan
Aug. 17, 2015
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N. Korea rejects family reunions
North Korea on Sunday blasted President Park Geun-hye's Liberation Day speech, and made clear that it rejects calls for family reunions for people separated during the Korean War (1950-53).The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) said in a statement released by its spokesperson that the president's speech viciously slandered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). It said such behavior caused shock and outrage among the people. The DPRK is North Korea's official nam
Aug. 16, 2015
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S. Korean firms in Gaeseong forced to follow N. Korean time zone
South Korean companies operating in the joint industrial complex in the North are required to change their work hours according to Pyongyang's new time zone, Seoul officials said Sunday.North Korea told the Ministry of Unification in Seoul on Saturday that it will start handling entries into the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in accordance to its new standard time, which is now 30 minutes behind that of South Korea, a ministry official said.Earlier this month, Pyongyang said it is rolling back its
Aug. 16, 2015
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Control center on S. Korean island to watch for N.K. attacks
A control center will be established on South Korea's northernmost island to better deter North Korean threats, local officials said Sunday.The center, to be installed on Baengnyeong Island, will have access to some 40 nearby closed-circuit TVs to watch for potential North Korean attacks, said officials in Ongjin, a county west of Seoul where the island is located.The Marine Corp. first suggested the idea in May, and officials have been discussing where and how the center should be run with the
Aug. 16, 2015
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N. Korea marks Liberation Day with own events
North Korea has commemorated the 70th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japan, its state media said Sunday, after the two Koreas failed to agree on terms for a joint event.The Conference for National Unification, a series of events marking Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule in the North, concluded on Saturday in Panmunjom, the truce village inside the demilitarized zone on the inter-Korean border, after a three-day run, the Korean Central News Agency said.The conference
Aug. 16, 2015
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N. Korea sets new time zone
North Korea set itself a new time zone Saturday in a move expected to complicate relations with South Korea.North Korea's time zone is now 30 minutes behind that of the South."The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK decided to set the standard time of the Republic with 127 degrees 30 minutes east longitude as a standard and to apply it from August 15," the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch, referring to the country's rubberstamp parliament.DPRK is
Aug. 15, 2015
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N. Korea slams Abe statement for lack of apology
North Korea denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's war anniversary statement Saturday, saying he failed to acknowledge and apologize for his country's wartime deeds.An unnamed spokesman for the North's foreign ministry issued a statement hours after the Japanese premier read out his speech in Tokyo to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II."Japan is talking about future and responsibility and contribution in the international community, without making an apology and reflect
Aug. 15, 2015