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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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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 to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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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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Gov't warns against firms at Gaeseong park over wage row
The Unification Ministry said Wednesday it has delivered a warning to dozens of firms at an inter-Korean industrial zone, as they violated its guidelines on wage hikes for workers there.The ministry made clear that the companies will face punishment if they do not comply with the government's policy on the matter again, ministry spokesman Lim Byeong-cheol said.The North is seeking to raise monthly wages for its 54,000 workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex by 5.18 percent to $74.The South ha
June 3, 2015
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[News Focus] Seoul struggles in push for dialogue with N.K.
South Korea is struggling to bring North Korea to the dialogue table with the communist regime shrugging off the mounting denuclearization calls and shifting the blame to Seoul and Washington for escalating military tensions.The North’s evolving nuclear technologies including one to develop a submarine-launched ballistic missile have galvanized Seoul into employing a more active diplomacy. Yet the prospects of dialogue remain bleak as Pyongyang refuses to talk about its nuclear program, a critic
June 2, 2015
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Two Koreas fail to agree on joint summit anniversary
The two Koreas failed to co-organize a joint event commemorating the 15th anniversary of the first-ever inter-Korean summit, dealing another blow to the chilled cross-border ties.The civilian preparatory group here said Tuesday that they have failed to see progress in their talks with the North as Pyongyang has turned reluctant. The civilian groups of both sides had tentatively agreed to jointly celebrate the anniversary by hosting a three-day event starting June 14 in Seoul.The North reportedly
June 2, 2015
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Koreas fail to agree on joint summit anniversary
The two Koreas failed to co-organize a joint event commemorating the 15th anniversary of the first-ever inter-Korean summit, dealing another blow to the chilled cross-border ties.The civilian preparatory group here said Tuesday that they have failed to see progress in their talks with the North as Pyongyang turned reluctant. The civilian groups of both sides had tentatively agreed to jointly celebrate the anniversary by hosting a three-day event starting June 14 in Seoul.The North reportedly sai
June 2, 2015
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Koreas fail to agree on joint summit anniversary
South and North Korea have failed to organize a joint event this month to mark the 15th anniversary of the first-ever inter-Korean summit, a preparatory group here said Tuesday, in what could be another setback to Seoul-Pyongyang ties.Last month, civilian groups from South and North Korea tentatively agreed to jointly celebrate the summit anniversary in a three-day event starting June 14 in Seoul. But no progress has been made as the North has turned to a lukewarm stance.A statement from the gro
June 2, 2015
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North Korea mum on fresh U.S. dialogue offer: sources
The United States extended another offer early this month to hold talks with North Korea, but the communist North has not yet responded to the proposal, diplomatic sources said Sunday.The offer was made via the North‘s mission to the United Nations before the top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan held a trilateral meeting in Seoul to discuss how to deal with Pyongyang, the sources said.The North’s failure to respond to the dialogue proposal led to the three countries agreeing to
June 1, 2015
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Regional framework needed on N. Korean human rights: OSCE chief
North Korea's abysmal human rights record could be addressed through a regional multilateral framework, the head of the world's largest intergovernmental security bloc said Monday.North Korea's human rights situation has caused widespread concern especially since the U.N. Commission of Inquiry released a report in February 2014 accusing the communist country of "systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights."Pyongyang has long been suspected of human rights abuses that include hold
June 1, 2015
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Pressure is only option on N. Korea: S. Korean official
Regional powers agree that there is no other choice but to put more pressure on North Korea to bring the North back to denuclearization talks, a senior South Korean official said Monday. Realistically, however, there could be different views on the specific ways and level of pressure, he said on background.It represents a dilemma for South Korea, which is seeking to get tougher on its increasingly hostile communist neighbor.The South's top nuclear envoy, Hwang Joon-kook, held trilateral discussi
June 1, 2015
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N. Korea cries foul over U.N.'s handling of submarine missile test
North Korea has claimed the U.N. Security Council would prove itself to be a "political tool" of the United States if it were to take issue with Pyongyang's recent submarine-launched ballistic missile test while ignoring joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S.The North's ambassador to the U.N., Ja Song-nam, made the claim in a letter sent to the Security Council president last week, calling the drills "real nuclear war games of aggression" aimed at "occupying Pyongyang" to remo
June 1, 2015
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S. Korea seeks N. Korea's support on railway project
Senior South Korean and North Korean officials will attend an international railway meeting this week, raising hopes of a breakthrough in efforts to cooperate in the field, officials said Sunday.South Korea will send Vice Minister of Transport Yeo Hyung-koo to the meeting of the Organization for Co-operation between Railways to open in Mongolia on Tuesday. North Korea will be represented by Minister of Railways Jon Kil-su.In the four-day meeting, the South will push for membership in the OSJD. T
May 31, 2015
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N. Korea warns of 'tragedy' from failed U.S. policy
North Korea vowed Sunday to ensure a "balance of forces" with the United States through its continued development of nuclear weapons."As has been already proved in history, the only way to prevent a war between the DPRK and the U.S., which lack even elementary trust in each other and have long stood in mistrust and hostility only, is for the former to bolster up its defense capabilities so as to ensure balance of forces," the North's foreign ministry said in a statement. The DPRK is the acronym
May 31, 2015
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THAAD is 'excellent deterrent' against N. Korean threats: McCain
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said Saturday the possible deployment of the U.S. advanced missile defense system on Korean soil should be considered as threats by North Korea have grown."The THAAD system is a very effective and excellent deterrent. I think it is something that has to be considered in light of recent information about the advanced step North Korea has made," McCain said in a press conference in Singapore on the sidelines of the Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La
May 30, 2015
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U.N. panel to probe N.K. submarine missile launch
A U.N. panel plans to investigate whether North Korea’s recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile has contravened U.N. Security Council resolutions barring the communist state from any launch using ballistic missile technology.The UNSC sanctions panel on North Korea unveiled the plan during its regular briefing to the UNSC on Thursday. The move came after Seoul said this week that it had sent a letter to the committee calling for a probe into the North’s SLBM test.Criticizing Seoul f
May 29, 2015
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N. Korean leader's sister re-appears after 50 days amid childbirth
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister, who was believed to be pregnant, made her first public appearance in about 50 days, the North's media reported Friday, cementing speculation that she might have given birth in May.Kim Yo-jong, 28, accompanied the young leader on his field guidance to a tree nursery, which is being constructed by the Korean People's Army (KPA), according to the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).In April, South Korea's spy agency said that Kim would likely
May 29, 2015
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N. Korea adding more facilities to rocket launch site: 38 North
North Korea is adding more facilities to its recently expanded rocket launch site on the country's west coast, the website 38 North said Thursday, casting doubt over speculation Pyongyang may launch a long-range rocket in October.The North completed the upgrading of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station last year to make it accommodate larger rockets with heavier payloads. The site is where the North successfully fired a long-range rocket and put a satellite into orbit in late 2012.Though the up
May 29, 2015
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Seoul slams Pyongyang for slandering president
South Korea lashed out at North Korea Thursday for slandering its President Park Geun-hye, urging the communist state to stop resorting to vulgar invective and immediately come out for dialogue instead.In recent weeks, Pyongyang has hardened its rhetoric against Park as she criticized the North’s provocative moves, including its recent underwater test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and woeful human rights conditions.Seoul, along with Washington and Tokyo, has also moved to strengthen
May 28, 2015
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Seoul to chronicle sex slavery on liberation anniversary
South Korea will chronicle the sufferings of the women forced into sex slavery during Japanese colonial rule, while also seeking to hold sports events with North Korea and reopen the headquarters of its provisional governments in China, to mark the 70th anniversary of liberation this year. The government will also build a hall of fame in downtown Seoul to honor some 20,000 independent fighters, while compiling a biographic dictionary to list their activities and boost related education. A public
May 28, 2015
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N. Korea slams Park for U.S. visit plan
North Korea rebuked President Park Geun-hye on Thursday for planning to visit the United States in mid-June, saying that her move will derail a possible joint event to mark the 15th anniversary of an inter-Korean summit.North Korea's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri criticized Park for scheduling the trip, which overlaps the 15th anniversary of a historic inter-Korean summit that falls on June 15. Park will travel to Washington from June 14-18, according to her office.Park and U.S. President Bar
May 28, 2015
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N. Korea unveils footage of "SLBM launch"
North Korea on Wednesday unveiled video footage that includes the scene of what it claimed to be a successful test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.North Korea's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri made public the two minutes of footage where a projectile that appears to be a ballistic missile was launched from a black submerged vessel. The object flies into the sky with a loud blast after being ejected from underwater in what looks like a test-firing of a ballistic missile.The foot
May 27, 2015
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Seoul, Washington, Tokyo agree to ratchet up pressure on N.K.
The chief nuclear negotiators of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan agreed Wednesday to strengthen pressure and sanctions against North Korea to bring it to the dialogue table and keep it from further escalating nuclear threats.Seoul’s top nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Sung Kim and Junichi Ihara, held a trilateral meeting in Seoul over an array of North Korean issues including the human rights issue, after holding separate bilateral meetings the previous day.
May 27, 2015