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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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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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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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North Korea reports pro-Pyongyang remarks by foreign activists
North Korea said Thursday that a group of foreign activists that plans to walk across the inter-Korean border "praised" the North's founder Kim Il-sung during their visit there.About 30 female activists from around the world, including U.S. activist Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire, arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, planning to march from the North to the South across the Demilitarized Zone to deliver a message of peace on May 24. A legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, t
May 21, 2015
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U.S. rejects N. Korea's nuclear warhead miniaturization claims
The United States does not believe North Korea has the capacity to build nuclear warheads small enough to fit atop missiles, a White House official said Wednesday, after Pyongyang claimed it is capable of doing so. The North's National Defense Commission made the claim earlier Wednesday, saying the country's "nuclear striking means have entered the stage of producing smaller nukes and diversifying them and the recent test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile is part of efforts to be
May 21, 2015
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Senator introduces bill calling for fresh sanctions on 'terror' state N. Korea
A U.S. senator has introduced a bill calling for redesignating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism and additional sanctions on the communist regime. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), chairman of the subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and international cyber-security policy, introduced the bill (S.Res.180) on Tuesday, saying North Korea represents a serious threat to the national security of the United States and its allies in the region and beyond. The resolution "urges the secretary of s
May 21, 2015
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N.K. claims it has miniaturized, diversified nukes
North Korea said Wednesday that it had already entered a technical level of “miniaturizing and diversifying” nuclear capabilities, further escalating security threats that were heightened by its recent underwater test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.Experts said that Pyongyang’s verbal threat appeared to represent its growing frustration over its isolation and the international community’s refusal to recognize its evolving nuclear capabilities including its SLBM technology, which some
May 20, 2015
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N.K. cancels Ban’s visit to Gaeseong
North Korea on Wednesday abruptly withdrew a planned visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to a joint industrial complex near the inter-Korean border, raising speculation that the isolated state may have chosen to shield itself from international attention due to its internal instability.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. (Yonhap)Pyongyang told U.N. officials early Wednesday morning that it had canceled his trip to its border town of Gaeseo
May 20, 2015
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S. Korea to offer 1 bln to support handicapped in N. Korea
South Korea said Tuesday it has decided to provide about 1 billion won (US$917,850) to support the physically handicapped in North Korea, a move aimed at boosting inter-Korean cooperation.The Ministry of Unification said that it plans to tap into an inter-Korean cooperative fund to provide rehabilitation goods and nourishing food to those who are physically handicapped in the North.It marked the first time since 2009 that Seoul has used the fund to support disabled people in North Korea.The move
May 19, 2015
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Park says N.K. threat hinders Asian growth
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday blasted North Korea’s repeated provocations and nuclear ambitions, saying they had damaged Asia’s economic growth and joint efforts to maintain stability in the region. She also called for a resolution to the North’s nuclear programs, and urged the regime to open up to the world, stressing that such steps were the “key” to peace in the region. “The Asian region has enormous growth potential, but as long as North Korea keeps blocking the blood vessels of growth
May 19, 2015
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Ban to visit Gaeseong on Thursday
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that he will visit the North Korean border town of Gaeseong on Thursday to encourage North Korean workers there in a surprise announcement that came amid growing uncertainty over inter-Korean ties.“I would like to announce that I will visit Gaeseong Industrial Complex on May 21. I believe it is a win-win model for both Koreas,” he said at a news conference held at the World Education Forum in the South Korean western port city of Incheon.Ban vis
May 19, 2015
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No signs detected of N. Korea's long-range missile launch: Seoul ministry
South Korea sees no signs of North Korea preparing to fire a long-range rocket, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday, despite reports that the North plans to test-launch a rocket carrying a satellite. Citing "sources in a number of governments," Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered its National Aerospace Development Administration earlier this year to prepare to test-launch a rocket carrying a satellite in October to mark the 70th anniversa
May 19, 2015
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N. Korea rejects S. Korea's offer for talks on joint industrial park
South Korea said Monday it proposed holding talks with North Korea this week on a joint industrial complex in the North amid a row over a wage hike, but Pyongyang has rejected the offer. The two Koreas have been embroiled in the wage dispute as North Korea unilaterally decided in February to hike wages by 5.18 percent to $74 per month for the about 53,000 North Korean workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the border city of the same name. Seoul has rejected the North's unilateral move,
May 18, 2015
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Bill reintroduced in U.S. House for VOA, RFA reforms
Top members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have introduced a bill that calls for reforming the U.S. government-sponsored broadcasters to make them more efficient in penetrating information into closed nations like North Korea.Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY), the committee's chairman and ranking member, respectively, introduced the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 2323) on Thursday with 12 co-sponsors.The bill is the reintroduction of legisl
May 18, 2015
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N.K. missile test unacceptable: Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday warned North Korea against the development of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, calling the communist country’s latest test “destabilizing” and “unacceptable.” At a joint news conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Kerry highlighted the role of Beijing in pressing Pyongyang to change course and take steps toward denuclearization. The top U.S. diplomat’s visit to China came less than a week after the Kim Jong-un regime claimed to hav
May 17, 2015
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No word from N. Korea on visit by ex-S. Korean first lady: sources
The widow of former President Kim Dae-jung has not heard back from North Korea, nearly a month after proposing talks to arrange a trip across the border, sources said Sunday.Lee Hee-ho, the first lady while Kim served in office from 1998 to 2003, had been targeting late May for her visit, which, if realized, could help alleviate tension on the divided peninsula.Kim Dae-jung remains respected in North Korea for his "sunshine" policy that actively pushed cross-border exchanges and reconciliation.
May 17, 2015
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Kerry due in Seoul for talks on N. Korea, alliance
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to arrive in South Korea later Sunday to discuss North Korea's missile and nuclear threats and other security issues.Kerry will be making his first visit to South Korea since February last year. He will meet South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Monday.Last week, the Foreign Ministry said Kerry and Yun would discuss preparations for summit talks between leaders of the two nations in Washington next month, and also enhancing the bilateral al
May 17, 2015
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N. Korea planning military parade for party's founding anniversary
North Korea has started preparing for a major military parade to celebrate the founding anniversary of its ruling party in the fall, a South Korean government source said Sunday.In commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Workers' Party on Oct. 10, North Korea may also unveil a series of new weapons, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles, the source added."There are still five months left until the anniversary, but North Korea has already formed a
May 17, 2015
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S. Korea suggests holding consultations with N. Korea for proposed joint events
A coalition of South Korean pro-unification groups said Saturday it has proposed to its North Korean counterpart to hold contact this week to work out details to jointly mark the 15th anniversary of a historic inter-Korean summit of leaders in 2000 and the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule. Both sides had agreed to celebrate together the June 15, 2000 inter-Korean summit and the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 when they met in the
May 17, 2015
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Kerry in Beijing for talks on South China Sea
BEIJING (Yonhap) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing on Saturday for talks with Chinese leaders as China's massive land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea have made its Asian neighbors nervous. China claims sovereignty over nearly 90 percent of the South China Sea, worsening relations with neighbors such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. Beijing is in a bitter dispute with Tokyo over islets in the East China Sea. The U.S. has been concerned about China's increasin
May 16, 2015
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S. Korea greenlights women's peace march across DMZ
South Korea gave the go-ahead Friday for a group of women's rights activists to march from North Korea across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in a call for peace led by American feminist Gloria Steinem. Once dubbed "the scariest place on earth" by former US President Bill Clinton, the DMZ is, despite its name, one of the world's most heavily militarized frontiers, bristling with watchtowers and landmines. Seoul's Unification Ministry said it would allow the group to cross the heavily-fortified
May 15, 2015
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Seoul bizmen visit joint industrial park amid wage row
A group of South Korean businessmen visited a joint industrial complex in North Korea Friday amid a row over wages for North Korean workers there, company officials said. The two Koreas have been embroiled in the wage dispute as North Korea unilaterally decided in February to hike wages by 5.18 percent to US$74 per month for the about 53,000 North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the border city of the same name. Seoul has rejected the North's unilateral move, saying that
May 15, 2015
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N. Korea's "reign of terror" stokes security jitters: Park
North Korea's reign of terror, seen in the recent purge of a defiant defense chief, has stoked security jitters in South Korea, President Park Geun-hye said Friday. "As North Korea's provocative behavior and the reign of extreme terror became known, more South Koreans are astonished while fears are growing on what could happen in the future among them," Park said in a speech at a ceremony marking Teacher's Day. "Teachers' history and education philosophy as well as their roles are very importa
May 15, 2015