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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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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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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Kerry to visit S. Korea next week: source
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit South Korea next week to discuss pending bilateral issues ahead of President Park Geun-hye's trip to Washington, a diplomatic source said Monday. "Secretary Kerry is scheduled to arrive in Seoul around May 17.He plans to stay overnight," the source said. "Discussions are under way (between the two nations) about his detailed itinerary." On the table during his expected meetings with his counterpart Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and President Park
May 11, 2015
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N. Korea's titular head of state met China's Xi at Russian WWII event
North Korea's nominal head of state, Kim Yong-nam, had briefly met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an event in Moscow marking the end of World War II in Europe, but the meeting was not meaningful,according to the North's state media and a diplomatic source on Monday. Kim, president of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, "met and exchanged greetings" with leaders, including Xi, who attended the Saturday military parade in Moscow, the North's state Korean Central News A
May 11, 2015
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China urges restraint after N. Korea's submarine missile test
China called for restraint Monday after North Korea said last week it successfully test-launched a ballistic missile from a submarine. "We hope that all relevant parties can do more to ease tensions and jointly uphold peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, told a regular press briefing, when asked about the North's test-launch. North Korea's state media said on Saturday that leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test-firing of the missile from
May 11, 2015
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S. Korea mulls response to N. Korea's SLBM launch
South Korea is considering bringing North Korea's launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile to the U.N. Security Council for possible additional sanctions, officials here said Monday.Two days earlier, the secretive communist nation announced that it had successfully test-fired an SLBM, an assertion which South Korea's military said seems to be true."The government is in inter-agency consultations on an appropriate response," a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said."Of course, bringing
May 11, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to end work slowdown at joint complex
South Korea called on North Korea Monday to end the work slowdown at a joint industrial park in the North amid a drawn-out row sparked by Pyongyang's unilateral wage hike.The two Koreas have been embroiled in the wage dispute as North Korea unilaterally decided to hike the minimum monthly wage to $74 for about 53,000 North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the border city of the same name.Seoul has requested its companies not to send out March paychecks, vowing to punish violat
May 11, 2015
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S. Korea to spur civilian inter-Korean exchanges
South Korea said Monday it will take stern actions against North Korea's recent military provocation, but it will also seek to boost inter-Korean civilian exchanges to help restore national unity.North Korea said Saturday that it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, raising tension on the divided peninsula. Seoul voiced deep concerns Monday over the test-firing, calling on the communist country to stop the development of such missiles.The Ministry of Unification said tha
May 11, 2015
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N. Korean missile test 'very serious, worrying': Seoul
South Korea expressed concerns Monday over North Korea's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, urging the communist North to stop its development.On Saturday, North Korea said it test-fired a ballistic missile underwater, renewing tensions on the Korean Peninsula."We judge North Korea's test-firing of a ballistic missile underwater last week to be very serious and worrying," Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said during a regular press briefing."We urge North Korea to imme
May 11, 2015
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S. Korea vows merciless retaliation against N.K. provocations
South Korea will mercilessly counterattack any North Korean provocations, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Monday following North Korea's underwater ballistic missile test-firing last week.On Saturday, North Korea claimed it successfully carried out an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in what is believed to be the country's first test-fire of a ballistic missile from a submarine.Intelligence officials said it would pose a fresh threat to the security of the Korean
May 11, 2015
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N. Korean general thought to be behind 2010 attacks on South dies
A top North Korean military official, thought to be behind the communist nation's deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, died over the weekend, Pyongyang's media said Monday.Gen. Kim Kyok-sik died Sunday of respiratory failure at the age of 77 after suffering from an unidentified cancer, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the communist party's official newspaper.South Korean officials said he is believed to have led the North's torpedo attack on a South Korean warship in March 2010 and the shelling
May 11, 2015
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[News Focus] N.K. missile test escalates tension
Tension between the Koreas flared over the weekend as North Korea test-fired submarine and ship-to-ship missiles and threatened attacks on South Korean vessels it accused of encroaching its waters. The underwater testing of the KN-11, or “Bukkeuksong” (North Star) missile, stoked concerns over the communist state’s possible acquirement of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a technology that could make way for a survivable second-strike capability and thus bring its nuclear threat to a new l
May 10, 2015
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Park’s special envoy meets with N. Korean ceremonial leader
President Park Geun-hye’s special envoy has met North Korea’s ceremonial head of state at a ceremony in Russia marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Seoul officials said Sunday. Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun of the ruling Saenuri Party had a “brief encounter” with Kim Yong-nam, president of the North’s Supreme People’s Assembly as they laid a wreath on the graves of unknown soldiers alongside other world leaders and top officials on Saturday. “The encounter took place naturally durin
May 10, 2015
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S. Korean special envoy meets N.K.'s No. 2 man in Moscow
A South Korean special envoy has met with a top North Korean official in Moscow during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, diplomatic sources here said Sunday. Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun of the ruling Saenuri Party encountered Kim Yong-nam, North Korea's ceremonial head of state, during the Saturday ceremony in Moscow's Red Square, they said. Kim attended the ceremony on behalf of leader Kim Jong-un. Yoon and Kim exchanged just pleasantri
May 10, 2015
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N. Korea boosts cyber operations capabilities
North Korea has significantly beefed up its human resources to boost its cyber warfare capabilities, the South Korean military said Sunday."A total of 6,800 hackers -- some 1,700 experts and 5,100 supportive members -- have been assigned to hacking and other cyber provocations," a senior military officer told reporters, requesting anonymity. The latest figure is 900 more than what Seoul's Military Cyber Command reported to the National Assembly in October."North Korea appears to have been concen
May 10, 2015
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Two Koreas in verbal clash over Yellow Sea border
South and North Korea exchanged barbs on Friday over Pyongyang's claims of South Korean ships' violation of the western sea border. In what it called "an emergency special warning," the communist country's Command in Southwestern Sector of Front claimed that South Korean Navy speedboats made a "military provocation" by deeply intruding into the North's territorial waters in the Yellow Sea two or three times a day between May 1 and 7."From this moment, it will make a sighting strike without any p
May 8, 2015
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Koreas seek joint events this summer
South and North Korea agreed Friday to push for joint events to mark the 15th anniversary of a historic inter-Korean summit and the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.The two sides will designate a two-month joint commemoration period from June 15 under a deal between representatives from the South's civilian groups and North Koreans. They had a meeting in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang earlier this week.A historic summit between then-South Korean Presid
May 8, 2015
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Top military chief calls for readiness against N. Korea threats
The top military officer called for a watertight readiness posture Friday against threats from North Korea's weapons of mass destruction.Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the remarks during his visit to the Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Defense Command in southern Seoul."Our military has no luxury to loosen our readiness posture even for a moment facing the North Korean forces, which possess a large amount of CBR weapons," Choi said. "It is necessary to be f
May 8, 2015
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N. Korea threatens to attack S. Korean ships in Yellow Sea
North Korea threatened Friday to attack South Korean warships without warning if they continue to violate the western sea border.North Korea claimed that South Korean Navy speedboats made a "military provocation" by deeply intruding into the North's territorial waters two or three times a day between May 1 and 7, according to the Korean Central News Agency. In what it called an "emergency special warning," the North said the South's military claimed they were clamping down on illegal fishing by
May 8, 2015
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N.K. official rejects alleged executions of senior officials as 'malicious slander'
A North Korean official rejected as "malicious slander" reports from South Korea's main intelligence agency that the North's autocratic leader, Kim Jong-un, executed 15 senior officials this year alone as he continued a reign of terror.Seoul's National Intelligence Service reported during a closed-door briefing to lawmakers late last week that Kim does not tolerate different views and punished officials for challenging his authority, including executing a vice forest minister for raising complai
May 8, 2015
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S. Korea, China urge N. Korea to halt nuclear activities
South Korea and China have agreed that North Korea must immediately halt its nuclear activities and allow international inspectors to monitor the North's nuclear complex, Seoul's top nuclear envoy said Thursday. Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea's top envoy for the long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, said prospects about holding "exploratory talks" with the North are still uncertain because Pyongyang shows no signs of giving up its nuclear ambition. "Both sides agreed that No
May 7, 2015
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N. Korean official calls ties with China 'precious treasure'
A top North Korean official has touted his country's traditional alliance with China as a "precious treasure" amid concerns over chilling ties due to the North's nuclear ambition.Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of North Korea's Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, made the remarks at a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pyongyang Li Jinjun on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the Chinese Embassy. "The traditional friendship between North Korea and China, created by the older ge
May 7, 2015