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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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N. Korean military's top political officer becomes No. 2 man in Pyongyang
Hwang Pyong-so, the top political officer of North Korea's military, has been promoted to a member of the politburo presidium at the country's political party, making him again the North's de facto No. 2 man, Pyongyang's media reported Wednesday. The (North) Korean Central Television described Hwang as doubling the posts of a member of the political bureau presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea's central committee as well as a director of the general political bureau of the Korean People's Ar
April 9, 2015
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N. Korea deports U.S. humanitarian worker
North Korea has deported a U.S. citizen as she was suspected of plotting and propagandizing against the communist regime under the name of doing humanitarian works, the North's official media said Wednesday. The North's Korean Central News Agency said that Suh Sandra was accused of doing anti-Pyongyang propaganda abroad with photos and videos about the North through her frequent visits under the pretense of "humanitarianism" since 1998. "She admitted that her acts are ones that seriously insul
April 9, 2015
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Pentagon stands behind commander's assessment on N.K. nuclear capability
The U.S. Defense Department stands by an assessment from a top military commander that North Korea is capable of building a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop its new KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile and firing it at the U.S. mainland, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. The remark runs counter to the South Korean Defense Ministry's insistence that the assessment from Adm. William Gortney, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, is different
April 9, 2015
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N. Korean military's top political officer becomes No. 2 man in Pyongyang
Hwang Pyong-so, the top political officer of North Korea's military, has been promoted to a member of the politburo presidium at the country's political party, making him again the North's de facto No. 2 man, Pyongyang's media reported Wednesday.The North Korean Central Television described Hwang as doubling the posts of a member of the political bureau presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)'s central committee as well as a director of the general political bureau of the Korean People's
April 8, 2015
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N.K. believed to be capable of firing nuclear missile at U.S. mainland: U.S. northern commander
North Korea is believed to be capable of building a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop a long-range missile and fire it at the U.S. mainland, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command said Tuesday. Adm. William Gortney also said at a Pentagon briefing that the U.S. military is very concerned about the North's new road-mobile KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile because it would be difficult to detect indications of a potential launch. "Our assessment is that they have the ability to
April 8, 2015
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China, Russia to closely cooperate on N. Korea nuclear talks
China and Russia will continue to work closely together to resume the long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear program, China's foreign minister said Tuesday ahead of talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comments in an interview with Russia's Interfax news agency as he arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit, according to a script posted on the Chinese ministry's website. "Under the current situation, we hope that all relevant
April 7, 2015
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Iran nuclear deal good example for N. Korea: Christopher Hill
The recent nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is a good example that North Korea should follow and negotiate away its nuclear weapons programs, a former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with the communist nation said Monday. Christopher Hill, who served as Washington's lead negotiator in the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program in his capacity as assistant secretary of state, expressed that hope during discussions on his memoir: "Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplom
April 7, 2015
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N.K. sets East Sea no-sail, no-fly zone
Pyongyang has set a no-sail and no-fly zone in the East Sea since last Wednesday, a government source said Monday, raising concerns over possible North Korean provocations including ballistic missile launches. “From April 1, the North set a national alert period (no-sail/no-fly period),” said the source, declining to be identified. “It has been set since April 1, but it did not specify when the period ends.”Military experts raised the possibility of Pyongyang launching Rodong missiles with range
April 6, 2015
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Chinese ambassador to N. Korea pays tribute to son of late leader
The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has paid his tribute to a son of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, who was killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, China's state-run media reported Monday.Mao Anying, the eldest son of Mao, was killed in action in 1950 during the war and his tomb is located in Hoechang county of North Pyongan Province in North Korea.Li paid the tribute on Sunday in the wake of China's traditional "Tomb Sweeping Festival," when Chinese people burn paper offerings to t
April 6, 2015
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Pressure builds on North Korea to give up nukes
Pressure is building on Pyongyang to renounce its nuclear ambitions following last week’s preliminary accord to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, as Seoul and Washington underscore “differences” in Iranian and North Korean cases.On Saturday, Seoul’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said that the North was moving in a direction that was “diametrically different” from that of Iran, while criticizing it for sticking to its nuclear program.“When progress has been made on the world’s nonproliferation effor
April 5, 2015
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N. Korea refutes rumor of repatriated defectors' execution
North Korea on Sunday refuted again the claim by a Seoul rights group that the North executed or put into prison camps nine young defectors caught in Laos in 2013, saying that some of them have become college students.A civic group on North Korea's human rights has claimed that among them, two people were executed and the remainder were sent to prison camps after being repatriated to the North in Laos two years ago.North Korea again refuted the claim, making public photos of four of the defector
April 5, 2015
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S. Korea to propose talks with N. Korea on Gaeseong wages this week
South Korea will propose talks with a North Korean agency in charge of an inter-Korean industrial complex early this week to resolve disputes over wages for the North's workers, officials said Sunday.In February, Pyongyang announced unilaterally that it will raise the minimum wage for its workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex by 5.18 percent to US$74 per month starting in March.The industrial complex opened in the early 2000s in the North's border city of Gaeseong, the last remaining symbol
April 5, 2015
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N. Korea condemns S. Korea's move to deploy THAAD
North Korea on Saturday criticized the United States for its moves to deploy an advanced missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula, apparently amid rising concerns that such a move may weigh down on its state defense.The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the Workers' Party, said it is "unlikely" that South Korea and the United States did not discuss the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) last month during the visit of Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief
April 4, 2015
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N. Korea builds statutes of ex-leaders in special economic zone
North Korea said Saturday it has built statutes of its two former leaders, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-Il, at the northern free-trade city of Rason, apparently to show off the regime's stability to foreigners. "They were erected on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung," the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in its English report. "Present there on invitation were staff members of the Russian consulate-general in Chongjin and foreigners staying in the city." North Ko
April 4, 2015
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N. Korean deputy PM to visit Russia
One of North Korea's deputy prime ministers is planning to visit the Russian capital of Moscow this month, a Russian newspaper reported Friday, as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gears up for a trip there next month.Parlamentskaya Gazeta, an organ of the Russian Federation's Federal Council, said Kim Hyong-jun, the North's envoy to Russia, and Yevgeny Bushmin, deputy speaker of the Russian congress, reached the consensus after a meeting.The report, however, did not specify which of the seven Nor
April 4, 2015
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N. Korea fires 4 short-range rockets into West Sea
North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the West Sea on Friday in an apparent saber-rattling against the ongoing Seoul-Washington military exercise, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.The North Korean military "launched four short-range projectiles presumed to have a range of some 140 kilometers into the West Sea in succession between 4:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. today from Dongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province," the JCS said in a brief statement.Friday's launch came after the b
April 3, 2015
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Despite Iran breakthrough, prospects of nuke talks with N.K. still murky
In the wake of a historic deal between Iran and world powers, cautious optimism has been growing that North Korean denuclearization talks could move up Washington’s foreign policy agenda. With U.S. President Barack Obama seeking to cement his diplomatic legacy, he could approach the Kim Jong-un regime afresh, buoyed by the latest agreement with Iran and ongoing efforts to normalize relations with Cuba.But the prospect of a restart of negotiations appears gloomy, as the North remains steadfast in
April 3, 2015
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Women's group gets North Korea support to walk across DMZ
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – North Korea has decided to support a proposed walk across the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas by prominent women including Gloria Steinem, and organizers say they hope South Korea will give its approval as well.Co-organizer Christine Ahn told The Associated Press that North Korea gave permission this week after she visited Pyongyang. The walk proposed for May 24 is a call for reunification of the two countries.The DMZ is the world's most fortified border, with the
April 3, 2015
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S. Korea seeks talks with N. Korea on Kaesong wages
South Korea is pushing for talks with a North Korean agency in charge of the Kaesong Industrial Complex next week to resolve weeks of dispute over wages for the North's workers, an official here said Friday.In February, the North announced unilaterally that it would raise the minimum wage for its workers at the complex from $70.35 to $74 per month starting in March.The North has spurned the South's call for government-level dialogue. Seoul is instead seeking talks between the Kaesong Industrial
April 3, 2015
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N.K. denounces U.N. human rights office in Seoul
North Korea lashed out Thursday at the U.N.’s plans to set up a field office in Seoul to oversee North Korea’s human rights violations, threatening “ruthless retaliation.” The Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of Pyongyang’s ruling Workers’ Party, denounced Seoul’s support for the U.N.’s scheme and recent resolution over North Korean rights issues as a “vicious disavowal of our dignity and system and an unacceptable provocation.” The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights plans to ope
April 2, 2015