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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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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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N. Korean leader calls for participation in more global sports events
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un encouraged the country's athletes to join as many international sports events as possible, with the aim of becoming a sports power, according to Pyongyang's media Thursday.The North held a national meeting of sportspersons on Wednesday at a stadium in the capital, said the Korean Central News Agency.Kim was absent from the conference, the seventh of its kind, but he sent a letter to participants.He emphasized the role of sports in "increasing the national power, e
March 26, 2015
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New Chinese ambassador vows to 'blaze new trail' in N. Korea ties
The new Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has pledged to spare no efforts to warm relations with the unruly ally, saying he aims to "blaze a new trail" in promoting the tradition of their friendly relations. The 59-year-old Li, former vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department that has been closely engaged with North Korea's ruling party, took up the post last week amid strained political ties between the two nations because of Pyongyang's defiant pursuit
March 25, 2015
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Foreign businessmen to visit Kaesong complex
A group of representatives from foreign business groups in South Korea will visit the Kaesong Industrial Complex this week to look around facilities there, the unification ministry said Wednesday.They are Christoph Heider, secretary-general of the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and 19 others from five similar foreign organizations tasked with promoting trade and business with South Korea.During the one-day trip to the complex in the North's border town Thursday, they plan to check busine
March 25, 2015
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N. Korea slams U.N. rights move as 'political provocation'
North Korea on Wednesday slammed a United Nations move to adopt a resolution on the communist country's human rights violations, denouncing it as an intolerable political provocation.Representatives of the European Union and Japan tabled the resolution to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, calling for measures on the communist country's dire human rights abuses. The U.N. council is expected to put the resolution to a vote later this week."Fabricating the North Korea human rights
March 25, 2015
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N. Korea blames U.S. for 2010 warship sinking
North Korea said Wednesday the United States fabricated the story on the 2010 sinking of a South Korean naval ship in a bid to expand its influence in Northeast Asia.The North's military unit at the truce village of Panmunjom issued what it called an indictment charging the U.S. with cooking up the case."The U.S. is the arch criminal that engineered the case by instigating the South Korean puppet forces," it claimed. "It was orchestrated by the U.S. out of its sinister intention to hold control
March 25, 2015
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U.S. did carry out cyber operations in response to N.K.'s hack on Sony: report
he United States did carry out limited cyber-operations against North Korea in response to the communist nation's alleged hacking attack on Sony Pictures, but the operations did not cause the North's Internet outage, a report said Tuesday.North Korea's Internet connections suffered outages for days in late December after U.S. President Barack Obama blamed the communist nation for the massive hack on Sony and promised a "proportional response." But the U.S. has since neither confirmed nor denied
March 25, 2015
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N. Korea urges Seoul to lift sanctions
North Korea on Tuesday repeated its denial of responsibility for the 2010 torpedo attack on the South Korean corvette Cheonan, raising pressure on Seoul to lift a package of economic sanctions against it that was imposed after the tragedy.The denial came as Seoul has called on Pyongyang to take “responsible steps” including an official apology for the attack that killed 46 sailors, if it wants the so-called May 24 sanctions to be lifted. The sanctions ban all cross-border economic exchanges exce
March 24, 2015
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Activist vows leaflet launch despite N. Korean threats
A leading anti-North Korean activist vowed Tuesday to continue his campaign to send leaflets critical of the communist country across the border despite bitter military threats from the North."Balloons (carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets) that convey news from the outside are a kind of media to North Koreans, which should not be an object of any political negotiations," Lee Min-bok, head of the Campaign for Helping North Korea in a Direct Way, said in an e-mail sent to journalists."Upon a favorabl
March 24, 2015
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Group of Korean bizmen visit Kaesong factory park
A group of South Korean businessmen visited the joint inter-Korean factory park in the North's border town of Kaesong Tuesday as part of efforts to help boost sales of its products, the unification ministry said.The 42 businessmen working overseas arrived at the Kaesong Industrial Complex earlier in the morning for a one-day trip to discuss deals to buy products manufactured there, according to the Ministry of Unification."The visit will include consultations on buying deals with manufacturers o
March 24, 2015
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N. Korea spurns invitation to World Water Forum
North Korea has declined to take part in the 7th World Water Forum to be held in South Korea next month, an official here said Tuesday.The South's government tried to deliver an invitation to the North on Monday via the truce village of Panmunjom, but it refused to receive it, according to the unification ministry official."The North did not clarify the reason," he told reporters on background. The forum is the largest international water event in the world. It's held every three years.This year
March 24, 2015
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N. Korea extends condolences to Singapore over Lee's death
North Korea has sent a message of condolence to Singapore over the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, calling him "a close friend" of the communist country, the North's official news agency said Tuesday.The message sent by Premier Pak Pong-ju Monday to Singapore's incumbent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong "expressed the deepest condolences to the prime minister and the bereaved families," the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a brief English report."Lee Kuan Yew, founder
March 24, 2015
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N. Korea says no apology for 2010 warship sinking
North Korea on Tuesday rejected South Korea's call to apologize for the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship five year ago, further dimming the prospects for improved ties between the two sides anytime soon.In a statement, the North's powerful National Defense Commission claimed the North had nothing to do with the incident that left 46 sailors dead.After its own investigation, assisted by international experts, the South's then Lee Myung-bak administration announced the communist nation
March 24, 2015
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China should work harder to help address N.K. threats if concerned about THAAD: U.S. experts
China should work harder to help address North Korean nuclear and missile threats if it is concerned about the THAAD missile defense system the United States wants to deploy to South Korea, a former Pentagon official said Monday."To the extent China is concerned that the U.S. BMD (ballistic missile defense) system or more importantly allied BMD systems have any implications for China beyond North Korea threats, frankly to me, that should be all the more incentive for China to work with us to add
March 24, 2015
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U.S. urges N.K. to abandon nuclear weapons after N.K. ambassador threatens nuclear strike
The United States urged North Korea on Monday to abide by its international obligations and give up its nuclear program after Pyongyang's top envoy to London warned that the communist nation is prepared to fire nuclear missiles.The North's ambassador, Hyon Hak-bong, made the remark in an interview with Sky News, saying, "It is not the United States that has a monopoly on nuclear weapons strikes" and the North would launch a nuclear attack only in the event of an American first strike."I saw thos
March 24, 2015
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Fire spreads from N.K. to inter-Korean border
PAJU, Gyeonggi Province -- A fire broke out in North Korea on Monday and was rapidly spreading to the South Korean side of the inter-Korean border, South Korean authorities said.The blaze started at around 11 a.m. near a North Korean guard post located about 600 meters north of the Demilitarized Zone, military officials said. By 3:45 p.m., it had spread close to the Dora Observatory in Paju, north of Seoul, a popular tourist destination.The observatory was closed to visitors on the day, and no c
March 23, 2015
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Calls grow within Saenuri Party for more flexible approach to N.K.
The leadership of the ruling Saenuri Party butted heads on Monday over whether to scrap sanctions on North Korea following Pyongyang’s sinking of a South Korean Navy ship five years ago, revisiting the debate that has persisted as inter-Korean relations remain chilly.“The sanctions were unilaterally imposed on the North by us. We must remove them and create a mood of peace,” said Rep. Rhee In-jae, a member of the party’s supreme council.“I am sure that letting our money, our aid, and our product
March 23, 2015
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CIA director neither confirms nor denies U.S. role in N. Korea's Internet outage
CIA Director John Brennan declined Sunday to confirm or deny reports that the United States disrupted North Korea's Internet system in December in retaliation for Pyongyang's hack on Sony Entertainment. North Korea's Internet connections suffered outages for a few days in late December after U.S. President Barack Obama blamed the communist nation for the massive hack on Sony and promised a "proportional response." The U.S. has since neither confirmed nor denied its role in the North's Internet o
March 23, 2015
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S. Korea vows ‘firm response’ against N. Korea provocation
South Korea on Sunday vowed a “firm response” against possible provocations by North Korea, which threatened Sunday to take military action if a civic group here pushed ahead with its plan to send anti-Pyongyang fliers across the border.“We sternly warn against the North’s threats. ... Should the North proceed with its provocations across the military demarcation line, our military will react in a strong and stern manner,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It reiterated that the lea
March 22, 2015
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N. Korea renews threats against leaflet campaign
North Korea on Sunday renewed its threats against a South Korean civic group's plan to send anti-Pyongyang fliers across the border via balloon, warning it will use "all the firepower strike means" to destroy them.The message, posted as an open notice by the frontline units of the North's Korean People's Army (KPA), came about a week after a leading activist in Seoul reaffirmed his intent to scatter materials criticizing the communist regime across the border around March 26.The date marks the 5
March 22, 2015
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N. Korea to hold tour fair at stalled mountain resort in May
North Korea plans to hold an international tour fair in May at the Kumgang mountain resort on its east coast, where trips by South Korean people to the area have been stalled for nearly seven years, a Chinese newspaper reported Saturday, citing a North Korean official. Mount Kumgang resort in North Korea, developed by the South Korean company Hyundai Asan, opened in 1998 as a symbol of reconciliation, but South Korea halted tours to the area after a South Korean tourist who strayed into a restri
March 21, 2015