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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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China urges restraint as N. Korea fires short-range missiles
China called for calm and restraint on Monday after North Korea fired two short-range missiles off the East Sea in apparent anger against annual military drills between South Korea and the United States.North Korea has stepped up its fiery rhetoric against the annual drills, which began earlier in the day on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and are said to be defensive in nature by the South and the US. But, the drills have long been denounced by the North as preparations for war agains
March 2, 2015
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N. Korea set to lift Ebola restrictions: tour firm
North Korea, which has banned foreign tourists from visiting the isolated country since last October due to fears over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, will reopen its borders, a Beijing-based tour firm specializing in tours to the North said Monday. North Korea's tourism officials told the Beijing-based Koryo Tours earlier in the day that there is "some movement" in the strict travel ban for foreign tourists and the company expects to confirm the North's plan to reopen the border. "The Nat
March 2, 2015
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N. Korea threatens missile attack on anti-Pyongyang leaflets
North Korea threatened Monday to fire cannons or missiles at anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent from South Korea, amid growing military tension on the peninsula over ongoing joint military drills between Seoul and Washington."(North Korea) will aim at and attack any balloons or unmanned drones carrying leaflets," said North Korea's propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri. "We don't hide that the (future) response could be not just a few shots of gunfire but it could be cannons or missiles." The heightened t
March 2, 2015
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N. Korea negative about six-way nuclear talks
North Korea's state media on Monday expressed a negative view of the six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program, claiming the now-suspended forum is apparently intended to overthrow the communist regime."The United States has used dialogue as a space for crushing our republic to death. The six-party talks are not an exception," the Rodong Sinmun, published by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said in a commentary.It followed media reports here that South Korea, the U.S., China, Russia and
March 2, 2015
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NK leader calls on military to have full readiness for war
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged the North's military to become elite units in full preparation for war with the United States after inspecting the new guard unit hall at a war museum, Pyongyang's media said Saturday. Kim has toured the recently opened the guard unit hall at the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, which contains records of the 1950-53 Korean War and hosts a statue of the country's founder and Kim's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, according to the official Korean Ce
Feb. 28, 2015
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U.S. House Committee passes N.K. sanctions bill
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday unanimously passed a bill that calls for strengthening sanctions on North Korea as well as countries and businesses helping the communist regime in its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel, the committee's ranking member, introduced the legislation (H.R. 757) earlier this month. A similar bill in the House last year but was later scrapped after the Senate did not act on it before the previo
Feb. 28, 2015
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N. Korea vows 'merciless' war against U.S.
North Korea vowed to wage a "merciless, sacred war" against the United States on Thursday, days before the launch of annual joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises that have incensed Pyongyang."Nuclear weapons are not a monopoly of the U.S.," the ruling party's official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, warned in an editorial carried by the state KCNA news agency."The U.S. is seriously mistaken if it thinks its mainland is safe," the editorial added.North Korea "will wage a merciless sacred war agains
Feb. 27, 2015
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N. Korea has already taken steps toward fielding KN-08 ICBM: U.S. intelligence chief
The United States believes North Korea has already taken steps toward deploying the KN-08 road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, feared to be capable of reaching American territory, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday. "Pyongyang is committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a threat to the United States and has publicly displayed its KN-08 road-mobile ICBM twice," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in a statement for a
Feb. 27, 2015
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‘N.K.’s nuke miniaturization limited’
North Korea is not yet likely to have miniaturized nuclear warheads to mount on ballistic missiles, though it appears to have been developing related technology to a “considerable” degree, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.“They have technology of a considerable level but it is unlikely they are capable of miniaturizing nuclear warheads. In other words, they have not mastered the weaponization process,” ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said at a regular news briefing.His remarks run counter
Feb. 26, 2015
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N. Korea unilaterally ups Kaesong workers' wages
North Korea has notified South Korea of its unilateral decision to raise the minimum wage for its workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex by 5.18 percent, the unification ministry said Thursday.In a fax message sent Tuesday, the North said it would increase the minimum wage from $70.35 to $74 starting on March 1, a ministry official told reporters.In addition, the North announced that it would collect 15 percent of their basic wage plus overtime payments as "social security," he said. Currentl
Feb. 26, 2015
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N. Korean company renames ships to evade sanctions: U.N.
A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar later sought to evade U.N. sanctions by renaming most of its vessels, a new report says. The effort by Pyongyang-headquartered Ocean Maritime Management Company, Ltd. is detailed in the report by a panel of experts that monitors sanctions on North Korea. The report, obtained by The Associated Press, makes clear the challenge of keeping banned arms and luxury goods from a nuclear-armed country with a
Feb. 26, 2015
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N. Korea yet to miniaturize nukes: Seoul
North Korea does not appear to have miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on its ballistic missiles despite having advanced its technology to "a considerable level," Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday. Officials and experts from South Korea and the United States have said the communist country is believed to have the technology to build nuclear-tipped missiles, though Pyongyang has yet to demonstrate the miniaturization capability. "Despite its significant technology level, we don't think t
Feb. 26, 2015
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N. Korea may lift Ebola restrictions on April 1: tour firm
North Korea, which has banned foreign tourists from visiting the isolated country since last October due to fears over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, may open its borders to foreigners on April 1, according to a China-based tour firm specializing in tours to the North on Thursday. Although no cases of Ebola have been reported in countries near North Korea, the Pyongyang regime has closed its borders to foreign tourists and imposed a strict 21-day quarantine on all people, including dipl
Feb. 26, 2015
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Int'l water body invites N. Korea to forum in S. Korea
The international council on water management has sent an invitation to North Korea to attend a forum to be held in South Korea this year, officials here said Thursday. "The France-based World Water Council has delivered an invitation for North Korea to the World Water Forum through the North's diplomatic mission to UNESCO in Paris," an official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said. The official, while speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Seoul government also p
Feb. 26, 2015
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N. Korea's possible nuke test forecast to be more powerful: Seoul
North Korea has continued high-explosive detonation tests and its possible nuclear test is forecast to be much more powerful both in scale and yield than previous ones, Seoul's intelligence authorities said Wednesday. "North Korea has been carrying out high-explosive tests at a test site in Pyongyang to secure technology for weapons miniaturization and stronger explosive power," an official said, requesting anonymity. "Should the North conduct a fourth round of nuclear test, its explosion woul
Feb. 25, 2015
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5 nations want exploratory talks on N.K. nuke program: Seoul envoy
Five countries to the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program have reached a consensus on the need to have exploratory dialogue to gauge Pyongyang's willingness to denuclearize, Seoul's top nuke envoy said. The remarks by Hwang Joon-kook came after he and his Russian counterpart, Morgulov Igor, held a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss ways to resume the long-stalled six-party talks. Hwang left for Russia on Monday for a three-day visit. Hwang said that five countries -- S
Feb. 25, 2015
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FBI learned N. Korea's culpability in Sony hack within month: official
The FBI learned North Korea was responsible for last year's cyber-attack on Sony Pictures within a month after the case was first reported, a senior agency official said Tuesday, rejecting allegations that it could be an act by insiders. "We were absolutely positive in a very short period of time" that the North Korean government was behind the attack, Joseph Demarest, assistant director of the FBI's cyber crime division, was quoted as saying at a briefing, according to news reports. Demarest
Feb. 25, 2015
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N. Korea's nuclear stockpile could expand to 100 weapons: U.S. expert
North Korea's nuclear stockpile could expand to as many as 100 weapons by 2020, a U.S. expert said Tuesday, calling for greater international attention and efforts to stop the communist regime from its nuclear rush. Joel Wit, the chief analyst running the website 38 North at Johns Hopkins University, announced the projections during a seminar, saying Pyongyang is currently believed to have 10-16 nuclear weapons, six to eight of them based on plutonium andfour to eight based on weapons-grade ura
Feb. 25, 2015
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N. Korea ratchets up threats against S. Korea, U.S.
North Korea on Tuesday intensified its propaganda campaign, coupled with war threats, against South Korea and the United States ahead of their annual joint defense drills. Pyongyang's mouthpieces carried stories putting the blame on Seoul for the failure to resume dialogue and warning of a war with Washington. "A chance for dialogue or a diplomatic solution has been already lost. What is left is to respond militarily while strengthening deterrence to the maximum," the Rodong Sinmun said in a c
Feb. 24, 2015
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N. Korea bans foreigners from marathon race over Ebola concerns
North Korea has banned foreigners from running an international marathon race, set for April in the North's capital of Pyongyang, due to fears about the spread of the Ebola virus, two China-based travel firms specializing in tours to the reclusive state said Monday. North Korea has barred foreign tourists from entering the country since October last year, requiring all foreigners visiting the North to be put under quarantine for 21 days as a precaution against the spread of Ebola. "We are sorry
Feb. 23, 2015