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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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[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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U.S. envoy urges N. Korea to drop nuclear program
The U.S. ambassador to South Korea called on North Korea Tuesday to change its stance on the nuclear issue, saying Washington remains open to talks with Pyongyang, lawmakers here said. In a breakfast meeting with a group of lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties, Mark Lippert said North Korea cannot simultaneously pursue a nuclear weapons program and economic development and that the North should return to the multilateral denuclearization talks or face continued sanctions and isolat
Feb. 3, 2015
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N. Korea launches anti-money laundering body
North Korea has created a national committee on efforts to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, a senior Pyongyang official confirmed Tuesday. The communist nation's move came after it joined the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, the Asia-Pacific arm of the Financial Action Task Force under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, last year. "The National Coordinating Committee is an organ to guide projects to prevent money laundering and financing of terrori
Feb. 3, 2015
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U.N. official: N. Korean human rights, cult of Kim can't coexist
A campaign within the United Nations to haul North Korean leader Kim Jong-un before an international court for crimes against humanity has touched off a defensive fury in Pyongyang, where it's being treated like a diplomatic declaration of war -- an aggressive act aimed not only at shutting down prison camps but also at removing Kim and dismantling his family's three-generation cult of personality. More paranoia? Actually, according to the U.N.'s point man on human rights in North Korea, that is
Feb. 3, 2015
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U.S. dialogue offer falls through due to N.K's insistence: source
The U.S. point man on North Korea had offered to meet with a top diplomat from the communist nation in a third country, but the proposed meeting did not materialize because the North insisted on a meeting in Pyongyang, a source said Monday.Amb. Sung Kim, special representative for North Korea policy, wanted to meet with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan, the former chief nuclear negotiator, and conveyed a meeting proposal via the North's mission to the United Nations, the sou
Feb. 3, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Seoul needs to take initiative on N.K. issues’
Seoul needs to take the initiative in addressing a range of pending North Korean issues as Washington is unlikely to take any bold steps, riled by Pyongyang’s provocative and unruly behavior including a recent hack into Sony Pictures, a U.S. scholar said.Stephan HaggardIn an interview with The Korea Herald, Stephan Haggard, North Korea expert at University of California, San Diego, urged Seoul to lift its economic sanctions against Pyongyang and promote commercial cross-border exchanges to bring
Feb. 2, 2015
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Korea urges N.K. to stop misusing defector case
South Korea called on North Korea Monday to discontinue misusing a recent confession by a famous North Korean defector and key witness to a U.N. probe that parts of his well-known story on the reclusive nation’s prison camps are inaccurate.Shin Dong-hyuk admitted last month that some of his testimony of torture and other tragic experiences at the North’s political prison camps, revealed in the book “Escape from Camp 14,” is incorrect. He said he spent most of his time in the North at a different
Feb. 2, 2015
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N.K. leader invites fighter pilots to his office
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited a group of elite fighter jet pilots to his office, according to Pyongyang’s media on Monday, amid his keen interest in beefing up the country’s air power.In a meeting with the 17 pilots on award leave following recent combat flight drills, Kim praised them for having “always kept themselves on a high alert to glorify their life like a star in the spirit of suicide attack, the priceless mental asset,” reported the Korean Central News Agency. It quoted Kim a
Feb. 2, 2015
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Seoul slams IS group for killing another Japanese hostage
South Korea slammed the extremist Islamic State (IS) group Monday for its purported killing of another Japanese hostage, saying that innocent civilians should not be the target of terrorism.The IS claimed last weekend that it had beheaded journalist Kenji Goto, a second Japanese hostage that it had been holding following its killing of Japanese Haruna Yukawa the previous week.The South Korean government expressed its deep condolences to the victim's family and the Japanese government, saying it
Feb. 2, 2015
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S. Korean envoy to visit China for talks on N.K. nukes
South Korea's top nuclear envoy will leave for China this week to discuss ways to resume the long-stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.Hwang Joon-kook is scheduled to hold a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei in Beijing on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, adding that Hwang will stay there until Thursday."The two sides plan to exchange views over the situation on the Korean Peninsula and have in-depth talks on ways
Feb. 2, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop misusing Shin Dong-hyuk case
South Korea called on North Korea Monday to discontinue misusing a recent confession by a famous North Korean defector and key witness to a U.N. probe that parts of his well-known story on the reclusive nation's prison camps are inaccurate.Shin Dong-hyuk admitted last month that some of his testimony of torture and other tragic experiences at the North's political prison camps, revealed in the book "Escape from Camp 14," is incorrect.He said he spent most of his time in the North at a different
Feb. 2, 2015
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U.S. rejected invitation for official's visit: N. Korea
North Korea had invited a senior U.S. diplomat to visit the country for talks with his counterpart, but Washington rejected the offer, North Korean media reported Sunday.An unnamed spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry said Pyongyang invited Ambassador Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative on North Korea policy, to visit the North during his trip to Asia last week, the Korean Central News Agency said in a report, monitored in Seoul."However, the U.S., in disregard of this, is working
Feb. 2, 2015
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N. Korean leader invites fighter pilots to his office
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited a group of elite fighter jet pilots to his office, according to Pyongyang's media on Monday, amid his keen interest in beefing up the country's air power.In a meeting with the 17 pilots on award leave following recent combat flight drills, Kim praised them for having "always kept themselves on a high alert to glorify their life like a star in the spirit of suicide attack, the priceless mental asset," reported the Korean Central News Agency.It quoted Kim as
Feb. 2, 2015
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U.S. top nuke envoy declined invitation, Pyongyang says
North Korea on Sunday lambasted the U.S. for shifting blame for the current lack of dialogue and frosty relations, saying that Washington’s top nuclear negotiator has turned down a recent invitation to Pyongyang. The offer came after Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, had displayed his willingness to meet with North Korean officials during his Asia tour last week. While in Beijing, the envoy said that while Washington was open to engagement and dialogue on the denuclea
Feb. 1, 2015
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North Korea reportedly sacks head of Kim’s bodyguard corps
North Korea “reportedly” sacked the chief of its Supreme Guard Command, the elite personal bodyguard force tasked with protecting the North’s leader Kim Jong-un, in the wake of last month’s killings by a North Korean army deserter, a Chinese scholar wrote in an op-ed for state media on Saturday.Hu Mingyuan, associate researcher at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, a research institute of the Jilin province that shares borders with North Korea, did not specify where he got the information.I
Feb. 1, 2015
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N. K. 'reportedly' sacks head of Kim's bodyguard corps
North Korea "reportedly" sacked the chief of its Supreme Guard Command, the elite personal bodyguard force tasked with protecting the North's leader Kim Jong-un, in the wake of last month's killings by a North Korean army deserter, a Chinese scholar wrote in an op-ed for state media on Saturday. Hu Mingyuan, associate researcher at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, a research institute of the Jilin province that shares borders with North Korea, did not specify where he got the information.
Jan. 31, 2015
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N. Korean leader inspects joint naval, air force drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a joint naval and air force drill targetting the U.S. Navy, state media said Saturday as Pyongyang is upset about U.S.President Barack Obama's recent remarks on the eventual collapse of the North Korean regime.The North has already staged two rounds of air force and army drills earlier this month. But it heightened the level to a joint naval and air force drill involving fighters and torpedoes this time. "A drill of services of the Korean People's Ar
Jan. 31, 2015
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South Korea slams N.K. over its cash demand for summit
A senior South Korean presidential official lashed out at North Korea Friday over its reported demand for huge economic aid in return for a summit with then-South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, said then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the late father of the current leader Kim Jong-un, first expressed his hope for a summit in August 2009, leading the two rival Koreas to begin behind-the-scenes negotiations on the issue.“North Korea demanded that S
Jan. 30, 2015
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N. Korea unready for 'serious' nuke talks: U.S. envoy
North Korea may not be ready to hold "serious and productive" discussions with countries involved in the long-stalled talks on its nuclear programs, a top U.S. diplomat said Friday. Ambassador Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, met with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei in Beijing to discuss a range of issues including North Korea. Earlier this week, Kim had held trilateral talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts in Tokyo. "I think the common position
Jan. 30, 2015
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S. Korea slams N. Korea over its past demand for aid for summit
A senior South Korean presidential official lashed out at North Korea Friday over its reported demand for huge economic aid in return for a summit with then South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, said then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the late father of the current leader Kim Jong-un, first expressed his hope for a summit in August 2009, leading the two rival Koreas to begin behind-the-scene negotiations on the issue."North Korea demanded that Se
Jan. 30, 2015
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No new proposal made in N.K.-U.S. contact in Singapore: S. Korean official
No new proposal was made when top North Korean nuclear negotiators held rare meetings in Singapore with former American negotiators and scholars earlier this month, a senior South Korean official said Thursday.Pyongyang's chief nuclear envoy, Ri Yong-ho, his deputy, Choe Son-hui, and other senior North Korean diplomats held meetings in Singapore on Jan. 18-19 with former U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth and other American security experts.The rare meetings drew attentio
Jan. 30, 2015