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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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U.N. General Assembly formally adopts landmark resolution on N.K. human rights
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday formally adopted a landmark resolution calling for referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court for human rights violations. The adoption has been widely expected since the resolution passed through the General Assembly's Third Committee last month.The resolution has drawn keen attention because it would be the first-ever U.N. resolution calling for the North's referral to the ICC. A total of 116 nations voted for the resolution and 20 natio
Dec. 19, 2014
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N. Korea replaces deputy chief of mission to U.N. following human rights resolution
North Korea has recently replaced the deputy chief of its mission to the United Nations in New York, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, a personnel change that followed the recent U.N. passage of a unusually strong human rights resolution against the communist country. "Around two weeks ago, North Korean deputy ambassador to the U.N., Ri Tong-il, was replaced and he returned to the North," one of the sources, well-versed in U.N. matters, told Yonhap News Agency. "As far as I know, his successo
Dec. 18, 2014
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China's No. 5 leader pays tribute to Kim Jong-il
A top Chinese official visited the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday to pay his respects to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on the third anniversary of his death, China's foreign ministry said. Kim, whose iron-fisted rule and pursuit of nuclear weapons stoked regional tensions for more than a decade, died of heart failure on Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 69, passing power onto his youngest son and the current leader, Kim Jong-un. Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in
Dec. 17, 2014
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N. Koreans mark Kim Jong-il's 3rd death anniversary
North Korea marked the third anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, father of the current leader, in the "solemnest" mood on Wednesday, Pyongyang's state media said. Sirens sounded across the communist country at noon, with vehicles and ships honking all at once, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Everyone "observed three minutes of silence" toward the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a mausoleum in the North's capital, where Kim's body lies in state, it added. Pyongyang's med
Dec. 17, 2014
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N. Koreans pledge loyalty to leader Kim Jong-un
North Koreans pledged their loyalty to leader Kim Jong-un Wednesday as the isolated nation commemorated the third anniversary of the death of his father Kim Jong-il. Pyongyang's state media churned out reports lauding the former leader, referred to as "Dear Leader" or the "Sun" of Korea, and the current leader's accomplishments over the past three years. The main newspaper Rodong Sinmun carried a large picture of Kim Jong-il on its front page, coupled with an editorial extolling him.Other pa
Dec. 17, 2014
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North Korea gears for death anniversary of former leader
With the death anniversary of Pyongyang’s late leader Kim Jong-il just one day away, North Korea on Tuesday revved up efforts to honor him as a “trailblazer” of Korean unification.Wednesday will mark the third death anniversary of Kim, whose iron-fisted rule and nuclear weapons program stoked regional tensions for more than a decade.Kim died of heart failure on Dec. 17, 2011, passing power onto his youngest son and the current leader, Kim Jong-un. He was 69 and had ruled the country for 17 years
Dec. 16, 2014
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Opposition lawmaker visits North Korea
A South Korean lawmaker visited North Korea on Tuesday to deliver a wreath of flowers commemorating the third anniversary of the death of the communist country’s late leader Kim Jong-il, the father of current leader Kim Jong-un.Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy delivered the wreath on behalf of Lee Hee-ho, the widow of the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, in North Korea’s border city of Gaeseong. The city is home to a big inter-Korean factory p
Dec. 16, 2014
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N. Korea boycotts protest letter over Kaesong wage
North Korea has refused to accept a protest letter from South Korea over its unilateral decision to amend the wage system for its workers at a joint industrial zone in its border city of Kaesong, a Seoul official said Tuesday.The North earlier said it has scrapped the 5-percent cap on the annual increase rate in minimum wages for around 53,000 employees at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. It also announced plans to relax requirements for overtime and severance pay for them.The South said the Nort
Dec. 16, 2014
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N. Korea eager for dialogue with South Korea: lawmaker
North Korea has a strong will for dialogue with South Korea but it continues to set a halt to the cross-border spread of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets as a precondition, a South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday after a rare visit to the communist nation.Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy met with Won Dong-yon, vice chairman of the North's Asia-Pacific Committee, during a visit to an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.P
Dec. 16, 2014
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N. Korea gears up for 3rd death anniversary of late leader
With the death anniversary of Pyongyang's late leader Kim Jong-il just one day away, North Korea on Tuesday revved up efforts to honor him as a "trailblazer" of Korean unification. Wednesday will mark the third death anniversary of Kim, whose iron-fisted rule and nuclear weapons program stoked regional tensions for more than a decade. Kim died of heart failure on Dec. 17, 2011, passing power onto his youngest son and the current leader, Kim Jong-un. He was 69 and had ruled the country for 17
Dec. 16, 2014
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Economic gap between two Koreas widens in 2013: data
The economic gap between South and North Korea widened in 2013 with the difference in their trade volumes remaining far apart, data showed Tuesday. According to the data from Statistics Korea, North Korea's nominal gross national income (GNI) came to 33.84 trillion won (US$30.87 billion) in 2013 with that of the South coming to 1.44 quadrillion won, or 42.6 times larger. In 2012, South Korea's GNI was 38.2 times larger than the North's. On a per-capita basis, South Korea's GNI came to 28.7
Dec. 16, 2014
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N. Korea warns of toughest counteraction over U.S. human rights offensive
North Korea warned Monday that the United States will face "the toughest counteraction" over its offensive on Pyongyang's dismal human rights record. North Korea also accused the U.S. of using the human rights issue as a lever for bringing down its ideology and social system. "The U.S. will have to experience the toughest counteraction of the (North) against its hostile policy towards the (North)," an unidentified spokesman for the North's Foreign Ministry said in comments carried by the coun
Dec. 16, 2014
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N. Korea's Ebola fears affect diplomatic exchanges with China
North Korea's strict quarantine efforts against the spread of the Ebola virus have been affecting regular diplomatic exchanges with its only ally, China, a diplomatic source with direct knowledge of the situation said Monday. The North's frantic screening measures against Ebola make it increasingly difficult for the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang to conduct personnel exchanges with Beijing and even get supplies from mainland China, the source said on the condition of anonymity. Since late Oc
Dec. 15, 2014
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China may not send delegation to 3rd death anniversary of Kim Jong-il
China is unlikely to dispatch an official delegation to this week's third death anniversary of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong-il as Pyongyang has yet to invite Beijing, an informed diplomatic source said Monday. Wednesday will mark the third anniversary of the death of Kim, whose iron-fist rule and pursuit of nuclear weapons stoked regional tensions for more than a decade. Kim died of heart failure on Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 69, passing power onto his youngest son and the current le
Dec. 15, 2014
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American man illegally enters N. Korea, blasts U.S. policies
An American man has illegally entered North Korea and blasted U.S. government policies at a press conference in the communist state, a news report said Sunday.CNN reported that the man, a 29-year-old named Arturo Pierre Martinez, admitted to committing a crime by illegally entering North Korea in his press statement. CNN said Martinez also said he was “extremely grateful for having been pardoned from the punishments given to violators of these laws, and for the most generous reception I have rec
Dec. 14, 2014
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Another US citizen enters N.Korea, slams US govt
A US citizen who said he had crossed illegally into North Korea held a press conference in Pyongyang Sunday to denounce his own country's US political and economic systems. The man identified himself as Arturo Pierre Martinez, aged 29 and from El Paso in Texas, CNN and the North's official KCNA news agency reported. He entered the North from China in November, according to a North Korean statement cited by the broadcaster, just two days after the US spy chief James Clapper arrived in Pyongya
Dec. 14, 2014
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Kaesong park remains vulnerable to external factors
A joint inter-Korean industrial complex has made strides over the past decade but it remains an incomplete economic cooperation project due to its vulnerability to external factors, analysts said Sunday.The Kaesong Industrial Park in the North Korean border town of the same name started its operations in 2004, in a landmark inter-Korean economic project that combines South Korea's technology with the North's cheap labor.Despite a jump in its output, the industrial park, which marks the 10th anni
Dec. 14, 2014
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American man illegally enters N. Korea, blasts U.S. policies: report
An American man has illegally entered North Korea and blasted U.S. government policies at a press conference in the communist state, a news report said Sunday.CNN reported that the man, a 29-year-old named Arturo Pierre Martinez, admitted to committing a crime by illegally entering North Korea in his press statement. CNN said Martinez also said he was "extremely grateful for having been pardoned from the punishments given to violators of these laws, and for the most generous reception I have rec
Dec. 14, 2014
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No signs North Korea ready for nuclear talks: US envoy
BEIJING (AFP) - The US diplomat responsible for North Korea said Friday that Pyongyang is proceeding with its nuclear program and showing no clear sign of steps that would permit international talks on ending it to resume. The negotiations, known as the six-party talks, began in 2003 and consist of five countries - China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States - trying to convince North Korea to drop its atomic development in exchange for aid and incentives. Pyongyang walked out of the
Dec. 12, 2014
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Lawmaker to visit N. Korea for Kim Jong-il's death anniversary
A South Korean opposition lawmaker plans to visit North Korea next week to deliver a wreath commemorating the communist nation's late leader, Kim Jong-il, officials here said Friday.Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy submitted an application for a one-day trip to the Kaesong Industrial Complex, slated for Tuesday, to convey the wreath on the occasion of the third anniversary of Kim's death, they said."We have received the application from the Park side.
Dec. 12, 2014