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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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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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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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N. Korea opens new tourism website
North Korea launched a new website Monday intended to draw more foreign tourists.The site, www.dprktoday.com, provides foreigners with detailed information on the secretive communist nation's tourist attractions, hotels and tour programs through related stories and video clips.The North has a few other propaganda sites for outside online users like Uriminzokkiri (www.uriminzokkiri.com) and Naenara (www.naenara.co.kp). But the new website focuses more on attracting foreign tourists.The North's me
Dec. 1, 2014
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N.K. defector vows to speak up about Pyongyang's human rights record
A North Korean defector, who has been a vocal critic of Pyongyang's human rights record, has vowed to continue speak up about the issue even though the communist regime released a video of his father in an apparent attempt to silence him.Shin Dong-hyuk, who was born in a North Korean political prison camp and became a vocal critic of the North's human rights violations since fleeing the totalitarian nation, made the pledge in an article contributed to the Washington Post.Last month, the North's
Dec. 1, 2014
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Ex-first lady Lee postpones trip to N. Korea
The widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has postponed her visit to North Korea to next spring due to concerns about her health, an aide said Sunday.Earlier this month, North Korea agreed to allow former first lady Lee Hee-ho to visit the communist country at an unspecified date.Lee, 92, expressed her wish to travel to the North for humanitarian purposes during a meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in late October."(Lee) wanted to go, but doctors advised her to go ne
Dec. 1, 2014
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Sony sees possible North Korea link to hack attack: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Sony Pictures Entertainment is looking into whether North Korea may have been behind a major cyberattack on the studio last week, a news website reported.The website re/code noted that the attack came as the studio neared release of a comedy about a CIA plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-Un."The Interview," which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as two journalists recruited by the CIA to bump off Kim, has infuriated the North Koreans, with state media warning of "mercile
Nov. 30, 2014
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N. Korea slams U.S. over military contingency plan
North Korea lambasted the United States Sunday over its plan to send American troops stationed in Japan to the Korean Peninsula in the event of a contingency, claiming it shows Washington's ambition to invade the communist country.Earlier this month, the U.S. officially confirmed that its troops stationed in Japan will automatically intervene in the event of a contingency on the Korean Peninsula without holding prior consultation with the Japanese government. "The U.S. intention is to crush Nort
Nov. 30, 2014
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N. Korea seen to unveil new political, economic model in 2015
North Korea's Kim Jong-un regime may announce a new policy vision for politics and the economy next year as the country intensifies efforts to open up a new era of the new leader, a report by a local institute showed Sunday."There is a possibility that North Korea may propose a new set of governing norms and power structures as it opens up the era of Kim Jong-un next year, in which the three-year mourning period for (late leader) Chairman Kim Jong-il will have been ended," said the report by the
Nov. 30, 2014
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U.S. envoy to visit Seoul next week for talks on NK nukes
The U.S. special envoy on North Korea policy will visit South Korea late next week to discuss Pyongyang's much-denounced nuclear weapons program following a high-ranking North Korean official's recent trip to Russia, diplomatic sources said Friday.Sung Kim's visit, scheduled for late next week, will be the first trip to Seoul by the former U.S. ambassador to South Korea since he was named the special representative for North Korea policy and deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea and Japa
Nov. 28, 2014
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U.S. film on NK leader to hit screens next month
A controversial American movie on an assassination plot targeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will hit the screens in 63 countries starting late next month, a U.S. news report said Friday.The comedy, titled "The Interview," will be released in the U.S. and Canada on Dec. 25 before hitting the screens in European, Middle Eastern and African countries early next year, the Washington-based Voice of America (VOA) said, citing the movie's distributor Sony Pictures.South Korea was not mentioned am
Nov. 28, 2014
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N. Korean leader extols female fighter jet pilots
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed a flight drill of the country's first female pilots of pursuit planes, Pyongyang's state media reported Friday.Kim instructed the full-scale training of those highly skilled airwomen himself, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The North's military created a female aviation unit in 1993, but it largely used outdated propeller aircraft, not advanced fighter jets.The KCNA said the airwomen successfully conducted solo take-off and landing miss
Nov. 28, 2014
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[Newsmaker] N.K. leader’s sister granted official post
North Korea revealed the job title of Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of its leader Kim Jong-un, on Thursday, calling her a deputy director of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, a post equivalent to vice minister.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency mentioned her specific title for the first time, while reporting that she had accompanied her brother on a visit to an animation film studio in Pyongyang.Her title indicates that she has become part of the nucleus of the c
Nov. 27, 2014
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N. Korea unveils title of leader's younger sister
North Korea unveiled Thursday the official title of leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister who's been in the spotlight, calling her a deputy director of the North's ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The confirmation of Kim Yo-jong's formal position came amid growing speculation over her political role and stature in the communist regime. She was among Kim's entourage when he visited a cartoon film studio in Pyongyang, reported the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Those who accompanied him inc
Nov. 27, 2014
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N. Korea's Arirang wins UNESCO intangible heritage status
A group of North Korean versions of the traditional Korean folk song "Arirang" has been inscribed on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, the South Korean government said Thursday. The inscription was made on Wednesday during the 9th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that opened in Paris on Nov. 24 for a five-day run, Seoul's Cultural Heritage Administration said. "Arirang folk song in the Democratic People's Republic o
Nov. 27, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Can Iranian nuke talks affect N.K. issue?
North Korea may be closely watching the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West as it explores the most beneficial way to gain concessions from the U.S. and other parties, analysts said Wednesday.Some observers argue that the talks involving the Islamic republic could help forge the mood for the resumption of the long-stalled talks over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. But others say the Iranian talks may not be helpful to resolve the North Korean issue.“The Iranian nuclear talks may
Nov. 26, 2014
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N. Korea building new thermal power plant to meet energy shortages
North Korea has been building a new coal-powered thermal power plant near Pyongyang in a sign that the destitute nation is struggling to resolve chronic electricity shortages, a U.S. researcher said Tuesday. Commercial satellite imagery shows that construction of the power plant began sometime in late 2010 or early 2011 in Kangdong County, in eastern Pyongyang, said Curtis Melvin, a researcher at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in a report on t
Nov. 26, 2014
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N. Koreans denounce U.N. resolution condemning country's human rights conditions
Thousands of North Koreans gathered for a mass rally in Pyongyang on Tuesday to denounce a United Nations resolution condemning the isolationist country's deplorable human rights conditions. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), some 100,000 people gathered at Kim Il-sung Square to reject the resolution adopted by the international body earlier in the month and to uphold the stance of the country's powerful National Defense Commission (NDC), which vowed to mercilessly retaliate a
Nov. 26, 2014
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N. Korea holds rally against UN rights resolution
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – North Korea held a mass rally Tuesday in its capital to protest a United Nations resolution condemning its human rights record.Thousands of protesters in Kim Il Sung Square carried banners praising their leaders and condemning the United States. Such mass rallies are organized by the government and are used to express its official line.North Korea has denounced the U.N. resolution, which is the first to urge the Security Council to refer the issue to the Internation
Nov. 25, 2014
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N. Korean leader launches outspoken attack on U.S.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed antipathy toward the United States in an unusually unequivocal way, labeling Americans as "cannibals," according to Pyongyang's state media Tuesday. He called for an "all-out anti-U.S. struggle," as he provided "filed guidance" at an anti-U.S. museum that Pyongyang claims commemorates the massacre of civilians by American troops during the 1950-53 Korean War, reported the Korean Central News Agency. It was his second known visit to the museum in Sinc
Nov. 25, 2014
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N. Korea makes progress in building asymmetric capability: USFK chief
North Korea has achieved progress in building asymmetric military capabilities, which requires South Korea and the United States to build further momentum in strengthening intelligence and ballistic missile defense system, the chief of the U.S. forces here said Tuesday. "Kim Jong-un, unlike his father Kim Jong-il, is overconfident and unpredictable," Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the top commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and the Combined Forces Command (CFC) said in his lecture at a Seoul hotel
Nov. 25, 2014
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Momentum grows for N.K. rights bill
A parliamentary panel proposed two bills aimed at enhancing the human rights situation in North Korea on Monday as fresh momentum is picking up in the wake of the adoption of a watershed U.N. resolution last week. The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to skip a typical 20-day cooling-off period and send the bills directly to the National Assembly’s foreign affairs and unification committee, which convened a plenary session early in the morning and began deliberations.It is the first time
Nov. 24, 2014
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Isolated N.K. boosts Russia ties
North Korea and Russia appear to be joining forces to ease their international isolation as the former strives to strengthen the bilateral relationship in a frantic search for outside economic assistance and diplomatic support. On Monday, Choe Ryong-hae, a secretary of the North’s ruling Workers Party, wrapped up a weeklong visit to Moscow during which he delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin a hand-written letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The contents of the letter are unkno
Nov. 24, 2014