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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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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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Two Koreas discuss North’s participation in Asian Games
The two Koreas held a meeting Thursday to discuss the envisioned participation by North Korean athletes and cheerleaders in the upcoming Asian Games in Incheon. A three-member delegation from each side opened the talks at about 10:15 a.m. at Freedom House on the southern part of the truce village of Panmunjeom. It was led by Kwon Kyung-sang, secretary-general of the games’ organizing committee, and Son Kwang-ho, vice chairman of the North’s Olympic Committee. The negotiations were the first spor
July 17, 2014
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N.K. lodges protest with White House over movie
North Korea has filed a complaint with the White House about a forthcoming Hollywood movie on a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un, a U.S. news report said Thursday.Pyongyang recently sent a letter to the office of President Barack Obama to protest against the film, according to the Voice of America, which cited multiple diplomatic sources.“The Interview,” a comedy movie to be released in September, features a story about a TV host and his producer securing an exclusive interview with the No
July 17, 2014
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North Korea offers cooperation with China on cross-border river pollution
North Korea has proposed fostering cooperation with China to jointly fight water pollution on cross-border rivers, China's state media reported Thursday. The proposal was made by Pak Ho-yong, vice minister of North Korea's Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection, to China's vice minister of Environmental Protection, Li Ganjie, during their talks in Beijing earlier this week, the China Environment News reported, quoting the two officials. North Korea and China share a 1,334-kilometer-long b
July 17, 2014
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North Korea lodges protest with White House over Hollywood film: report
North Korea has filed a complaint with the White House about a forthcoming Hollywood movie on a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un, a U.S. news report said Thursday.Pyongyang recently sent a letter to the office of President Barack Obama to protest against the film, according to the Voice of America, which cited multiple diplomatic sources."The Interview," a comedy movie to be released in September, features a story about a TV host and his producer securing an exclusive interview with the No
July 17, 2014
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U.S. declines to confirm Kerry's warning against Abe visiting North Korea
The United States declined to confirm a news report Wednesday that Secretary of State John Kerry has warned against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting North Korea as it could harm efforts to pressure Pyongyang.Kerry made the remark during a phone call with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on July 7, saying the recent warming of relations between Japan and the North, if it goes too far, could disrupt cooperation between the U.S., South Korea and Japan in dealing with the North's n
July 17, 2014
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U.S. confirms writing to ICAO about North Korean launches
The United States said Wednesday it has expressed concern to the U.N. aviation safety agency about North Korea's recent launches of rockets and missiles without prior safety notifications, saying such firings show Pyongyang's disrespect for international rules.State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. joined other nations on July 8 in co-signing a letter to the president of the International Civil Aviation Organization about "serious threats" posed by the North's recent test shots."No
July 17, 2014
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North Korea pushes farmers for more
CHANGPYONGRI, North Korea (AP) ― Rim Ok-hua looks out over her patch of farm just across the Tumen River from China, where rows of lush, green young potato plants stretch into the distance.As North Korean farmers go, Rim is exceptionally lucky. The Changpyong Cooperative Farm where she works is mechanized, has 500 pigs to provide fertilizer and uses the best available seeds, originally brought in from Switzerland. In most fields throughout the country, farmers work the fields by hand, or behind
July 16, 2014
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Unification panel faces challenges amid frozen cross-border ties
The newly launched panel on unification faces daunting challenges in the face of frozen inter-Korean relations, steadfast cross-border military tension and President Park Geun-hye’s rigid North Korea policy. The 50-member preparation committee set sail Tuesday with the aim of devising a unification blueprint and detailed action plans. The president will head the group, supported by former Ambassador to China Chung Chong-wook and Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae as vice chairs, as well as other
July 16, 2014
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N.K. leader oversees live-shell firing exercise
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un guided a live-shell firing exercise by a front-line military unit, the North’s media reported Tuesday, one day after it fired about 100 artillery shells into waters near its eastern sea border with the South. Before midday Monday, the North conducted a live-fire drill, launching about 100 artillery shells into north of the East Sea border, the latest in a recent series of provocative rocket and missile launches. “During the guidance of the live-shell firing exerc
July 16, 2014
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S. Korea to deliver 3 bln won in aid to N. Korea
South Korea said Tuesday it will provide North Korea with humanitarian aid worth 3 billion won (US$2.9 million), apparently a conciliatory gesture amid confusing signals from the unpredictable communist neighbor.Seoul will use government funds to finance civilian groups' projects to offer assistance to North Korea in the agricultural, livestock and health-care sectors, said the unification ministry.It would mark the first time that the South spends money from state coffers to support such nongov
July 15, 2014
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U.S. urges N. Korea to halt provocations
The United States urged North Korea on Monday to halt provocations after the communist nation carried out yet another round of ballistic missile launches and fired a barrage of rockets and artillery shells this week.The North launched two ballistic missiles Sunday from the southern city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea. The missiles flew about 500 kilometers across the peninsula and landed in the East Sea, and the launches were seen as a threat that it can hit any targets in the South
July 15, 2014
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Koreas to meet on Asian Games Thursday
The two Koreas agreed to hold a meeting Thursday to discuss the North’s plans to dispatch a group of athletes and cheerleaders to the forthcoming Asian Games in Incheon, South Korean officials said Monday. Three officials from each side will gather at Freedom House on the southern part of the truce village of Panmunjeom. The South’s delegation is to be led by Kwon Kyung-sang, secretary-general of the event’s steering committee. Last Thursday Pyongyang offered working-level talks on Tuesday via a
July 14, 2014
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Korea, Japan nuke envoys to hold talks in Tokyo this week
South Korea’s top nuclear envoy will leave for Tokyo this week for talks with his Japanese counterpart on ways to resume the long-stalled six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.Hwang Joon-kook will make a three-day visit to Japan from Tuesday to meet with Junichi Ihara, the Japanese envoy on North Korea, according to the foreign ministry.“Both sides plan to discuss a variety of North Korean issues including nuclear and missile
July 14, 2014
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N. Korea fires 100 artillery shells into East Sea
North Korea fired about one hundred artillery shells into the East Sea from a place close to the military demarcation line (MDL), a military official said Monday. "North Korea has been firing about 100 artillery shells toward northeast from a place hundreds of meters of the demilitarized zone(DMZ) in Goseong, Gangwon Province from 11:53 a.m." said the official. "The shells have fallen to the sea, 1 or 8 kilometers north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) on the East Sea." "The North's live-fire a
July 14, 2014
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Korea renews call for Seoul's lifting of sanctions
North Korea on Monday renewed its call on South Korea to lift sanctions against it, saying the change will bring forth cross-border reconciliation.Following the North's deadly sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan in March 2010, Seoul imposed what are called May 24 sanctions that completely ban economic or other exchanges across the border.Denying its involvement in the incident, the North has since repeatedly called for the abrogation of the sanctions after the measure cut off inter
July 14, 2014
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North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from north of Gaeseong into the East Sea on Sunday, two days after a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in Busan to participate in a joint military exercise later this month.The firing of apparent Scud missiles was the latest in a recent series of missile and rocket launches that Seoul officials say appear intended to show off the North’s military presence and create leverage in future negotiations with the South and the U.S.“The No
July 13, 2014
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Stalled Geumgang tours deepen economic hardships
Six years since operations ceased, the stalled tours to Mount Geumgangsan in North Korea are deepening the despair of program operators, shop owners and residents. Revenue sources have dried up and local communities have lost their vigor while cross-border ties are showing no sign of a thaw.Touted as an icon of inter-Korean rapprochement, the program was launched in 1998 and fetched more than 2 million visitors from the South until it was halted after a tourist was shot dead by a North Korean so
July 13, 2014
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Acquitted N.K. ship crew members leave Panama: report
Three crew members of a North Korean ship who were recently acquitted of charges of smuggling weapons through the Panama Canal have been released, a U.S. report said Sunday.Voice of America said the captain and two crew members aboard the Chong Chon Gang were released by the authorities in Panama on Friday and left for Cuba the following day. The three are scheduled to stop over in Moscow and Beijing before arriving in Pyongyang.The North Korean freighter was seized by Panama in July 2013 while
July 13, 2014
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Acquitted N. Korean ship crew members leave Panama: report
Three crew members of a North Korean ship who were recently acquitted of charges of smuggling weapons through the Panama Canal have been released, a U.S. report said Sunday.Voice of America (VOA) said the captain and two crew members aboard the Chong Chon Gang were released by the authorities in Panama on Friday and left for Cuba the following day. The three are scheduled to stop over in Moscow and Beijing before arriving in Pyongyang.The North Korean freighter was seized by Panama in July 2013
July 13, 2014
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N. Korea fires two ballistic missiles: Japan
North Korea is believed to have fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Sunday, Japan's Defense Ministry said. The missiles were launched from around the North's southern border city of Kaesong at 1:20 a.m., flew about 500 kilometers and landed in the East Sea, according to Japan's Kyodo News agency. (Yonhap)
July 13, 2014