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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Gaeseong industrial park marks 10th anniversary
Over the last decade, the inter-Korean industrial park in Gaeseong, North Korea, has built its status as a crucial foundation for bilateral understanding and cooperation, which Koreans hope would pave the way for economic integration and eventual reunification.Despite the “peninsular risks” involving persistent military and political tension, the park has seen the numbers of employers and workers, and its production scale, surge thanks to the tacit agreement by the two Koreas that it should be k
June 29, 2014
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N.K. fires two short-range missiles
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Sunday, just three days after it raised military tension by launching three short-range rockets into the sea, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.“North Korea fired what appeared to be Scud missiles at 4:50 a.m. and 4:58 a.m. from its eastern coastal city of Wonsan, in the North’s Gangwon Province,” the JCS said. “The missiles are analyzed as having a range of about 500 km.”Stressing that the South Korean military was stren
June 29, 2014
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North Korean ambassador to China tightlipped on Xi's visit to South
The North Korean ambassador to China, Ji Jae-ryong, was tightlipped when asked about the state visit to South Korea by Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. Ji, who showed up at a ceremony hosted by Xi at the Great Hall of People on Saturday evening, was repeatedly asked by some South Korean correspondents about the upcoming summit talks between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Xi, but he didn't respond to any of the questions. Xi is scheduled to make a two-day visit to South Korea fro
June 29, 2014
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N. Korea fires two ballistic missiles
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Sunday, just three days after it raised military tension by launching three short-range rockets into the sea, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.“North Korea fired what appeared to be Scud missiles at 4:50 a.m. and 4:58 a.m. from its eastern coastal city of Wonsan, in the North’s Gangwon Province,” the JCS said. “The missiles are analyzed as having a range of about 500 km.” (Yonhap)Stressing that South Korea was strengthen
June 29, 2014
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N. Korea through eyes of defector
A poet laureate, a state propagandist, a state historian ― writer Jang Jin-sung, whose memoir “Dear Leader” about his life in North Korea was published in English in the U.K. in May, was all this before he escaped North Korea in 2004 at the age of 34.By his account, Jang’s life in the North was comfortable, materially at least. As leader Kim Jong-il’s favorite poet, Jang was given the task of writing epic poems honoring the Dear Leader. His flair for writing found him employed by the United Fron
June 27, 2014
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N. Korean leader Kim guides test-launch of new missile
North Korea said Friday that it has successfully launched a newly developed tactical guided missile, threatening high-precision attacks on those who challenge Pyongyang's sovereignty.The report carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) came a day after the communist country test-fired three short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Thursday.North Korea did not disclose when the reported test-firing took place, but it mostly likely refers to Thursday's firing.North Kore
June 27, 2014
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First Gaeseong talks held in 6 months
GAESEONG, North Korea ― The two Koreas on Thursday held their first talks in six months over a joint factory park in the North amid their strained relations over concerns about Pyongyang’s nuclear test and stringent criticism against Seoul and Washington. The meeting of a joint committee tasked with the operation of the Gaeseong industrial complex took place in the North Korean border city. It was led by Lee Kang-woo, cochair of the panel and director general for inter-Korean cooperation distric
June 26, 2014
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North Korea fires three projectiles into East Sea
North Korea on Thursday fired three short-range rockets into the East Sea, raising military tension, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.At around 5 p.m., the communist state fired three short-range projectiles with a range of some 190 km from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan.“We are strengthening our readiness posture in case there are additional launches,” said the Defense Ministry in a press release.Pyongyang fired a series of rockets and missiles in February and March this year in an angry
June 26, 2014
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Koreas resume Kaesong park meeting after 6-month hiatus
South and North Korea reopened their quarterly meeting on a joint industrial complex to discuss management issues on Thursday following a six-month suspension sparked by heightened cross-border tensions.The fifth meeting of the joint inter-Korean committee of the Kaesong Industrial Complex started in the namesake North Korea border city, the first high-level contact between the two Koreas since their last gathering in December. The two Koreas agreed to set up the joint committee in late August a
June 26, 2014
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N. Korea slams Kim assassination comedy as 'act of terror'
North Korea on Wednesday denounced a new Hollywood comedy about an assassination bid on leader Kim Jong-un as a "wanton act of terror" and warned of a "merciless response" unless the US authorities banned the film."The Interview" stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as two tabloid TV journalists who land an interview with Kim in Pyongyang and are then tasked by the CIA with killing him. Capture from the trailer for 'The Interview"The film is due to be released in the United States on October 14.In
June 26, 2014
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North Korea on course to set up embassy in Venezuela
North Korea is set to establish a diplomatic mission in Venezuela after recently winning approval from the Latin American country, a U.S. radio report said Wednesday. The Venezuela government has recently approved the North's embassy plan, the Washington-based Voice of America reported, citing the official publication of the Venezuela foreign ministry.If successfully established, it will be North Korea's first embassy in the South American country since the two forged bilateral diplomatic relati
June 25, 2014
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North Korea slams Japan for attempts to distort wartime sex slavery
North Korea joined South Korea on Monday in slamming Japan for attempting to distort the country's history of sexually enslaving Asian women during World War II, calling on the neighbor to stop efforts to whitewash past atrocities.The denunciation came after Japan announced on Friday that Seoul and Tokyo officials had coordinated the wording of the so-called "Kono Statement," a landmark apology from Japan for its imperial military's "coercion" of mostly Korean and Chinese women into sexual slave
June 23, 2014
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Another North Korean fisherman rescued in South Korean waters
One more North Korean fisherman was rescued while drifting in South Korean waters last week and the South Korean government has accepted his wish to defect, a government official said Monday."One North Korean citizen was rescued on June 16 while drifting in a small broken boat in the East Sea near the Dokdo island," the official said. The fisherman expressed his hope to remain in South Korea during a government interrogation and the government accepted his decision on humanitarian grounds, accor
June 23, 2014
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N.K. ranked at bottom of human trafficking report
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) ― North Korea still has one of the world’s worst records in human trafficking, while China has improved its situation, according to a U.S. government report issued Friday.In the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, the State Department kept North Korea at Tier 3, which groups countries whose governments do not fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (
June 22, 2014
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[Graphic News] Korea slips in peace ranking
South Korea saw its ranking plunge on a famed global peace index this year on the back of the North’s persistent military threats that heightened cross-border tension, a report said Thursday. The index by Institute for Economics and Peace, a non-profit think tank headquartered in Sydney, put South Korea in 52nd place among 162 countries, down six notches from last year. The North moved up two spots to rank 153rd.On a 1-5 scale, where a lower score means greater peace, South and North Korea fetch
June 19, 2014
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Underfunded WFP cuts nutrition program for N. Korea: report
The World Food Programme (WFP) has decided to curtail its nutrition program for North Korean babies and pregnant women by about 30 percent due to a lack of funding, a U.S. report said Thursday.The WFP is operating the two-year nutrition program worthUS$200 million in North Korea through 2015, targeting 2.4 million children under the age of 5 as well as pregnant women.But a lack of funding seemed to lead the U.N. food agency to decide to reduce the operation of its nutrition program, according to
June 19, 2014
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Seoul urged to expand role on N.K. human rights
Seoul should take on a greater role in addressing North Korea’s unbridled violations of human rights to help pile pressure on the communist regime and better prepare for future unification, experts said Tuesday. Dozens of policymakers and scholars in law and international politics gathered in Seoul to discuss ways to address rampant rights breaches in the reclusive country at home and on the world stage. The one-day seminar was hosted by the Center for International Law at the state-run Korea Na
June 18, 2014
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North Korean cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns
North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the latest step in an effort to enhance its maritime strike capability, a US think-tank said Tuesday.A state propaganda film disseminated on social media sites, including YouTube, provides a very brief glimpse of the missile being launched from a naval vessel.Writing on the closely watched 38 North website of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis said the missile w
June 17, 2014
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Seoul willing to mull unified Korean teams for Incheon Asiad
South Korea is willing to consider forming joint teams with North Korea in some events for the upcoming Asian Games if such a request is made, the unification ministry said Tuesday.Last month, North Korea announced its plan to join the 2014 Asian Games to be held in the metropolitan city of Incheon, just west of Seoul, from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4. The host city of Incheon has been pushing to form joint South and North Korean teams in some of the 36 sports during the regional sports event."(The gover
June 17, 2014
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N. Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns
North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the latest step in an effort to enhance its maritime strike capability, a US think-tank said Tuesday.A state propaganda film disseminated on social media sites, including YouTube, provides a very brief glimpse of the missile being launched from a naval vessel.Writing on the closely watched 38 North website of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis said the missile wou
June 17, 2014