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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Seoul returns rescued N. Korean fishermen
South Korea on Monday sent back five North Korean fishermen rescued from a sinking boat in South Korean waters last week, the unification ministry said.South Korea's Coast Guard discovered the fishing boat about 60 kilometers northeast of the easternmost islets of Dokdo early Friday and rescued the five seamen aboard the ship.The North Koreans were repatriated via the neutral border village of Panmunjon."Respecting the five North Korean crewmen's wish, we decided to send them all back to the Nor
June 16, 2014
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[World Cup] S. Korea trains behind closed doors again
The increasingly clandestine South Korea trained behind closed doors for the third straight day on Sunday, with the ever-important opening group match against Russia just round the corner.South Korea on Sunday arrived in Cuiaba, the site of its Group H contest against Russia two days later. The Asian representative trained at the Federal University of Mato Grosso in the central-west city, and head coach Hong Myung-bo opened only the first 15 minutes of the session to the media. (Yonhap)The match
June 16, 2014
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold talks on OPCON transfer
South Korea and the United States will hold high-level talks this week in Seoul to discuss when and under what conditions to transfer wartime control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul, Defense Ministry officials here said Sunday.The assistant secretary-level meeting between the allies “will begin on Monday for a two-day run in Seoul for in-depth discussions to set the timing of and conditions for the South’s regaining of the wartime operational control,” a ministry official said, r
June 15, 2014
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Five N. Koreans rescued in S. Korean waters
Five North Koreans were rescued from a sinking fishing boat in waters off South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo last week, a Seoul official said Sunday.South Korea’s Coast Guard discovered the fishing boat about 60 kilometers northeast of Dokdo on Friday morning and rescued all five crew members on board, an official of South Korea‘s Unification Ministry said, speaking on condition of anonymity.The crew members, all men in their 20s to 40s, expressed their wish to return home and will be sen
June 15, 2014
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N. Korea blames South for ruining bilateral ties
North Korea on Sunday criticized South Korean President Park Geun-hye's policy toward the communist country that it said has led to a collapse of inter-Korean relations.Pyongyang's denunciation was made on the 14th anniversary of a joint declaration at their landmark summit in June 2000 that paved the way for eased military tensions and economic cooperation between the sides after decades of hostility.The summit agreement, known as the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration, came at the end of th
June 15, 2014
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4 central European nations 'strongly support' N. Korea's denuclearization
Four central European countries "strongly support" the denuclearization of North Korea as stability on the divided Korean Peninsula will help enhance their ties with South Korea, and urged the reclusive nation to be open to the outside world, their high-ranking diplomats have said.The so-called "Visegrad Group" member countries also want to further strengthen cooperation with Seoul and broaden the scope of ties in various fields, they said.The Visegrad Group, established in 1991, is an alliance
June 15, 2014
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North Korean leader visits east coast military detachment
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid an inspection visit to a front-line east coast military detachment, the country's official news wire said Friday."Kim inspected the Ryo Islet Defense Detachment standing guard over a forward post off the East Coast of Korea," the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, without disclosing the date of the visit, as it often does.The detachment is part of the Large Combined Unit 287 near the country's eastern front line and is responsible for defending the is
June 13, 2014
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U.S. likely to change its top point man on North Korea later this year
The Obama administration is expected to replace Glyn Davies, its top point man on North Korea, in the second half of this year, multiple diplomatic sources said Thursday, as Washington's push for the denuclearization of North Korea shows no signs of moving forward.Chances seem high that Davies, a career diplomat, will be named ambassador to Thailand, according to the sources.He was appointed to the post of special representative for North Korea policy in January 2012 to succeed Stephen Bosworth.
June 13, 2014
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N.K. expanding passenger train lines with China, Russia
North Korea is expanding its passenger train routes to China and Russia, a North Korea website said Thursday, reflecting the communist country’s efforts to attract more foreign travelers.North Korea’s official portal site Naenara disclosed the expansion in its article featuring the country’s international passenger train joint venture, established in April 2012, with Hong Kong.The joint firm is currently operating three passenger train lines linking Pyongyang to China’s Dandong, Beijing and Shen
June 12, 2014
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N.K. spurns Seoul’s offer of talks over missionary
North Korea on Thursday turned down Seoul’s offer of working-level talks to discuss the release of a South Korean missionary who has been detained in the communist country for more than eight months, the Unification Ministry said. Kim Jung-uk was sentenced to life with hard labor on May 31 for plotting to subvert the state, espionage, illegal border-crossing, attempting to set up an underground church and other charges. He was arrested last October after entering the country from the Chinese bor
June 12, 2014
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N. Korea expanding passenger train lines with China, Russia
North Korea is expanding its passenger train routes to China and Russia, a North Korea website said Thursday, reflecting the communist country's efforts to attract more foreign travelers.North Korea's official portal site Naenara disclosed the expansion in its article featuring the country's international passenger train joint venture, established in April 2012, with Hong Kong.The joint firm is currently operating three passenger train lines linking Pyongyang to China's Dandong, Beijing and Shen
June 12, 2014
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Dilemma deepens for Seoul, Washington
The dilemma is deepening for Seoul and Washington as North Korea seeks to improve relations with Japan and Russia, shrinking the allies’ policy options already eroded by the communist regime’s continuing nuclear development. A series of unilateral moves by Tokyo to reengage Pyongyang has sparked concern that it could undermine international efforts to deter its nuclear ambitions and military provocations. Furthering the concern is a recent agreement between the two old foes to reopen a probe int
June 11, 2014
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German firm to set up in Gaeseong
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) ― As Groz-Beckert, based in Germany, is set to become the first foreign firm to join the inter-Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong since 2008, it is expected to serve as a test case for the future of Seoul’s push to draw foreign investment there, a U.S. expert said Tuesday.Earlier this week, South Korea approved a plan by the company supplying industrial needles to set up an office in the Gaeseong zone, just north of the inter-Korean border.It came as the South’s Park Geun-
June 11, 2014
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Goods transported through Gaeseong rising steadily
SEJONG (Yonhap) ― The daily volume of goods moving in and out of the inter-Korean industrial park in Gaeseong has spiked over the past years, customs data showed Wednesday.The joint industrial park opened in 2004 in the North Korean border city as a symbol of cross-border reconciliation. It was designed to combine cheap North Korean labor with South Korean capital and technology.According to the data provided by the Korea Customs Service, the daily average volume of goods moving in and out of th
June 11, 2014
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Singapore charges firm over arms-smuggling to N.K.
SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Singapore on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a shipping firm based in the city-state accused of helping smuggle missiles and other military hardware from Cuba to North Korea.The foreign and home affairs ministries said in a joint statement that the charges were filed against Chinpo Shipping Company Pte Ltd. and a Singapore citizen identified as Tan Hui Tin.Chinpo Shipping transferred $72,000 to a shipping company in Panama on July 8, 2013 in the knowledge the money could
June 11, 2014
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Park vows to keep up efforts for dialogue with N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye pledged Wednesday that she will spare no efforts to induce North Korea to embrace the path of dialogue and cooperation, the latest conciliatory gesture toward Pyongyang amid lingering tensions.Park also said she will not abandon her efforts, despite North Korea rejecting Seoul's offers for bilateral cooperation and refusing to give up its nuclear programs.North Korea has repeatedly vowed to develop its economy and nuclear arsenal in tandem.North Korea views its nuclear we
June 11, 2014
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N. Korea vows "merciless punishment" for plan to build U.N. rights office in South
North Korea on Monday strongly protested against the United Nations' plan to set up a field office in South Korea that will deal with North Korean human rights violations, threatening "merciless punishment" on those involved in the plan as well as workers at the envisioned office.The South Korean foreign ministry said late last month that it has accepted a request by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to set up the office in South Korea as part of the international communi
June 9, 2014
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Seoul vows relentless retaliation against N.K. if provoked
South Korea’s new national security adviser vowed a relentless retaliation against North Korea if provoked again, an official said Saturday, the latest in a series of harsh rhetoric against each other.Kim Kwan-jin, who currently doubles as the defense minister, also called on them to “have a strong fighting capability to relentlessly retaliate against the enemy and completely make it surrender in case of the enemy’s provocation.”He gave the instructions during his trip to a military unit near th
June 8, 2014
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North Korea says it is holding an American tourist
Kim Jong-un(Yonhap)North Korea has detained a 56-year old man from Ohio, accusing him of an unspecified crime after he traveled to the communist-led country as a tourist, the nation's state news agency and the man's family said Friday. The North is now holding three Americans.The state Korean Central News Agency identified the latest detainee as Jeffrey Edward Fowle. It said he arrived in North Korea on April 29 and authorities were investigating him for committing acts inconsistent with the pur
June 7, 2014
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North Korea arrests US tourist
North Korea has arrested a US tourist for "hostile activities", Pyongyang's state media said Friday, bringing the total number of Americans held by the reclusive regime to three.The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the man was being questioned, identifying him only in Korean without providing the English spelling of his name."US citizen in custody for committing anti-DPRK (North Korea) hostile activities", KCNA said in the headline of a brief dispatch."The US Citizen, who entered
June 6, 2014