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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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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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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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North Korea unleashes racist slurs against Obama
After bombarding South Korea's female president with sexist invectives, North Korea's state news agency has fired off racist insults against President Barack Obama that U.S. officials condemn as "disgusting."North Korea is notorious for inflammatory, warlike rhetoric against its rivals South Korea and the U.S. but had rarely used racial slurs in its verbal attacks. Pyongyang's tone has grown angrier in recent weeks as it threatens to conduct a fourth nuclear test.In a lengthy May 2 dispatch rele
May 10, 2014
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[Graphic News] North Korean infant mortality surges to 3.3 percent
North Korea’s infant mortality rate topped 33 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2012, a study showed Thursday, reflecting the country’s chronic food shortages and lack of widespread, adequate health care services. The finding resulted from analyzing nutrition surveys conducted jointly by the Pyongyang government and international organizations from 1998-2012. Lee Joung-hee, a professor at Kyonggi University’s graduate school of education in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, released the work in Review of
May 8, 2014
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Pyongyang denounces Park’s unification policy
North Korea lashed out at South Korean President Park Geun-hye Thursday for her policy on unification with Pyongyang.She has made strong pitches for unification in recent months, saying unification would be a “jackpot.” Park’s office also used the word “bonanza” because the word “jackpot” could be seen as being associated with gambling.The North’s main newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, blasted Park’s catchphrase of the “unification jackpot,” calling it “a heinous doctrine of confrontation” and “a do
May 8, 2014
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Tensions will grow without 6-party talks: pro-Pyongyang media
A failure to revive the long-stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program would aggravate the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, a pro-North Korea newspaper said Thursday, as South Korea remained on watch for another nuclear test by the regime. The United States is provoking Pyongyang with its continued military exercises on the peninsula and hegemonic strategies, according to an article carried by Choson Sinbo, published by North Korean nationals residing in
May 8, 2014
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Development at North Korea nuke test site furthers concerns
The U.S. has spotted a tarpaulin over a tunnel entrance at North Korea’s nuclear test site, a news report said Tuesday, adding to concerns that Pyongyang is preparing a fourth nuclear weapons test. The tarp was spotted by a spy satellite late last week at the nuclear site in the northeastern town of Punggye, CNN quoted a senior Washington official as saying. A similar cover was used ahead of the North’s third detonation in February 2013, in an apparent attempt to hide the atomic device during it
May 7, 2014
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Seoul may reduce civilian control area south of DMZ
The defense ministry is considering reducing the civilian control area south of the Demilitarized Zone and easing regulations on other military reservation zones for the convenience of residents, a senior official said Wednesday.The latest move, part of President Park Geun-hye’s deregulation initiative, is aimed at making it easier for residents to exercise their land and property rights, officials said. “We are reviewing ways to reduce or scrap some military reservation zones and adjust the civ
May 7, 2014
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4 out of 10 S. Koreans unwilling to shoulder unification cost: poll
Four out of 10 South Koreans are unwilling to shoulder the economic burden of potential unification with North Korea, a poll showed Wednesday.The survey of 1,001 people nationwide found that 44.3 percent of the respondents said they have no desire to pay a dime while 31.9 percent said they are willing to pay less than 50,000 won ($48) per year as costs of unification.It also showed that 11.7 percent said they are willing to pay between 50,000 won and 100,000 won per year as costs of unification.
May 7, 2014
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Park’s North Korea policies face headwinds
From “trustpolitik” to the Dresden declaration, President Park Geun-hye’s signature North Korea initiatives face strong headwinds as the defiant neighbor ratchets up threats of another nuclear test and criticism against her administration. While adopting a dual-track approach of reengagement and deterrence shortly after taking office, Park launched a campaign for unification as the centerpiece of her term’s second year, saying it would present a “bonanza” to all Koreans and a chance for the unif
May 6, 2014
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N.K. rations 420g of food to each person in April
North Korea doled out 420 grams of food to each person per day in April, the same amount as in the previous month, a news report said Tuesday.Citing the U.N. World Food Program’s office in Pyongyang, the Washington-based Radio Free Asia reported that last month’s daily food ration per capita was unchanged from March though the North marked the 102 birthday of Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un. The founding father died in 1994, and his bir
May 6, 2014
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N. Korea, China simplify border-crossing for Chinese tourists
North Korea and China have simplified border-crossing procedures for Chinese tourists traveling to the North, China's state media reported Monday, in another sign that Pyongyang is eager to boost tourism income. The move allows Chinese people who take tours from China's border cities in Jilin and Liaoning provinces to get a "travel pass" to North Korea within 24 hours, compared with the previous two days, the state-run China Daily reported. The report did not elaborate when the simplified proced
May 5, 2014
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North Korea brands U.S. 'Living Hell'
North Korea labeled the U.S. a "Living Hell" with racial discrimination, unemployment, surveillance and poverty rampant earlier this week, in an evident attempt to requite United Nations and several Western worlds’ claims on North Korea's human rights abuse that was published in February.The communist state also slashed South Korea as a state "deprived of everything thanks to America."According to several American media outlets, the secluded country's official mouthpiece Korean Central News Agen
May 4, 2014
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New aide to enhance N.K. leader’s power
Hwang Pyong-so, the new director of the powerful General Political Bureau of the North Korean military, is expected to further consolidate leader Kim Jong-un’s military power, analysts said Friday.Hwang has replaced Choe Ryong-hae. Choe had been regarded as the North’s No. 2 man with his enormous clout in the National Defense Commission, the ruling Workers’ Party and the military ― a reason why observers said Kim might have felt the need to keep him in check.“The execution of Jang Song-thaek, Ki
May 2, 2014
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N. Korean leader names his confidant as military's top
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has named his confidant Hwang Pyong-so as the military's top political officer, the country's state news agency said Friday, the latest in a series of reshuffles that indicated the dwindling power of Hwang's predecessor.Hwang's appointment as the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army was confirmed in a speech he delivered at a banquet in Pyongyang on Thursday marking May Day, according to the Korean Central News Agency.The move came
May 2, 2014
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China's border city to set up market for N. Korean fine art
The Chinese border city of Yanji has been planning to launch an open market trading North Korean fine art including paintings this year, according to a local newspaper on Thursday. The move comes as many Chinese collectors frequently visit the city to buy North Korean artworks, the Yanbian Daily newspaper reported, citing an art association affiliated with the Yanbian prefecture. Yanji is a capital city of the Korean autonomous prefecture located along the Tumen River bordering North Korea. Give
May 1, 2014
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N. Korea increases car, liquor imports from Hong Kong in 2013: report
North Korea increased imports of vehicles and alcoholic beverages from Hong Kong in 2013, despite an overall drop in bilateral trade, a South Korean report showed Thursday.The trade representative office for Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Hong Kong said Pyongyang spent $4.36 million to buy vehicles, up 27.5 percent from the year before, a large number of them with over 3-liter engine and seating capacity for more than 10 people.Cars were the second-largest single product imported by
May 1, 2014
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North Korea says nuke test has no ‘statute of limitations’
North Korea on Tuesday lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama’s warning against its fourth nuclear test during his tour of Asia last week, vowing to continue its experiment that has no “statute of limitations.” Concerns have been growing since Pyongyang threatened a “new form” of underground blast on March 30 in protest against the U.N. Security Council’s condemnation of its firing of midrange ballistic missiles.In Seoul on Friday, Obama warned that the communist state will face further press
April 30, 2014
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N. Korean leader's aunt appears again in documentary film
The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appeared in a rerun of a documentary film, a move that could confuse outside analysts on whether she was ousted from power.The North's state television aired the documentary on Tuesday that showed Kim Kyong-hui visiting a soccer stadium along with her nephew Kim Jong-un.The documentary was first aired on Feb. 11, and North Korea did not edit out scenes of Kim Kyong-hui on Tuesday when it aired a rerun of the film.On April 20, the North's television
April 30, 2014
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U.S. says N. Korea still bound by NPT rules
A senior U.S. government official said Tuesday North Korea is still obliged to follow rules under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty despite its withdrawal from the treaty in 2003.Thomas Countryman, assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, said NPT members will discuss the North Korea problem during the Preparatory Committee meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferations Treaty Review Conference underway in New York."The NPT requirements remain binding upo
April 30, 2014
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N. Korea conducts live-fire drills
North Korea fired some 50 coastal artillery shells near the Northern Limit Line, a de facto inter-Korean sea border, during live-fire drills on Tuesday, further ratcheting up tension at a time when South Korea is grieving over a deadly ferry disaster two weeks ago.None of the shells fell south of the NLL, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.The 10-minute drills began at 2 p.m., some five hours after the North’s southwestern frontline command sent a fax notification to the South’s Second Fleet of
April 29, 2014
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Seoul to host U.N. office for N.K. rights
South Korea is likely to host a field office the United Nations is seeking to open as part of its increasing efforts to bring the North Korean leadership to justice for human rights violations, a government source said Tuesday.After a year of investigation, the U.N.’s commission of inquiry published a report earlier this year, accusing North Korea of systemic, widespread and gross human rights violations including torture, hunger or imprisonment for political reasons.In March, the report was sub
April 29, 2014