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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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N. Korea establishes agency handling investments from overseas Koreans
North Korea has established a government agency to facilitate investments in the communist nation by overseas Koreans, with its services to get into full swing by January, an official was quoted Sunday as saying.Pyongyang established the "economic cooperation office for overseas Koreans" in August to provide support and guidance for investments from Koreans living overseas, the agency's chief, Pak Kyong-jin, said in an interview with Minjoktongsin, a pro-North Korean website operated by a U.S.-b
Dec. 29, 2013
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N. Korean leader demands allegiance from military
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered front-line soldiers to become "human bullets" and "bombs" to protect him, the state media reported Saturday, amid rising concerns over potential political instability in the communist state.The Korean Central News Agency reported Kim made the comments while observing military training of two Army units, without elaborating on the location and time of the event.Kim ordered the soldiers to have "unshakable faith" to "protect the leader unto death in the spir
Dec. 28, 2013
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N. Korea struggles to stem flow of defectors after bloody purge
North Korea has strengthened its border patrol and dispatched agents to China to try to stem the flow of defections of its people, a South Korean official familiar with the issue said Thursday.North Korean border guards along the country’s porous border with China have been put on high alert to arrest those who try to flee, the official said.The official also said the North had sent its agents to China in cooperation with the Chinese authorities to try to find North Korean defectors and send the
Dec. 26, 2013
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Seoul urges N. Korea to choose between trust and confrontation
Responding to Pyongyang’s call to end “hostile” policies, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Thursday it is up to North Korea to determine whether the two Koreas will follow a path of trust or confrontation.North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, the country’s body for inter-Korean affairs, on Wednesday issued a questionnaire addressed to the Park Geun-hye administration, raising seven questions including “Confidence or confrontation?”In the questionnaire r
Dec. 26, 2013
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N.K.’s Kim visits military, calls for greater combat capabilities
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un instructed the military to beef up its combat readiness during a visit to an army unit, state media said Wednesday, as cross-border tension remains high since the shock execution of his uncle. Kim inspected the Command of Large Combined Unit 526 in the western port city of Nampo on Tuesday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the accession of his late father and longtime strongman, Kim Jong-il, as supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army, the Korean Central News A
Dec. 25, 2013
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N. Korean leader orders military to bolster readiness
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited an Army unit and urged the military to maintain high combat readiness, its state media reported Wednesday, amid heightened tension on the peninsula following the shocking execution of the leader's uncle. Kim visited the Command of Large Combined Unit 526 near the western port city of Nampo on Christmas Eve, the day when his late father Kim Jong-il was appointed as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. "H
Dec. 25, 2013
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Images show N.K. efforts to restart nuclear complex
Satellite imagery suggests North Korea is making “wide-ranging, extensive” efforts to fully reactivate its main nuclear complex, a U.S. think tank said Tuesday, in line with Pyongyang’s vows to strengthen its weapons program. Recent images show work at the Yongbyon nuclear compound apparently aimed at producing fuel rods to be used in a plutonium reactor, Johns Hopkins University’s U.S.-Korea Institute said.Analysis of the imagery identified one “probable fuel fabrication plant” for the 5-megawa
Dec. 24, 2013
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Park calls for dealing 'mercilessly' with N. Korean provocations
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that South Korea should deal "sternly and mercilessly" with North Korean provocations as she visited front-line troops amid concerns Pyongyang could attempt provocations following the execution of leader Kim Jong-un's uncle."As we all know, the situation and security conditions on the Korean Peninsula are very grave. North Korea's internal situation is ominous and therefore, concerns are growing that the North could attempt provocations," Park said during a v
Dec. 24, 2013
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S. Korea approves private humanitarian aid to N. Korea
South Korea has approved private humanitarian aid to North Korea, an official said Tuesday, despite tensions on the Korean Peninsula.The two private aid groups are allowed to ship powered milk and nutritional supplies worth 215 million won (US$202,000) to infants, children and pregnant women in North Korea, said an official of the Unification Ministry handling inter-Korean affairs.The planned aid brought the total amount of assistance to the North by South Korea's private aid groups to 6.55 bill
Dec. 24, 2013
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N. Korean leader pays homage to late father on key anniversary
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other top officials visited one of the country's most sacred sites on Tuesday to pay their respects to the two late leaders, the North's media reported.North Koreans mark key anniversaries by visiting the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, home to the embalmed bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, who are the grandfather and father of the current leader.The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim paid homage to the two late leaders "
Dec. 24, 2013
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Satellite spots N. Korea's fuel fabrication facilities in Yongbyon
North Korea appears to be running a new fuel fabrication plant in Yongbyon, an apparent sign that the secretive country is making an extensive effort to modernize and restart its nuclear facilities, a U.S. think tank said Monday in a report."Commercial satellite imagery has identified facilities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center that may produce fuel for North Korea's recently restarted 5 MW plutonium production reactor," the U.S.-Korea Institute said on its "38 North" website.
Dec. 24, 2013
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Lasting impressions of 2013; national, world news of the year
The Korea Herald presents the top 10 most memorable local and international news of the year 2013. [National News] [World News]
Dec. 23, 2013
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‘Jang executed due to involvement in economic projects’
Seoul’s spy chief on Monday linked the recent purge of the North Korean leader’s uncle to the conflicts among power elite over a lucrative coal business, dismissing widespread speculation that his death resulted from a political power struggle. During a parliamentary session, National Intelligence Service chief Nam Jae-joon also said that there was a high possibility that Pyongyang may set off provocations between January and March, when the two Koreas’ regular military drills are expected to es
Dec. 23, 2013
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N. Korean media laud leader's grandmother ahead of birthday
North Korea's state media praised the late grandmother of leader Kim Jong-un on Monday in what could be the country's latest attempt to strengthen Kim's leadership following the bloody purge of his uncle.The North's main newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, urged North Koreans to follow in the footstep of Kim Jong-suk for her devotion to safeguard her husband, the North Korean founder Kim Il-sung.The latest praise came a day before the birthday of the grandmother, who is known in North Korea as an anti
Dec. 23, 2013
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Rodman yet to meet with Kim, but says game is on
Dennis Rodman may not get to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his latest visit to the country, but he said that won't stop him from coming back on Kim's birthday next month to hold an exhibition game with other former basketball stars.On the night before he was due to leave Pyongyang, Rodman told The Associated Press on Sunday that he had not yet had a meeting with Kim. The flamboyant Hall of Famer said that he didn't expect to meet the leader every time he comes to North Korea, and
Dec. 23, 2013
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Rumors of asylum seekers persist
After the recent execution of Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rumors of his close associates seeking asylum overseas persist, despite Seoul’s repeated denials.Media reports say one of Jang’s confidants fled the North to China with crucial intelligence about the development of Pyongyang’s nuclear program and Kim’s secret overseas funds. Others say dozens of North Korean officials and their families are being questioned by the Korean embassy in China after they cross
Dec. 22, 2013
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Young N.K. defectors find unlikely home
The kids call him “uncle,” but he’s more of a mom and dad rolled in one. From one child that he began caring for in 2006, Kim Tae-hoon’s brood has grown to nine boys, all defectors from North Korea who have found their first real experience of family in his house. As a single, 37-year-old raising nine youngsters, he’s a novelty in this conservative society. Local media have dubbed him “Bachelor Mom,” and he’s something of a celebrity, appearing on a popular TV lecture series to talk about life w
Dec. 22, 2013
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Inter-Korean factory park tough sell to outsiders
The two Koreas took an initial step Thursday to open their jointly run factory park to overseas investors, but the compound in North Korea remains a tough sell despite its cheap labor, foreigners who toured the complex said. North Korea allowed about 30 foreign government officials, central bankers and diplomats to tour the industrial complex in Gaeseong. The foreigners were in Seoul, South Korea, for a conference of the Group of 20 countries.The visit occurred a week after North Korea executed
Dec. 22, 2013
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Seoul 'confirms' woman interviewed by N. Korean media is former defector
Seoul has confirmed Saturday the veracity of a recent North Korean media report about a redefector who expressed contempt for her life in South Korea. The unification ministry, in charge of handling inter-Korean policies, said that judging by her name, age and other personal information provided by Pyongyang, Choi Kye-soon indeed had lived in the South for about two years as she said in the broadcast. Immigration records show the 64-year-old Choi as having had arrived in South Korea in Dec
Dec. 21, 2013
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North Korea unlikely to conduct nuclear test for several months
North Korea is not likely to conduct another nuclear test anytime soon, a U.S. institute said Friday, citing recent satellite images that showed ongoing construction work at the only known nuclear test site in the reclusive country. The assessment by 38 North, a website by the U.S. Korea Institute of Johns Hopkins University, comes as recent satellite images showed construction work underway to build new a tunnel at the nuclear test site that can be used to detonate another fissile device. T
Dec. 21, 2013