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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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S. Korea lowers COVID-19 warning level, lifts last-remaining antivirus mandates
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Lawyers form human rights NGO for North Koreans
More than 50 South Korean legal experts launched an organization to campaign for human rights in North Korea on Tuesday.The Lawyers for Human Rights and Unification of Korea will engage in issues such as Korean War POWs from the South still detained in the North, North Korean escapees, and South Korean citizens who were abducted by North Korean agents.“It is time that we approached the human rights crisis in the North with a firm legal basis to really improve the situation,” said its leader Kim
Sept. 10, 2013
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Koreas likely need more time to set reopening date for Gaeseong complex
South and North Korea will likely need more time to resolve outstanding details necessary for setting a reopening date for the joint factory park in the communist country, official sources said Tuesday.The second joint committee meeting is a follow-up to negotiations carried out last week at the four sub-committee meetings, the Ministry of Unification said. Last week's meetings followed a landmark agreement that was reached on Aug. 14 to normalize operations at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in
Sept. 10, 2013
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Koreas begin second round of joint panel talks on Kaesong
South and North Korea resumed talks on Tuesday hoping to set a timetable for normalizing their joint factory park in the communist country and to establish guidelines to prevent interruptions to its operations. In their second round of committee meeting that began at 10 a.m., the two sides will discuss details on negotiations carried out last week during their sub-committee meetings. Last week's negotiations are part of a landmark agreement reached on Aug. 14 to normalize operations at the Kaeso
Sept. 10, 2013
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U.S. envoy on N. Korean nukes arrives in S. Korea
A senior U.S. envoy on the North Korean nuclear program arrived in South Korea on Monday amid growing expectations over the resumption of the long-stalled six-party forum to denuclearize the North. During his two-day visit to Seoul, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies is scheduled to meet his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yong and other senior officials here.They will assess the current situation on the Korean Peninsula and discuss ways to coordinate the allie
Sept. 9, 2013
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South’s NGOs start shipping humanitarian aid to N. Korea
South Korean non-governmental organizations started shipping humanitarian aid to North Korea on Monday to help alleviate the plight of disadvantaged people living in the impoverished country.The move comes after the unification ministry early last week allowed 12 local NGOs to send goods to show Seoul is open to offering urgent humanitarian assistance to the North despite punitive sanctions imposed by the United Nations, and rocky cross-border relations. The move marks the second time under the
Sept. 9, 2013
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U.S. envoy on North Korean nuke visits Seoul
A senior U.S. envoy on the North Korean nuclear program arrived in South Korea Monday for talks on the situation of the Korean Peninsula and to align the allies‘ policy on Pyongyang, officials here said.During a two-day visit to Seoul, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies was scheduled to meet his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yong and other senior officials here to assess the current situation on the Korean Peninsula and discuss ways to coordinate the allies’ policy
Sept. 9, 2013
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Civic group to campaign for former sex slaves at U.N.
A South Korean civic group said Monday it plans to hold an event calling for a swift resolution of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement during a United Nations council meeting in Geneva this week.The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, along with Amnesty International, is scheduled to host a two-hour forum on Wednesday (Swiss time) during the 24th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council that runs from Sept. 9-27.During the event, civic activists and experts
Sept. 9, 2013
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Rodman puts a name to Kim Jong-Un daughter
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has a baby daughter named Ju-Ae, according to former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who labelled the supreme ruler of the isolated, authoritarian state a "good dad."Rodman, who calls Kim a friend and just returned from his second visit to Pyongyang, told the Guardian newspaper that he had spent a "relaxing time by the sea" with the leader's family," during his latest five-day trip."I held their baby Ju-Ae and spoke with (Kim's wife) as well. He's a good dad and has a bea
Sept. 9, 2013
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U.S. envoy on N. Korean nuke to visit S. Korea
A senior U.S. envoy on the North Korean nuclear program was to arrive in South Korea later Monday for talks on the situation of the Korean Peninsula and to align the allies' policy on Pyongyang, officials here said.During a two-day visit to Seoul, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies was scheduled to meet his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yong and other senior officials here to assess the current situation on the Korean Peninsula and discuss ways to coordinate the al
Sept. 9, 2013
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N.K.-Swiss joint venture to open drugstore in N.K. provincial city
A joint venture between North Korea and Switzerland will open its first chain drugstore in a provincial city in the communist country by the end of this year, according to the company’s website Sunday.The new store will be situated in Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, where many of the North’s well-off people who can afford medicine live, the Pyongsu Pharma J-V Co. said.Launched in 2004 as a joint venture between Parazelsus, a Swiss investment and management company with a focus on healthcare,
Sept. 8, 2013
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Assad congratulates Kim Jong-un on N.K. anniversary
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has sent a message of congratulations to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un as the communist country marks its 65th anniversary, state media said Friday.The Korean Central News Agency said Kim had received the message from Assad Thursday.In it, the Syrian president extended his “sincere congratulations” to Kim and “the friendly people” of his country 65 years after the establishment of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the North’s formal name, according to
Sept. 8, 2013
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N. Korea slams South for linking treason scandal to North
North Korea denounced South Korea's spy agency on Sunday for what it said to be "unduly linking" the treason scandal surrounding a pro-North Korean lawmaker with the communist country, adding that it will not tolerate any attempts to hurt the on-going inter-Korean rapprochement mood.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) formally arrested Lee Seok-ki, a legislator of South Korea's minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP), and three other members of the so-called Revolutionary Organizati
Sept. 8, 2013
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S. Korea, U.S. draw up N. Korean nuclear deterrence plan
South Korea and the United States have completed a draft of a joint military plan that outlines how to handle the North Korean nuclear threat, a government source said Sunday. South Korean and U.S. officials have prepared a customized deterrence plan over the last 10 months, which will be signed at the Security Consultative Meeting between the two nation's defense chiefs slated for Oct. 2, the source said. "The deterrence plan can be considered equivalent to an operational plan," another source
Sept. 8, 2013
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Rodman returns from Pyongyang, without detained American
Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman returned on Saturday from his five-day visit to North Korea, where he met the North's leader Kim Jong-un, but without the detained American Kenneth Bae. Rodman's visit to the communist country this week, his second trip there this year, came just days after Pyongyang abruptly rescinded an invitation to a senior U.S. diplomat who had planned to visit the North to secure the release of Bae. Speaking to reporters at Beijing's airport en route to the United States,
Sept. 7, 2013
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Cross-border military hotline smoothly operating: gov't
The newly restored cross-border hotline with North Korea is operating smoothly, South Korean officials said Saturday, months after it was disconnected amid heightened geopolitical tensions on the peninsula earlier in the year. The previous day's restoration of the military hotline on their west coast came as the two Koreas are working toward reopening a shuttered joint industrial park in the North Korean border city of Kaesong. The North severed the line in late March amid heightened tensions
Sept. 7, 2013
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Rodman arrives in Beijing after N. Korea visit without detained American
Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in Beijing on Saturday, wrapping up his second trip to North Korea, but without a detained American citizen.Speaking to reporters at Beijing's airport en route to the United States, Rodman said he spoke with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un about "peace, sports ... and my team and their team in North Korea."Rodman said Kim is "a friend for my life."When repeatedly asked by reporters about the fate of the detained American Kenneth Bae, Rodman shouted, "You sh
Sept. 7, 2013
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N. Korea denies any link with Seoul's leftist lawmaker
North Korea charged on Friday that any attempt by Seoul to link its leftist lawmaker with Pyongyang would be an "unpardonable provocation" and an insult to Pyongyang's efforts to improve cross-border relations.Lee Seok-ki, a legislator of South Korea's minor opposition Unified Progressive Party, and three other members of the so-called Revolutionary Organization were arrested on suspicions of conspiring to overthrow the government. The country's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service (NIS
Sept. 6, 2013
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U.S. envoy calls for N.K. denuclearization before talks
A senior U.S. official on Friday called on North Korea to take steps toward denuclearization before restarting the long-dormant six-party talks on its weapons program which is a “driver of instability” in the region. Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, downplayed the need for an informal meeting of officials and experts from the countries, which was recently proposed by China. “It is crystal clear in the joint statement of 2005 that the goal of the six
Sept. 6, 2013
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Pyongyang allows S. Korean flag hoisting, anthem for first time
North Korea has approved for the first time the hoisting of South Korea’s national flag and playing of its anthem on the communist country’s soil, the Unification Ministry said Friday.The move comes as the North invited South Korean weightlifters to attend the 2013 Asian Cup and Interclub Weightlifting Championship to be held in the communist country.If South Korean athletes win gold medals in the competition, South Korea’s national flag, the Taegeukgi, will be raised and its national anthem wil
Sept. 6, 2013
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Pro-N. Korean paper says Seoul's spy agency 'created' leftist lawmaker scandal
A pro-North Korean paper published in Japan said Friday that the scandal surrounding a South Korean leftist lawmaker has been created by Seoul's spy agency to deflect attention from its meddling in last year's presidential race.In an article titled "The revival of the treason conspiracy law," the Chosun Sinbo blasted the legal actions taken by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) as a concerted move to persecute progressives. The official paper of the General Association of Korean Residents i
Sept. 6, 2013