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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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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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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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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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N. Korean military parades through Pyongyang
PYONGYANG (AP) ― Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong-un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.The lavish assembly of weapons and troops is reminiscent of the marches held by the Soviet U
July 28, 2013
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Jimmy Carter to visit N. Korea 'soon' for rescue mission: RFA
Former United States President Jimmy Carter plans to visit North Korea "very soon" to win the release of a Korean-American man detained there, a U.S. radio station reported Sunday. Carter "is scheduled to visit North Korea very soon to discuss the release of Kenneth Bae," the Washington-based Radio Free Asia said in a report, citing multiple human rights officials. Last week, Kyodo News Service reported that Carter is considering a visit to Pyongyang at the invitation of the North Korean governm
July 28, 2013
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S. Korea commemorates 60th anniversary of Korean War armistice
South Korea on Saturday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War and honored the services and sacrifices of the U.N. forces that fought against the communist North. The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 after the communist government north of the Korean Peninsula's 38th parallel invaded South Korea. It ended on July 27, 1953 with the signing of an armistice that left the demilitarized zone separating the two countries. About 4,000 partici
July 27, 2013
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N. Korea stages military parade on armistice anniversary
North Korea staged a major military parade on Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire, state television showed, which is marked as "Victory Day" in the communist state. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao walked on a red carpet to attend the parade held at Kim Il-sung Square at the center of capital Pyongyang, which was broadcasted live by the state-run Korean Central Television. Thousands of goose-stepping soldiers marched acr
July 27, 2013
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Hagel honors Korean War veterans, vows efforts for peace on Korea
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressed his gratitude Friday to Korean War veterans for their service that helped defend South Korea and eventually led to its remarkable prosperity. "Korean War veterans stepped forward to serve at a defining time in our history, and they deserve our thanks," he said in a statement to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the three-year Korean War. "They liberated millions of people from tyranny and helped forge
July 27, 2013
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Marking Armistice Day, U.S. lawmakers seek resolution on Korea peace
WASHINGTON -- Members of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives are pushing for a concurrent resolution on Korean reunification on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of an armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-VA) proposed the bill earlier this week, titled, "A concurrent resolution encouraging peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula," according to the Library of Congress. It says Congress "recognizes the historical importa
July 27, 2013
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Seoul toughens stance on Gaeseong
South Korea on Friday vowed no let-up in its fierce pressure on Pyongyang to formally accept responsibility for the shutdown of the Gaeseong industrial town and pledge not to close it again.After the sixth round of normalization dialogue Thursday, Seoul declared a breakdown in talks and threatened to make a “grave decision” if the North continued to rebuff its demands. Pyongyang warned that failure to reopen would lead it to deploy its military to the district. Observers viewed Seoul’s message a
July 26, 2013
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Safeguards key to normalization of inter-Korean factory park: official
Safeguards to prevent another work stoppage are key to reopening the shuttered inter-Korean factory park in North Korea, an official at South Korea's presidential office said Friday.Bilateral talks aimed at reopening the Gaeseong Industrial Complex effectively broke down Thursday after the two sides collided on how to prevent any unilateral closure of the business zone that has remained idle since early April.Seoul has been asking for the North to guarantee it won't block operations due to non-e
July 26, 2013
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N. Korean leader meets Chinese VP: state media
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has held talks with China's Vice President Li Yuanchao during commemorations of the anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire, state media said Friday.Kim told a Chinese delegation led by Li on Thursday that Pyongyang "will always remember the disinterested internationalist assistance" China provided during the War, the North's Korean Central News Agency reported.China's intervention in the Korean War was decisive in halting and then pushing back a powerful US-led o
July 26, 2013
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North Korea to put captured U.S. spy ship on display
If there was ever any doubt about what happened to the only U.S. Navy ship that is being held by a foreign government, North Korea has cleared it up. It's in Pyongyang. And it looks like it's here to stay.With a fresh coat of paint and a new home along the Pothong River, the USS Pueblo, a spy ship seized off North Korea's east coast in the late 1960s, is expected to be unveiled this week as the centerpiece of a renovated war museum to commemorate what North Korea calls “Victory Day,” the 60th an
July 25, 2013
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60 years of division leaves humanitarian issues hanging
This is the seventh and last article in the series to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. ―Ed.The armistice agreement six decades ago halted three years of hostilities on the peninsula. Yet, the enduring division has spawned a series of humanitarian issues between the two Koreas, including separated families and prisoners of war.With the two neighbors remaining technically at war, the armistice leaves unresolved the daunting tasks of establishing perman
July 25, 2013
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Koreas kick off 6th round of talks on Gaeseong park normalization
South and North Korea resumed talks Thursday aimed at restarting operations at a joint factory park in the communist country, a key symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.Working-level officials from both sides have met five times this month but with neither side showing a willingness to make concessions. No agreement has been reached on the specific conditions for the resumption of operations at the factory zone that has remained shuttered since early April. From the outset of negotiations, each si
July 25, 2013
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‘Algal blooms widespread in wake of four-river project’
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― Green algae blooms in one of the country’s four major rivers have worsened following the completion of a controversial refurbishment project by the previous administration, a local environment group claimed Wednesday.The administration of former President Lee Myung-bak carried out the 22.2 trillion won ($19.8 billion) project aimed at enhancing the nation’s water management system as well as preventing flooding in the four rivers ― the Hangang, Nakdonggang, Geumgang and Yeo
July 24, 2013
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Chinese vice president to visit North Korea
China‘s vice president will visit North Korea this week for Korean War commemorations following a period of strained relations between the communist neighbors.Vice President Li Yuanchao will be the highest ranking Chinese official to visit North Korea since Kim Jong-un took over as leader of the impoverished hard-line communist state upon his father’s death in December 2011.The trip lasting Thursday through Sunday affirms a warming trend in relations between a deeply isolated Pyongyang and Beiji
July 24, 2013
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Park gives vote of confidence to deputy prime minister
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday the deputy prime minister has worked hard and done a good job being a “control tower” for economic affairs in an apparent vote of confidence for a man accused of incompetence by both the ruling and opposition parties.Questions have grown over whether Deputy Prime Minister Hyun Oh-seok is doing his job well as the top official responsible for leading Asia’s fourth-largest economy out of the prolonged slump and resolving a string of complex and contentious econ
July 23, 2013
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Laying bitter memories of war to rest
PAJU, Gyeonggi Province (AFP) ― Just south of the minefields, fences and watchposts of the world’s last Cold War frontier, a monk pours rice wine on the grave of an unknown North Korean soldier killed 60 years ago.The monk, 57 year-old Mukgai, is alone in tending to the spirits of “enemy” combatants ― North Korean and Chinese troops ― who died in the slaughter of the 1950-53 Korean War and whose remains lie buried in an isolated South Korean cemetery.Every day, he performs the same Buddhist ritu
July 23, 2013
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N. Korea halts work on long-range rocket launch site: think tank
North Korea has halted all new construction at a long-range rocket launch facility on its east coast, a U.S. think tank said Tuesday, citing recent satellite imagery.According to 38 North, an analysis program of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, no construction work has been carried out at the Musudan-ri facility for the past eight months.The facility, also called the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, was designed to handle rockets larger than the Unha-3 space launch vehicl
July 23, 2013
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S. Korea resolute on Kaesong safeguards: official
South Korea remains resolute on demanding solid safeguards to prevent a recurrence of the work stoppage at an inter-Korean factory park in the communist country, a government official said Tuesday.The Gaeseong Industrial Complex has remained shut down since early April as the North unilaterally withdrew its workers from South Korean companies there amid high inter-Korean tensions. The two sides have held five rounds of talks to reopen the industrial zone but to no avail.The official from the Min
July 23, 2013
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Koreas make progress in talks on Gaeseong
GAESEONG ― The two Koreas made some headway in their talks Monday to restart a joint industrial park in Gaeseong, Seoul officials said. The delegates exchanged new draft agreements but continued to haggle over Seoul’s demands principally for a framework to prevent a unilateral suspension of the complex. A next meeting was set for Thursday. “We made progress on some parts but we needed to more fine-tune our stances on others,” the South’s chief negotiator Kim Ki-woong told reporters after the fif
July 22, 2013
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Koreas begin 5th round of talks on Gaeseong park normalization
South and North Korea resumed talks on Monday aimed at reviving a suspended joint factory park in the communist country, with neither side showing clear signs of making concessions.Working-level officials from both sides have met four times this month but failed to agree on terms to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex. North Korea has demanded an immediate resumption of work at the factory zone, while South Korea has insisted on securing safety measures to prevent another suspension, for which
July 22, 2013