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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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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Young N. Koreans train to seek ‘revenge on U.S.’
PYONGYANG (AP) ― North Korea’s newest batch of future soldiers ― scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads ― punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Students and teachers here say they’re studying harder these days to prepare for a fight. Across the country, banners, slogans and artwork have been redrawn to focus on fighting “the imperialist Americans and their traitorous followers,’’ a reference to South Korea. Slogans on improving N
April 23, 2013
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Seoul mulls options to defuse Kaesong stalemate
South Korea is reviewing all options to break the deadlock over the suspension of an inter-Korean industrial complex and minimize the damage on local firms operating there, the unification ministry said Monday.Factories in the complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong have been idle since April 9, when Pyongyang pulled out all of its 53,000 laborers. The North has remained resolute in blaming South Korean provocations for the current impasse, raising concerns that there would be no reso
April 22, 2013
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N.K. cabinet discuss int'l sanctions, economic developments
North Korea said Monday its Cabinet has held an extended meeting to discuss the effect of international sanctions imposed on it and ways to develop its economy through stepped-up exchanges with the outside world.North Korean policymakers deliberated on goals set by leader Kim Jong-un last month that called for simultaneous development of the country's nuclear capabilities as well as its economy as a whole with focus on the light industry, said the Korean Central News Agency in a report, monitore
April 22, 2013
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Park calls for swift support measures for Gaeseong firms
President Park Geun-hye instructed aides Monday to come up with support measures as early as possible for South Korean firms suffering from North Korea’s suspension of a jointly run industrial park in the communist nation.South Korean firms, which have factories in the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North’s border city of the same name, have demanded that their government provide them with tax breaks, credit guarantees and other benefits to help make up for their losses arising from the zone
April 22, 2013
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N. Korea blames S. Korea for Gaeseong complex shutdown
North Korea again blamed South Korea Monday for causing the suspension of a joint industrial complex in its border town of Gaeseong.The buck-passing comes two weeks after Pyongyang pulled out all of its 53,000 laborers from the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, which is located just north of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas, sending it to a grinding halt.The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), said in an article that no matter what excuses an
April 22, 2013
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Sushi chef talks about Kim Jong-un’s love for Western lifestyle
Kim Jong-un may have a thorny relationship with the U.S., South Korea and its allies, but the young leader’s detest of the West does not keep him from indulging in their food, drinks and pop culture, according to a former personal sushi chef of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.According to Kenji Fujimoto, a Japanese chef who served the deceased dictator from 1988 to 2001, junior Kim is an avid driver who enjoys driving his Mercedes, and also has a taste for Bordeaux wines and Cartier menthol
April 22, 2013
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South Korea, China bolster diplomatic efforts on N. Korea
Cautious hopes for a turnaround in the military stalemate with North Korea have emerged as Seoul, Washington and Beijing are ratcheting up diplomatic efforts to calm tensions on the Korean Peninsula.A turning point could come around Thursday, the founding anniversary of the North’s armed forces, or around the end of this month when South Korea and the U.S. end their annual Foal Eagle field exercise, observers said. Seoul officials and experts said Pyongyang might consider setting off provocation
April 21, 2013
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N. Korea slams rumors of link to Boston bombing
North Korea on Saturday slammed earlier rumors of links to the Boston Marathon bombing last week, contending that it opposes all forms of terrorism.“We stress again that we have no links to al-Qaida, and by signing on to international anti-terrorism agreements, continue to maintain a stance against any form of terrorism,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary. It was the North’s first mention of the bombing.Ungrounded rumors had circulated over the motivation of th
April 21, 2013
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Two more Scud missile launchers moved to N. Korea's east coast: source
North Korea has recently moved two additional missile launchers believed to be for Scud missiles to its east coast, a military source familiar with the matter said Sunday, in yet another sign of preparations for a missile launch at a volatile time on the Korean Peninsula.According to intelligence authorities, the North in early April moved two mid-range Musudan missiles to Wonsan, and placed seven mobile missile transporter-erector-launchers (TEL) in Wonsan and South Hamgyeong Province at its ea
April 21, 2013
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S. Korean firm says Indian partner has canceled deal over Kaesong complex suspension
A South Korean auto parts supplier said Saturday that its Indian business partner has canceled a deal due to the ongoing suspension of the inter-Korean joint industrial complex in North Korea, a South Korean company official said Saturday. The move came as Daewha Fuel Pump Industrial Ltd. failed to deliver parts to the Indian company due to the suspension of operations at the factory. The Indian company told the South Korean company that it will switch to a U.S. company instead. The company
April 20, 2013
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Number of S. Korean workers at N. Korea's Kaesong complex fall to 190
Three more South Korean workers returned home Saturday from the joint industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong, the unification ministry said, amid no clear signs that the suspended complex will resume normal operations any time soon. Their return lowered the total number of South Korean workers staying at the factory park to 190, compared with 861 on April 2, a day before North Korea began barring South Koreans from entering the complex while allowing only those already ther
April 20, 2013
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US intel treads careful in assessing North Korean nukes
When a Republican lawmaker publicized a U.S. intelligence assessment that secretive North Korea may have the knowhow to put a nuclear warhead on a missile, it caused a political bombshell in Washington and the Obama administration quickly played it down. But the revelation actually contained little new. The intelligence agency making the assessment had publicized a similar conclusion before, and so had other weapons experts although many still dispute it. So why did it cause such a stir? The
April 20, 2013
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Kerry not enthusiastic yet about N. Korea's talk of dialogue
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday dismissed North Korea's preconditions for talks as unacceptable. Testifying at a Senate hearing, he stressed Washington will not let Pyongyang play a gambit to get assistance without taking sincere steps toward denuclarization.But he said North Korea's talk of dialogue itself is positive. After weeks of bellicose military threats, Pyongyang has been talking about the terms to restart dialogue.In a statement, the North's military said if the U.S. wan
April 19, 2013
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N.K. demands South apologize before dialogue
North Korea on Thursday demanded South Korea and the U.S. end and apologize for “provocations” such as military drills and international sanctions before they engage in talks proposed by the allies last week. Seoul and Washington “must stop all provocative acts immediately and completely apologize if they truly want dialogue and negotiations,” the National Defense Commission said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.“At first they will have to withdraw U.N. Security
April 18, 2013
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N.K. envoy defends Pyongyang’s position
North Korea’s ambassador to Britain Hyon Hak-bong defended his country’s position in a recent speech, insisting it was merely responding to provocations from the U.S. and South Korea.“These days the Western media, including the U.K.’s Reuters, the BBC, the Telegraph, the Guardian, all newspapers and mass media are talking about tension on the Korean Peninsula,” Hyon said in a speech made to the Communist Party of Britain. "But the problem here is that they are describing it as if DPRK (North Kor
April 18, 2013
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N. Korea says S. Korea, U.S. must stop provocations for talks
North Korea warned Thursday that South Korea and the United States should immediately halt all hostile actions and further provocations if they want to engage in dialogue and diffuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.The North's powerful National Defense Commission and the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) said sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council against the DPRK must be rescinded and on-going nuclear war exercises should be stopped. DPRK stands for the Democrati
April 18, 2013
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Kerry: China, key to President Park's campaign to reach out to Pyongyang
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday North Korea would collapse without China's assistance as he stressed the importance of getting Beijing behind efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang."I think it's fair to say that without China, North Korea would collapse," he said at a congressional hearing. The senator, who has long followed North Korea, especially when he was a senator, pointed out that China provides almost three-quarters of North Korea's fuel."China is a significant banking condu
April 18, 2013
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Park, Obama: North Korea will not be rewarded
South Korean and U.S. leaders on Wednesday hardened their stances against North Korea after the communist country rebuffed their dialogue offer while escalating tensions.President Park Geun-hye reaffirmed her resolve not to reward North Korea’s saber-rattling, urging an end to the “vicious circle” of blackmail, negotiations and economic assistance. U.S. President Barack Obama left the door open for talks with North Korea but vowed not to give in to the “same kind of pattern” that doomed negotiat
April 17, 2013
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Korean, U.S. military leaders to discuss N.K.
Military leaders of South Korea and the United States will hold a meeting this week to discuss their joint defense posture against North Korean threats and the future joint operation structure, military officers said Wednesday.South Korean Army Gen. Jung Seung-jo, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his U.S. counterpart, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, will sit down via a video conference for the 37th Military Committee Meeting on Thursday.During the annual meeting, they are expected to rev
April 17, 2013
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Hacking group releases member list of pro-N.K. sites
An international hacking group on Tuesday unveiled another list of subscribers to two pro-North Korean websites, following its hacking of five similar propaganda online pages on the 101st birthday of the communist regime’s founder. The hacktivist group Anonymous disclosed personal information, including log-on IDs, passwords, names and email addresses of 98 subscribers to Minjok Tongshin, an English language news provider, and Paekdu-Hanna.com, a site run by a North Korean-Chinese association. T
April 17, 2013