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More S.Koreans leave N.Korean factory park
More South Koreans on Saturday began to leave North Korea and the factory park where they work, four days after Pyongyang closed the border to people and goods.Twenty-one South Koreans returned from the Kaesong industrial park Saturday morning, and about 100 of the roughly 600 still there were expected to return home by day's end, the Unification Ministry in Seoul said.One manager, Han Nam-il, interviewed as he left, said he saw North Korean security officials ``fully armed'' before he crossed t
April 6, 2013
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N.Korea asks foreign officials to leave Pyongyang
North Korea has asked all embassies in Pyongyang to move out staff for their security amid sharp military tensions, but the United States said Friday it has no plans yet to take extraordinary steps with regard to Americans in the communist nation.The U.S. has no embassy or consulate in North Korea since they have no diplomatic ties. The Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang serves as interim protecting power for the U.S. and provides basic consular services to American citizens."We have been in touch wit
April 6, 2013
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Seoul not to pull out Gaeseong workers
Seoul is not considering the withdrawal of South Korean workers from the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean city of Gaeseong, Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said Friday. “When the situation requires, the withdrawal should be carried out for the safety of workers there,” the minister said in a press conference with foreign correspondents in Seoul. But for now, the conditions are not that serious, “therefore (the government) is not considering withdrawal,” the policymake
April 5, 2013
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Formal talks on nuclear accord set to begin after Kerry's visit
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will resume formal negotiations aimed at revising a bilateral civilian nuclear accord shortly after U.S. Secretary of States John Kerry visits Seoul next week, an official said Friday. Kerry will arrive in South Korea on April 12 for talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and the nuclear accord is expected to be a major agenda item at the Yun-Kerry meeting. "Formal negotiations will be resumed after Secretary Kerry visit
April 5, 2013
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N. Korea loads two medium-range missiles on mobile launchers
North Korea has loaded two intermediate-range missiles onto mobile launchers and hidden them in an unidentified facility near the east coast, Seoul military sources said Friday, triggering speculation that the North is ready for an abrupt missile launch. Earlier this week, the communist state had moved the "Musudan" medium-range missiles to its east coast, prompting the United States to send its advanced missile defense system to its base on the Pacific Ocean island of Guam. South Korea h
April 5, 2013
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Seoul not considering withdrawal of S. Korean workers from Kaesong complex
Seoul is not considering the withdrawal of South Korean workers from the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean city of Kaesong, Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said Friday. "When the situation requires, the withdrawal should be carried out for the safety of workers there," the minister said in a press conference with foreign correspondents in Seoul. But for now, the conditions are not that serious, "therefore (the government) is not considering withdrawal," the policymaker
April 5, 2013
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N.K. website hacking prompts ‘pro-North’ witch hunt
A group of international hackers claimed to have broken into North Korea’s state-run websites and revealed member information on Thursday, a move that triggered an online witch hunt for people suspected of “pro-Pyongyang” propensity.Hacker activist group Anonymous is believed to have hacked the North’s Uriminzokkiri (Within our nations), a propaganda website known for posting images and stories promoting the communist regime. Anonymous claimed to have procured 15,000 user records hosted on Urimi
April 5, 2013
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Hacked websites trigger probe into pro-N.K. activities
Law enforcement agencies are launching a massive anti-communist investigation after a list of some 2,000 South Korean members of a North Korean propaganda website was disclosed Thursday by international hackers. The National Intelligence Service, prosecution and police jointly began a preliminary probe Friday over whether the subscribers have engaged in pro-Pyongyang activities in violation of the National Security Act.Anonymous, an international hacker activist group, revealed 9,001 user record
April 5, 2013
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Campbell: 'Subtle change' in China's policy on N. Korea may affect regional security
There are clear signs of a "subtle change" in China's approach toward North Korea, which may affect "the calculus" in regional security conditions, a former senior U.S. official said Thursday."Yes, there's a subtle shift in Chinese foreign policy...Over the short to medium term, that has the potential to affect the calculus in Northeast Asia," Kurt Campbell said at a forum hosted by the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies."You've seen it at the U.N. (Security Council). We've s
April 5, 2013
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Russia condemns 'unacceptable' N. Korea actions
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's actions in the intensifying standoff with South Korea and the United States, saying Pyongyang was showing a "categorically unacceptable" contempt of UN resolutions."For Russia, Pyongyang's neglect of UN resolutions (on nuclear non-proliferation) is categorically unacceptable," foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters.His comments were Russia's sharpest criticism of Pyongyang in the current crisis. Until no
April 4, 2013
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North Korea still far from backing up nuke threats
North Korea's vow to restart its mothballed nuclear facilities raises fears about assembly lines churning out fuel for a fearsome arsenal of nuclear missiles. But it may actually be a sign that Pyongyang needs a lot more bomb fuel to back up its nuclear threats.Despite the bluster, even if Pyongyang started work today on its reactor, it could be years before it completes the laborious process of creating more weaponized fuel. North Korea's announcement, experts say, is also likely an effort to b
April 4, 2013
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N.K.'s Twitter account hacked amid tension
Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea's government-run online sites Thursday, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.The North's Uriminzokkiri Twitter and Flickr accounts stopped sending out content typical of that posted by the regime in Pyongyang, such as photos of North's leader Kim Jong Un meeting with military officials.Instead, a picture posted Thursday on the North's Flickr site shows Kim's face with a pig-like snout and a drawing of Mickey Mouse on his chest. Undern
April 4, 2013
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N.K. moves missile to east coast
Military tension reached a new high on the Korean Peninsula Thursday as North Korea was seen moving an intermediate-range missile to its east coast and the U.S. unveiled its plan to deploy a key missile defense asset to Guam.Berating Washington for its recent deployment of strategic military assets such as the B-2 and F-22 stealth warplanes, Pyongyang’s military said it officially informed the White House and Pentagon that it had “final approval for merciless operations” against the U.S.Seoul of
April 4, 2013
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N.K. threatens to shut down Gaeseong complex
North Korea on Thursday threatened to close a joint industrial park in Gaeseong one day after it barred South Koreans’ entry, fueling concerns about their possible detention.Pyongyang’s official media said its Wednesday decision resulted from Seoul’s conservative politicians and news outlets “speaking nonsense that we would not be able to do anything with the Gaeseong Industrial Complex.” “Military provocations against the complex mean a self-destruction of the traitor forces,” a spokesman of th
April 4, 2013
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Work under way at N.K. reactor: U.S. institute
WASHINGTON (AP) ― North Korea has already begun construction at a closed plutonium reactor that it vows to restart, and it could be back in operation sooner than expected, a U.S. research institute said.Pyongyang announced its plans Tuesday, the latest in an almost daily string of threats toward the U.S. and South Korea since it faced international censure over its latest nuclear and missile tests. North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S.
April 4, 2013
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Kerry due in Seoul next week on N. Korea
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Seoul next week as part of his first regional trip since taking office, his department said Wednesday.North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda, along with bilateral and other global issues, in his meeting with senior South Korean officials there.Kerry plans to visit Northeast Asia from April 12 to 15, “starting in Seoul on April 12th, in Beijing on April 13th and in Tokyo on April 14th, and then coming home on t
April 4, 2013
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Korea requests U.S. waive jurisdiction of GI
South Korea’s Justice Ministry said Thursday that it has sent a request to the U.S. Forces Korea to relinquish jurisdiction over one of its soldiers allegedly involved in a BB gun shooting incident in downtown Seoul last month.The 26-year-old staff sergeant, surnamed Lopez, is accused of shooting the BB gun at pedestrians and leading police on a high-speed car chase in the crowded multicultural Itaewon district in Seoul on March 2, leaving one South Korean police officer injured.As part of legal
April 4, 2013
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Seoul denies report of N.K. demand for S. Koreans' withdrawal from Kaesong
The Unification Ministry on Thursday denied a media report alleging North Korea's demand for the withdrawal of South Korean workers from the Kaesong Industrial Complex by April 10, saying the report was based on misunderstanding of a notice from the North. (Yonhap News)
April 4, 2013
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N. Korea tells S. Korean workers to pull out of Kaesong complex
North Korea has demanded the withdrawal of all South Korean managers and staff from the Kaesong joint industrial zone by next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Thursday.The personnel should leave the complex, which lies 10 kilometers inside North Korea, by April 10, Yonhap said without quoting any sources.The South Korean Unification Ministry said it had received no such formal notification.As of Thursday morning, there were 823 South Korean citizens in Kaesong, the ministry said.
April 4, 2013
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N. Korea again blocks access to industrial zone
North Korea blocked access to its joint industrial zone with South Korea for a second consecutive day on Thursday, an AFP journalist near the border between the two countries said.About 40 vehicles were waiting to cross the border to go to the Seoul-invested Kaesong complex but turned around after a loudspeaker announcement that crossings to the North were prohibited, he said.A total of 526 South Koreans and 421 vehicles had planned to cross the border into North Korea on Thursday, the Unificati
April 4, 2013