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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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U.N. diplomat: U.N. vote set on North Korea sanctions
A U.N. diplomat says the Security Council will vote Thursday on a U.S.-China draft resolution that would impose some of the strongest sanctions ever ordered by the United Nations against North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test.The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not been announced publicly, said the resolution was put in its final form Wednesday and the council will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday for the vote.U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice expressed hope
March 7, 2013
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New U.N. resolution bans N. Korea's uranium-related transfers: source
A new U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at punishing North Korea for conducting its third nuclear test last month is expected to call for sanctions on the North's uranium-related transactions for the first time, a Seoul diplomatic source said Wednesday.After weeks of bilateral consultations, the United States and the North's last-remaining ally China agreed to the draft resolution, which also calls for mandatory inspections of North Korean ships and planes suspected of carrying banned items
March 6, 2013
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Seoul vows to strike origin, command posts of N.K. attacks
The South Korean military notched up its defense posture on Wednesday and vowed stern punishment against North Korea’s provocations after Pyongyang warned of retaliation for imminent U.N. Security Council sanctions and Seoul-Washington joint military drills. North Korea’s military leadership late Tuesday threatened to launch “nuclear strikes,” annul the inter-Korean truce, close its office in the border village of Panmunjom, and cut off its military hotline with the United Nations Command. “The
March 6, 2013
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U.N. bans racing cars for N. Korea, but no stopping the bomb
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― The U.N. Security Council will ban the export of racing cars to North Korea on Thursday and launch an international hunt for its diplomats carrying suitcases of cash.But no-one expects Pyongyang to halt its campaign of nuclear provocation.Following an agreement between the United States and China, the 15-member council will put North Korea under one of the toughest sanctions regimes ever ordered as a punishment for its February 12 nuclear bomb test.But the hot-tempered Nor
March 6, 2013
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N. Korea's nationwide military drills loom next week
North Korea has started submarine drills and stepped up preparations for nationwide military exercises, which may be timed to coincide with annual joint drills by South Korea and the United States set to start next week, military sources said Wednesday.The latest move comes as Pyongyang has ratcheted up its hostile rhetoric against Seoul and Washington as the two allies last week launched a two-month field training exercise called Foal Eagle.Separately, joint forces will conduct computer-simulat
March 6, 2013
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Park, Abe pledge closer cooperation on North Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Wednesday to work closely together on dealing with North Korea and to improve relations between their two countries, a presidential spokesperson said.The two leaders reached the agreement when Abe made a phone call to Park to congratulate her for being elected as South Korea's president, presidential spokeswoman Kim Haing said. Park expressed hope for "political leaders (in Japan) to make decisions" on issues rela
March 6, 2013
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U.S., China propose tough U.N. sanctions for N. Korea
A U.S.-China draft resolution aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program would impose some of the strongest sanctions ever ordered by the United Nations, in a move certain to infuriate the regime and inflame tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The proposed resolution put forward by the United States and China _ North Korea's closest ally _ followed Pyongyang's third nuclear test on Feb. 12. It reflected the U.N. Security Council's growing anger over the country's defia
March 6, 2013
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N. Korea threatens to nullify Korean War truce agreement
Citing what it called U.S.-led international moves to punish it for its recent nuclear test, North Korea threatened Tuesday to nullify the 1953 armistice accord that ended the Korean War.The North also denounced joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises scheduled to start on next Monday, declaring that if the maneuvers will go ahead, it wil cut off direct phone link with South Korea at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom.North Korea is known for its harsh rhetoric but Tuesday's announce
March 5, 2013
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Calls grow for N.K. policy revamp
With a fresh round of sanctions in the offing in response to North Korea’s third nuclear test last month, calls are mounting for a brand new approach to halt its nuclear programs and pressure it back to the negotiating table. The U.N. Security Council has repeatedly leveled condemnation and economic sanctions over the years. But North Korea has defied all the pressure by exploding more fission devices and launching even more rockets, resulting in another resolution and penalties. As its renewed
March 5, 2013
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N.K. says it will cooperate if U.S. takes ‘right path’
North Korea will cooperate with the United States if the superpower takes the “right path”, the communist country’s mouthpiece newspaper said Tuesday, despite growing tensions between the two countries over Pyongyang’s nuclear test conducted last month.The Choson Sinbo, the Korean-language newspaper published in Japan, said it is not North Korea’s goal to cause the situation with the U.S. to erupt, referring to the North’s recent warnings of a showdown with the U.S.“Therefore, if the U.S. choose
March 5, 2013
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Seoul, Washington must take Rodman’s Pyongyang visit seriously: ex-U.S. envoy
South Korea and the United States should take a recent visit by flamboyant retired NBA star Dennis Rodman to North Korea “seriously” because it appears to signal a renewed engagement with both Seoul and Washington, a former U.S. ambassador to Seoul said Tuesday.In an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul, Donald Gregg said a “call me” message from North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un to U.S. President Barack Obama, relayed by Rodman, is a “very powerful signal to engage with us.”Rodman, w
March 5, 2013
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N. Korea designates leader’s birthday as military holiday
North Korea is believed to have designated leader Kim Jong-un’s birthday as a kind of military holiday, along with other national anniversaries, according to state TV footage broadcast on Sunday.Kim’s birthday, Jan. 8, was marked as a “day for service members,” along with such national holidays as the birthdays of his father Kim Jong-il and his grandfather Kim Il-sung, according to footage showing a planning board at a military restaurant.The footage was part of a film documenting the leader’s v
March 5, 2013
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‘Political prisoners in N.K. reduced to 80,000-120,000’
North Korea may have reduced the number of political prisoners and closed one of its notorious political prison camps, a report in Seoul said, suggesting that the changes, however, do not mean improvement in the human rights conditions in the country.The report by the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul said, “A minimum of 80,000 to a maximum of 120,000 political prisoners are estimated to be detained in five political prisons.” The report said last year’s closure of the political
March 5, 2013
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Pirate Bay sets sail to North Korea?
After Google chairman Eric Schmidt and former NBA star Dennis Rodman, the notorious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is claiming to be the latest unexpected visitor to Stalinist North Korea.In a posting on its website, the Pirate Bay, which was ejected from Sweden last week, claimed it had sought “virtual sanctuary” in North Korea, apparently at the personal invitation of leader Kim Jong-Un.“Today we can reveal that we have been invited by the leader of the republic of Korea, to fight our battle
March 5, 2013
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Seoul to build inter-Korean trust with humanitarian aid: nominee
South Korea plans to build inter-Korean trust by providing humanitarian aid to the impoverished communist country and by engaging in constructive dialogue, President Park Geun-hye’s unification minister nominee said Tuesday.Ryoo Kihl-jae, 54, said in a written reply forwarded to the parliament ahead of his confirmation hearing set for Wednesday that no preconditions will be set for providing aid, indicating that the new administration wants to engage Pyongyang in dialogue to resolve all outstand
March 5, 2013
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Curiosity rover out of safe mode, still recovering
NASA says the Curiosity rover is returning to normal after a computer problem limited its activities.The space agency said Monday that the car-size rover exited safe mode over the weekend. In safe mode, the rover suspends its science activities but is still in contact with Earth.Curiosity is now preparing to resume its science experiments _ perhaps by next week.Engineers still don't know what caused Curiosity's memory glitch.The rover was in the middle of analyzing powder from a rock it had rece
March 5, 2013
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White House dismisses N.K. leader's informal offer of phone talks with Obama
The White House scoffed Monday at reports that North Korea's young leader hopes for a phone conversation with President Barack Obama."The United States has direct channels of communications with the DPRK (North Korea)," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said at a press briefing.Instead of spending money on celebrity sporting events to entertain his nation's elite, he stressed, the North Korean regime should focus on the well-being of its own people, who suffer from starvation and human righ
March 5, 2013
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Signs of N.K. provocations: Seoul
South Korea is keeping closer tabs on the possibility of North Korean provocations as its military is seen preparing for a large-scale exercise on its east coast and increasing frontline defense and submarine activities on its west.The rise in North Korean military activities came as the South and the U.S. have begun their annual war drills, which Pyongyang has condemned as a “rehearsal for an incursion to topple its regime.”The allied Foal Eagle field training exercise, which began on Friday, w
March 4, 2013
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Dennis Rodman: N. Korea leader wants Obama to call
North Korea's young leader has riled the U.S. with recent nuclear tests, but Kim Jong Un doesn't really want war with the superpower, just a call from President Barack Obama to chat about their shared love of basketball, according to unlikely diplomat Dennis Rodman, the ex-pro basketball star just back from an improbable visit to the reclusive communist country.“He loves basketball. ... I said Obama loves basketball. Let's start there” as a way to warm up relations between the U.S. and North Kor
March 4, 2013
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N. Korea seen preparing large drills in East Sea: official
North Korea has shown signs of gearing up to conduct a large-scale military drill in the East Sea this month, a senior Seoul official said Sunday, the latest demonstration of military power by the North following its nuclear test.The latest move comes as Pyongyang has ratcheted up its hostile rhetoric against Seoul and Washington as the two allies launched their annual joint drills on Friday, amid heightened tension following the North’s third nuclear test on Feb. 12. “We have detected movement
March 3, 2013