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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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N.K. threatens ‘physical countermeasures’ against Seoul over U.N. sanctions
North Korea on Friday threatened “physical countermeasures” against South Korea if it directly participates in United Nations-led sanctions over its rocket launch.The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said imposing sanctions was tantamount to a declaration of war and it would respond immediately to such provocations with counterstrikes. The statement was carried by the Korean Central News Agency.“If the South Korean puppet regime of traitors directly participates
Jan. 25, 2013
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N. Korea’s nuke test a provocation: U.S.
North Korea’s plan to conduct a third nuclear test is “needlessly provocative” and will only increase its isolation, the White House said Thursday. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he has seen no outward sign that North Korea will follow through soon on its plan to conduct a test ― following its underground atomic explosions in 2006 and 2009. But the U.S. is fully prepared against any kind of provocation, he said.Washington slapped economic sanctions on two North Korean bank officials and a H
Jan. 25, 2013
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U.S. slaps bilateral sanctions on N. Korea
The U.S. Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on two North Korean bankers and a trading company, citing their links to Pyongyang's development of weapons of mass destruction.It marks a swift step to follow through on the U.N. Security Council resolution on North Korea adopted two days earlier for its December rocket launch.The move is also seen as a show of the Obama administration's firm stance not to bow to North Korea threats of another nuclear test and more long-range rocket launches."By c
Jan. 25, 2013
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‘N.K. could conduct nuke test in 3-4 months’
Burwell Bell, a former commander of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, predicted Thursday that North Korea could conduct a nuclear test in the near future, stressing that the allies should remain ready to handle the threat.Speaking at a forum in Seoul, Bell also said Pyongyang should first apologize to Seoul for its two lethal provocations in 2010 before any inter-Korean talks resume, noting there has been “no remorse” for the attacks that killed 50 South Koreans. “If Kim Jong-un cond
Jan. 24, 2013
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N. Korea threatens ‘high-level’ nuke test
North Korea threatened to conduct a nuclear test “aimed at” the U.S. on Thursday, one day after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution condemning its December rocket launch.South Korea expressed “deep regret,” calling on the North to refrain from further provocations.“In the new phase of our century-long anti-U.S. struggle, we do not hide that various satellites, long-range rockets that we will continue to launch and a high-level nuclear test we will conduct will target our sworn enemy,
Jan. 24, 2013
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U.N. slaps more sanctions on N.K.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang’s space agency.The multi-stage rocket launch is considered part of a covert program to develop ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. The council reiterated its previous demand that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program in a “complete, verifiable and irreversible manner” and cease launches.Ch
Jan. 23, 2013
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N. Korea vows to end denuclearization efforts
North Korea on Wednesday vowed to end denuclearization efforts and hinted at a third nuclear test in an angry response to a new U.N. Security Council resolution condemning its December rocket launch.Pyongyang’s foreign ministry issued the statement less than two hours after the UNSC adopted the Resolution 2087, which called for expanding and toughening existing sanctions and warned of “significant action” in case of additional provocations.“Due to the U.S.’ worsening policy of hostility toward N
Jan. 23, 2013
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Seoul’s new initiatives key to North Korea standoff: Cha
South Korea should be in the driver’s seat in future multinational efforts to resolve tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programs, and incoming President Park Geun-hye’s new approach to build trust and resume exchanges with Pyongyang could play a key role in moving ahead in the process, said Victor Cha, a U.S. Northeast Asia security expert.The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday to condemn the North and toughen sanctions in response to its Dec. 12 rocket launch. The North respo
Jan. 23, 2013
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Concern rises of 3rd N.K. nuclear test
The prospect of a third nuclear test by North Korea has risen as Pyongyang on Wednesday vowed to end denuclearization efforts and strengthen nuclear deterrence in an angry response to stepped-up U.N. sanctions.Seoul officials believe the North has already completed preparations for another underground test at the Punggye-ri test site in the country’s northeast, where it carried out two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.Another test would make it difficult for the incoming Park Geun-hye government t
Jan. 23, 2013
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S. Korea closely monitoring N. Korea's nuclear test site
After North Korea hinted at conducting a nuclear test in defiance of new U.N. sanctions against its rocket launch, South Korea has stepped up monitoring of tunnels at the communist state's test site in its northeast, military officials said Wednesday.Citing satellite images that revealed excavation and related movement at the Punggye-ri test site, Seoul intelligence officials said Pyongyang is ready to detonate a nuclear device on a few days' notice, but the decision to go ahead with the test wi
Jan. 23, 2013
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N. Korea vows to end denuclearization talks
North Korea pledged on Wednesday to end any efforts at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution condemning the country's December rocket launch, according to North Korea's state-run news outlet."Due to the U.S.'s worsening policy of hostility toward North Korea, the six-party talks and the joint September 19 statement were rendered null and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula was put to an end," the North's foreign ministry sai
Jan. 23, 2013
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U.N. expands sanctions on N. Korea for rocket launch
The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution against North Korea Tuesday, condemning its December rocket launch and expanding sanctions.The 15-member council voted unanimously to approve the 20-point resolution, a compromise that ended a month-long tug-of-war, mainly between the United States and China.The binding resolution calls for freezing the assets of six more North Korean entities, including the Korean Committee for Space Technology and the Bank of East Land, and a travel ban on four ad
Jan. 23, 2013
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U.N. to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea’s space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning the secretive state’s ballistic launch, a diplomat said Monday.The resolution, which also targets other government entities and individuals linked to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, could be passed by the 15-member council as early as Wednesday.The United States and China have been negotiating the new measures since North Korea staged its
Jan. 22, 2013
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China backs ‘one country, two systems’ for unified Korea
China wants South Korea to form a loose-knit federation of “one country, two systems” with North Korea for an eventual unification between the two Koreas, a prominent Chinese expert said Tuesday.Pan Zhenqiang, a retired People’s Liberation Army major general, warned that any unification effort based on the collapse of North Korea would bring “greater disastrous effects” than the deteriorating security situations that have taken place in Libya and Syria.The two Koreas have still technically been
Jan. 22, 2013
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North Korea sends ‘ultimatum’ to U.S. on nuke issue: newspaper
North Korea delivered an “ultimatum” to the United States on the nuclear issue that calls for a negotiated settlement to outstanding security concerns, a paper representing Pyongyang’s interests said Monday.The Chosun Sinbo, the official paper of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, claimed the Kim Jong-un government sent the message to Washington, but did not elaborate on the exact date, the delivery means or contents of the message.Kim took power in late 2011, after the sudden
Jan. 22, 2013
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N.K.’s grain, fertilizer imports from China fall sharply
North Korea imported significantly less grain and fertilizers from China last year, mainly due to improvements in overall food conditions in the country, local sources said Tuesday.Kwon Tae-jin, a research fellow at the Seoul-based Korea Rural Community Corp., said data compiled from January through November showed North Korea’s grain imports from its neighboring country reaching 257,931 tons.This represents a 26.8 percent decrease from 352,282 tons tallied for the same 11 month period in 2011.“
Jan. 22, 2013
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High hopes for inter-Korean resources tie-up
With Seoul’s incoming government looking to thaw cross-border ties, it should capitalize on the North’s ample mineral reserves to help revive its crumpling economy and beef up energy supplies at home, said Choi Kyung-soo, president of the North Korea Resources Institute. Despite daunting risks associated with political instability, he cast joint mining projects as a key tool to quell criticism over the South’s unilateral concessions to the wayward regime. President-elect Park Geun-hye has also p
Jan. 22, 2013
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U.N. to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat
The U.N. Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning the secretive state's ballistic launch, a diplomat said Monday.The resolution, which also targets other government entities and individuals linked to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, could be passed by the 15-member council as early as Wednesday.The United States and China have been negotiating the new measures since North Korea staged its missile launch on De
Jan. 22, 2013
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Pyongyang loosens restrictions on foreign cellphones
North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals.For years, North Korea required visitors to relinquish foreign cellphones at the border until their departure, leaving many tourists without an easy way to communicate with the outside world.The ritual of handing over phones was part of an exhaustive security check that most
Jan. 21, 2013
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U.N. Security Council set to pass resolution against North
A draft resolution calling for tougher sanctions against North Korea's December rocket launch is being circulated among members of the U.N. Security Council, who are poised to pass it as early as Wednesday, a Seoul diplomatic source said Monday."To my knowledge, the draft resolution will be put to a vote early this week and adopted on Wednesday or Thursday (Seoul time), unless there is another variable," said the source with direct knowledge of the U.N. debate. The Security Council is set to con
Jan. 21, 2013