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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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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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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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N. Koreans free 'some' kidnapped Chinese: report
A number of Chinese fishermen kidnapped earlier this month by unidentified North Koreans have been freed, Chinese statemedia said, as diplomats worked to secure the release of the remainder. The freed Chinese, whose number was not disclosed, were among a group of 29 fishermen working on three different boats who were reportedly captured at sea on May 8 by gunmen believed to be North Koreans. "
May 19, 2012
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U.S. House passes bill recommending tactical nukes in S. Korea
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the 2013 national defense authorization bill that recommends the redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula. The non-binding amendment approved by the House reflects theRepublican Party's push to get the incumbent Obama administrationto take a firmer stance against North Korea's nuclear weapons threat. The Republicans who
May 19, 2012
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N. Korea nuclear reactor construction progressing
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A U.S.-based institute said Wednesday new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity.That indicates the North is pressing on with efforts to expand its nuclear program, the institute says, despite international criticism. North Korea says the reactor is intended to generate electricity but its active pursuit of nuclear weapons raises doubts over its intentions.The image from a commercial satellite dated April 30 sh
May 17, 2012
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N. Korea renews works on new nuclear reactor: think tank
North Korea has resumed construction of a new experimental light water reactor at its main nuclear complex, a U.S. institute said Wednesday, citing commercial satellite photos.The secretive communist nation appears to have almost completed work on the reactor containment building at Yongbyon, apparently a hub for its production of not only plutonium but also uranium, according to the U.S.-Korea In
May 17, 2012
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Seeking logic in North Korea’s mass spectacles
PYONGYANG (AP) ― From across the city, they are summoned to pay reverence.So on a chilly April evening, tens of thousands of people come to honor their new ruler, as towering statues of his father and grandfather are unveiled on a Pyongyang hilltop. The crowds bow before the statues in practiced unison and shake bright, fake flowers in choreographed praise. Some weep with joy to be in the presence of the baby-faced Kim Jong Un, who is now their Illustrious General, their Leader, their Supreme Co
May 16, 2012
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N.K. sources risk lives to tell stories
A handful of North Korean sources brave arrest, imprisonment and maybe worse, all to produce the content seen on the Daily NK, a Seoul-based online news outlet.Why do they do it? “For 60 years the North Korean people had no opportunity to tell their story,” said Christopher Green, its manager of international affairs. “Ultimately, they want to tell their stories because that’s what human beings want to do.” Since its founding in late 2004, the Daily NK has published news from inside the isolate
May 16, 2012
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Indonesia urges N. Korea to continue talks, dialogue
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's president has urged North Korea to keep communication channels open to prevent misunderstandings with other countries.President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono discussed tensions on the Korean peninsula Tuesday with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's parliament.Kim is traveling in the region, apparently to drum up outside investment.His visit
May 15, 2012
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N.K. stops GPS jamming
North Korea has stopped transmitting signals which jammed the GPS systems of hundreds of civilian aircraft and ships in South Korea for two weeks, officials said Tuesday.The state Korea Communications Commission said the signals designed to jam global positioning systems halted as of 8:34pm on Sunday.The transport ministry confirmed civilian flights had not been affected since Sunday night.South Korean officials said the signals originated from the North’s border city of Kaesong and began on Apr
May 15, 2012
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N. Korean leader invites Indonesian president for visit
JAKARTA (Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to visit his country in a letter delivered by the communist nation's number two leader, the Jakarta government said Tuesday.Kim Yong-nam, North Korea's ceremonial head of state, extended the invitation to Yudhoyono during a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta earli
May 15, 2012
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N.K.’s No. 2 leader tours food factory in Singapore
North Korea’s ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam visited a foodstuff factory in Singapore on Saturday after talks with the city-state’s parliamentary leader, the North’s official news agency reported.Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, and his party were briefed on the constant development of the typical foodstuff factory, the (North) Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch from Singapore.Kim and his party also watched a video on the management of the
May 13, 2012
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North Koreans get wider access to outside media
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The growing availability of news media and cell phones in reclusive North Korea likely forced it to admit within hours that its long-range rocket launch last month was a failure, the U.S. human rights envoy to the country said Thursday.The envoy, Robert King, was speaking at the launch of a U.S. government-funded study that says North Koreans now have unprecedented access to foreign media, giving them a more positive impression of the outside world.North Korea allowed foreign j
May 11, 2012
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Speculation over another N.K. rocket launch
North may want to show off missile technology before negotiations: expertsExperts and informed sources raised the possibility that North Korea may conduct another rocket launch to perfect its long-range missile capabilities and use them to negotiate with the U.S., possibly next year.Good Friends, a Seoul-based rights group, cited an official with the North’s Workers’ Party late Wednesday as saying that Pyongyang plans to fire an additional rocket with equipment in the northeastern town of Dongch
May 10, 2012
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N. Korea lambastes S. Korean presidential contender for alleged insult
North Korea on Thursday lashed out at a South Korean presidential contender for an alleged insult to its dignity, sparing no flak for the son of a prominent businessman who pioneered lucrative projects with the North.In a comment posted on the North's propaganda Web site Uriminzokkiri, the communist regime heaped criticism on Rep. Chung Mong-joon of the South's ruling Saenuri Party for challenging
May 10, 2012
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Seoul vows to verify death of Shin in N.K.
The South Korean government will step up the efforts to verify the death of Shin Sook-ja and have her daughters released from North Korea, officials said Wednesday. “Through the Red Cross channel between the South and the North, and through international cooperation, the efforts for verifying her death and to facilitate the return will be increased,” a Ministry of Unification official said Wednesday.Shin is a South Korean held in North Korea against her will since 1987. Shin defected to North Ko
May 9, 2012
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N.K., Myanmar on different paths
Pyongyang remains isolated whereas Myanmar moves toward democracyUntil recently, both North Korea and Myanmar were labeled pariahs by the international community for their autocratic rule, human rights abuses and closed-door policy. But they are now on completely different paths.Pyongyang remains isolated and sanctioned while sticking to its military adventurism despite criticism for undermining peace and security here and beyond, and failing to take due steps for its crumbling economy and starv
May 9, 2012
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GPS jamming highlights N.K. cyber war threat
A recent bout of electronic jamming signals from North Korea highlighted the growing risks of cyber warfare, which experts fear could be among its pledged “special actions” against South Korea. Hundreds of aircraft and ships have been affected by global positioning system disruptions traced to the North for the past week.The attack caused no major disasters but triggered jitters in the South over its vulnerability to Pyongyang’s increasingly sophisticated cyber capabilities. The incident comes l
May 8, 2012
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Korea, China, Japan likely to start FTA talks
South Korea, China and Japan will likely announce an agreement to start negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement this year when their leaders hold summit talks on Sunday, Seoul’s trade chief said on Tuesday.Meeting with business editors of print and electronic media in Seoul, Trade Minister Bark Tae-ho said, “Our side agreed on the proposal.”To finalize the agreement and discuss other issues, trade ministers from the three Northeast Asian countries are scheduled to hold talks in Beijing
May 8, 2012
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N.K. claims high-profile activist’s wife has died
North Korea has claimed the wife of a high-profile South Korean died of hepatitis in the communist country, a Seoul-based rights advocacy group said Tuesday.“Ms. Sin Suk-ja, the ex-wife of Oh, died of the hepatitis that she suffered since 1980s,” Ri Jang-gon, deputy permanent representative for North Korea at the United Nations in Geneva, said in an English-language letter to the U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.Ri was referring to Oh Kil-nam, who escaped the North al
May 8, 2012
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N.K. may have aborted rocket launch: expert
The flight of North Korea’s long-range rocket that failed on April 13 may have been terminated intentionally by the command center, a U.S. rocket expert said.According to David Wright, co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, the reason for the failure is unclear from the information provided by South Korean and U.S. authorities and that its flight could have been aborted by the command center shutting down the engines after mechanical failures developed.
May 7, 2012
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N.K. continues GPS jamming
Eletronic jamming signals emitting from North Korea have disrupted more than 250 commercial flights in and out of South Korea for more than a week, stoking concerns over public safety and further provocations by the communist state following a recent failed rocket launch. Nine Korean carriers and their nine foreign peers including Japan Airlines, Thai Airways and Garuda International experienced signal jamming with their global positioning systems between April 28 and May 6, the Transport Minist
May 7, 2012