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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Campaign increases awareness of N.K. refugee issue
Online and offline activities pressure China to stop sending defectors back to North KoreaFor the last three months, desperate efforts to stop China from repatriating North Korean refugees have yielded one crucial outcome ― a sharp increase in domestic and international awareness of the issue.Lawmakers, celebrities and activists have been united under the slogan of “Save my friend” since the news reports came out in early February that scores of the defectors were likely to be deported to the re
May 2, 2012
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Thai journalists’ book sheds light on North Korea
Kim Jong-il conducted several purges of high-ranking government officials before his death to aid the power transfer to his son Kim Jong-un, senior Thai journalists claimed in a book on North Korea.According to the book, entitled “Unveiling North Korea’s Leaders” and published in March, senior international affairs journalists from the Thai daily Kom Chad Luek and the business daily Krungthep Turakij, the late former leader of North Korea purged ranking officials in order to remove obstacles ham
May 1, 2012
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Photo shows work at N.K. test site
WASHINGTON (AP) ― New satellite imagery appears to show a train of mining carts and other preparations under way at North Korea’s nuclear test site but no indication of when a detonation might take place.Early this month, South Korean intelligence reported digging of a new tunnel at the Punggye-ri site, which it took as a sign that North Korea was covertly preparing for a third nuclear test.The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies provided the Associated
April 29, 2012
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North highly likely to test nuclear bomb:defense official
The South Korean and U.S. defense authorities agree that the chances of another North Korean nuclear test are "very high," a senior military official said Friday."The assessment of South Korea and the U.S. is that chances are very high that North Korea will carry out a nuclear experiment," South Korea's deputy minister of defense, Lim Kwan-bin, told reporters after two days of meetings here with h
April 28, 2012
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NK leader observes combined arms military exercise
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed a combined arms exercise to mark the 80th anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA), a media report said Saturday.The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) picked up in Seoul said without specifying the date of the exercise that Kim, who has been made the supreme commander of the KPA, "guided" the military maneuver. The anniversary of the North Korean armed
April 28, 2012
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S. Korea, U.S. discuss N.K. in high-level meeting
WASHINGTON ― Senior South Korean and U.S. military officials began a meeting here Thursday to coordinate their response to recent North Korean provocations and to discuss alliance issues.The Pentagon said it opened the inaugural session of the Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue, which the defense chiefs of the two countries agreed to at a Security Consultative Meeting last year.“Discussions will include North Korean provocations and coordinated responses as well as a broader range of Allianc
April 27, 2012
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Chinese firm sold 8 military vehicles to N. Korea: report
Military exports could violate UNSC resolution against arms transactions with PyongyangA Chinese firm reportedly sold eight military vehicles to North Korea last May in an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution banning arms transactions with the impoverished state.Citing an announcement by Kanwa Information Center, a private military research institute based in Canada, Japan’s Kyodo News reported Friday that the firm under the Chinese People’s Liberation Army sold the vehicles.
April 27, 2012
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N.K. may see its end in a collapse: Cha
Former White House adviser says Pyongyang not interested in bargaining over nukesThe history of doomed autocratic regimes suggests that impoverished North Korea under untested leadership may see its end in a collapse, a renowned U.S. security expert said.“I think this combination of the young, untested leadership, economic problems, food problems; this is not a good combination for predicting the longevity of a regime,” Victor Cha, the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International St
April 26, 2012
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Contrasting styles and choices for North Korea
This month provided a stark contrast on the Korean Peninsula. During the same week, there were elections for the National Assembly in South Korea and private meetings in North Korea where selections were made for leadership positions in the regime. The campaign trail in a democracy like South Korea helps prepare candidates for leadership and set the national agenda going forward. This is done through a series of constituent meetings, television ads, debates and stump speeches. For a country like
April 26, 2012
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Seoul asks U.N. to add N.K. entities to sanctions list
South Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to add more than 10 North Korean entities to its sanctions list, a senior government official said.The move comes after the 15-member Security Council on April 16 condemned Pyongyang’s recent rocket launch, expanded the list of North Korean organizations subject to asset freezes and identified more proliferation-sensitive technology to be banned from transfer in and out of the reclusive state.The Seoul official said the U.S., Japan and EU also have
April 25, 2012
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N.K. reneging on U.S. deal suggests disarray at top: Hill
Former U.S. nuke envoy says North is relic of China’s past, not asset for its futureNorth Korea’s rocket launch in violation of a breakthrough deal in February with the U.S. is an indication of “deeper problems” within the leadership of the communist state, a former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator said Wednesday.“I think it does suggest some disarray at the top or some lack of clarity on who does what in North Korea,” Christopher Hill, a former U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia, told
April 25, 2012
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Glimpse into governing organs in North Korea
Workers’ PartyAs North Korea’s Constitution says, “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea carries out all activities under the leadership of the Workers’ Party,” the party is the highest governing authority in the North.The party convention is its top decision-making apparatus, which is to be held every five years. But it has not been held since the sixth one in 1980, when Kim Jong-il was declared successor to his father Kim Il-sung.The party representatives’ conference is held to deal with
April 25, 2012
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N. Korea’s new power structure takes shape
Kim Jong-un to capitalize on party leadership to rule countryFor North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, this month was the toughest, yet most rewarding on his path to power.The fledgling leader officially took the helm of the Workers’ Party and the National Defense Commission and filled key party, state and military posts with loyalists.To many, his rise to power proceeded surprisingly well and speedily. It was thanks to the legal and institutional groundwork that his father Kim Jong-il laid for the young,
April 25, 2012
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German experts dismiss N. Korean missiles at parade as mock-ups
The new intercontinental ballistic missiles displayed in a military parade in North Korea were mock-ups and the presentation was "a nice dog and pony show," according to two German experts on North Korean missiles.The North showed off the missiles on transporter-erector-launchers during the parade to mark the centennial of the April 15 birth of the country's late founder Kim Il-sung, the grandfath
April 24, 2012
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China, North Korea reaffirm ties after rocket test
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with a top North Korean envoy in a reaffirmation of traditional ties following Chinese pique over Pyongyang's recent attempted rocket launch.State broadcaster CCTV made no mention of the failed April 13 launch in its report on Hu's meeting Monday with Workers' Party international relations chief Kim Yong Il at the Great Hall of the People in the heart of Beijing.Hu
April 24, 2012
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China's Hu urges N.Korea to seek peace: Xinhua
BEIJING (AFP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday told a visiting North Korean official that the two countries should work towards "peace and stability" after a missile launch by Pyongyang, state media said.Speaking in a meeting with Kim Yong-il, a top official of North Korea's ruling Korean Workers' Party, Hu called for greater cooperation with its traditional ally, the state-run Xinhua news
April 23, 2012
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N. Korean military warns of ‘special actions soon’
North Korea’s military on Monday threatened to take “special actions soon” against the Seoul government and conservative media in response of President Lee Myung-bak’s criticism of the communist regime.The North’s “special action operation unit” said it will take only “three to four minutes” to launch the attacks through “unprecedented means and methods of their own style.”The threat came after Lee on Friday called on the North to conduct land reform to improve the livelihoods of North Korean pe
April 23, 2012
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Will China shift policy toward its wayward ally?
Moves to pressure North Korea spark speculation over possible policy changeChina’s recent unusual moves against North Korea’s rocket launch and potential nuclear test have raised the question of whether Beijing is shifting its stance toward its unruly ally.Experts are divided over the issue. Some pointed out signs of China rethinking its policy as the North’s saber-ratting undermines its national interests. Others argue that given the strategic value of the North, Beijing may not consider any si
April 23, 2012
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North Korea military warns of 'special actions' soon
North Korean soldiers, students and civilians surround giant portraits of late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, North Korea, for a rally denouncing South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Friday, April 20, 2012. North Koreans said Lee's radio comments about North Korea last week "hurt the dignity" of the North Korean people. (AP-Yonhap News)Nor
April 23, 2012
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N.K. nuke test hinges on politics: Blue House
North Korea would consider political ramifications rather than technical issues should it decide to conduct another nuclear test, a senior Cheong Wa Dae official said Sunday.“Whether to conduct a nuclear test or not, that is a matter of a political decision based on its judgment of what impact the test will have on its fate,” he told reporters, declining to be named. His remarks came as the U.N. Security Council is mulling a widened application of its sanctions against Pyongyang following its bo
April 22, 2012