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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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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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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
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N. Korea completes construction of taekwondo center in Pyongyang
(Yonhap) -- North Korea completed construction on a taekwondo center in its capital city to better showcase the merits of the traditional martial art, a state-run newspaper said Saturday. The Rodong Shinmun, picked up in Seoul, said the center has been built in downtown Pyongyang. The center houses a training center, library, international conference hall, history museum and other amenities, w
April 21, 2012
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N. Korean TV shifts to live broadcasts under new leader
North Korea‘s traditionally secretive state television is increasingly broadcasting live under new leader Kim Jong-un, in a rare break from efforts to inherit the traits and policies of previous rulers in the dynastic regime.In the four months following the Dec. 17 death of Kim’s father and strongman Kim Jong-il, the (North) Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station has aired many of the nation‘s key events live, including all the awkward moments the late Kim apparently tried to avoid, according to
April 20, 2012
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N. Korea vows to continue ‘space program’
Despite U.N. Security Council condemnations, North Korea said it will continue launching satellites under its space program that outsiders see as a pretext to test long-range missiles.The North Korean Committee for Space Technology, which was behind the failed rocket launch a week ago, said North Korean “satellites for peaceful purposes will be put into space one after another,” in an English-language statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency late Thursday.The committee did no
April 20, 2012
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U.S. worried about N. Korea‘s mobile missile capability
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed concern Thursday that North Korea might have mastered a mobile ability for long-range missiles.“There is growing concern about, you know, the mobile capabilities that were on display on the parade activity in North Korea,” he said at a congressional hearing.The North showed off what appeared to be a new long-range missile on a 16-wheel vehicle during the parade on Sunday in front of foreign reporters and television crews.Experts are split over its ra
April 20, 2012
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N.K. threatens ‘retaliation war’ against S. Korea
North Korea on Thursday threatened to wage a “retaliation war” against South Korea if Seoul does not apologize for allegedly “defaming” the North’s recent celebrations of the birth of founder Kim Il-sung.Pyongyang said Seoul’s Lee Myung-bak administration insulted the “supreme dignity” of its regime by criticizing its rocket launch when it celebrated the centenary of its late founder Kim’s birth on April 15.“The puppet traitor group should immediately apologize for the grave crime of insulting t
April 19, 2012
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S. Korea deploys longer-range missiles against North
South Korea has deployed new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea, the defense ministry said Thursday.The ministry released a video clip of the test-launch of the missiles, saying they could hit "any place" in the North."With such capabilities, our military will sternly and thoroughly punish reckless provocations by North Korea whi
April 19, 2012
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U.S.: No progress in North Korea missile program
North Korea‘s recent failed rocket launch shows that the communist country has made little progress in its spaceflight program, the head of the U.S. missile defense program said Wednesday. The assessment by Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly raises questions about the immediate threat to the United States from a North Korean long-range missile and the billions that the U.S. spends to counter it. O‘Reilly testified before a Senate panel in defense of the missile defense program and the Obama administra
April 19, 2012
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N. Korea threatens to blow up Seoul over defamation of its leader
North Korea urged South Korea Thursday to offer an apology over the alleged defamation of Pyongyang's milestone festival, a day after its military threatened to blow up Seoul.The latest harsh rhetoric comes amid tensions following the North's failed rocket launch last week. The U.N. Security Council has condemned the launch and called on member states to find ways to tighten sanctions on the commu
April 19, 2012
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China said to have stopped repatriating N. Korean refugees
Beijing appears to have sent warning against future provocationsChina has reportedly stopped repatriating North Korean refugees against their will in an apparent show of discontent over its wayward ally’s unilateral launch of a long-range rocket last week despite its calls for restraint.Citing multiple Chinese sources, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Wednesday that Beijing has stopped sending them back to the repressive state where refugees could face harsh punishment including tortu
April 18, 2012
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‘N.K. policy needs fundamental change’
Pyongyang rejects U.N. Security Council statement, warns U.S. of retaliationSouth Korea’s Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik said Wednesday it was time to consider a fundamental change in the international community’s response to North Korea, which has persistently tried to develop nuclear weapons and launch missiles over the past 20 years.“If you look at the past 20 years, the same scenes are repeating continually. What has not changed in those scenes is that North Korea has been continuing to deve
April 18, 2012
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North Korea’s ‘Young General’ grows up
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ― His grandfather made his name in the 1930s as a teenage guerrilla, battling the Japanese soldiers who then occupied Korea. His father spent decades solidifying the family’s hold over the country, building up the military, extending the intelligence apparatus and driving its nuclear ambitions.And Kim Jong-un himself? He apparently cut his teeth on the basketball courts of a Swiss middle school, a fiercely competitive player who posed as the son of a North Korean Emba
April 18, 2012
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North Korean defectors emerge from periphery
With increased profile, they hope for role to bridge cultural, social gaps, prepare for reunificationNorth Korean defectors are emerging from the periphery to take center stage in academic, political, religious and other spheres, hoping to lay the groundwork for reunification.Brushing aside lingering prejudices against the defectors in South Korea, they have striven to carve out a distinct role to raise the public understanding of the communist state and bring about a change for the people strug
April 18, 2012