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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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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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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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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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Sales of eco-friendly cars top 100,000 in Q1 in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Director of 'Goodbye Earth' aimed to ask how we would face apocalypse
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Nazi-style holocaust possible in N. Korea's prison camps: ex-inmate
Shin Dong-hyuk, born and raised in a North Korean concentration camp, on Tuesday appealed for the world to care more about the ongoing tragedy of political prisoners in the communist nation.He warned that a Holocaust-style slaughter could occur there any time if people outside continue to turn a deaf ear to the testimony of defectors."There is a place I always visit whenever I come to Washington D
April 11, 2012
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Regional powers discuss post-launch steps
The United States and Japan agreed Tuesday to take “appropriate action” against North Korea if it presses ahead with a ballistic rocket launch.“We will be pursuing appropriate action,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters after bilateral talks with her Japanese counterpart, Koichiro Gemba, who is visiting for a G-8 foreign ministerial meeting. She did not elaborate.Clinton underscored
April 11, 2012
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U.N. to act swiftly to N.K. rocket launch: sources
Pyongyang officials say ready to launch what is believed to be intercontinental ballistic missileIf North Korea goes ahead with its planned rocket launch between April 12 and 16, the U.N. Security Council is to immediately convene and discuss the issue, sources said Tuesday.North Korean officials told reporters in Pyongyang Tuesday that they have completed preparations to put the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite into orbit by launching the Unha-3 rocket in Dongchang-ri, located in the northwest part o
April 10, 2012
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North Korea says satellite set to be installed on rocket on Tuesday
North Korea is set to complete the assembly of its latest rocket by installing the satellite payload later Tuesday, a senior space official said."We are expecting to complete assembly by today," Ryu Kum-Chol, deputy director of the space development department at the communist state's Committee for Space Technology, told foreign journalists in Pyongyang. Ryu also insisted that debris from the laun
April 10, 2012
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Hundreds of N. Koreans awarded prizes ahead of founder’s centennial birthday
More than 640 North Koreans have been awarded state prizes or medals, Pyongyang’s media reported Tuesday, as the North seeks to further consolidate power of its new young leader Kim Jong-un.Kim, believed to be in his late 20s, took over the communist country after his father and long-time leader Kim Jong-il died in December. The North has since been stepping up efforts to boost the image and power of the new leader.The North conferred the Order of Kim Il-sung to 119 soldiers and officials as wel
April 10, 2012
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S. Korea braces for N. Korean rocket launch
With North Korea’s rocket launch imminent, the South Korean government is taking steps to deal with it in coordination with other countries.Cheong Wa Dae is in close consultation with foreign affairs and security-related government agencies including the Defense Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the Unification Ministry and the National Intelligence Agency.The Defense Ministry is reportedly conducting mock drills to intercept the North Korean rocket in case the North fails to put a satellite into
April 9, 2012
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North Korea should learn from China, foreign minister says
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said North Korea could become a strong and prosperous country not by military provocations but by opening up to the outside world, just as its major ally China did.“North Korea cannot become a power state by enhancing military power and conducting provocations. China has achieved marvelous economic growth, becoming one of the leaders in the international community by reforms and opening up,” Kim said in a speech in Shanghai in celebration of the 20th a
April 9, 2012
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N. Korea’s political prisons under international scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A forum on North Korea’s political prisoner camps will be held in Washington this week, reflecting the international community’s growing interest in its human rights situation, organizers said Sunday.After focusing heavily on tackling the communist neighbor’s nuclear program, South Korea’s conservative government has been increasingly vocal in efforts to address the human rights issue.Activists in South Korea, the U.S. and other nations are also stepping up their campa
April 9, 2012
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N. Korea confers top honor to late leader Kim Jong-il
North Korea has conferred its highest honor to late leader Kim Jong-il for laying an eternal foundation for the country’s prosperity.The Supreme People’s Assembly posthumously awarded the Order of Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong-il on March 29 by “reflecting the unanimous will and desire of all the service personnel and people,” the Korean Central News Agency said Monday.The rubber-stamp parliament praised Kim for making the country a nuclear state and a country that manufactured and launched satellites
April 9, 2012
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N. Korea's rocket fueling imminent
North Korea is expected to begin fueling a long-range rocket soon, the final step toward its launch set for as early as this week, a South Korean official said Monday."North Korea has only fueling remaining after completing the installation of three stages of boosters on a launch pad," the official said on condition of anonymity. "Fueling is expected to begin soon, considering it usually takes two
April 9, 2012
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N. Korea prepping for nuclear test: intelligence official
(Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to be gearing up for a nuclear test, an intelligence official said Sunday, a move certain to fuel the already high tensions over its planned long-range rocket launch. Satellite images show the communist nation digging a new tunnel underground in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the country's northeast, where it conducted two previous nuclear tests, first in
April 9, 2012
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China troubled by N.K. rocket launch plan
Third nuclear test possible after rocket launch: sourceChina’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Sunday that Beijing is “troubled” by North Korea’s planned rocket launch, after having a trilateral meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts in the Chinese city of Ningbo. “We considered and exchanged views about the situation on the Korean peninsula, including the announcement by the DPRK that they plan to launch a satellite,” Yang told reporters at a press briefing in Ningbo. DPRK is
April 8, 2012
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North Korea gears up for anniversary, rocket launch
With only days to go before launching a satellite to mark the centenary of its late founder Kim Il-sung’s birth, North Korea held a series of lavish events to celebrate the completion of power plants, factories and buildings, news reports said.North Korea has said it will launch Kwangmyongsong-3 some time between April 12 and 16, in celebration of the 100th year of Kim’s birth on April 15. The launch is part of moves to declare 2012 the year when North Korea becomes a “power state.”The North’s K
April 8, 2012
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First stage of N.Korea rocket may be on launch pad: website
North Korea may have moved the first stage of a long-range rocket on to its launch pad, ahead of its possible lift-off next week, according to a U.S. specialist website.The 38 North website (38north.org) said an April 4 photo of the launch site at Tongchang-ri in the country's northwest indicated the first stage of the Unha-3 rocket, while not visible, may be placed in the gantry.The impoverished
April 7, 2012
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China to patronize N. Korea in post-launch tensions: expert
Should North Korea go ahead with a long-range rocket launch as early as next week, China will likely repeat its typically tepid and equivocal approach -- requesting the international community to act in a calm manner, an expert said Friday.Pyongyang will apparently try to ride on its renewed "blood alliance" with Beijing in defending itself from pressure from other regional powers, according to Ma
April 7, 2012
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N. Korea leader visits navy amid rocket launch tensions
North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un has visited the naval unit that captured a U.S. spy ship in 1968, the official news agency said Friday, amid tensions over its planned satellite launch.Any attempt to intercept the satellite would be “an act of war,” the North said late Thursday after South Korea and Japan prepared to shoot down the rocket should it fall towards their territory.In the latest of a series of military visits, Kim inspected Navy Unit 155 in the southeastern province of Gangwon an
April 6, 2012
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Opposition party urges N. Korea to call off rocket launch
The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) urged North Korea on Friday to immediately halt its planned long-range rocket launch, as the communist nation is believed to be making final preparations.The North is expected to put the Unha-3 rocket on a launch pad as early as Friday or Saturday, according to news reports citing government sources. Pyongyang says it will fire off the rocket betwe
April 6, 2012
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North Korea opens nation's biggest power station
HUICHON CITY, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Thursday unveiled one of its biggest construction projects in recent years: a massive hydroelectric power station that is expected to provide the nation with much-needed electricity. The opening of the Huichon Power Station in Jagang Province, north of Pyongyang, was the first big ceremony in a month of celebrations timed for the April centenary o
April 5, 2012
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N. Korea unveils huge carving for founding father
North Korea unveiled a huge rock carving on Thursday in memory of founding leader Kim Il-Sung, as the impoverished country prepared a lavish celebration of this month's 100th anniversary of his birth.The inscription covering a length of 37 meters (122 feet) was hewn into a natural rockface near Pakyon Falls in Kaesong city, near the border with South Korea, the official news agency said.The messag
April 5, 2012
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N.K.’s invitation for satellite launch gets cold response
U.S., Japanese space agencies reject invitation from PyongyangNorth Korea has invited the European Space Agency and space agencies from eight countries including the U.S., Japan, China, Russia and India to observe its planned satellite launch some time next week, a Japanese news report said.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency rejected the offer, Kyoto News said.The Japanese government is encouraging Russia and China to follow
April 5, 2012