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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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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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U.S. envoy reports progress in N.K. talks
BEIJING (AP)― A U.S. envoy says he made “a little bit of progress” in talks with North Korea on restarting nuclear disarmament in return for aid, in the first negotiations with the country since its longtime leader Kim Jong-il died two months ago.U.S. envoy Glyn Davies said Friday that after a day-and-a-half of talks that he had hoped to provide details of his discussions but said no breakthrough had been made. Instead, he said Washington and its allies, Japan and South Korea, need to evaluate w
Feb. 24, 2012
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US envoy cites progress in NKorea nuclear talks
BEIJING (AP) -- A U.S. envoy said Friday he made ``a little bit of progress'' in negotiations with North Korea on restarting nuclear disarmament in return for aid but played down hopes of any immediate solution to the standoff.The talks in the Chinese capital were the first since the death two months ago of North Korea's longtime leader Kim Jong Il upended a tentative deal in which the U.S. would have provided food aid in return for Pyongyang suspending its uranium enrichment.The restarted negot
Feb. 24, 2012
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N. Korea, U.S. to meet again Friday
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- Envoys from North Korea and the United States held "substantive and serious" talks on Thursday over the North's nuclear weapons program, U.S. chief negotiator Glyn Davies said, announcing an agreement to extend the rare bilateral dialogue by one day.The Beijing talks, the f
Feb. 23, 2012
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9 N. Korean defectors repatriated to their homeland
Nine North Korean defectors who were detained in China were repatriated to their homeland over the weekend as South Korea ratcheted up pressure on China not to send North Korean defectors to their communist country, informed sources said Thursday.Seoul has repeatedly called on Beijing not to send ba
Feb. 23, 2012
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N.K. bans civilian exchanges with S. Korea amid tensions
North Korea banned its Buddhist officials from meeting with their South Korean counterparts earlier this week in its border city of Gaeseong, officials said Thursday, in a sign of persistent tensions on the Korean Peninsula.South Korean Buddhist monks traveled to Kaesong on Tuesday for previously arranged talks with their North Korean counterparts on a joint project to return artifacts seized by Japan during its 1910-45 colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.The two sides had also planned to di
Feb. 23, 2012
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N.K., U.S. open 1st nuke talks since Kim’s death
BEIJING (Yonhap News) ― Senior diplomats from North Korea and the United States began talks in Beijing Thursday over the North’s nuclear weapons program that are the first such since the death of Kim Jong-il in December. The talks, led by the North’s long-time nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-gwan and U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Glyn Davies, are a chance to gauge whether Pyongyang’s new young leader, Kim Jong-un, is open to negotiations to get the communist regime to give up its
Feb. 23, 2012
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‘China helps N. Korea punish S. Korea-bound defectors more harshly’
Expert urges Seoul to build trust with Beijing, seek informal dialoguesChinese authorities arresting North Koreans who cross into China intentionally use two different colors of stamps on interrogation documents, a Seoul-based North Korean defector has said.In doing so, they help North Korean authorities sort out defectors attempting to go to South Korea from other would-be escapees.Those branded as defectors intending to go to South Korea may face harsher punishment than others once they are re
Feb. 22, 2012
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N.K. develops rocket that can reach Pyeongtaek
North Korea has developed a multiple launch rocket system with a maximum range of 200 kilometers, which can reach U.S. bases slated to be moved to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, from Yongsang, Seoul when they are fired near the Demilitarized Zone, a local daily reported Wednesday.According to reports citing unnamed government officials, North Korea has recently developed the long-range MLRS using Chinese technology.The new MLRS fires 300-millimeter rockets, and is fitted with the Russian satelli
Feb. 22, 2012
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WFP to extend emergency mission to North Korea
The U.N. World Food Programme is planning to extend its Emergency Aid mission to North Korea beyond the original deadline of March.The Emergency Operation, which started in April, aimed to address a dangerous and worsening food crisis in North Korea. It focused on the most vulnerable groups, women and children, of which there were 3.5 million in need of immediate support to prevent starvation. The WFP has been able to work with North Korea in carrying out the operation, under very stringent rule
Feb. 22, 2012
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U.S. envoy says resumption of six-party talks depends on N. Korea
Beijing--A U.S. special envoy said Wednesday the resumption of stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program depends on the North.Glyn Davies, the U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy, made the remarks in a meeting with reporters after arriving earlier in Beijing, wher
Feb. 22, 2012
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Teaching business skills in the Hermit Kingdom
NGO organizes finance, economics workshops in Pyongyang in MarchIt is not the first stop on most financial gurus’ lecture circuit. But world-class economic experts are visiting North Korea to pass on their know-how to the communist country’s up-and-coming business elite. Young students in the impoverished nation will learn about finance and economics from Chinese, European and Singaporean experts in their field next month. The March workshop series ― focusing on risk and asset liability managem
Feb. 22, 2012
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Park leads campaign to help N.K. defectors
Lawmaker says China should be more responsible for safeguarding universal human rightsAmid growing public criticism of China for forcibly repatriating North Korean defectors, Rep. Park Sun-young of the conservative Liberty Forward Party has shouted a short yet impassioned slogan ― “Save our friends!”The resolute voice that belied her small frame and mild demeanor reverberated around the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, where the former law professor has staged a hunger strike since Tuesday to protest B
Feb. 22, 2012
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New history textbooks to feature Kim Jong-un
South Korean history textbooks for secondary school students that will be used for the new semester will include the definite description of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the education ministry said Tuesday.The education ministry said it has requested the Korea Authorized Textbook, which
Feb. 21, 2012
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Four more N. Korean defectors detained in China: lawmaker
A South Korean lawmaker claimed Monday four more North Korean defectors had been detained by Chinese authorities in the central city of Zhengzhou while fleeing their impoverished homeland, raising the number of defectors believed to be in custody to 34. Rep. Park Sun-young of
Feb. 20, 2012
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N.K. to hold party gathering in mid-April
North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party will hold a crucial meeting of representatives in mid-April for the first time since 2010, its state media said Monday, drawing attention to whether its new leader will officially take the top party post.“The Workers’ Party has decided to convene the meeting in mid-April to glorify the sacred revolutionary life and feats of its late leader Kim Jong-il, and rally close around his son and successor, Kim Jong-un,” the party’s Central Committee said in a statement
Feb. 20, 2012
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Conductor Chung met N. Koreans
A renowned South Korean conductor met with North Korean musicians earlier this week to discuss staging a joint performance of orchestras of the two Koreas in Pyongyang, officials said Monday.“Chung Myung-whun, who leads the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, had consultations with North Korean officials in Beijing on Sunday,” an official at Seoul’s Unification Ministry said.An official with the Seoul metropolitan orchestra also confirmed the news.“We understand Chung met with officials of a North Kor
Feb. 20, 2012
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‘Repatriation to N.K. technically a Chinese matter’
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry is urgently calling on China to stop repatriating North Korean defectors but it is technically up to China to decide the issue, a South Korean envoy to Beijing said.A senior official at the ministry on Sunday told reporters that Seoul will renew calls on China to abide by two international treaties ― the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.“Whether to recognize North
Feb. 20, 2012
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Pyongyang warns of attack
North Korea warned on Sunday that it will respond with a “merciless counterstrike” to the South Korea-U.S. joint drill in the West Sea scheduled for Monday. The navies of the two allies are set to begin a five-day joint anti-submarine drill on Monday as part of their efforts to improve their ability to counter North Korean submarines. “If a military provocation occurs, a merciless counterstrike will begin,” North Korean military’s western command said, according to Pyongyang’s Korean Central New
Feb. 19, 2012
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NKorea threatens to attack SKorea over drills
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea has threatened to attack South Korea accusing it of planning live-fire drills near their disputed sea border.The North's military said in a statement Sunday that South Korea planned artillery drills from five front-line islands off the western coast on Monday.It
Feb. 19, 2012
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N. Korea turns down S. Korea's offer of Red Cross talks
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday rejected South Korea's offer to hold Red Cross talks on reunions of separated families, saying Seoul should first respond to its demand for an apology for not paying official respect over the death of former leader Kim Jong-il and for a promise to c
Feb. 18, 2012