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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Up to 200,000 political prisoners in N. Korea: UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Up to 200,000 political prisoners are languishing in North Korean prison camps, a sharp increase from 10 years ago, a United Nations envoy said Wednesday.Compared to 2001, the latest satellite pictures of the country indicate a “significant increase in the scale of the camps,
Oct. 20, 2011
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UN concerned about N.K. asylum seekers
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The UN investigator for human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he’s concerned about the growing number of asylum seekers leaving the country, with nearly 870 arriving in Thailand in the first quarter of this year.Marzuki Darusman, the United Nations rights rapporteur for t
Oct. 20, 2011
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Up to 200,000 political prisoners in N. Korea: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19, 2011 (AFP) - Up to 200,000 political prisoners are languishing in North Korean prison camps, a sharp increase from 10 years ago, a United Nations envoy said Wednesday.Compared to 2001, the latest satellite pictures of the country indicate a "significant increase in the scale
Oct. 20, 2011
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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pressed for the quick resumption of long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.Kim also repeated the North's longstanding stance that the denuclearizati
Oct. 20, 2011
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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions
(Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pressed for the quick resumption of long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. Kim also repeated the North's longstanding stance that the
Oct. 19, 2011
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Six-nation nuclear talks ‘golden key’ to peace: Tang Jiaxuan
The six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs is the “golden key” to opening the door for regional powers to achieve peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia, former Chinese state councilor Tang Jiaxuan said Wednesday. The comments come amid a flurry of renewed diplomatic efforts on h
Oct. 19, 2011
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N.K. leader’s grandson draws international attention
Looking like an ordinary teenager, Kim asks media to respect privacy as he starts school in BosniaAs one of the most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea has a strange force that draws outsiders’ attention and curiosity to the veiled lives of its leader and the “royal family.” When Kim Jong
Oct. 19, 2011
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‘90% of N. Koreans see Kim’s word as law’
Nine out of every 10 North Korean defectors regard their leader Kim Jong-il’s words as law, contrary to expectations of North Korean citizens’ weakening loyalty to the totalitarian regime, a survey showed Tuesday. About 90 percent of the defectors said the dictator’s instructions “were laws to keep
Oct. 18, 2011
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N.K. official threatens war with South Korea
ATHENS (Yonhap News) ― A senior North Korean official, who is on a rare trip to the United States, said Monday the security condition on the Korean Peninsula is so unstable that a war may occur again anytime.Rhee Jong-hyuk, a ranking member of the all-powerful Workers’ Party of the communist nation,
Oct. 18, 2011
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N.K. defector joins S. Korea’s spy agency
A North Korean defector who formerly served as a key member of Pyongyang’s youth organization was recently appointed a researcher of an organization affiliated with Seoul’s spy agency, a source said Tuesday. The defector, Sol Jong-sik, who had headed the Yanggang Province for the League of Kim Il-su
Oct. 18, 2011
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N.K. official threatens war with S. Korea
ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean official, who is on a rare trip to the United States, said Monday the security condition on the Korean Peninsula is so unstable that a war may occur again anytime.Rhee Jong-hyuk, a ranking member of the all-powerful Workers' Party of the communi
Oct. 18, 2011
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North Korean artist in Egypt defects to S. Korea
A North Korean artist formerly residing in Egypt has arrived in South Korea in a rare defection through the South Korean embassy in the Middle East country, a diplomatic source said Monday.The North Korean did not return to Pyongyang after his term in Egypt expired and sought refuge in the embassy a
Oct. 17, 2011
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N. Korea denounces ruling party candidate for Seoul mayoral race
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media have been paying close attention to the upcoming Seoul mayoral election for months, mainly attacking the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and its candidate, an analysis by Yonhap News Agency showed Monday. The Oct. 26 by-election was made necessary in lat
Oct. 17, 2011
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N.K. leader's grandson shares room with Libyan student at Bosnia school
MOSTAR, Bosnia (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's grandson is sharing a dormitory room with a Libyan student at an international school here, one of the school's students said Monday, an encounter that could give him a glimpse of pro-democracy movements spreading from the Middle East and
Oct. 17, 2011
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N. Korean leader's grandson enrols at Bosnia college
The grandson of reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has enrolled to study at a college in Bosnia amid intense interest in the bespectacled 16-year-old whose father fell out of favour with Pyongyang in 2001.Kim Han-Sol, described as charismatic and idealistic by one schoolmaster, turned to the
Oct. 15, 2011
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N. Korean leader‘s grandson begins studying in Bosnia
MOSTAR, Bosnia, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s grandson appears to be enjoying his new life as he began studying in an international high school in Bosnia earlier this week.Kim Han-sol has enrolled at the United World College‘s branch in the southern Bosnian town of Most
Oct. 14, 2011
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N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) _ Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han Sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wedn
Oct. 13, 2011
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N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han-sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wed
Oct. 13, 2011
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S. Korean military beefs up border vigilance against N. Korea
South Korea's military has stepped up its combat readiness after detecting unusual military movement by North Korea's armed forces along the tense western sea border, Seoul officials said Wednesday.Seoul recently discovered that the North's military had relocated a ground-to-air missile to north of
Oct. 12, 2011
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Seoul strives to persuade Beijing to stop repatriating N.K. refugees
Seoul is still striving to persuade Beijing not to repatriate some 20 North Korean defectors arrested in China, a Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday, denying a news report that it has been notified of Beijing’s decision on their repatriation.“We are still in negotiations with Chinese authoriti
Oct. 12, 2011