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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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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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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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Senator calls for transparency in N.K. aid delivery
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A senior U.S. senator Monday called on the Obama administration to secure transparency in the distribution of food aid to North Korea before any resumption of the aid, which was suspended years ago over the same issue, is made.“Any resumption of U.S. food aid to North Korea should be contingent on North Korea allowing access and accountability by monitors in accordance w
Feb. 15, 2011
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China supports N.K. power transition: KCNA
A senior Chinese official has supported North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s plans to cede power to his youngest son, the North’s official news agency reported Tuesday.Meng Jianzhu, Chinese state councilor and public security minister, “warmly congratulated Kim Jong-il upon his reelection as general secretary of the WPK and Kim Jong-un upon his election as vice chairman of the Central Military Commis
Feb. 15, 2011
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Remittance to N.K. helps enlighten about South Korea: defector
A 43-year-old North Korean defector who has taken asylum here since 1997 believes that his and other defectors’ remittances to their relatives in the communist state help enlighten them about the free, democratic and capitalist South.“When we make remittances to our loved ones in the North, we talk to them over the phone to ensure the money was properly sent. Through such talks, a wave of news abo
Feb. 13, 2011
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U.S. warns North Korea of further isolation
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The White House said Friday that North Korea will face further isolation if it refuses to engage in dialogue with South Korea in a serious manner.The North demonstrated a lack of seriousness once again by walking out of its rare military talks with the South last week, White House spokeswoman Robert Gibbs said at a press briefing.“I think it was clear, again, when talks
Feb. 13, 2011
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N. Korea's FMD outbreak spreads across country: report
North Korea's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has spread across many parts of the country after the first case was confirmed in the capital city on Dec. 25, a U.S. broadcaster said Sunday. Radio Free Asia (RFA), quoting a report by the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, said the communist country confirmed that since the first case hit a small cattle farm in Pyongyang, the highly
Feb. 13, 2011
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Half of N. Korean defectors send money to their homeland: poll
Nearly half of North Korean defectors here have remitted money to their families in the impoverished communist nation under U.N. sanctions, a poll showed Sunday. According to the survey of 396 North Korean defectors residing in South Korea, aged 15 or older, 49.5 percent said they have sent money to their families in the North, while 46 percent said they have not and 4.5 percent said that they
Feb. 13, 2011
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N.K. could attempt further provocations: U.S. spy chief
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il could attempt further provocations to boost the standing of his heir-apparent son, the top U.S. intelligence official predicted Thursday, saying the regime‘s deadly attack on a South Korean island was believed to be part of such efforts.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in written testimony to the House Intelligence Com
Feb. 11, 2011
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U.S. spy chief: N. Korea could attempt further provocations to help power succession
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il could attempt further provocations to boost the standing of his heir-apparent son, the top U.S. intelligence chief predicted Thursday, saying the regime's deadly attack on a South Korean island was believed to be part of such efforts.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in written testimony to the House Intelligence Co
Feb. 11, 2011
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Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out in N. Korea: RFA
North Korea has reported an outbreak of the livestock foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease on its soil to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Radio Free Asia said in a report on Thursday. North Korea's agricultural ministry sent a letter to the U.N. organization on Wednesday, notifying it of the outbreak of the contagious animal disease and asking for emergency support, the
Feb. 10, 2011
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S. Korean nuclear envoy to visit China for talks on N.K.
South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy will visit China later this week for talks with his counterpart on North Korea and its nuclear programs, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Wi Sung-lac plans to meet with Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei on Thursday to discuss the nuclear standoff and other North Korea issues as well as strategies to deal with them, the ministry said in a statement without elaboratin
Feb. 8, 2011
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Koreas start preliminary military talks: official
Military officers from South and North Korea Tuesday began preliminary talks to lay groundwork for a higher-level meeting, a defense ministry official said, the first meeting since the North's deadly bombardment of a border island. "The working-level military talks started at around 10:00 a.m. as scheduled in the Demilitarized Zone," said an official at the Defense Ministry.The colonel-level talks
Feb. 8, 2011
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Koreas set for first military talks since island attack
Military officers from South and North Korea were set to hold working-level talks on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a meeting of higher-level officials, the first such cross-border meeting since the North's deadly artillery attack on a border island last November, officials here said. The colonel-level talks to be held at the border truce village of Panmunjom separating the two Koreas are a
Feb. 8, 2011
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31 N. Koreans arrive in S. Korea by boat, but no wish to defect
Thirty-one North Korean people crossed the tense Yellow Sea border by boat and arrived in South Korea two days ago, but they have not expressed any wishes to defect to the South, a military official said Monday. The North Koreans, consisting of 11 men and 20 women, arrived on Yeonpyeong Island by a wooden fishing boat in thick fog at around 11 a.m. Saturday and were towed away to the western port
Feb. 7, 2011
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N. Korea's parliament calls for talks with S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's parliament has proposed holding talks with South Korea to ease tensions and improve relations between the two Koreas.The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that the Supreme People's Assembly made the offer in a Wednesday letter to South Korea's National Assembly.The offer comes days after a North Korean committee proposed that law
Feb. 3, 2011
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S. Korea repatriates N. Korean man
South Korea sent a North Korean man back to his communist homeland Friday after he drifted across the maritime border to the South in a boat in waters off the peninsula's west coast last month, the Red Cross said. The man, who has since expressed his desire to return home, was handed over to the North Friday afternoon at the border village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating
Jan. 28, 2011
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Expert warns of complacency on N.K.
Professor Myers of Dongseo Univ. expects third nuclear test in 2011, but not direct assaultRelations between North and South Korea were not at a particularly low point when “The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters” hit bookstores at the end of 2009. In the summer before, former U.S. President Bill Clinton had gone to Pyongyang to successfully negotiate the release o
Jan. 28, 2011
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N. Korean leader opposed hereditary power transfer, eldest son says
TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was against a third-generation power succession, but had no other option in order to stabilize the troubled communist regime, a Japanese newspaper quoted Kim's eldest son as saying in its Friday edition. Kim Jong-nam, believed to be in his late 30s, has lived abroad for years after apparently falling out of favor with his father for attempting to enter
Jan. 28, 2011
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Chinese travel agency offers new North Korea Tours to study Juche
North Korea has long been considered the world’s most mysterious travel destination. Now, a new tour is to offer travelers the chance not only to see tourist attractions, but also to learn about North Korea’s guiding principle of “Juche.”Juche is the ideology of the North Korean regime, which calls for independence in politics, as well as self-sustenance in the economy and military defense. (Yonh
Jan. 26, 2011
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S. Korea proposes preliminary military talks with N. Korea on Feb. 11
South Korea said Wednesday it has proposed holding working-level military talks with North Korea on Feb. 11, in what would be their first dialogue since the North's deadly bombardment of a border island in November.The proposed inter-Korean talks, which would be held at the border truce village of Panmunjom, are aimed at setting the time, place and agenda for a higher-level military meeting, said
Jan. 26, 2011
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Seoul to propose North to hold working-level talks
South Korea plans to propose to the North on Wednesday to hold working-level talks next month in order to open the window for their first military talks in five months, government sources said Tuesday. "The government plans to officially suggest to North Korea within tomorrow to hold preparatory talks for high-level military talks," a government official said. Military talks with the North
Jan. 25, 2011