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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Korea, U.S., Japan pushing for talks among JCS chiefs
South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to hold talks among their military chiefs in February, an official here said Monday, in the aftermath of North Korea's fourth nuclear test earlier in the month.The three countries are pushing to hold a video conference next month among Gen. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), and his American and Japanese counterparts -- Gen. Joseph Dunford and Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano -- a JCS spokesman said during a regular briefing.Details of t
Jan. 25, 2016
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Korean troops in UAE mark 5 years of stationing
The South Korean forces dispatched to the United Arab Emirates have conducted around 30 combined exercises with the local troops since the unit was first stationed in the Arab country five years ago as part of bilateral military exchanges, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.South Korea sent the 150-strong "Ahk" unit to the UAE in January 2011 to train special forces and conduct joint military drills there. The 10th rotating troops are currently in service in the UAE. Since the deployment, the
Jan. 22, 2016
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Navy's anti-piracy unit escorted more vessels after successful rescue in 2011
The Navy's anti-piracy troops dispatched to the Somali coast have escorted an increasing number of nonmilitary vessels through the piracy-prone region following their successful mission to free a South Korean freighter taken hostage by Somali sea rovers in 2011."Since the Dawn of the Gulf of Aden operation, the number of vessels the Cheonghae Unit escorted in the sea near the Gulf of Aden has doubled," a military official said. Under the much-published operation, the 300-strong anti-piracy unit
Jan. 21, 2016
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Korea puts KF-X fighter jet project in full swing
South Korea officially kicked off its multibillion-dollar project Thursday to produce homemade fighter jets over the next decade.Under the Korean Fighter Experimental project by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, contractor airplane maker Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. will come up with six units of a homegrown prototype fighter by 2021.The test fighters will undergo flight tests for four years before the development project is completed by mid-2026, according to DAPA.Based on the
Jan. 21, 2016
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Korean fighter jet project kicks off
South Korea on Thursday announced the launch of projects to introduce indigenous fighter jets in the mid-2020s, kick-starting the journey that has spawned much controversy following the U.S. rejection to transfer key technologies. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration held a commencement meeting in the headquarters of contractor Korea Aerospace Industries in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. Some 200 government and industry officials as well as military scientists also from partner co
Jan. 21, 2016
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THAAD to provide Korea with valuable capability
The U.S. THAAD missile defense system would provide South Korea with great protection against growing missile threats from North Korea, a U.S. think tank report said Wednesday.The Center for Strategic and International Studies made the suggestion in a report on the U.S. rebalance to Asia policy, saying the Asian nation "has no area defense capabilities against North Korean ballistic missiles."Chinese demarches have made a potential THAAD deployment a "sensitive issue" for Seoul, it said."The ROK
Jan. 21, 2016
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Military think tank calls for robot development
The U.S. Army envisions operations by teams of super humans and autonomous combat robots in 2050, while China and Russia are spurring programs to develop combat robots and unmanned editions of the existing armored vehicles. Japan, meanwhile, has unveiled the world’s first armed robot that can carry a seated human pilot. With world powers racing to gain an edge in the military robotics industry, Seoul should step up investment in the research and development of ground robots, a state-run think t
Jan. 19, 2016
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Defense officials, experts to gauge N. Korea's nuclear capability
Defense officials and experts gathered here together Tuesday to gauge North Korea's nuclear capability following the communist country's recent nuclear test. Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo, Vice Minister of National Defense Hwang In-moo and 17 other defense and military officials held a workshop at the defense ministry with seven experts on North Korea, mostly from state-run research centers including the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses.Technical assessment of the recent nuclear t
Jan. 19, 2016
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Seoul to boost its missile defense program: DAPA chief
South Korea's arms procurement agency will concentrate efforts on upgrading the country's Patriot missiles and developing long-range ground-to-air missiles to counter North Korea's threats, its chief said Monday.North Korea declared that it successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test on Jan. 6. The outside world suspects the test might have been based on a conventional atomic bomb, or a boosted fission bomb at best, but nevertheless the recent test showed the communist country is advancing its n
Jan. 18, 2016
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Unidentified caller threatens to blow up airports in S. Korea
SEOUL/BUSAN -- Police said Friday they have heightened security as Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul received an international phone call threatening to blow up all airports in South Korea.A pre-recorded voice of a Korean woman was heard in the call made to the airport at around 7:40 a.m., saying explosives had been set up in every airport in the country, police said.“All of you will die,” the voice said, according to police.“The explosives will not only shoot us but also you.” The ai
Jan. 15, 2016
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Army battalion-level drones crash during test
Six units of unmanned aerial vehicles run by South Korean Army battalions were found to have crashed while landing during an operational test last month, raising concerns over a possible setback for their envisioned full-scale deployment, military officials said Thursday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration, the country’s weapons procurement agency, picked Uconsystem in 2013 as the provider of small drones for a project to boost reconnaissance and preemptive strike capabilities of the
Jan. 14, 2016
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Korea to further limit entry into joint industrial park
South Korea said Monday it will further limit access by its nationals to a joint industrial park in North Korea to ensure their safety following the North's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb last week.The Unification Ministry said that it plans to only permit entry by a "minimum" number of South Koreans to the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name. The move will be effective starting Tuesday.A total of 124 South Korean firms are running factories with about 54,000
Jan. 11, 2016
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U.S. military resumes training in S. Korea
The United States military stationed in South Korea had resumed its training at its firing range in Gyeonggi Province as of Saturday, three days after North Korea claimed to have successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test. An AH-64 Apache helicopter is seen firing a missile Sunday near the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)The U.S. forces had ceased training at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon after a missile shot from the facility had struck an uno
Jan. 11, 2016
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Korea, U.S. deploy B-52 strategic bomber over Korean Peninsula
The United States' B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber flew in the skies of South Korea on Sunday in a major show of force four days after North Korea conducted what it said was its first hydrogen bomb test.The B-52 bomber left U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Sunday morning and arrived in the skies above Osan, Gyeonggi Province, at noon, armed with nuclear missiles and "bunker buster" bombs that are capable of bombarding North Korea's underground facilities, according to Seoul and Washi
Jan. 10, 2016
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Defense Minister Han orders readiness of missile operations
Defense Minister Han Min-koo has instructed the military's missile command to retaliate "speedily and accurately" if North Korea makes any provocations in the aftermath of the communist country's recent nuclear test, the Ministry of National Defense said Sunday."If the enemy provokes, retaliate speedily and accurately without hesitation," Han told commanders of the Army's Missile Command during his field inspection on Saturday, according to the ministry.The visit was made as part of a series of
Jan. 10, 2016
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S. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers set for phone talks on N. Korea
The foreign ministers of South Korea and China will hold phone talks later Friday to discuss North Korea's latest nuclear test, the Foreign Ministry said.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, are scheduled to speak over the phone at 7 p.m. (local time), after a previously arranged phone call on Thursday was postponed at China's request, the ministry said in a text message to reporters.They are expected to discuss ways to deal with North Korea after its fourth nuclea
Jan. 8, 2016
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KAI inks deal to jointly develop next-generation fighter with Indonesia
South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. said Thursday that it signed a formal deal to jointly develop its next-generation fighter plane with Indonesia.The agreement reached in Jakarta between KAI and Indonesia's defense ministry calls for Jakarta to foot 20 percent of the cost in the development of the Korean Fighter Experimental program.The company also signed a second contract with its Indonesian counterpart PT Dirgantara Indonesia outlining the future division
Jan. 7, 2016
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U.S. likely to step up efforts to build IAMD with Seoul, Tokyo
North Korea’s latest provocation is expected to serve as a catalyst to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Japan, and bring in South Korea in Washington’s efforts to build a holistic integrated air and missile defense program, or IAMD.Japan has already been a stalwart supporter of the IAMD, while South Korea has rejected the idea of the missile defense integration in consideration of its strategic partnership with China, its largest trading partner.America’s missile defense
Jan. 7, 2016
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What would Washington’s ‘extended deterrence’ entail?
Defense ministers of South Korea and the U.S. held talks over North Korea’s latest nuclear test late Wednesday night, during which the U.S. side reaffirmed its commitment to the defense of the peninsula including through its extended deterrence.Observers said the extended deterrence would entail deployment of U.S. strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula. They include B-2 and B-52 strategic bombers, F-22 Raptor or aircraft carrier, all of which pose serious threats to North Korea.The two sides
Jan. 7, 2016
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What makes hydrogen bombs more destructive?
Nuclear weapons are classified into atomic, neutron and hydrogen bombs. Among them, hydrogen bombs, also known as thermonuclear bombs, are known to be the most powerful due to their unique structure that expresses explosive power. Unlike atomic bombs that derive their energy from nuclear fission -- the splitting of atoms -- hydrogen bombs obtain their explosive power from both nuclear fission and fusion, the process of forming a heavier nucleus from two lighter ones, such as the nuclei of the
Jan. 6, 2016