Articles by Jung Min-kyung
Jung Min-kyung
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Top US nuke envoy reaffirms allies’ shared objective of denuclearizing NK
The top US nuclear envoy reaffirmed that Washington and Seoul were on the same page on achieving the denuclearization of North Korea, amid concerns about possible discord between the allies over the pace of developments in inter-Korean relations. “We want the same thing for the Korean Peninsula -- peace and stability, primarily denuclearization of North Korea,” Stephen Biegun, US special representative for North Korea, said before entering a meeting with Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon. Un
North Korea Oct. 30, 2018
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US envoy for N. Korea to visit S. Korea next week
US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will head to South Korea next week to coordinate efforts to bring about the full denuclearization of the communist nation, the US State Department said in a statement. The trip comes amid what experts perceive as a prolonged battle of nerves between Washington and Pyongyang over the timeline on talks related to the North’s denuclearization. (Yonhap)Biegun will travel to Seoul from Monday and Tuesday to meet with his South Korean counterpa
North Korea Oct. 26, 2018
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W10b investment in joint liaison office does not violate sanctions: ministry
South Korea did not violate international sanctions by repairing and remodeling the recently launched inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea, a Unification Ministry official said Thursday.Around 10 billion won ($8.8 million) from the Seoul government’s South-North cooperation fund was used in repairing and remodeling buildings and facilities for the liaison office that opened in the border town of Kaesong last month to bolster cross-border communication, according to an earlier report from t
North Korea Oct. 25, 2018
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Kaesong businessmen to visit now-shuttered factory park in NK
The Seoul government is working to earn visitation rights for South Korean businessmen who operated factories at the now-shuttered industrial park in North Korea, an official at the Ministry of Unification said Wednesday, and the trip could come as early as next week.The government is negotiating with the North on the businessmen’s visit to the border town of Kaesong to inspect their properties, Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a press briefing. Kaesong Industrial Complex (Yonh
North Korea Oct. 24, 2018
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NK media report on forestry cooperation talks, but omit results
North Korea’s state media on Tuesday reported on the inter-Korean talks on forestry cooperation, held a day earlier, without mentioning the outcome. The divided Koreas held the meeting on Monday at the recently launched joint liaison office in the North’s border town Kaesong. They agreed to work together to combat pine-tree pests between now and March, with the South providing the necessary chemicals, and to modernize a number of North Korean tree nurseries within this year.“Inter-Korean talks f
North Korea Oct. 23, 2018
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Koreas hold talks on forestry cooperation
South and North Korea held talks on Monday to discuss cross-border forestry cooperation and reforestation of North Korea’s woodlands.The meeting kicked off at around 10 a.m. at the recently established joint liaison office in the North’s border town of Kaesong. Park Chong-ho, deputy minister of the Korea Forest Service, led the three-member South Korean delegation while North Korea also sent a three-member team led by Kim Song-jun, a senior official of the North‘s ministry of environmental prote
North Korea Oct. 22, 2018
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Joint inspection of cross-border railways to start as early as this week
The two Koreas are likely to start a joint inspection of cross-border railways as early as this week, government officials said Sunday, in an effort to implement the agreement reached between their leaders in April. The two Koreas agreed to revive on-site surveys of the Gyeongui railway, which runs along the peninsula’s west coast, in late October and the Donghae railway along its east coast in November, at high-level talks last week held in the truce village of Panmunjom. A section of Gyeongui
North Korea Oct. 21, 2018
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Pompeo’s remarks on next meeting with NK official fuel speculation
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent remarks, indicating that he hopes to meet with his North Korean counterpart “in the next week and a half or so,” without revealing details, is fueling speculation about the details of this potential meeting. “We’re working on finding dates and times and places that will work for each of the two leaders,” Pompeo told the Voice of America on Friday. “I’m very hopeful we’ll have senior leader meetings here in the next week and a half or so between myself a
North Korea Oct. 21, 2018
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[Weekender] Keeping the mountain trails alive
Every autumn, a chunk of the population rushes to the mountains to enjoy the breathtaking hues of the fall foliage, but a number of environmentally unfriendly habits that they bring along have been polluting South Korea’s ancient slopes for more than a decade. In recent years, eating meals packed in plastic containers and drinking bottles of rice wine at the summit has become a ritual for the hikers of South Korea. Hikers climb Seoraksan or Mount Seorak in Yangyang in South Korea`s northeastern
Social Affairs Oct. 18, 2018
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Unification Minister considers meeting with NK defectors amid controversy
South Korea’s unification minister is mulling a meeting with a North Korean defector group, a ministry official said Wednesday. The move is being seen as an effort to quell criticism over the minister’s decision to block a journalist who defected from the North from covering a high-level inter-Korean meeting held Monday. South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon(Yonhap)“A review (for the meeting) is under way among relevant offices,” ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a regular pres
North Korea Oct. 17, 2018
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[Breaking] Koreas agree to start railway, road work by Dec.
The two Koreas have agreed to break ground for the modernization of cross-border railways and roads in late November or early December, said a statement released by South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Monday. The statement came as a result of high-level talks held Monday to discuss the implementation of the agreement reached at last month’s inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon met with Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunif
North Korea Oct. 15, 2018
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Koreas to hold high-level talks on Monday
The divided Koreas will hold high-level talks on Monday to discuss the implementation of the summit agreement their leaders reached last month in Pyongyang, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said Sunday. South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon will lead a five-member delegation assembled for the talks scheduled to take place on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom, according to the ministry. Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung, Vice Land and Transport Minister Ki
North Korea Oct. 14, 2018
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Philip Morris to begin selling Korean-made heated tobacco unit
Philip Morris Korea Inc. said Thursday that it will begin selling its tobacco sticks, called Heets, produced at its factory in South Korea later this month.To this point, Philip Morris Korea imported Heets for sale in South Korea. Heets (Yonhap)Philip Morris Korea has expanded its production facility in Yangsan, the first facility in Asia to manufacture heated tobacco units for its tobacco heating device IQOS. Yangsan is a city located about 420 kilometers southeast of Seoul.The share of Heets,
Industry Oct. 11, 2018
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[Eye Plus] Autumn in full bloom
The crisp cool breeze of fall brings out the colors of nature. Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, is famous for the demilitarized zone that bisects the Korean Peninsula, and heavy snow in the winter, but at a slightly warmer time of the year, beds of cosmos fill the tension-filled border lands. (Photographed by Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)Through joint effort of Cheorwon County and its residents, the Cheorwon Cosmos 10-ri Road was born three years ago, on a strip of land that used to serve as an old
Travel Oct. 11, 2018
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Kim Jong-un visits mausoleum of former NK leaders for party’s founding anniversary
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather Kim Il-sung on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the country’s ruling party, the North’s state media said Thursday.Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang and extended “deep respect and the best wishes” to the statues of the two former leaders of the communist regime, according to the Korean Central News Agency. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and ranking offic
North Korea Oct. 11, 2018
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