Articles by Jung Min-kyung
Jung Min-kyung
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NK cheerleaders and athletes return home
A group of North Koreans, including 229 cheerleaders and 22 athletes, returned home Monday after participating in the PyeongChang Olympics. North Korean cheerleaders stand in line at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, just south of the inter-Korean border, on Monday to return home. (Yonhap)A total of 299 North Koreans crossed the inter-Korean border at 12:38 p.m. after going through the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on the southern s
North Korea Feb. 26, 2018
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Allison Hooker: Low-key figure who could pave way for US-NK talks
Although Ivanka Trump may not have any plans to meet any North Koreans, someone else in her team might be gearing up for a meeting with representatives from the reclusive nation. Allison Hooker, a National Security Council official arrives at Cheong Wa Dae on Friday. (Yonhap)South Korean analysts and media have pinpointed Allison Hooker, a National Security Council official who specializes in Korean affairs as a potential key player in establishing foundations for future US-North Korea talks. H
Foreign Affairs Feb. 24, 2018
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Former NK spymaster's visit sparks public outrage
A North Korean ranking military official’s planned visit to the PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea is fueling concerns and outrage here and the South Korean government is struggling to calm the waves. North Korea`s general reconnaissance bureau head Kim Yong-chol will be part of the closing delegation at the 2018 Winter Olympics. (Yonhap)Gen. Kim Yong-chol, head of the North Korean ruling party’s United Front Department and former chief of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, is a known hard-lin
North Korea Feb. 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] NK hackers expand targets beyond South Korea: reports
A North Korean hacking group has broadened its scope of attack from the South Korean government and private sector to other nations as well, according to a top cybersecurity firm report. Workers at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea, monitored the spread of ransomware cyberattacks. (Yonhap)US cybersecurity firm FireEye said the state-backed “Reaper” hacking organization, which it dubbed “APT 37,” expanded its target list to include Japan, Vietnam and the Middle East la
North Korea Feb. 21, 2018
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NK leader’s sister revealed pregnancy during Seoul trip: reports
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, revealed to Seoul officials during her trip to South Korea this month that she is pregnant with her second child, local media reported Tuesday. Kim Yo-jong (left), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un`s sister talks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right). (Yonhap)According to reports citing unnamed sources, Kim Yo-jong told South Korean officials that she was with her second child during her Feb. 9-11 visit to the South. Kim, who cam
North Korea Feb. 20, 2018
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[Newsmaker] ‘Military talks likely to come before reunion of families separated by Korean War’
Despite an inter-Korean detente that came with North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics, uncertainty continues to loom over the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon visits a 94-year-old member of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War on Feb. 13, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The South Korean members, mostly in their 70s and 80s, have lost contact with their families in the North after the reunion events
North Korea Feb. 18, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] NK taekwondo team heads back home after four shows
North Korean taekwondo performers returned home on Thursday, wrapping up their nine-day trip to South Korea.The 28-member group crossed the inter-Korean border to the North via Dorasan Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. North Korean taekwondo performers and officials return to the North via western land route. (Yonhap)The North Korean-led International Taekwon-Do Federation team led by chief Pak Yong-chil pa
North Korea Feb. 15, 2018
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Unification Ministry talks with top envoys of China, Japan
Seoul’s Unification Ministry has scheduled meetings with Japan and China’s top envoys to South Korea to discuss inter-Korean issues and results of North Korean high-level delegation’s recent visit to the South, officials said Tuesday. Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine meets with Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung on Tuesday. (Yonhap)Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung held a closed door meeting with the Japanese ambassador on Tuesday and is scheduled to hold another c
North Korea Feb. 13, 2018
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S. Korea could send special envoy to NK
With the visit by the North Korean high-level delegation having set the stage for the first inter-Korea summit in more than a decade, experts say dispatching a special envoy to Pyongyang will be a key step in building the “right climate” for the meeting. Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister who identified herself as a special envoy to the South, personally delivered her brother’s invitation to Pyongyang to South Korean President Moon Jae-in. She told Moon that they would like to
North Korea Feb. 12, 2018
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NK leader's sister wraps up whirlwind Olympics tour
North Korea’s high-level delegation, including the sister of the North Korean leader, wrapped-up its three-day trip in South Korea on Sunday, after extending an invitation to President Moon Jae-in for a summit in Pyongyang.President Moon Jae-in (second from right) talks with Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un‘s sister, during a performance by North Korea’s Samjiyon art troupe at the National Theater of Korea in central Seoul on Sunday. (Yonhap) The 22-member delegation led by the count
North Korea Feb. 11, 2018
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Seoul City provides W1b for inter-Korean Olympic events
As the two Koreas have agreed to hold an array of joint events for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Seoul city government has provided a total of 1.2 billion won ($1.1 million) to finance such projects. North Korea`s Samjiyon art troupe performs the Gangneung Arts Center in Gangneung on Thursday. (Yonhap)The cost will be covered with the city’s inter-Korean cooperation fund, which was established in 2004, under the liberal Roh Moo-hyun administration, said the city government on Sunday. The
North Korea Feb. 11, 2018
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Kim's sister, NK delegation visit PyeongChang for Olympics
North Korea’s high-ranking delegation arrived in South Korea on Friday to attend the PyeongChang Olympics’ opening ceremony. The delegation includes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong, in a move thought to be part of the communist nation’s Olympic peace offensive. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un`s sister, Kim Yo-jong, arrived at Incheon Airport in South Korea on Friday. (Yonhap)A North Korean private jet carrying the 23-member delegation for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics arri
North Korea Feb. 9, 2018
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Will visit by NK leader’s sister pave way for inter-Korean summit?
With North Korea’s decision to dispatch Kim Jong-un’s sister to an international event hosted in South Korea, experts here are interpreting her visit as a diplomatic breakthrough that could lay the foundations for a possible inter-Korean summit. Kim Yo-jong (right) is seen with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at an event in Pyongyang on Dec. 30, 2017. (Yonhap)North Korea informed the South on Wednesday that its leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister Kim Yo-jong, first vice director of the Central C
North Korea Feb. 8, 2018
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NK high-level delegation to fly to S. Korea
North Korea said its high-level delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will fly to South Korea, while Seoul is working with the United Nations to temporarily lift a travel ban on a sanctioned North Korean official planning to attend the Winter Games. North Korea told South Korea that it plans to send its high-level delegation by plane to Incheon Airport this week, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Thursday.The delegation led by the country’s nominal head of state Kim Yong-nam will arrive
North Korea Feb. 8, 2018
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NK asks S. Korea to provide fuel for ship that transported art troupe
North Korea has requested South Korea provide additional fuel for its vessel currently docked in the South, as it serves as accommodation for its art troupe visiting the South, Seoul‘s Ministry of Unification said Wednesday, in a move likely to present the South with complications linked to international sanctions. North Korea’s Mangyongbong-92 (Yonhap)North Korea’s Mangyongbong-92, serving as both means of transportation and accommodation for the 140-member Samjiyon art troupe has been docked
North Korea Feb. 7, 2018
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