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Tension high as Koreas’ talks drag out
The rare inter-Korean talks resumed on Sunday and stretched into the late evening as the two sides struggled to reach a compromise to defuse tensions on the peninsula, with Pyongyang warning of military actions to stop Seoul’s propaganda broadcasts.Held at South Korea’s House of Peace in the border village of Panmunjeom, the high-level talks began at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and continued until 4:15 a.m. on Sunday. After what they called an “adjournment,” the talks resumed at 3:30 p.m. the same day
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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N.K. beefs up frontline forces
The Koreas’ cross-border standoff showed more signs of flaring up on Sunday as the North Korean military sharply beefed up its frontline artillery forces and forward-deployed a majority of its submarines and other offensive assets despite the high-level talks over the weekend. With negotiations between top Seoul and Pyongyang officials stretching into the second day, the number of North Korean gunners spotted in ready position nearly doubled from Friday, according to military authorities here. T
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Conflicting N.K. actions question Kim’s statecraft
From a series of provocations to an abrupt offer of cross-border dialogue, North Korea’s contradictory actions have raised questions about whether its leader Kim Jong-un’s dealings with the South are based on thought-out strategy or ham-fisted decision-making. Last Thursday, the regime sharply raised inter-Korean tensions by issuing a 48-hour ultimatum for the South to halt propaganda broadcasts and warning of “military action,” only to offer high-level inter-Korean talks the next day.North Kore
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Long road ahead for migrant workers’ union
As dusk set in and the breeze took the edge off the heat Thursday, Udaya Rai, head of the nation’s first migrant workers’ union, gave a victory speech in front of a large crowd to mark the end of their weekslong sit-in. “My friends, the migrant workers’ trade union finally received authorization from the government to set up a labor union,” Rai, who heads the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union, said in front of some 100 migrant workers and their supporters who gathered to celebrate the
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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South Koreans learn to live with constant threat
A restaurant in a busy metropolitan area of Sinchon, Seoul, on Saturday was packed with families, couples and friends. They engaged in animated conversation, merrily chatting away about their week, vacation plans and dating advice as Seoulites went on with their regular weekend routine. This merry scene was just two days after North Korea had fired artillery shells at the inter-Korea border, and one day after Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong-un declared a “quasi-state of war” and put his troops on wa
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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Police vow stern action against draft hoaxes
South Korean police vowed Sunday to sternly take action against the spread of groundless draft rumors amid escalating tensions between the two Koreas. The move came after a series of false conscription text messages and rumors were massively circulated after the North fired artillery across the border last Thursday. A 23-year-old college student surnamed Kim was arrested Thursday for spreading massive draft texts. The message said “discharged men aged between 21 and 33 will be drafted once the w
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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[Graphic News] Watchcon stages
Watch Condition is an alert system operated by the joint forces of South Korea and the U.S. to measure reconnaissance posture for strategic and tactical warning of attack. The allies late Friday raised the Watchcon by one notch to level 2, which will allow them to strengthen stealth and reconnaissance countermeasures over North Korea with its RC-135 snooper aircraft, Aegis destroyers with radar surveillance systems and spy satellites. Watchcon 1 has not been issued since the end of the 1950-53 K
DefenseAug. 23, 2015
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Woman acquitted of attempted rape
A woman charged with attempted rape for the first time in Korea has been acquitted, court officials said Sunday. Seoul Central District Court ruled the 45-year-old was innocent based on a unanimous jury decision. Under the law, the jury’s decision is not legally binding but the court is required to respect it. Jeon was suspected of attempting to rape her lover after he ended the relationship by drugging him and tying up his legs and arms last year. She was the first woman to be charged with atte
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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N.K. beefs up frontline forces
The Koreas’ cross-border standoff showed more signs of flaring up on Sunday as the North Korean military sharply beefed up its frontline artillery forces and forward-deployed a majority of its submarines and other offensive assets despite the high-level talks over the weekend. With negotiations between top Seoul and Pyongyang officials stretching into the second day, the number of North Korean gunners spotted in ready position nearly doubled from Friday, according to military authorities here. T
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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50 N. Korean submarines away from base
More than 50 North Korean submarines are apparently away from their bases for operations, a sign that the North is gearing up for combat while participating in high-level talks aimed at easing tension, an official here said Sunday."Seventy percent of North Korea's submarines left their bases, and their locations are not confirmed," the South Korean military official told reporters.The North is known to have around 70 submarines.The unpredictable communist nation has also doubled the number of it
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Commemorative stone placed to mark papal visit
A stone was placed in a ceremonial plaza in downtown Seoul on Sunday to commemorate Pope Francis' visit to South Korea last year.The floor tile was put at the northern tip of Gwanghwamun Plaza, where the pope led a mass to beatify Korean martyrs a year ago.The tile, which is 1.7 meters wide and 1 meter long, is inscribed with the words, "We lay this stone to mark Pope Francis' beatification of Paul Yun Ji-chung and his 123 companions in proclamation of this to the entire world on Aug. 16, 2014,
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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Finance ministry operating on emergency footing ahead of cross-border talks
The finance ministry is operating on an emergency footing ahead of the second round of high-level inter-Korean talks aimed at diffusing the spike in tension, ministry officials said Sunday.The ministry in charge of managing economic affairs said the marathon negotiations late Saturday and early Sunday at the neutral border village of Panmunjom, and the next meeting slated to kickoff later in the day may ease geopolitical risks triggered by the exchange of artillery fire Thursday. The artillery d
PoliticsAug. 23, 2015
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Pyongyang in 'calm mood' despite military tension
In spite of sharp military tension on the peninsula, it appeared to be business as usual for North Koreans in Pyongyang.Citizens were seen in a relatively calm mood, some walking busily across the plaza in front of the Pyongyang Station and others warmly chatting.Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's largest news outlet, was allowed to look around the downtown area on Saturday, along with other foreign reporters. They were visiting the North's capital to cover international youth football games.Inte
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Police say 7 dead after jet in UK airshow crashes into road
A military jet taking part in a British airshow crashed into a busy main road Saturday, killing seven people and injuring more than a dozen others, police said.The Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which was participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton in southern England, hit several vehicles on a nearby road as it crashed Saturday afternoon. Witnesses told local TV that the jet appeared to have crashed when it failed to pull out of a loop maneuver. West Sussex Police said seven people died at
InternationalAug. 23, 2015
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'Chances of agreement from inter-Korean talks not high'
Chances of an agreement from high-level crisis talks between South and North Korea are not high as long as South Korea insists that the North apologize for burying land mines that maimed two South Korean soldiers, a U.S. expert said Saturday.The two Koreas held 10 hours of marathon talks at the border village of Panmunjom to find ways to defuse heightened tensions that had sparked fears of a major military clash along one of the world's most heavily fortified border.The sides failed to produce a
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Obama kept up-to-date on Korean Peninsula situation
U.S. President Barack Obama has been kept abreast of the situation on the Korean Peninsula even as he's on vacation, a White House official said Saturday."The president has been kept up-to-date on developments on the Korean Peninsula," a White House official said, according to a pool report. "As the State Department has said, we remain steadfast in our commitment to our alliance with South Korea, with whom we will continue to coordinate closely."Obama, who has been on vacation since early this m
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Koreas to resume high-level talks on easing tension
South and North Korea were to resume rare high-level talks Sunday aimed at resolving the ongoing military crisis, with both sides maintaining full combat readiness along the border.The Koreas had nightlong negotiations at the truce village of Panmunjom through early Sunday morning on "how to resolve the situation that was recently created, and how to improve inter-Korean relations," South Korea's presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters.The South's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Koreas to hold high-level talks amid tensions: Cheong Wa Dae
South and North Korea will hold high-level talks at the border village of Panmunjom later Saturday, Cheong Wa Dae said, in a move to try to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.South Korea's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo will meet with Kim Yang-gon, the top official in charge of South Korea affairs, and Hwang Pyong-so, director of the general political department of North Korea's military, at 6 p.m., said Kim Kyou-hyun, deputy chief of the presi
North KoreaAug. 22, 2015
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S. Korea on high alert over N. Korea's possible provocations
South Korea is on high alert Saturday to retaliate against North Korea for any possible provocations amid a looming deadline to defuse the latest tensions on the Korean Peninsula.North Korea has set 5 p.m. Saturday as the deadline for South Korea to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts along the heavily fortified border and dismantle all loudspeakers.The North has threatened to launch "a strong military action" if South Korea defies its ultimatum. North Korea also warned late Friday that it
North KoreaAug. 22, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S, military chiefs vow strong response to N. Korea provocation
The military chiefs of South Korea and the United States resolved on Saturday to launch powerful counterattacks against additional provocations by North Korea, the military said as inter-Korean tension soars over the North's threats of further attacks.South Korean Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Adm. Choi Yoon-hee and his U.S. counterpart Gen. Martin Dempsey also agreed to seek various measures "to deter North Korea from launching additional threats," an official from the South Korea
DefenseAug. 22, 2015