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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea kicks off children's union congress: state media
North Korea convened a congress of a major youth group in Pyongyang for the first time in five years earlier this week, its state media said Tuesday. The ninth Congress of the Korean Children's Union opened in the capital the previous day amid "high enthusiasm of all the participants for further strengthening the group into a children's revolutionary organization" of the ruling Workers' Party, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. The regime's leader
Dec. 27, 2022
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N. Korea commemorates adoption of its constitution in event joined by leader Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a meeting to mark the anniversary of the promulgation of its Socialist Constitution half a century ago, according to Pyongyang's state media Tuesday. It took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Monday evening to mark the 50th anniversary of North Korea's institution of the Socialist Constitution, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. It marked the first time Kim attended an event to commemorate the country's adop
Dec. 27, 2022
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N. Korean drones cross border
Five uncrewed North Korean aerial vehicles on Monday intruded into South Korean airspace for the first time since 2017 and flew over Seoul and the western inter-Korean border area, prompting immediate counteraction from the South Korean military. The South Korean military scrambled Air Force fighter jets and attack helicopters after first identifying an apparent uncrewed aerial vehicle that flew from North Korea and crossed south of the military demarcation line, the Joint Chiefs of Staff confir
Dec. 26, 2022
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N. Korea holds children's union congress for first time in five years: state media
North Korea publicly called for loyalty to its leader Kim Jong-un as it convened a congress of a major children's group in Pyongyang for the first time in five years, according to its state media Monday. The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, said the members of the Korean Children's Union participating in the 9th Congress received certificates of delegation Sunday. The North appears to have kicked off the event given that the certificates have been handed out to the membe
Dec. 26, 2022
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NK hackers behind attacks on S. Korean security experts
Police said Friday that a North Korean hacker group was behind a series of phishing attacks this year targeting security experts in South Korea by sending them emails and inviting them to click on links to fake websites. The scam, which took place between April and October, involved faking the identity of local reporters covering national security and an assistant to Rep. Tae Yong-ho, a former North Korean diplomat who defected to the South and is now a ruling party lawmaker. Of the 892 people w
Dec. 25, 2022
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N. Korea to hold key party meeting this week for 2023 policies
North Korea plans to hold a key ruling party meeting this week to review this year's policies and discuss major tasks in 2023. Drawing keen attention from the outside world is the possibility that the reclusive Kim Jong-un regime will unveil strategies on inter-Korean relations and a stalemate in denuclearization talks with the United States. Pyongyang's state media reported that the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party will be held in late Decemb
Dec. 25, 2022
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N. Korea fires ballistic missiles toward East Sea
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from Pyongyang's Sunan area, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea said Friday. One traveled some 350 kilometers while the other flew about 250 kilometers before falling into the sea off the east coast. South Korean military detected two missiles fired from Pyongyang at around 4:32 p.m. The latest provocation by North Korea is the first in five days following two midrange ballistic missile launches from Tongchang
Dec. 23, 2022
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North Korea denies offering munitions to Russia
North Korea on Friday rejected accusations by Japan and the US that it transported munitions to Russia by rail. “The DPRK remains unchanged in its principled stand on the issue of arms transaction between the DPRK and Russia which has never happened,” the nation’s state-run Korean Central News Agency said in an English-language statement citing a Foreign Ministry spokesperson. The statement came after the Tokyo Shimbun reported the previous day that the North transported artill
Dec. 23, 2022
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N. Korea has offered arms to Russia's military group Wagner: US
SEOUL/WASHINGTON -- The White House said North Korea has delivered an arms shipment to a private Russian military company, the Wagner Group, for use in the Ukraine war. John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesperson, told reporters Thursday (US time) that North Korea completed an initial shipment of weapons to Russia, including infantry rockets and missiles last month. "We can confirm that North Korea has completed an initial arms delivery to Wagner, which paid for that equipment,
Dec. 23, 2022
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S. Korea releases high-resolution satellite photo of Pyongyang
South Korea on Thursday released a photo of Pyongyang taken from one of its own satellites after North Korea published imagery of Seoul using what it claimed was a military spy satellite. The color photo, taken with "land satellite No. 1," clearly shows Kim Il-sung Square and its surrounding facilities, including a history museum, an art museum and a department store. By contrast, the North Korean photo released Monday was in black and white, and barely showed the outlines of bridges a
Dec. 22, 2022
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N. Korea to hold children's union congress for first time in five years
North Korea will convene a congress of a major youth group in Pyongyang for the first time in five years, according to its state media Wednesday. Members of the Korean Children's Union across the country arrived in the capital Tuesday to attend the 9th Congress of the KCU, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said, without specifying when the event will open. "The Ninth Congress of the Korean Children's Union ... will mark a significant occasion in fully demonstrat
Dec. 21, 2022
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[Herald Interview] ‘Success stories of escapees threaten North Korean regime’
The success stories of North Korea escapees are what will bring down the repressive regime, according to one refugee-turned-assemblyman, Rep. Ji Seong-ho. Helping North Koreans who have fled home to seek a new life and experience the South Korean dream as a reality, he says, is his mission in politics. “Helping defectors from North Korea find success makes a difference, and it’s in everyone’s best interest. The more successful North Korean defectors there are, the more threaten
Dec. 20, 2022
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South Korea, US hold air drills as North Korea steps up rhetoric
South Korea and the US on Tuesday staged combined air drills involving the Korean F-35A and F-15K fighters as well as the US B-52 bombers and F-22 fighters, the first time such an alliance of warplanes tested their readiness, in a clear response to North Korea’s increasingly hawkish rhetoric amid its uninterrupted missile tests. Hours ahead of the exercises, the North warned that it would take real steps to strongly disapprove of Japan’s turnaround last week from post-World War II pa
Dec. 20, 2022
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[Herald Interview] Poland-Korea partnership crucial for Ukraine rebuild
Polish Finance Minister Magdalena Rzeczkowska said it is important to provide financial assistance to Ukraine by establishing platforms that bring international financial institutions, governments and private investors together, and South Korea could be part of such efforts. "Ukraine needs help for now," said Rzeczkowska in an interview with The Korea Herald, urging Polish and Korean companies to activate partnerships for rebuilding Ukraine and to utilize Poland’s investment clim
Dec. 20, 2022
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Bangladesh honors EPS workers on Int'l Migrants Day in Korea
The Bangladesh Embassy in Seoul honored 26 Bangladeshi Employment Permit System (EPS) workers in six categories at an event held to celebrate the International Migrants Day 2022 last week. Korea introduced the work permit system in 2004 to systematically manage the foreign workforce in Korea and resolve labor shortages at local small and medium-sized companies. The workers were honored for being employed under same employer for the longest period of time; receiving awards from the Korean governm
Dec. 20, 2022
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Qatar stresses elevated ties with Korea at national day celebration
The Qatari Embassy vowed to boost economic and cultural cooperation with Korea during its national day celebrations here last week. Qatar’s national day, which falls on Dec. 18, commemorates the 1878 accession of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani, who unified the Qatari peninsula, which borders Saudi Arabia and juts into the Persian Gulf. Citing the vision of Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari Ambassador Khalid Ibrahim al-Hamar said Qatar’s approach focused on c
Dec. 20, 2022
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Indian embassy celebrates 49th anniversary of bilateral ties
The Indian Embassy in Seoul hosted an event to mark the 49th anniversary of India-Korea diplomatic relations in Seoul Friday. The event was organized as part of a curtain raiser for yearlong celebrations of 50 years of bilateral ties in 2023. Delivering remarks at the event, Indian Ambassador to Korea Amit Kumar recalled major events and the history between the two countries, stressing India's role during the 1950-53 Korean War and the Special Strategic Partnership forged in 2015. Kumar sai
Dec. 20, 2022
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[Photo News] Honorary Ambassador
Figure skater and Olympics gold medalist Yuna Kim (right) poses with Canadian Embassy Charge d' affaires Tamara Mawhinney after she was named honorary ambassador for the 60th anniversary of Canada-Korea diplomatic relations on Monday at the Canadian Embassy in Seoul. Kim who spent some years in Canada for her training will participate in various activities and events celebrating the 60th year of bilateral ties next year.
Dec. 20, 2022
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NK leader's sister dismisses doubts about N. Korea's satellite, ICBM technologies
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a statement Tuesday criticizing those who question the secretive regime's assertion of having made significant progress in its satellite and long-range missile development. Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, took issue with a view among experts in the outside world, including those in South Korea, that low-resolution, black-and-white images of Seoul and Incheon, released by
Dec. 20, 2022
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Military maintains NK tested missile
The South Korean military on Monday stood by its earlier assessment that North Korea on the previous day tested ballistic missiles, not space rockets -- a launch Pyongyang claims to have taken place as part of its “final push” to develop a spy satellite. “Our joint assessment about the Sunday test that North Koreans had fired two medium-range ballistic missiles remains unchanged,” a spokesman for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said at a briefing, referring to K
Dec. 19, 2022