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Hybe-Ador CEO conflict gets messier
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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Court's ruling set to shape path of medical school expansion
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Loans of self-employed swell 50% in four years
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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N. Korea working on draft resolution for year-end party plenary meeting
North Korea has discussed policy goals for 2023 to draw up a draft resolution expected to be adopted at the close of an ongoing plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to state media Friday. During the fourth-day session of the WPK central committee's enlarged plenary meeting Thursday, participants held sectoral discussions to map out measures to implement "important tasks" set forth by the North's leader Kim Jong-un, according to the Korean Cent
Dec. 30, 2022
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Kazakhstan discusses new ways to solidify cooperation with Korea
The Kazakh Embassy in Seoul discussed a strategic partnership, cultural linkages and new areas to solidify cooperation with Korea in a roundtable held as part of the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan-South Korea relations on Dec. 22. Delivering a keynote speech at the roundtable, the Kazakh Ambassador to Korea Bakyt Dyussenbayev assessed significant achievements from the two countries’ political, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. The ambassador noted that trade turnover between
Dec. 29, 2022
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UN adopts resolution on Uzbekistan's proposal
In recent years, the authority and reputation of Uzbekistan in the international arena have increased dramatically. This can be seen from the example that the initiatives put forward by the president of our country are supported at the international level, documents of prestigious international organizations are developed and implemented on their basis. At the 75th session of the UN General Assembly in 2020, the head of state put forward several initiatives to strengthen peace and stability at t
Dec. 29, 2022
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Burmese activist named recipient of Kim Geun Tae Award
Burmese writer and democracy activist Pencilo has been honored with the Kim Geun Tae Award for her book "Spring Revolution." The award is named after Kim Geun-tae, a pro-democracy activist and politician who laid the cornerstone of South Korean democracy. Pencilo, the author of "Spring Revolution," published a Korean translation of her work in February. Pencilo is an aide to Aung San Suu Kyi. She and six other high-profile figures have been sought after Myanmar's junta on cha
Dec. 29, 2022
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NK leader calls for enhancing party organs' role during third-day session of plenary meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has laid out ways to enhance the role of suborganizations of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, attending the third-day session of the party's plenary meeting, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday. During the enlarged meeting of the WPK's central committee Wednesday, Kim stressed the need to spur the "fighting efficiency" of party organizations and conduct party duties in a fresher manner, according to the Korean Central News Agency
Dec. 29, 2022
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NK leader sets goals for bolstering self-defense for next year in second-day session of party meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over the second-day session of a major party plenary and laid out goals for strengthening self-defense for next year, Pyongyang's state media reported Wednesday. During the meeting held the previous day, Kim delivered a report analyzing the "new challengeable situation" created on the Korean peninsula and the current international political situation, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. He presented principle and polic
Dec. 28, 2022
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N. Korea convenes key party meeting with leader Kim in attendance: state media
A key Workers' Party meeting of North Korea opened earlier this week with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance to discuss next year's policy direction, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday. The previous day, Kim presided over the sixth enlarged plenary meeting of the party's eighth Central Committee to review last year's policies and discuss tasks for 2023 amid "unpredictable difficulties constantly threatening the existence and development" of the North, the Korea
Dec. 27, 2022
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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