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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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N. Korean envoy blasts Malaysians, calls for joint probe
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) -- North Korea's top envoy in Kuala Lumpur on Monday denounced Malaysia's investigation into the apparent killing of the exiled half brother of North Korea's ruler, calling it politically motivated and demanding a joint probe into the death. The comments from Ambassador Kang Chol came amid rising tensions between North Korea and Malaysia over the death, with Malaysia recalling its ambassador to Pyongyang over what it called ``baseless'' allegations. Kim Jong Nam, the estranged
Feb. 20, 2017
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Acting president blames NK for murder of Kim Jong-nam
Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday blamed North Korea for the murder of its leader Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother Kim Jong-nam, criticizing the incident as an act of terrorism and urging the international community to condemn the regime. During a National Security Council meeting, Hwang said the North is behind the death of Kim Jong-nam, who died a week ago after being attacked with poison by two women at Kuala Lumpur International Airport while waiting for his flight to Macau. Memb
Feb. 20, 2017
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Pokestop found in North Korea, too
The augmented reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” appears to have reached even the reclusive North Korean regime, as shown by PokemonGOMap, a digital map that marks locations in the game. The map shows “Pokestop” locations that players physically visit to collect game items. Pokemon also tend to appear most frequently around these spots, which are usually clustered around dense areas of human population, meaning cities get more than rural areas.In South Korea, Pokestop sites are especially concentr
Feb. 20, 2017
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Seoul believes NK behind killing of Kim Jong-nam: minister
South Korea's point man on North Korea issues said Monday it is becoming increasingly clearer that Pyongyang is behind the killing of the half brother of its ruler Kim Jong-un.Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo made the remark after Malaysian police said Sunday that at least five North Korean suspects appeared to be involved in the death of Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of late former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo"Although we must observe the investigation res
Feb. 20, 2017
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Kim Han-sol ditches Oxford over assassination fears
Kim Han-sol, son of the assassinated Kim Jong-nam, allegedly cancelled plans to attend Oxford University over fears of North Korea’s continued hostility, UK media outlet The Daily Mail reported Sunday.According to The Mail, Kim Han-sol was due to move to the UK after reportedly being offered a place at an Oxford graduate college for the term starting September. His girlfriend Sonia also studies at Oxford.Kim Han-sol is interviewed by Swedish journalist Elisabeth Rehn in 2012. (Youtube capture)Ho
Feb. 20, 2017
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Killing of NK leader's half brother reveals Pyongyang's brutality: Seoul
The killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother is a terrorist act that revealed Pyongyang's brutality, South Korea's unification ministry said Monday."We could clearly understand the latest incident reaffirmed the unpredictability and brutality of the North Korean regime," Jeong Joon-hee, a ministry spokesman, told a press briefing. Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee (Yonhap)On Sunday, the ministry said that it believes the North Korean regime is behind the murder of Ki
Feb. 20, 2017
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The murder as it happened
It does not look like an innocent prank.A sensational video has emerged on YouTube showing what looks like the attack on Kim Jong-nam at the KLIA2 on Monday.The slightly over five-minute clip shows a man resembling Jong-nam, wearing a light blue jacket and slacks with a backpack, walking into the airport lobby and looking at the flight schedule before approaching the self check-in kiosk.Caught on camera: Jong-nam checking the flight schedule board at KLIA2. (The Star)The check-in area seems to b
Feb. 20, 2017
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Malaysia identifies four more NK suspects in Kim Jong-nam murder
Malaysia‘s senior police officials said Sunday they are looking for four more North Korean suspects linked to the mysterious murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Malaysia’s deputy national police chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim said in the press conference that the authorities identified all four suspects, who he said had left the country on Feb. 13 -- the same day when Kim Jong-nam died after being attacked with poison by two women at Kuala Lumpur air
Feb. 19, 2017
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Investigators find evidence linking Pyongyang to murder of Kim Jong-nam: reports
Investigators probing into the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, found evidence linking the case to North Korea, according to local news reports citing police sources on Sunday.The New Straits Times, an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia, quoted an unidentified senior police official as saying that the investigator had “solid” evidence that can draw the death of Kim Jong-nam to a North Korean citizen identified as Ri Jong-chol wh
Feb. 19, 2017
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Finding poison in N. Korean airport attack is hardest part
A paranoid dictator’s estranged brother. Two young female assassins. A crowded international airport. And a mysterious poison that kills within hours. It’s the perfect recipe for a thrilling cloak-and-dagger spy novel. Except some _ or possibly even all _ of this tale could be true in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the older half brother of reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. And just like similar intriguing cases from the past, the public is hanging on to every detail becaus
Feb. 19, 2017
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North Korea, Malaysia tussle over corpse; 4th suspect nabbed
At a hospital morgue in Malaysia’s capital, the tightly guarded corpse of a middle-aged man has become the focus of a dizzying case of international intrigue involving five countries, combative North Korean diplomats and an apparently duped female assassin.Investigators are still trying to piece together details of what appears to be the brazen assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s mercurial ruler and an exiled member of the country’s elite. Malaysian police said Satur
Feb. 19, 2017
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N. Korean man arrested in Kim Jong-nam murder case
Malaysian police said Saturday they have arrested a North Korean man in connection with the recent killing of the North Korean leader's half brother amid a diplomatic feud between Malaysia and North Korea over an autopsy.Ri Jong-chol, 46, was arrested at 9:50 p.m. Friday night in Selangor state, the police said in a statement. He is the fourth suspect arrested in connection to the murder of Kim Jong-nam on Monday. Shown here is a press release from the Malaysian police on the arrest of Ri Jong-c
Feb. 18, 2017
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S. Korea repatriates 5 N. Korean fishermen
South Korea handed over five North Korean fishermen to the communist country on Saturday, five days after they were picked up from a boat drifting off South Korea's eastern coast, an official said.The repatriation took place at the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas around 11:30 a.m., according to the unification ministry official. (Yonhap)South Korea said the five fishermen expressed their wish to go back to North Korea. The five fishermen were rescued by a South Korean c
Feb. 18, 2017
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No US policy on N. Korea should only be composed of sanctions: Victor Cha
The Donald Trump administration should not rely solely on sanctions and diplomatic isolation in handling North Korea, Victor Cha, a former director at the White House's National Security Council, said Friday."With regard to diplomacy, no US policy should be composed of only sanctions, military exercises and diplomatic isolation," Cha said in his presentation on the new US administration's North Korea policy during a conference hosted by the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies in Seoul.Victor C
Feb. 18, 2017
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Kim Jong-nam autopsy inconclusive, body re-examined: news report
Malaysia police performed a second autopsy on the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, a news report said, as Pyongyang vowed not to accept the result of any autopsy.Associated Press reported that the second autopsy started Friday night because the results of the first one were inconclusive, quoting an unidentified Malaysian official.Still, there are conflicting media reports about an autopsy. Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a restaurant i
Feb. 18, 2017
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Family, friends describe ‘nice girl’ embroiled in Kim case
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Family and former neighbors of the Indonesian woman suspected of involvement in the audacious killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother in Malaysia are stunned by the arrest of the young mother who they say was a polite and quiet “nice girl.” Siti Aisyah, 25, is one of three people arrested so far by Malaysian police for possible involvement in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong-nam. Between 2008 and 2011 she and her then-husband lived in a modest dwellin
Feb. 17, 2017
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Book author: Kim Jong-nam was a small hope for hope
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese author of a book about Kim Jong-nam, the North Korean leader's half brother who was killed this week at a Malaysian airport, says Kim opposed his family's hereditary rule and wanted economic reforms. Tokyo-based journalist Yoji Gomi's book "My Father, Kim Jong-il, and Me,'' provides a rare view into North Korea's ruling family, including Kim Jong-nam, who was apparently assassinated on Monday. Gomi said Kim Jong-nam, the son of late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il a
Feb. 17, 2017
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NK fishermen rescued in South to be repatriated
Five North Korean fishermen rescued in the South earlier this week will be repatriated to their country, the unification ministry said Friday.The fishermen were found on Monday drifting in the East Sea on a boat that experienced serious engine problems. Rescued by South Korea's maritime police, they expressed their wish to return home. The ministry said that the North made a "verbal notification" later in the day that it will take all of them home through the truce village of Panmunjom at 11 a.m
Feb. 17, 2017
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N. Koreans unaware of death of leader's half brother: sources
North Koreans do not appear to be aware of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother as Pyongyang has tightened control over the inflow of outside information, sources here said Friday.But despite the regime's surveillance, it is only a matter of time before the news spreads as more North Korean residents have secret access to outside information, they said.Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of late former leader Kim Jong-il, was killed in an airport in Malaysia on Monday after being
Feb. 17, 2017
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NK should be relisted as terror sponsor if it is behind Kim Jong-nam's murder: report
A US congressman has stressed that the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's estranged half brother, Kim Jong-nam, if confirmed as an act by the country, should result in it being put back on the US terrorism sponsor list, a US broadcaster said Friday.Rep. Ted Poe, who serves as chairman of the House's subcommittee on terrorism and trade, told Radio Free Asia that it is a "very serious problem" if Kim Jong-un assassinated his half brother. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting
Feb. 17, 2017