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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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Most N. Koreans unaware of sacking of spy agency chief: report
Most North Koreans are unaware that the head of the country's spy agency has been sacked, a US-based media outlet said Sunday.Citing Japan's media outlet Asia Press that claimed to have contacted four North Koreans to check if Kim Won-hong's fall from grace has reached ordinary people, Radio Free Asia said most in the reclusive country were oblivious of what took place.RFA said that Jiro Ishimaru, who heads the Osaka office of Asia Press, pointed out none of the North's state-run media actually
Feb. 12, 2017
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N. Korea removes rocket launchers from Kaesong complex
North Korea has recently removed rocket launchers from the shuttered Kaesong complex, fueling speculation about its motives, local sources said Sunday.South Korea's military said that Pyongyang relocated more than 30 forward deployed multiple launch rocket systems from the industrial park, located just north of the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas. The relocation took place late last year after being deployed soon after the North declared the area was a military control zone. Seo
Feb. 12, 2017
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N. Korea test-fires non-ICBM missile into East Sea: JCS
North Korea on Sunday fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea in show of force against the Donald Trump government's hard-line stance toward the communist state, the South Korean military said. It is the first test-firing of a North Korean missile since Trump became US president on Jan. 20, and the country's first major provocation in 2017."The missile launch is a clear violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions. It is aimed at drawing attention from the international commu
Feb. 12, 2017
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UN search list for S. Koreans abducted by N. Korea growing: expert group
The United Nations' working group on enforced disappearances said Friday that its search list for South Koreans believed to have been abducted by North Korea has been growing. At a press conference in Seoul, the international panel said the reclusive country remains steadfastly unresponsive to requests for information to determine the fate of such people. As of last year, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances was reviewing 53 cases of South Koreans suspected of being t
Feb. 10, 2017
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Kaesong factory zone's shutdown hits NK's nukes, missile development: Seoul
South Korea's 2016 decision to shut down an inter-Korean industrial complex is presumed to have dealt a heavy blow to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, a government official said Friday.The statement comes on the first anniversary of Seoul's closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea's border city of the same name in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests early last year.Seoul's unification ministry said that the shutdown of the complex had led major countries,
Feb. 10, 2017
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UN designates N. Korea as one of 12 forgotten crises countries needing help
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs designated North Korea as one of 12 regions on its forgotten crises to remember list, calling for global humanitarian assistance, the office's website showed Friday."Today more than 128 million people in 33 countries need humanitarian aid to survive, a figure not seen since the second world war," the OCHA said, announcing the list in a posting earlier this week.In addition to North Korea, Afghanistan, the Central African Repu
Feb. 10, 2017
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US official warns NK provocations could affect Trump's strategy on Pyongyang
A senior US official on Thursday warned North Korea not to undertake any provocations, saying such actions would affect the strategy the administration of US President Donald Trump is putting together to deal with Pyongyang, according to a news report.The unidentified official also told a conference call with reporters that it is premature to discuss Trump's policy on how to deal with the North's nuclear program, according to a Reuters report.The White House has reportedly launched a North Korea
Feb. 10, 2017
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NK's chief of missile operations absent from public eye, triggers speculations
North Korea's missile operations commander did not show up for a key military event this week, an unusual absence which some observers linked to the country's alleged preparations for an intercontinental missile launch.Gen. Kim Rak-gyom, the chief of strategic forces, wasn't present at the defense ministry's briefing session Tuesday marking the 69th anniversary of the North Korean armed forces. It was broadcast one day later by the state-run Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station.Top military of
Feb. 9, 2017
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Ex-NK diplomat says new nuke talks would be ‘great fraud’
Any restart of denuclearization talks with Pyongyang will likely end up as a “great fraud” due to its firm resolve to master its nuclear program, massive political risks for South Korean and US leaders, and the lack of solid monitoring mechanisms, a former senior North Korean diplomat said Thursday. Thae Yong-ho, who served as the No. 2 man at the communist state’s embassy in London before defecting to the South last summer, said that despite calls for dialogue, a new round of gathering would on
Feb. 9, 2017
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US-NK trade plummets drastically to $100,000 range
Trade between the United States and North Korea plummeted drastically to the low $100,000 range last year in the face of tightening American sanctions over the North's defiant nuclear tests, data showed Thursday.Bilateral trade volume stood at $139,334 between the US and North Korea last year, which marks only 2.9 percent of what the countries traded in 2015, according to the data listed by the US Census Bureau.It was the first time two-way trade volume has fallen to the $100,000 level since 199
Feb. 9, 2017
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N. Koreans to hold mass rally near Mt. Paektu on late leader's birthday
As many as 60,000 North Koreans plan to hold a mass rally near Mount Paektu on the border with China on the birthday of the late leader Kim Jong-il next week to pay allegiance to the ruling Kim family, a US broadcaster said Thursday.A source in the northern Yanggang Province told the Radio Free Asia that North Korean youth and students, and residents will take part in a series of political events, including the rally in the province's border town of Samjiyon on the birthday, which falls on Feb.
Feb. 9, 2017
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Ex-minister calls for resumption of inter-Korean industrial complex
A former South Korean unification minister said Thursday the now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial complex needs to be reopened, with the closure of the park entering the first year this weekSeoul's previous administrations had used the operation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex as the symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation, former Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told a radio program."I think the complex should be reopened," said Ryoo, who served as the country's point man on North Korean aff
Feb. 9, 2017
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N. Korea threatens pre-emptive strike ahead of Armed Forces Day
North Korea has threatened a pre-emptive strike against South Korea if provoked as it marked a key military anniversary, a state media reported Wednesday.Hwang Pyong-so, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, made the remarks during an event in Pyongyang on Tuesday, one day before the 69th anniversary of the foundation of the armed forces, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "If the enemies dare violate the sovereignty and dignity of the country even a bit
Feb. 8, 2017
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NK defector arrives in US as refugee: report
A North Korean defector arrived in the United States last month as a refugee, a US-based news agency said Wednesday.Citing data provided by the State Department, the Voice of America reported that the woman in her 20s entered the country on Dec. 12 and settled in the western part of Arizona.The latest case brought to 212 the total number of North Korea defectors seeking asylum in the US since 2006. North Korean traffic police officer in Pyongyang (Yonhap)They can attain refugee status in the US
Feb. 8, 2017
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US issues latest travel warning for N. Korea
The US State Department on Tuesday issued a new warning against traveling to North Korea."The Department of State strongly urges US citizens to avoid all travel to North Korea/the Democratic People's Republic of Korea due to the serious risk of arrest and long-term detention under North Korea’s system of law enforcement," the department said."This system imposes unduly harsh sentences for actions that would not be considered crimes in the United States and threatens US citizen detainees with bei
Feb. 8, 2017
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Resumption of Kaesong complex to be hotly debated amid sanctions regime
A possible resumption of the now-shuttered joint industrial park will likely emerge as a controversial issue for South Korea's next administration, possibly sparking a row over the country violating UN sanctions resolutions against North Korea, experts in Seoul said Wednesday.With the closure of the factory zone marking its first anniversary this week, whether to resume the Kaesong Industrial Complex is gaining attention in the political arena as liberal presidential hopefuls are voicing the nee
Feb. 8, 2017
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NK sure to resume provocations after S. Korean election: Victor Cha
North Korea is exercising restraint from nuclear and missile tests to avoid galvanizing conservatives in South Korea ahead of a presidential election, and is certain to resume provocations once the leadership crisis in the South is resolved, a top US expert on Korea said Tuesday.The assessment from Victor Cha, a Georgetown University professor and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, breaks with more common perceptions that Pyongyang is holding off on action until t
Feb. 8, 2017
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S. Koreans make unauthorized contact with N. Koreans in China
Officials from South and North Korean civic groups met in China on Tuesday to discuss ways to promote exchanges between the two Koreas despite Seoul's opposition to their unauthorized contact.The two Koreas' committees for the joint implementation of the June 15 summit declaration kicked off a two-day conference that runs through Wednesday in Shenyang, according to an official from South Korea.Topics for the meeting are known to include football matches for teams from the labor unions of the two
Feb. 7, 2017
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Resumption of Kaesong complex could spark row over UN sanctions violation
A resumption of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex could spark a row over the breaking of the latest UN sanctions resolutions against North Korea, a government official said Tuesday.With the shutdown of the Kaesong Industrial Complex marking the first anniversary this week, whether to resume the factory zone is emerging as a key issue, particularly among presidential hopefuls.Seoul's unification ministry said that North Korea's commitment to ending its nuclear and missile programs should
Feb. 7, 2017
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NK vows to launch more long-range rockets
North Korea vowed Tuesday to further launch what it claims to be satellites into space as it marked the first anniversary of firing off a long-range rocket in defiance of international condemnation.The successful launch of North Korea's satellite, named "Kwangmyongsong-4," in 2016 confirmed the country as a space program powerhouse, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper.The placing of the satellite into orbit was viewed by outside experts as Pyongyang's effort to test its lo
Feb. 7, 2017