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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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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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State-led adoption system to be established to ensure adoptees' well-being, minimize overseas adoption
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Conflict on Korean Peninsula could threaten US homeland: JCS Chairman Dunford
An armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula can no longer be contained only to the area as North Korea's long-range missile capabilities could threaten the continental US, the top US military official said.Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the remark in a message to the latest edition of the Joint Forces Quarterly, a National Defense University magazine, stressing that military decision-making needs to exceed the speed of events."There was a time, not lo
Feb. 1, 2017
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US should give up hope engagement can lead to NK denuclearization: expert
The United States should give up on any last-remaining hope that engagement with North Korea could lead to its denuclearization, a US expert told a Senate hearing Tuesday, calling for all-round pressure on Pyongyang to rethink its nuclear pursuit.Nicholas Eberstadt, a senior analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, made the remark during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, as some experts have stepped up calls for reopening negotiations with Pyongyang to curb its dangerously acc
Feb. 1, 2017
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N. Korea sends letter to UN chief demanding repatriation of women 'abducted' by S. Korea
North Korea has sent letters to the UN chief calling on the global body to help repatriate what it called North Korean women abducted by South Korea last year, the country's state media said Tuesday.Ja Song-nam, permanent North Korean representative to the UN, sent the letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday, which claims Seoul's abduction of North Korean women in 2016 constitutes human rights violations, according to the Korean Central News Agency. UN Secretary-General Antonio
Jan. 31, 2017
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Rice prices in North Korea stabilized
Rice prices in North Korea have been stabilized owing apparently to China's large-scale rice aid and a better harvest, a Seoul-based Internet news outlet well-versed in the North reported Tuesday. The latest rice prices per kilogram showed 4,000 North Korean won in Pyongyang, 3,970 won in Shinuiju in North Phyongan Province and 4,190 won in Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, compared with 5,019 won, 4,970 won and 4,980 won, respectively, a year ago, Daily NK said, citing its North Korean sources.Expert
Jan. 31, 2017
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N. Koreans showing inclination to possess cars: unification ministry
Ordinary North Koreans are showing an inclination to own cars as the growth of marketplaces fuels capitalism even as the country is run by a repressive regime, South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday.Under civil law, North Koreans are allowed to possess cars and bequeath or inherit them, but in reality, people register cars under the name of organizations, not under the name of individuals.Local newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported that ordinary North Koreans have been permitted to register
Jan. 31, 2017
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State think tank professor suggests calling N. Korea 'nuclear-armed state'
A professor at a state-run think tank has suggested calling North Korea a "nuclear-armed state," a term which would acknowledge the country's nuke capabilities but not accept the legitimacy of its weapons possession."There is a need to draw a clear line between the objective fact on North Korea's nuclear (weapons) possession and the issue of the nuclear-weapon status," professor Jun Bong-geun at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security said in his policy paper issued last week.IFAN
Jan. 31, 2017
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S. Korea unlikely to OK civic group's move to contact N. Koreans
South Korea is unlikely to approve a move by a local civic group to contact North Koreans in China next month, citing inter-Korean tensions, a government official said Tuesday.The South Korean Committee for the Joint Implementation of the June 15 Summit Declaration seeking to hold joint events requested the unification ministry last week approve its plan to meet with its North Korean counterparts in Shenyang on Feb. 7-8 to discuss ways to promote exchanges between the two Koreas.The ministry sai
Jan. 31, 2017
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US urges N. Korea to refrain from raising tensions after resumption of reactor operations
The US State Department on Monday urged North Korea to refrain from escalating tensions after indications emerged of the communist nation resuming operations at its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor.The North Korea-monitoring website 38 North has reported that recent satellite imagery showed the North restarting the 5-megawatt reactor at its Yongbyon nuclear complex after completing reprocessing spent fuel unloaded from the reactor.The State Department declined to confirm the report, but urged
Jan. 31, 2017
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N. Korean propaganda outlet blasts S. Korea for demanding separated families info
A North Korean online propaganda outlet blasted South Korea on Monday for demanding information of family members separated after the Korean War (1950-53).Dprktoday.com claimed that it is utterly ridiculous that Seoul, which has brought about the worst inter-Korean tensions in history, is calling for the speedy resolution of the separated families issue on humanitarian grounds.The attack comes as South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Dec. 23 urged the North to respon
Jan. 30, 2017
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N. Korean officials turn up in force for Chinese Embassy event
North Korean officials turned out in force for the Lunar New Year reception at the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang last week, diplomatic sources in Beijing said Monday.According to insiders that cited the homepage of China's Embassy in North Korea, some 70 senior officials from the reclusive country's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, the government and the military were present at the event held Tuesday.They said Kim Yong-dae, the vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly was
Jan. 30, 2017
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N. Korea likely to launch mid-range missile
North Korea looks set to launch a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile instead of a long-range one as it still has to master the related technologies, military officials said Monday."There are no signs of an imminent test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea.But we are closely monitoring any new military activities in the country as it could launch an IRBM at any time if leader Kim Jong-un gives the order," an official at the defense ministry said.This year, Nor
Jan. 30, 2017
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N. Korea resumes ideological indoctrination of S. Korean abductees: source
North Korea has resumed its indoctrination of South Korean abductees as part of a broader effort by the reclusive regime to tighten control over its people, a local activist group said Monday.According to the Abductees' Family Union that cited sources with contacts in North Korea, Pyongyang has resumed its ideological brainwashing of South Korean prisoners of war, their families and people the regime kidnapped over the years.It said that the first indoctrination courses took place last year afte
Jan. 30, 2017
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More help needed to deal with NK children born in 3rd countries: foundation
The number of children born in third countries to North Korean defectors has been on the rise requiring the expansion of support provided by society, a public foundation in Seoul said Monday.According to the Korea Hana Foundation, the number of children in South Korea who were born in third countries, like China, reached 1,249 as of 2015, more than the 1,226 kids born in the North who escaped with their parents. In late 2011 there were 608 children born in third countries before they arrived in
Jan. 30, 2017
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N. Korea using sensors along border to clamp down on defectors
North Korea is employing land-based sensors along its border with China to detect people trying to flee the country, sources in Seoul said Monday.Insiders familiar with the reclusive country told Yonhap News Agency that the North's national security agency has set up unmanned detection devices following orders issued by leader Kim Jong-un. The North Korean leader has stressed the importance of dealing effectively with defectors as quickly as possible. A North Korean restaurant located in China a
Jan. 30, 2017
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Satellite image shows NK restarts plutonium-producing reactor
Fresh satellite imagery shows that North Korea has apparently restarted its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor, a US website monitoring the communist nation said Friday."Imagery from January 22 shows a water plume (most probably warm) originating from the cooling water outlet of the reactor, an indication that the reactor is very likely operating," the website 38 North said in a report."Currently, most of the river is frozen over except where this water mixes with the river. Currents carry this
Jan. 28, 2017
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N. Korea airs another encrypted number broadcast
North Korea aired a broadcast of encrypted numbers on Friday, apparently aiming at sending messages to spies operating in South Korea.The coded radio broadcast began at 1:15 a.m. by the North's propaganda radio station Radio Pyongyang. The broadcast lasted for approximately 5 minutes.The announcer then said, "On page 428 number 51, on page 192 number 33, on page 260 number 41," followed by more numbers. (Yonhap)The latest batch of numbers were the same as the broadcast made on Jan. 13.It marked
Jan. 27, 2017
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N. Korea purging descendants of anti-Japanese guerrillas: defector
North Korea is currently purging the descendants of prominent guerrillas who fought against Japanese colonialists, a former North Korean embassy minister in London who defected to Seoul last year said Friday.During a meeting with officials from the Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation, former North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-ho claimed Kim Jong-un is currently purging the descendants from key posts in Pyongyang.The remark is significant as the descendants played a crucial role in th
Jan. 27, 2017
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N.K. to hold meeting for exemplary workers on self-reliance
North Korea plans to hold a conference of top performers who are leading efforts to overcome economic difficulties under a new slogan of boosting self-reliance at the end of this year, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday.The central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea decided to convene a meeting of "Mallima pace-setters" in Pyongyang at the end of 2017, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Mallima refers to an imaginary horse that can run extreme distances at a very
Jan. 26, 2017
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Senior N. Korean defector says his sons were reason he fled
The highest-level North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea said Wednesday he decided to flee because he didn't want his children to live ``miserable'' lives in the North. Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, told reporters that he was lucky to have been able to bring both of his sons to London, unlike other North Korean diplomats who are forced to leave some of their children at home as ``hostages.'' After his sons, now 20 and 27, learned about life
Jan. 25, 2017
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S. Korea, France agree to collaborate in pressing N. Korea to discard nukes
South Korea and France agreed Wednesday to collaborate closely in pressing North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs, holding the two countries' first high-level talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. The high-level consultative talks were held in Paris, France, with each side represented by South Korea's top nuclear envoy Kim Hong-kyun and Political Director of the French Foreign Ministry Nicolas de Riviere. The bilateral talks dedicated to tackling North Korea's nuclear wea
Jan. 25, 2017