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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Can K-pop break free from ‘fandom’ model?
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YouTuber fatally stabbed on livestream by another YouTuber in Busan
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Yoon rebuffs opposition's call for special probe into wife
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Arrest warrant issued for medical student for allegedly killing girlfriend after breakup
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Stray Kids hit with racism in Met Gala photo line
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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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Yoon apologizes for wife's 'unwise conduct'
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NK thought to be boosting coal exports to China ahead of ban: Seoul
A jump in China's coal imports from North Korea in December is probably attributed to Pyongyang's push to increase shipments ahead of Beijing's decision to temporarily suspend the purchase of the energy resource from its neighbor, a Seoul official said Wednesday.Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported on Monday that China imported 2 million tons of North Korean coal in December, up 13 percent from a year earlier, citing China's customs data.The shipments surged even though China's commerce
Jan. 25, 2017
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NK seeking to advance into Russia's maritime province
North Korea is aggressively seeking cooperation with Russia's maritime province, proposing cooperation between the two countries' ruling parties, a US broadcaster reported, citing a local media. According to PrimaMedia in the maritime province, Rim Chong-il, North Korean consul-general in Vladivostok, paid a call to Valentine Shumatov, a regional chairman of the Russian ruling party United Russia, on Jan. 11, Radio Free Asia said. During the meeting, made at the request of the North, the two sid
Jan. 25, 2017
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NK holds funeral for aviation body's chief
North Korea's state media said Wednesday that a funeral for Kang Ki-sop, the head of the country's aviation agency, was held in Pyongyang. The memorial service for Kang, director-general of the General Administration of Civil Aviation, was held on Tuesday, with family, party and military officials in attendance, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The media outlet did not mention North Korean leader Kim Jong-un being present at the ceremony or the cause of Kang's death and when he died.
Jan. 25, 2017
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US should significantly up pressure on NK if initial attempt at diplomacy fails: experts
The United States should significantly bolster defensive and offensive military capabilities, drive up sanctions and take other tough measures against North Korea if yet another attempt at diplomacy fails to persuade Pyongyang to move toward denuclearization, US experts said Tuesday.Joel Wit, a North Korea expert with Johns Hopkins University's US-Korea Institute, made the case in a joint article with Richard Sokolsky, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, arguing wh
Jan. 25, 2017
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NK may test-fire ICBM from eastern missile site: 38 North
South Korea’s military said Tuesday it has not verified any signs of an imminent test of a long-range missile from North Korea, after a US think tank raised the possibility, citing commercial satellite imagery. A blog run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, 38 North, warned Sunday that Pyongyang may fire an intercontinental ballistic missile -- for which the country’s leader Kim Jong-un said preparations were in the “final stage” in his New Year’s address -- from the Kalma sit
Jan. 24, 2017
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Malaysia bans flights of NK passenger jets
Malaysia has been banning North Korean passenger jets from its airspace as part of its efforts to implement a United Nations Security Council sanctions resolution against the reclusive country.Malaysia's implementation report on Resolution 2270, which was submitted to the UN in August, showed that the country has taken measures to prohibit North Korean flights from landing and taking off from its territory or transiting its airspace. (Yonhap)The report said the last flight by North Korea's flag
Jan. 24, 2017
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Korea launches advisory body on NK human rights policy
South Korea's unification ministry on Tuesday launched an advisory body to help the government set up its policy on North Korea's human rights in accordance with a law aimed at improving the way Pyongyang treats its people.The 10-member advisory committee will provide recommendations to the government in carrying out its probe into North Korea's human rights abuses and conducting relevant policies, according to the Ministry of Unification. The committee members, mainly consisting of professors,
Jan. 24, 2017
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Tanzania to import NK doctors due to manpower shortage
A to-be-opened Tanzanian general hospital will reportedly employ dozens of North Korean doctors due to the lack of such manpower in the African nation, a US broadcaster reported Tuesday.The branch school of Kampala International University in Dar es Salaam is scheduled to open the hospital with 1,000 beds in June, Radio Free Asia said, citing a local source. The hospital plans to scout doctors from foreign nations, including the North, Pakistan and Cuba, to make up for the shortage of local doct
Jan. 24, 2017
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S. Korea unveils book about updated profiles of NK officials
South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday it released a book containing updated profiles of North Korea's key party, state and military officials including Ri Son-gwon, the new chief of the North's inter-Korean agency.The ministry released its annual Who's Who on a total of 361 North Korean figures after compiling information based on the North's media reports and announcements, it added.The book, which also contains short biographies of 61 late officials, was published in a bid to help un
Jan. 24, 2017
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NK likely to conduct ICBM test at Kalma missile site on east coast: US expert
Recent satellite imagery shows North Korea has made a series of improvements at an east coast missile site, raising the possibility of the regime carrying out a threatened test of an intercontinental ballistic missile from there, a US expert said Monday.The Kalma missile test site near the eastern coast city of Wonsan is where the North conducted at least four tests of the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile last year, and the facility would be a "logical choice" for an ICBM test as wel
Jan. 24, 2017
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NK reconfirms independent foreign policy amid launch of Trump administration
North Korea on Monday reaffirmed its independent foreign policy based on nuclear power amid a new complicated international situation created by the launch of the Trump administration."It's our unchanged foreign policy to guard the peace in the world as well as on the Korean Peninsula by continuously strengthening self-defense power and pre-emptive strikes centered on nuclear power," the Rodong Sinmun, a daily of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said. The paper criticized the United States' an
Jan. 23, 2017
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NK leader visits funeral altar to mourn aviation body's head
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a funeral altar for the head of the country's aviation agency, expressing condolences over his death, Pyongyang's state media said Monday.On Sunday, the North's leader paid his tribute to Kang Ki-sop, director-general of the General Administration of Civil Aviation and alternate member of the ruling party's central committee, according to the Korean Central News Agency. It did not reveal when or why Kang died.Kim called him a "revolutionary soldier" who fu
Jan. 23, 2017
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NK vows tough measures against US hostility, citing Pueblo case
North Korea boastfully threatened to strongly confront future US hostility Monday, when it marked the 49th anniversary of its seizure of the US intelligence boat Pueblo.The 906-ton US Navy ship was captured by the North in January 1968. The North claimed the ship violated its territorial waters, while the US argued it was in international waters at the time of the attack. One crew member was killed in the attack, and 80 others and two civilian oceanographers were seized. All of them were freed f
Jan. 23, 2017
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Two NK missiles on mobile launchers could either be Rodong or part of ICBMs: US expert
The two missiles that North Korea is believed to have readied for possible test-firing could be either part of the KN series intercontinental ballistic missiles or the Rodong medium-range missile, a US expert said.Officials in Seoul said last week that South Korea and the United States have picked up signs that the North placed the two missiles, less than 15 meters long, on mobile launchers in an indication that Pyongyang could carry out a threatened ICBM test earlier than expected.John Schillin
Jan. 23, 2017
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Trump to build ‘state-of-the-art’ MD system against NK
The new Donald Trump administration has said it plans to build a “state-of-the-art” missile defense system, fanning speculation over its impact on Washington’s North Korea policy and ongoing project to station a missile defense system in South Korea. Within minutes of his swearing-in, the White House issued a statement, saying the new MD system would help defend against threats from countries such as North Korea and Iran.The presidential office did not elaborate on whether and how the envisioned
Jan. 22, 2017
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N. Korea makes brief report on Trump's inauguration
North Korea's state media issued a short report on the inauguration of US President Trump on Sunday but refrained from making significant comments."Donald Trump of the Republican Party was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20," reported the Rodong Sinmun, a daily of the North's ruling Workers' Party. "The inauguration ceremony took place in Washington."The newspaper, however, did not deliver a separate commentary or statements on Trump. North Korean media outlets hav
Jan. 22, 2017
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N. Korea shows no signs of imminent provocation: military
North Korea is showing no signs of carrying out provocations at least so far amid worries that Pyongyang might pursue such action in time for Donald Trump's inauguration, the military here said Saturday. Concerns have been growing that the North could conduct missile or nuclear tests to draw attention from Washington on and around the day when the Trump administration takes office. Trump was sworn in as the U.S. president on Friday (local time). "There have been no strange developments goin
Jan. 21, 2017
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NK forces people to memorize leader's New Year's speech
North Korea is reportedly urging its people to memorize its leader Kim Jong-un's New Year's address by offering giveaways, a US broadcaster reported Friday."Local parties and labor organizations are pushing for various events, including contests to learn the address by heart as well as oratorical ones," Radio Free Asia said, citing a source in the North's Ryanggang Province. The North Korean authorities have ordered the organizations to complete the contests by Friday, and will give the winners
Jan. 20, 2017
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US did not think sanctions would cause NK to give up nukes in 1991: report
The United States thought in the early 1990s that economic sanctions would not make North Korea give up its nuclear weapons program even if such a step would significantly hurt the North's economy, a declassified report showed Friday.The US analyzed the possible impacts of economic sanctions on North Korea and potential responses from the North, South Korea, China and others, according to the National Intelligence Council's report from December 1991 and titled "North Korea: Likely Response to Ec
Jan. 20, 2017
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Pyongyang blasts Kerry for disgracing N. Korean leadership
North Korea on Thursday lashed out at US Secretary of State John Kerry for what it claimed to be his attempt to undermine the dignity of its leadership, while also accusing him of driving the US-North Korea relationship to the worst possible state."The rubbish made by bete noire Kerry against the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK is nothing but a shriek made by the wretched one bound for ruin after sustaining only bitter defeat and shame in the stand-off with the DPRK, failing to rea
Jan. 20, 2017