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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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[Graphic News] Over 80% of people filing bankruptcy in Seoul in their 50s and older
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North Korea lambastes Park's Liberation Day address
North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at the address by South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Liberation Day earlier this week when she called on the North to abandon its development of weapons of mass destruction.In a statement released by North Korea’s Committee for Peaceful Reunification, it called Park’s speech a “brazen gripe to hide the guilt of forcing the inter-Korean relations into a ruin.”The statement then went onto protest South Korea’s decision to deploy an advanced missile shield s
Aug. 17, 2016
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Human rights group produces video clip featuring N.K.'s violation of religious freedom
A human rights group said Wednesday that it has produced a video clip highlighting the North Korean regime violating the freedom of religion for its citizens. The 6-minute-long clip to be posted on YouTube features Pyongyang's human rights violations in cracking down on religious freedom among its people, according to the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea.It is available in eight different languages: Korean, Chinese, English, Spanish, French, German, Russian
Aug. 17, 2016
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S. Korea mulling unveiling list of N.K. human rights violators: source
South Korea is studying a plan to unveil a list of North Korean violators of human rights as a new law aimed at improving the North's rights situation is set to take effect next month, a government source said Wednesday.Seoul is carefully reviewing whether to make public its own list of North Korean perpetrators following Washington's latest move to impose sanctions on the North's human rights offenders and agencies, the source said.Last month, Washington blacklisted North Korean leader Kim Jong
Aug. 17, 2016
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N.K. condemns Park's address calling on Pyongyang to give up nukes
North Korea on Wednesday condemned President Park Geun-hye's latest speech calling for Pyongyang to end its nuclear and missile programs, saying that she is to blame for worsening inter-Korean ties.On Monday, Park gave a speech to mark the 71st anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.In her address, Park urged North Korea to immediately end its nuclear and missile programs while defending Seoul's planned deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system on its so
Aug. 17, 2016
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High-ranking North Korean official in DR Congo for talks
A high-ranking North Korean official has returned from a rare visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the two sides discussed the North's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, the North's official media reported on Tuesday. Ri Su-yong, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea and former foreign minister, held talks with Henri Mova Sakanyi, secretary general of the People's Party for the Reconstruction and the Democracy of DR Congo, on Sunday, the North's Korean Cen
Aug. 17, 2016
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North Korean restaurant workers resettle in South Korea after April mass defection
A group of 13 North Korean defectors who worked at a restaurant in China have recently begun to resettle in South Korea after undergoing Seoul's probe into what caused their massive defection in April, Seoul's unification ministry said Tuesday.In early April, one male manager and 12 female workers who worked at a Pyongyang-run restaurant in the Chinese eastern port city of Ningbo defected to South Korea en masse.The Ministry of Unification said that it is true that they have begun to resettle in
Aug. 17, 2016
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More info needed to analyze change over N.K. intelligence agency: Seoul
South Korea said Tuesday that more information is needed to analyze whether control of North Korea's intelligence agency has changed following the latest overhaul of its cabinet organization.The Ministry of State Security, Pyongyang's intelligence agency, was previously placed under the control of the powerful National Defense Commission before the country's parliament replaced the NDC with a newly created state apparatus named the State Affairs Commission in late June.The NDC previously had thr
Aug. 16, 2016
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UNICEF to conduct survey on living conditions in N. Korea
A U.N. aid agency plans to conduct a survey on the overall living conditions in North Korea, possibly providing a more accurate picture of the life confronting children and women there, a U.S. media reported Tuesday.The U.N. International Children's Emergency Fund will start its comprehensive survey this year to figure out health and nutrition conditions for children, women and other underprivileged people in the North, the Voice of America said, citing a spokesperson of the international agency
Aug. 16, 2016
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N. Korea's Choe didn't meet with Brazilian interim president: report
A close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Choe Ryong-hae, did not meet with Brazil's interim President Michel Temer during his stay in Rio de Janeiro, a U.S.-based media report said Tuesday, in another testimony to North Korea's false report of Choe's activities there.The Voice of America quoted former Brazilian Ambassador to North Korea Roberto Colin as saying that Choe and Temer never met.On Aug. 5, Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Choe met with Temer to deliver
Aug. 16, 2016
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North Korean media cranks up rhetoric for unification
North Korea's state media on Monday cranked up their rhetoric for reunification, calling it the "greatest undertaking" for all Koreans, while urging loyalty toward its leader Kim Jong-un.Marking the 71st anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, the North's media outlets also intensified their offensive against "hostile forces," berating them for isolating their country and undermining unification efforts."Unification is the most urgent, life-or-death, greatest undert
Aug. 15, 2016
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U.S. State Department to release report on North Korea's labor exports this week
The U.S. State Department is expected to submit a report to Congress this week that details North Korea's abuse of its people with overseas labor, including the list of countries and individuals that accept or use such labor, sources said.The planned report is the latest in a series of measures by Washington to increase pressure on Pyongyang over its human rights records. Last month, the U.S. imposed its first-ever sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for his roles in the country's human
Aug. 15, 2016
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North Korea-China trade showing signs of revival: sources
North Korea's trade with China is showing signs of revival despite Beijing's pledge to strictly implement sanctions against the reclusive country for its nuclear test and long-range missile launch early this year, a source said Sunday.The claims come as China has raised objections to the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile shield in South Korea and may be an indication that Beijing is backtracking on its sanctions obligations.Seoul and Washington announced on July 8 that a Terminal High Altit
Aug. 15, 2016
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N. Korean FM to visit New York next month for U.N. meetings: report
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho plans to visit New York next month to attend U.N. meetings, a U.S.-based media report said Saturday.Ri Yong-ho plans to visit the United Nations in September, but no specific meetings have been scheduled with U.S. officials, Voice of America (VOA) said, citing multiple sources including a U.N. official.The North's top diplomat earlier made the remark that the country could conduct yet another nuclear test depending on the "U.S.' attitude." Ri made the com
Aug. 13, 2016
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N. Korea to hold congress of youth in late Aug.
North Korea will hold a youth congress in Pyongyang on Aug. 26, its official news agency said Friday, as the country continues to rally support behind leader Kim Jong-un and solidify his one-man rule.The Central Committee of the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League decided to convene its 9th congress in Pyongyang later this month, the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The report did not specify the details of the event's schedule and venue.It will be the country's first congress for
Aug. 12, 2016
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N. Korea revises rules of military service exemption to address manpower shortages: report
North Korea has been revising the rules of exempting people from the compulsory military service in a bid to address manpower shortages in the military, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia said Friday.Citing a North Korean source in North Hamgyong Province, the RFA said only childs, and children of plantation workers and mining laborers had been previously exempted from military service, with them being required to work at their parents' workplaces."But the revised rules stipulate that anyone aged in
Aug. 12, 2016
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N.K. again broadcasts encrypted numbers
North Korea's state radio station on Friday resumed the broadcast of mysterious strings of numbers after a two-week silence, which some experts say are coded messages for North Korean spies in South Korea.A female announcer at Radio Pyongyang read numbers for more than four minutes starting at 12:45 a.m., mentioning the numbers in such a way as "No. 68 on Page 509."The announcer said she is "giving review works in basic information technology lessons of the remote education university for No. 27
Aug. 12, 2016
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N.K. publicly executes some 60 people this year: source
North Korea has publicly executed some 60 people so far this year as the reclusive country's leader Kim Jong-un strengthens his reign of terror, a source said Friday.The move aimed at putting fear into the people comes as more ordinary North Koreans are expressing dissatisfaction as Pyongyang has been forcing people to work longer hours and pay money to the regime in the face of economic hardships stemming from international sanctions, according to an insider familiar with the matter."As of Augu
Aug. 12, 2016
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U.S. issues latest travel warning for N. Korea
The U.S. State Department issued a new warning against traveling to North Korea on Thursday, saying the communist regime threatens to treat detained American citizens according to its "wartime law."Pyongyang made the threat after the U.S. imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for his roles in the country's human rights abuses. U.S. officials say the North has also been refusing to grant consulate access to two American citizens detained in the country."The State Department strongl
Aug. 12, 2016
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N. Korea's nuclear test site shows continued activity: 38 North
Recent satellite imagery shows continued activity at North Korea's nuclear test site, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Thursday.The Aug. 4 imagery of the North's Punggye-ri underground test site shows a large net erected immediately south of the support building at the North Portal, the site of the North's fourth nuclear test in January, 38 North said. This satellite imagery dated Aug. 4, 2016, shows continuing activities at the site of North Korea`s fourth nuclear test, including the se
Aug. 12, 2016
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China media blames S. Korea, U.S. for UNSC not issuing statement on N.K.
A Chinese state-run newspaper blamed South Korea and the United States on Thursday for the recent failure by the United Nations Security Council to issue a statement denouncing Pyongyang's missile provocations. On Wednesday, foreign media reports said that China's push to include its opposition to the Terminal High-Altitude Areas Defense system to be placed here by end-2017 ended up blocking the UNSC's efforts to issue a statement condemning the North's' latest missile launches. In a story carri
Aug. 11, 2016