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'N. Korean defector seeks refuge via Hong Kong'
A North Korean defector has come to seek refuge at the South Korean consulate in Hong Kong, local media reported Wednesday. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post and other news outlets have said that the defector was presumed to be a member of a North Korean delegation to an academic competition at a local university, which was held about two weeks ago. (Yonhap)Security was seen bolstered around the Korean consulate in the Far East Finance Centre in Harcourt Road, Admiralty.Neither the South Kor
July 28, 2016
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Scores of Kim Jong-il badges found at hotel near Incheon airport
Police said Thursday they are investigating scores of Kim Jong-il badges found at a hotel near Incheon International Airport, South Korea's main gateway.Grand Hyatt Incheon, located right next to the airport, reported to police at around 6:25 a.m. that the coin-sized lapel pins were found in front of the hotel. There were a total of 196 badges, according to police.The production and distribution of lapel pins bearing the images of North Korea's two late leaders, Kim Il-sung and his son, Kim Jong
July 28, 2016
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Malta effectively deports N. Koreans, 3 defected to S. Korea: sources
Three North Koreans who worked in the European Union country of Malta but were forced out defected to South Korea last summer, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.Two North Korean restaurant workers disappeared last summer and one North Korean construction worker went missing in the first half of this year. They are presumed to have defected to the South, according to local residents of the island nation and the intelligence community. The defection, if true, may indicate that a growi
July 28, 2016
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S. Korea, U.S. agree to make intensive efforts to cut off cash flows into N. Korea
South Korea and the United States agreed Wednesday to make intensive efforts in the coming months to cut off cash flows into North Korea so as to limit Pyongyang's ability to develop nuclear weapons, a top South Korean official said.The agreement was reached when South Korea's deputy national security advisor, Cho Tae-yong, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken held the third round of high-level strategic consultations on North Korea policy in Washington."We agreed on the need to furth
July 28, 2016
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N. Korea sends leaflets via Hangang River for 1st time
A pack of propaganda leaflets sent from North Korea via the Hangang River were found Tuesday, marking the first time such leaflets had been sent via the waterway, the South Korean military said Wednesday.According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the leaflets distorted the 63rd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice agreement -- which fell on Wednesday -- claiming it as the day the communist nation achieved victory against the united forces of the U.N. and the South Korean military. They also said
July 27, 2016
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N. Korea experts support unification tax: poll
A majority of South Korean experts on inter-Korean ties believe the introduction of a "unification tax" is necessary to prepare for a unified Korea, a survey showed Wednesday.They agreed that a reunification itself is in the interest of South Korea, but they were divided on an ideal format, according to the Hyundai Research Institute.The think tank, affiliated with Hyundai Group, conducted the poll on 93 pundits from July 11-19. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.08 percentage points at a 95
July 27, 2016
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S. Korea says sanctions most effective tool to rein in N. Korea's nuclear program
Imposing sanctions will be the most effective way to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions as decades of inter-Korean talks failed to induce any positive changes in the reclusive country, South Korea's unification ministry said Wednesday. South Korea reiterated its firm stance toward the North in response to North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho's remarks made a day earlier at a press meeting held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in the Laotian capital. At the meeting Ri said,
July 27, 2016
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N. Korea importing bear bile from China for party officials: report
North Korea has been importing a large amount of bear bile, used in traditional Asian remedies, from China for key officials of the ruling Workers' Party, a media report said Wednesday, citing testimonies by defectors.A defector, who was not named, told Radio Free Asia that there is a flow of bear gallbladders into North Korea from China.The source said transactions generally take place in China's border city of Suifenhe in Heilongjiang Province.RFA said that gallbladder trade is able to be cond
July 27, 2016
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N. Korea sends propaganda leaflets via Han River
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday they found strongly worded North Korean leaflets in the Han River, the first distribution of such propaganda materials via a waterway. On July 22, the Korean military collected scores of tightly air-filled vinyl bags carrying North Korean leaflets which contained threats of the North's possible attacks on the South using the intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile, a spokesman for Seoul's JCS said in a press briefing. "North Korea intention
July 27, 2016
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N. Korea fired 31 ballistic missiles in past 5 years
North Korea has launched a total of 31 ballistic missiles in the past five years under Kim Jong-un, twice the number of missiles test-fired when his late father was in power, the defense ministry here said Wednesday.North Korea has test-fired 16 short-range Scuds with a range of 300 to 1,000 kilometers, six mid-range Rodongs that can fly 1300-1500 km, six intermediate-range Musudans with a range of 3,500-4,000 km and three submarine-launched ballistic missiles since late 2011. The incumbent lead
July 27, 2016
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S. Korea blocks N. Korea's participation in martial arts competition: report
The South Korean government has blocked North Korea's participation in a martial arts competition here in September, after Pyongyang accepted an invitation, a Washington-based news media report said Wednesday.According to Voice of America, the organizers of World Martial Arts Masterships asked George Vitale, the spokesman of the North Korea-led International Taekwondo Federation, to check whether North Korean taekwondo practitioners are willing to participate in its inaugural event in Cheongju,
July 27, 2016
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S. Korean deputy national security adviser in U.S. for talks about pressuring N. Korea
South Korea's deputy national security adviser, Cho Tae-yong, arrived in Washington on Tuesday for talks with U.S. officials about how better to pressure North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs.Cho is scheduled to meet with Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Wednesday for the third round of high-level strategic talks on North Korea that were established under an agreement President Park Geun-hye reached with U.S. President Barack Obama at their summit in October."Having the same
July 27, 2016
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U.S. urges N. Korea to refrain from destabilizing rhetoric
The United States urged North Korea on Tuesday to refrain from destabilizing rhetoric and actions after Pyongyang's top diplomat threatened the country could conduct yet another nuclear test depending on the "U.S.' attitude."North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho made the remark to reporters in Laos on the sidelines of a regional security forum, arguing that what he calls the U.S. "hostile policy" toward the North is increasingly becoming severe.Ri also said the "biggest hostile act" by the U.
July 27, 2016
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Additional nuke test depends 'entirely' on Washington: N.K.'s top diplomat
North Korea's top diplomat blamed the United States Tuesday for dashing hopes for denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, saying that whether or not there will be additional nuclear tests depends "entirely" on Washington's attitude.In a hastily-arranged press meeting after attending a regional security gathering held in the Laotian capital, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho also demanded U.S. troops pull out of South Korea altogether."It is the U.S.' hostile policy that is making the cu
July 27, 2016
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N.K. has no plans for press conference after ARF, decision remains up to Ri: N.K. official
A North Korean official said Tuesday that the North has no plans at the moment to hold an official press conference on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific countries' meetings underway in Laos, but it could have a chance to let its position be known before the end of the gathering.Asked if there is a press conference, the official accompanying North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho told a group of reporters, "We don't have enough time for it, but the decision is up to the minister.""I don't know
July 26, 2016
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Unification minister says now is not the time for dialogue with Pyongyang
South Korea's unification minister said Tuesday now is not the right time to hold talks with North Korea as Pyongyang continues to ramp up its saber-rattling over Seoul's decision to deploy an advanced U.S. anti-missile defense system in the country. On July 19, a week after it warned of "physical" counter-actions against the decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea by 2017, Pyongyang test-fired three ballistic missiles and made cle
July 26, 2016
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Former N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il's widow purged: RFA
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's widow appears to have been purged by the Kim Jong-un regime, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia said Tuesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the reclusive country.A Chinese businessman, fresh from his recent visit to Pyongyang, told the RFA that Kim Ok, 52, the fourth wife of the deceased leader, was sent to a political prison camp within a year of her step-son taking power. The incumbent leader inherited the country following the sudden death of his f
July 26, 2016
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Regional security forum to kick off with NK nuke likely to dominate agenda
Top diplomats from nearly 30 Asia-Pacific countries and regional powers will meet Tuesday to discuss regional security issues such as North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The ASEAN Regional Forum, the largest regional security gathering, will be attended by foreign ministers from the 10 members of the Association of Northeast Asian Nations and top officials from other parts of Asia, North America, Europe and Oceania.The ARF is a rare international occasion attended by the North along with all
July 26, 2016
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N. Korea's Air Koryo seems to be operating regular Pyongyang-Jinan route: VOA
North Korea's national carrier Air Koryo appears to have opened a regular flight service between Pyongyang and China's eastern city of Jinan for what seemed to be the transport of Chinese tourists, a Washington-based news media report said Tuesday.According to Voice of America, the North Korean flag carrier recently launched regular flights between the two cities twice a week, raising speculations the North Korean jet may be transporting Chinese tourists to the reclusive country.VOA said that Ai
July 26, 2016
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Seoul to set up N. Korean human rights foundation
South Korea will establish a foundation in September to better study human rights situations in North Korea and develop related policies, the unification ministry said Monday.The government plans to inject about 25 billion won ($22 million) annually into the 50-member foundation under the North Korean Human Rights Act, which is set to take effect Sept. 4 and designed to improve human rights abuses in the reclusive country, according to the ministry in charge of Seoul's Pyongyang policy.A group o
July 25, 2016