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South Korea to respond firmly to North Korean provocations over THAAD: govt
South Korea will respond firmly to all North Korean threats made against the deployment of the U.S. antimissile system on its soil, the government said Friday, making clear that the move is designed to counter Pyongyang's evolving nuclear and missile capabilities.The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Unification issued separate statements warning Seoul will not tolerate continued verbal attacks and other provocative acts by the North. The warnings come a day after North Korea cond
July 15, 2016
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South Korea demands release of nationals held in North Korea
South Korea demanded Friday that North Korea release its nationals being held in the communist country, saying the arrests were "unilateral" and used for propaganda.Earlier in Pyongyang, a South Korean man named Ko Hyon-chol held what appeared to be a stage-managed press conference in front of foreign journalists and diplomats to "confess" to trying to kidnap North Korean orphans, according to the AFP.Ko, 53, defected to the South in 2014 after fleeing the North a year earlier, the report said."
July 15, 2016
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1 North Korean border guard killed, 1 injured in attack: report
Two North Korean border guards were attacked by unidentified assailants, leaving one dead and the other seriously injured, a U.S-based media report said Friday.A source in North Korea's northern province of Ryanggang told Radio Free Asia that the pair were on guard duty at the Sino-North Korea border when they were attacked Sunday. It said the soldiers were patrolling the border area. The source said the attackers, presumed to number two or more, struck them on the head with stones several times
July 15, 2016
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South Korea, U.S., Japan condemn North Korea's nuclear, missile provocations
The No. 2 diplomats from South Korea, the United States and Japan strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations as they agreed to step up cooperation for the North's denuclearization, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.The agreement came during a trilateral meeting between South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Thursday (local time), the
July 15, 2016
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EU to provide $340,000 for North Korea disaster control project
The European Union has decided to provide US$340,000 to a North Korea disaster control project, a U.S.-based media outlet said Friday.According to Radio Free Asia, the European Community Humanitarian Office will send the funds to the Finnish Red Cross that has been engaged in rural disaster management projects in the reclusive county.The project aims to minimize damage caused by natural calamities such as droughts and floods.An EU spokesperson told RFA that the Finnish effort is focused on helpi
July 15, 2016
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Russia submits short implementation plan on N. Korea sanctions
Russia was confirmed on Friday to have submitted a relatively short implementation plan to the United Nations explaining how it will enforce sanctions against North Korea for defiantly pursuing its nuclear and missile programs.Russia's one-page report dated May 27 was made public on the U.N. website, detailing its implementation plan for the sanctions outlined under the latest resolution of the U.N. Security Council adopted in March.The resolution was unanimously adopted after the reclusive coun
July 15, 2016
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N. Korea expected to conduct full-range SLBM test within 12 months: U.S. expert
North Korea appears to be making progress in its submarine-launched ballistic missile development and is expected to conduct a full-range test within the next 12 months, a U.S. expert said Wednesday.The communist nation carried out the latest SLBM test last week, but the launch was considered a failure as the missile, known as KN-11, exploded at an altitude of some 10 kilometers after being launched from a submerged submarine. (yonhap)It was the second SLBM test this year after the first one in
July 14, 2016
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N. Korea's dispatching workers to China in illicit manner: report
North Korea's security authorities have dispatched dozens of workers to coal mines in China's northeastern province of Jilin through illicit methods since the middle of May, a U.S.-based media report said Wednesday.Citing a source from the North's Ryanggang Province, Radio Free Asia reported that officials of the North's State Security Department stationed in the North Korean province sent 30 North Korean workers on July 2 to Changbai County in Jilin, an area bordering North Korea's Pochon Count
July 13, 2016
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Park's top security advisor warns S. Korea will strongly retaliate if provoked
President Park Geun-hye's top security advisor warned Wednesday that South Korea will "strongly" retaliate should North Korea undertake any provocations to protest the decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy an advanced U.S. anti-missile system here.Kim Kwan-jin, chief of the National Security Office under the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, made the remarks a few days after Pyongyang warned of "physical actions" against the allies' decision to station a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense
July 13, 2016
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N. Korea keeps tight lid on human rights sanctions slapped on Kim Jong-un
North Korea is keeping tight control of news on the U.S. government's recent sanctions that it placed on leader Kim Jong-un for human rights abuses for fear the information could spread among its people.North Korea's state-run media has not made any report on Washington's sanctions on the leader since the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday that it has decided to close down its communication channel with the United States in protest of Washington's latest moves. North Kor
July 13, 2016
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N. Korea feared to undertake aggressive provocations during Korea-U.S. exercises: U.S. expert
North Korea could undertake provocations, including not only weapons tests, such as missile launches, but also covert attacks on South Korea, next month when the South and the U.S. conduct joint military exercises, a U.S. expert said Tuesday.The communist nation is upset by the U.S. imposition of sanctions on leader Kim Jong-un last week for his role in the country's human rights violations, as well as by a decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy a THAAD missile defense battery in the South.P
July 13, 2016
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[NEWS FOCUS] Concerns raised as N.K. falls deeper into isolation
With North Korea seen as plunging deeper into isolation, concerns are growing over the absence of communication channels with Pyongyang and possible military provocation stemming from miscalculations. Pyongyang’s state media said Monday it will “completely” shut down its telephone line with the U.S. in New York in protest against Washington’s recent sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over human rights abuses. The so-called New York channel, based in the communist state’s permanent miss
July 12, 2016
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N.K. hit by int'l sanctions closes over 30 restaurants abroad: source
North Korea is believed to have closed more than 30 restaurants in foreign countries due to toughened international sanctions, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.The North's move indicates that the regime faces difficulties in earning dollars as the U.N. Security Council's sanctions on Pyongyang are aimed at curbing the source of hard currency suspected of bankrolling the North's nuclear and missile programs.The source said that since the imposition of the sanctions in March, the Nor
July 12, 2016
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N. Korea's nuclear test site shows 'high-level activity': 38 North
North Korea is showing "high-level activity" at its nuclear test site, the 38 North website monitoring the communist nation said Monday.Commercial satellite imagery taken on July 7 of the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test site shows what appears to be supplies and/or equipment stacked on the ground at the site's North Portal, where the North conducted its fourth nuclear test in January, 38 North said.In addition, a small vehicle is present at the support building immediately to the south of the po
July 12, 2016
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U.S. urges N.K. to free detained citizens as Pyongyang threatens to handle them under wartime law
The United States urged North Korea to free detained American citizens Monday after the communist nation said it will deal with the detainees according to wartime law in protest of Washington's sanctions on leader Kim Jong-un.The North also said it would "totally cut off" the dialogue channel between the two sides via the North's mission to the United Nations in New York, accusing the U.S. of impairing the "dignity" of its leader with the sanctions that Pyongyang also labeled as a declaration o
July 12, 2016
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U.S. says N.K. threat over THAAD shows deployment decision was right
The United States on Monday brushed aside North Korea's threat to take "physical counter-action" against the planned deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, saying such a threat only confirms the deployment decision was right.The North's military issued the threat earlier Monday, claiming that the agreement between the South and the U.S. to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in the South is part of their efforts to invade the communist nation.The U.S
July 12, 2016
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N. Korea threatens military actions against THAAD
North Korea on Monday warned it will take "physical" actions against South Korea and the United States over the allies' decision to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in the South.North Korea's military issued a strong warning that it will deliver military strikes from the moment the two countries decide on where to place the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)."We once again warn the enemies that it is
July 11, 2016
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More N.Korean defectors’ food trucks coming to Busan, Jeju
The Ministry of Unification and horse racing track operator LetsRun Corporation, said Monday that three additional food trucks run by North Korean defectors will be launched at Busan and Jejudo Island’s horse racing grounds, from September. In January, the ministry funded the launch of two food trucks run by North Korean defectors at Seoul’s LetsRun Park horse racing track, along with the LetsRun Corporation and Hyundai Motors. (123RF)An additional three food trucks -- two in Busan’s LetsRun Pa
July 11, 2016
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N.K. sends 800 agents to areas bordering China to monitor its workers: source
North Korea has sent about 800 security agents to areas bordering China in a bid to beef up monitoring on the North's foreign workers and prevent them from fleeing their posts, a source familiar with the move said Monday.China's authorities have raised their guard against North Korea's move to dispatch hundreds of agents to Chinese cities, including Dandong and Yenji, where tens of thousands of North Koreans are working, according to the source.The North Korean agents, who belong to the Ministry
July 11, 2016
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U.N. panel to visit Seoul to discuss N.K. sanctions
A U.N. panel monitoring the implementation of sanctions on North Korea will visit South Korea this week to discuss nuclear and missile threats from the communist country, government sources said Monday. The panel will be in the country from Monday until Friday and hold meetings with key policymakers on a wide range of issues related to the North, according to the sources familiar with diplomatic matters.It is tasked with monitoring implementation of sanctions imposed on the North by the U.N. to
July 11, 2016