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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
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Ex-USFK chief Scaparrotti expresses serious concern about N.K. missile capabilities
Former U.S. Forces Korea Commander Curtis Scaparrotti has expressed serious concern about North Korea's missile capabilities after the communist nation carried out the latest test of its submarine-launched ballistic missile."Kim Jong-un and his regime continues to test and work on their ballistic missile capability, and with every launch, they're getting better and they're working out their problems," Scaparrotti, now NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, told reporters at the NATO Summit i
July 11, 2016
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N. Korea's SLBM years away from operational: U.S. expert
North Korea is expected to conduct submarine-launched ballistic missile tests more frequently, but the communist nation still faces significant technical challenges and needs at least several more years to deliver an operational system, a U.S. expert said.The North conducted its latest SLBM test on Saturday, a day after the South and the U.S. announced a decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system in South Korea to better defend against the North's nuclear a
July 11, 2016
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N. Korea threatens military actions against THAAD deployment
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 system in South Korea, according to the Korean Central News Agency.(yonhap)"We once again warn the enemies that it is the st
July 11, 2016
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THAAD can intercept North's SLBMs: defense minister
The advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea will be capable of intercepting North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missiles, Seoul's defense chief said Sunday. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo said the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system can intercept North Korea's SLBMs if they are fired at South Korea. His remarks were made a day after the North test-fired an SLBM from waters southeast of the coastal port city of Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province. The test-fire, ho
July 10, 2016
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N. Korea blasts S. Korea for possible increase of loudspeakers
North Korea lashed out at South Korea Saturday for its plan to increase the number of loudspeakers near the tense border with North Korea.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Seoul's plan is a provocation to push the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the worst possible.The angry reaction came as South Korea's military is reportedly planning to set up about 10 additional loudspeakers near the border to boost psychological warfare against the North.South Korea resumed the prop
July 10, 2016
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N. Korea's latest submarine-launched ballistic missile test unsuccessful: S. Korea
North Korea's ballistic missile launch from a submarine ended in failure, South Korea's military said, a provocative move that drew condemnation from South Korea and other regional powers. The North's latest show of force came a day after South Korea and the United States announced they will deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea to counter threats posed by North Korea's missiles.The ballistic missile appears to have exploded at an altitude of some 10 kilometers after bein
July 10, 2016
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U.N. council names new special rapporteur for N. Korean human rights
The United Nations' Human Rights Council named former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, as the new special rapporteur for North Korea's human rights, a U.S. report said Saturday.The U.N. council confirmed the Argentine lawyer to replace Marzuki Darusman, the current U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, the Washington-based Voice of America reported. The incoming rapporteur will be investigating North Korea's
July 10, 2016
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Ruling, opposition lawmakers divided over U.S. sanction on NK head
Lawmakers of South Korea's ruling and opposition parties were split over the consequence of the U.S.' move to impose sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over human rights abuses earlier this week, local political observers said Friday.On Wednesday, Washington imposed sanctions on 15 officials and eight agencies on charges of engaging in human rights abuses. It was the first time the U.S. has imposed direct sanctions on the North's leader and the designation also marked the first-ever U.
July 8, 2016
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Qatar restricts visa issuance to N.K. workers: source
Qatar has been limiting the issuance of new visas to North Korean workers in line with international sanctions designed to starve Pyongyang of resources for its nuclear weapons program, a government source in Seoul said Friday.About 2,000 North Koreans are estimated to be working in the Middle Eastern nation to earn money for Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile development."Qatar is actively cooperating in terms of putting pressure on the North and taking steps to limit the issuance of new v
July 8, 2016
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N. Korea denounces sanctions on leader Kim as 'declaration of war'
North Korea on Friday denounced the U.S. imposition of sanctions on leader Kim Jong-un as "an open declaration of war," warning that it will close down all diplomatic channels with the U.S. unless the blacklisting is revoked.The U.S. rejected the demand, saying it will continue to work with the international community to sustain international attention on the North's "deplorable" human rights situation and to press for Pyongyang to cease such violations.The North's Foreign Ministry issued the st
July 8, 2016
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N. Korean martial arts manual listed as UNESCO heritage
A North Korean martial arts manual dating back to the 18th century has been listed as a UNESCO heritage, the country's state media said Thursday.The U.N. organization listed the manual called "Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji" on its World Regional Register for Asia-Pacific at a meeting of the UNESCO Memory of the World Regional Committee for Asia-Pacific in Vietnam in May, the Korean Central News Agency said in an English dispatch monitored in Seoul.The book was illustrated by the famous Korean folk painter
July 8, 2016
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Number of N.K. defectors rises 22%
The number of North Korean defectors who left the reclusive state this year reached 749, marking a 22 percent increase on-year, the Unification Ministry said Thursday.This is the first significant rise in the number of the defectors since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took helm at the end of 2011, the ministry added.The number had declined in recent years, from 2,706 in 2011 to 1,502 in 2012, 1,514 in 2013, 1,397 in 2014 and 1,276 last year.A group of North Korean defectors holds a press confe
July 7, 2016
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S. Korea sees Pyongyang's preconditions for denuclearization as 'deceitful tactic'
North Korea's recently proposed preconditions for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula are nothing but a "deceitful tactic" to undermine ongoing global efforts to enforce sanctions on the communist country, the foreign ministry here said Thursday.On Wednesday the North issued a statement in which it proposed five preconditions necessary to make it possible to free the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. They included the disclosure of nuclear weapons held by U.S. troops in the South and a d
July 7, 2016
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U.S. sanctions N.K. leader over human rights abuses
The U.S. put North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on its sanctions blacklist for the first time Wednesday, ramping up pressure on the regime over human rights abuses.Kim is among 15 officials and eight entities identified in the blacklist unveiled by the State Department and Treasury. The report was in line with a mandate in the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act -- Washington’s strongest standalone sanctions legislation against Pyongyang -- which was enacted last February. It is the fi
July 7, 2016
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Number of NK defectors up 22% on-year in H1
The number of North Korean defectors grew 22 percent in the first half from a year earlier, government data showed Thursday, as more people are seeking to flee North Korea amid their leader's iron-fist rule. The number of North Koreans who escaped the North and arrived in South Korea reached 749 in the January-June period, compared with 614 the previous year, according to the data by the Ministry of Unification.As of end-June, the total number of North Korean defectors reached 29,543, it showed,
July 7, 2016
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N.K. claims it has capacity to counter U.S. new military strategy
North Korea claimed Thursday that it has the full capacity to counter the U.S.' new military strategy, warning that Washington will face dire consequences if it raises tension on the divided peninsula.A spokesman at the Institute for American Studies of the North's foreign ministry condemned Washington's "Third Offset Strategy," which aims to maintain the U.S. military's superiority over growing threats by building up the country's precision weapons capabilities and adopting new operational conc
July 7, 2016
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N. Korea earnings through illegal cyber acts hovers at 1 tln won: expert
North Korea earns nearly 1 trillion won ($863.9 million) every year from illegal activities in cyber space including the operation of gambling sites, a South Korean researcher said Thursday. "Through operations in cyber gambling units, and development and sales of gambling programs, North Korea brings in an income of about 1 trillion won annually," Yoo Dong-ryol, the head of Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy said in a forum on cyber security hosted by the military's Defense Security Command.T
July 7, 2016
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N.K. sends security agents to China to monitor its workers: activist
North Korea has sent about 300 security agents to China in a bid to strengthen monitoring on the North's overseas workers following a high-profile defection by over a dozen North Korean restaurant staffers, an activist claimed Thursday.In late June, the North dispatched security agents in their 30s and 40s to the neighboring country in an effort to step up supervision on North Korean workers, according to North Korean defector Kim Yong-hwa, head of the NK Refugees Human Rights Associations of Ko
July 7, 2016
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U.S. imposes sanctions on N. Korean leader over human rights abuses
The United States imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over human rights abuses on Wednesday in an unprecedented, highly symbolic measure underscoring Washington's determination to ramp up pressure on Pyongyang.Ten other top officials as well as five state agencies, including the National Defense Commission, which has recently been replaced with the newly created State Affairs Commission, were also blacklisted by the Treasury Department for "their ties to North Korea's notorious
July 7, 2016