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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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IAEA: N. Korea could have started nuclear reprocessing
North Korea could have started reprocessing spent nuclear fuel to harvest plutonium for nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday."The DPRK (North Korea) resumed the activities of five megawatt reactors or enrichment or reprocessing," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said at a press briefing in Vienna, referring to facilities at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex."However, as we do not have inspectors on the ground, we are only observing through satellite imagery. W
June 7, 2016
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N. Korea blasts Kenneth Bae's criticism of its ruling ideology
North Korean on Monday blasted a former Korean-American detainee who spent two years in its prison for criticizing the country's ruling ideology. The state-run Internet propaganda site Meari said Bae's speeches made at his recent book release events in South Korea and the United States defamed the country by calling the juche idea and Kim Il Sungism the pillars that support the repressive regime in power. Both juche or self-reliance, and Kim Il Sungism, named after the founder of the countr
June 6, 2016
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N.K. expands work-hard campaign across the country: report
North Korea is moving to expand its second work-hard campaign launched this year as it pushes for more growth, state-run media reported Monday. Pyongyang has kicked off its "200-day campaign of loyalty" this month as part of its five-year economic development plan, unveiled by at the rare ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) congress in early May. The drive comes on the heels of a 70-day work-hard drive that began earlier this year ahead of the key party gathering that helped solidify North
June 6, 2016
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Public opinion on N. Korea turn negative following nuke test, missile launch
Public opinion on North Korea worsened in the wake of that country's fourth nuclear test and long-range missile launch earlier this year, a nationwide poll showed Monday. According to the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC), a poll carried out on 1,000 adult South Koreans in mid March, showed 34.6 percent saying Seoul should maintain a high degree of vigilance towards the North and its provocations. The same survey showed 27.2 percent of the respondents viewing the reclusive neighbor
June 6, 2016
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South Korea's nuclear envoy to visit Beijing this week
Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, will visit Beijing on June 8-9 for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei, the Ministry of Foreign Affair said on Sunday. (Yonhap)
June 5, 2016
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Number of N. Korean defectors rises again this year
The number of North Korean defectors arriving in South Korea has rebounded this year after showing a steady decline under the rule of the North's incumbent leader, government data said Sunday.A total of 590 defectors from the North came to South Korea in the first five months of this year, posting a 16 percent hike from the same period last year, according to the data obtained from the Ministry of Unification in Seoul.It is the first time that the arrival of North Korean defectors has increased
June 5, 2016
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N. Korean leader still smokes after 80-day 'hiatus"
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is known to be a heavy smoker, has held a cigarette for the first time in months in public, a photo released by the North's mouthpiece newspaper showed Saturday.A snapshot of him smoking at the remodeled Mangyongdae Children's Camp in Pyongyang was published in Rodong Sinmun. Kim was there to promote "Pyongyang Speed," a term referring to the North's rapid industrialization, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).He was last seen smoking more than
June 4, 2016
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S. Korea has undoubtedly clear intention to deploy THAAD: defense minister
South Korea has the undoubtedly clear intention to deploy the U.S. advanced air defense shield because such a move can better protect the country from North Korea's ever-growing nuclear and missile threats, Seoul's defense minister said Saturday."(South Korea) undoubtedly has the intention to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)," Minister Han Min-koo said in response to a number of experts' questions on the deployment issue during the Asia Security Summit held in Singapore."Th
June 4, 2016
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S. Korea will not cling to meaningless dialogue with North: defense chief
South Korea has ruled out any dialogue with North Korea until the communist country takes action to give up its nuclear weapons, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Saturday, calling for concerted international effort to pressure Pyongyang.South Korea has rebuffed North Korea's proposals for working-level military talks which were issued on May 21 and 24, respectively, following Kim Jong-un's calls for inter-Korean dialogue made during the rare ruling party congress held in early May in Pyongyang.
June 4, 2016
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N. Korean leader inspects remodeled children's camp
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a remodeled children's camp in Pyongyang to promote "Pyongyang Speed," a term referring to the North's rapid industrialization, the communist country's state media reported Saturday.Kim carried out an inspection of Mangyongdae Children's Camp in Pyongyang, and he was "blown away by the work employees have done to improve the facility offering comprehensive education and training to children," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.Kim "was impresse
June 4, 2016
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Pressure on N. Korea expected to be key sticking point in U.S.-China strategic talks
How much to pressure North Korea is expected to be a key point of contention in the upcoming annual strategic talks between the United States and China as Washington is sending strong signals that Beijing should do more.The U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), set for Monday and Tuesday in Beijing, will take place after the U.S. Treasury Department designated the North as a "primary money laundering concern" in an effort to cut off the provocative regime from the international bank
June 4, 2016
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Senator welcomes N.K.'s designation as money laundering concern
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia called for greater efforts to impose additional sanctions on North Korea as he welcomed the Treasury Department's recent designation of Pyongyang as a "primary money laundering concern."The unprecedented designation, announced Wednesday, is considered one of the most powerful sanctions the U.S. has ever imposed on the communist nation, and is designed to cut off Pyongyang from the international banking system for pursuin
June 4, 2016
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S. Korea-China trade fair near N. Korea border canceled over safety concerns
A trade fair between South Korean and Chinese small and mid-sized firms in the Chinese city of Dandong on the border with North Korea was canceled days before its opening because of unspecified safety concerns, a diplomatic source close to the matter said Friday. Organized by several South Korean municipal governments and the Chinese city of Dandong, which faces North Korea across the Amnok River, the five-day trade fair was previously scheduled to begin next Thursday. About 150 firms from
June 3, 2016
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China takes note of media reports that Huawei faces U.S. probe on N. Korea exports
China's foreign ministry said Friday that it took note of U.S. media reports that Huawei Technologies Co., a Chinese telecom equipment maker, is facing a U.S. probe over its exports to North Korea, Cuba, Iran and Syria. The U.S. Department of Commerce has ordered Huawei's U.S. units to clarify whether the Chinese company exported goods containing American technology to the rogue nations, The New York Times reported. "I have noted relevant reports," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunyi
June 3, 2016
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FAO redesignates N. Korea one of 37 countries suffering from food shortage
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has redesignated North Korea one of 37 countries suffering from a food shortage, a U.S.-based news media reported Friday.Quoting the FAO's second quarter report on the crop outlook and food situation, Radio Free Asia said North Korea's food shortage for this year is expected to reach some 700,000 tons, which may seriously impact food rations for ordinary citizens.But the reclusive country has secured a mere 23,000 tons donated by international
June 3, 2016
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N. Korea convenes workers meeting to promote work-harder campaign
North Korea convened a meeting of workers in Pyongyang this week to promote the "200-day loyalty campaign" aimed at fueling the country's economic growth, a report by the country's official Korean Central News Agency said Friday.The news agency reported that the meeting, held at the People’s Palace of Culture in the North Korean capital, was intended to send a government message that would incite the people to work more during the 200-day campaign. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un initially kicke
June 3, 2016
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Seoul cautious about THAAD talks
Seoul’s defense officials on Friday denied news reports that South Korea and the United States would make an announcement on their plans to deploy advanced U.S. missile defense assets here ahead of their defense ministerial talks in Singapore. Defense Minister Han Min-koo is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with his U.S. counterpart Ash Carter on Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia Security Summit in Singapore. En route to the Southeast Asian country, Carter said that a stationing of the
June 3, 2016
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Over 20 countries submit action plans on how to enforce N.K. sanctions
Over 20 countries, including the United States and Russia, have submitted their detailed action plans on how they will enforce sanctions on North Korea following its nuclear test and a long-range missile launch earlier this year, sources said Friday.According to the sources, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, Turkey, Egypt, Poland and other countries have also submitted their "implementation reports" to a U.N. committee in charge of the sanctions. The U.N. Security Council earlie
June 3, 2016
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Korea voices regret over N.K.'s military action threat
South Korea on Friday expressed strong regret over North Korea's threat that it could take military action if Seoul does not accept Pyongyang's proposal for inter-Korean dialogue.The North Korean committee on inter-Korean affairs pressed South Korea Thursday to accept the proposal by the North's leader Kim Jong-un to hold military talks, warning that it will respond with a "merciless physical option" if Seoul refuses to do so.The South Korean government has rejected the North's offer as a propag
June 3, 2016
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U.S. leaves out N. Korea from terrorism sponsors list
The United States left out North Korea from its latest list of states sponsoring terrorism Thursday, despite persistent calls for putting Pyongyang back on the list.The State Department's Country Reports on Terrorism 2015 said the North "is not known to have sponsored any terrorist acts since the bombing of a Korean Airlines flight in 1987."The North was put on the list in 1988 for the airliner bombing that killed all 115 people aboard, but the designation was rescinded in 2008 in exchange for p
June 3, 2016