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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Can K-pop break free from ‘fandom’ model?
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YouTuber fatally stabbed on livestream by another YouTuber in Busan
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Yoon rebuffs opposition's call for special probe into wife
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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Stray Kids hit with racism in Met Gala photo line
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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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Yoon apologizes for wife's 'unwise conduct'
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Air Koryo's scheduled Kuwait flights halted since February: NK News
North Korea's national airline, Air Koryo, has not operated its scheduled Pyongyang to Kuwait route since February, a U.S.-based Internet media report said Wednesday, apparently affected by the tightening of international sanctions.Quoting data from FlightRadar24, which provides flight information around the world, NK News reported the North Korean flag carrier's Pyongyang-Kuwait route by JS161 and return flightJS162 was last made on Feb. 23 and 24. The North Korean flight normally conducts a tr
May 11, 2016
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N. Korean hydropower dam leaking shortly after completion: sources
A North Korean hydropower plant, which has been touted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as one of the major accomplishments of the communist country, started to leak shortly after its completion last month, sources said Wednesday.The hydropower dam, located in North Korea's Yangang Province bordering China, has cracks and part of its walls appears to have collapsed, resulting in water leaks, according to satellite imagery dated May 8, which was obtained by Yonhap News Agency.The image also sho
May 11, 2016
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Trump's name brandishes South Korea's high-rise buildings
Presumptive U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump has his real estate footprints in South Korea as well, having lent his name to a construction company from the late 1990s to use on high-rise residential buildings in what was his first such arrangement with a foreign firm.Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C), then a builder unit of the larger Daewoo Group, first partnered with Trump in September 1997 to erect the Trump World Tower in Manhattan, close to the U.N. headquarters in New Yo
May 11, 2016
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N. Korea shows no indications of impending nuclear test: 38 North
Vehicles are no longer visible at the command center of North Korea's nuclear test site, a U.S. website monitoring the communist nation said Tuesday, brushing aside what was previously considered a possible sign of nuclear test preparations.Four vehicles were seen at the center in last week's satellite imagery of the North's Punggye-ri test site, sparking speculation it could be a sign that the North is preparing to conduct what would be its fifth nuclear test, just a few months after the fourth
May 11, 2016
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No vehicles seen at command center of N.K. nuclear test site: 38 North
Vehicles are no longer visible at the command center of North Korea's nuclear test site, a U.S. website monitoring the communist nation said Tuesday, brushing aside what was previously considered a possible sign of nuclear test preparations.Four vehicles were seen at the center in last week's satellite imagery of the North's Punggye-ri test site, sparking speculation it could be a sign that the North is preparing to conduct what would be its fifth nuclear test, just a few months after the fourth
May 11, 2016
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U.S. expert calls for serious consideration of N. Korea's dialogue offer
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's proposal to hold military talks with South Korea should be considered seriously as it offers a chance to keep tensions under control ahead of August's U.S.-South Korea military exercises, a U.S. expert said Tuesday.The North's leader made the dialogue offer during the Workers' Party Congress over the weekend, saying the two sides could use such talks to discuss ways to remove risks of clashes along the border and ease tensions as well as other issues of mutual c
May 11, 2016
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N. Korea holds mass celebration to mark key party congress
North Korea held a mass celebration to mark the closing of the four daylong ruling party congress in central Pyongyang on Tuesday, attracting leader Kim Jong-un and the party's newly appointed group of top echelons.The ruling Worker's Party of Korea congress that concluded Monday gave Kim the chairmanship at the party and revised the party's rules to further consolidate Kim's status as the supreme party leader.The revised rules also stipulate that as the WPK's chairman, Kim represents and leads
May 10, 2016
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'Comrade' omitted from Chinese president's message to Kim Jong-un
The term "comrade" was not used for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a message sent by Chinese President Xi Jinping to congratulate Kim on his election as chairman of the North's ruling party. China's state-controlled media on Tuesday reported that Xi sent the message written in Chinese to Kim, but the term was not used to address the North Korean head. In an English-language article, China's official Xinhua News Agency also reported that Xi "congratulated Kim Jong-un on his election as chairm
May 10, 2016
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N. Korea holds mass celebration to mark key party congress
North Korea held a mass celebration in the center of Pyongyang on Tuesday to mark the end of its ruling party congress that conferred on its leader Kim Jong-un a new title.The four-day congress that concluded on Monday gave Kim the chairmanship of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and revised the party's rule to stipulate that Kim is its supreme leader.It added that as the WPK's chairman, Kim represents and leads the whole party.The new title adds to Kim's already long list of top positi
May 10, 2016
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China's Xi sends congratulatory letter to N. Korea's Kim Jong-un
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has been given the new title of the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea during a key party congress, the North's state media said Tuesday.The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Xi sent the letter to Kim on Monday. The key party congress, the first in 36 years, opened Friday and ended Monday. In the letter, Xi said he offers "fervent" congratulations to Kim on behalf
May 10, 2016
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N.K. adopts decision to elect its leader as ruling party's chairman
North Korea has adopted a decision to elect its leader Kim Jong-un as the chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the North's state media said Tuesday, a move aimed at bolstering the leader's tight control on power.The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the North's leader was elected to the "top post" of the ruling party -- chairman of the WPK -- at the first party congress in 36 years, which concluded its four-day run Monday.The country revised its party rules, which stip
May 10, 2016
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U.S., S. Korea should demonstrate N. Korea won't be recognized as nuclear state: U.S. expert
North Korea appears to believe the international community will end up recognizing it as a nuclear state, and it's important for the United States and South Korea to demonstrate that it will never be the case, a U.S. expert said Monday.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told the Workers' Party Congress on Sunday that he will "permanently" defend the pursuit of his trademark "byeongjin" policy" of simultaneously seeking nuclear and economic development, making clear that he has no intentions to give
May 10, 2016
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S. Korea, U.S. hold defense talks to cope with N.K. threats
Senior defense and foreign policy officials of South Korea and the United States held talks in Washington on Monday as the two allies seek to cope better with growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.The Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue brought together Deputy Defense Minister Yoo Jeh-seung and Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear, along with Abraham Denmark, deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, and Elaine Bunn, deputy assistant secretary for nuclear and m
May 10, 2016
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N.K. leader given new title as ruling party chairman
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was elected as the chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at its rare party congress, the North's state media said, a move aimed at bolstering the leader's monolithic power.Wrapping up the four-day long congress of the WPK, North Korea announced Monday that its leader was bestowed with a new title of the WPK's chairmanship, according to the country's state-run television broadcaster.Kim has been at the top post of the ruling party, but his previous t
May 10, 2016
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N.K. leader given new title as ruling party chairman: report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been given the new title of the chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in a high-profile party congress which kicked off last week, a Japanese media report said Monday.At the first party congress in 36 years, the North's leader was bestowed with the newly-created title earlier in the day, according to Japan-based broadcaster NHK.The decision came as the country planned to elect the North's leader to "the top post" of the WPK at the party gatherin
May 9, 2016
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Park faces North Korea legacy challenge
Relations between the two Koreas are set to go farther downhill as no fresh reconciliatory gestures are coming out of the North’s ongoing party congress, while defiant leader Kim Jong-un has reasserted the country’s commitment to nuclear weapons. The unrelenting tension, which intensified after Pyongyang’s latest nuclear and missile tests early this year, poses a deepening challenge to President Park Geun-hye as she may conclude her five-year term without a solid legacy in cross-border ties -- d
May 9, 2016
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N. Korea mobilizes children and youth to praise Kim Jong-un during party congress
North Korea mobilized two youth organizations over the weekend to help glorify its leader Kim Jong-un during the ongoing congress of the ruling Workers' Party, the North's main newspaper reported Monday.The two groups comprising millions of members -- the Korean Children's Union (KCU) and the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League -- entered the venue of the party's seventh congress to congratulate the rare event while presenting a floral basket to the North Korean leader in reverence and loyalty, a
May 9, 2016
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BBC crew detained in N. Korea over reporting
A BBC correspondent and his team have been detained in North Korea and will be expelled for reporting that allegedly upset the communist country's leadership, the news channel said Monday.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, along with producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard, were detained on Friday as they were about to leave the country, the BBC reported.North Korean officials questioned Wingfield-Hayes for eight hours before making him sign a statement, it said.The three, who were in North Kore
May 9, 2016
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BBC correspondent expelled from N. Korea
CNN reporter Will Ripley tweeted on Monday that North Korea has expelled BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes from the country, under charges of disrespectful reporting toward the reclusive regime. Wingfield-Hayes was in Pyongyang ahead of the Workers Party Congress, accompanying a delegation of Nobel prize laureates. (BBC video capture)BBC said Wingfield-Hayes, as well as two other staff, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard, were detained on Friday as they were about to leave
May 9, 2016
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N.K. set to revise party rules to reflect 'nuclear state' status
North Korea is set to discuss the revision of the ruling party's rules at the party congress on Monday to reflect what the country claims is its nuclear state status, experts said.On the fourth day of the congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the communist country is likely to clarify that it is formally a nuclear-armed state when it revises the party's rules, North Korean watchers speculated.At the party gathering, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made it clear that he will "permane
May 9, 2016