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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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N. Korea showing signs of mobile ballistic missile launch: CNN
North Korea is showing signs of preparations to conduct its first launch of a mobile ballistic missile that could potentially reach part of the United States, CNN reported Tuesday, citing U.S. officials.U.S. intelligence satellites have picked up such indications, and the potential launch is most likely to involve the intermediate-range Musudan missile, feared to be capable of reaching Guam as well as Shemya Island in the outer reaches of Alaska's Aleutian chain, the report said.But the North co
April 13, 2016
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Kerry has no plans to meet with N. Korean FM in New York: source
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has no plans to meet with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong, scheduled to visit New York next week for the signing of a U.N. climate agreement, a diplomatic source Tuesday.The U.N. plans to hold the high-level signing ceremony on April 22 for the so-called Paris Agreement adopted in December to replace the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, and the North's Ri is scheduled to attend the ceremony, according to the U.N. spokesman's office.The planned visit d
April 13, 2016
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Kerry warns North Korea of harsher measures in event of additional provocation
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged North Korea on Monday to forgo any provocative actions, warning the U.S. is ready to impose even harsher sanctions than the latest U.N. resolution on the communist nation.Kerry issued the warning at a news conference during a landmark visit to Hiroshima, Japan, amid concerns that Pyongyang could conduct another nuclear test, its fifth, ahead of the birthday of founding leader Kim Il-sung on Friday.He said sentiment was uniform at a meeting of the foreign
April 12, 2016
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South Korea to introduce more loudspeakers to step up anti-NK broadcasting
South Korea plans to introduce more powerful loudspeaker systems by the end of this year to boost its ongoing anti-North Korea broadcasting campaign, government notices showed Tuesday.The Ministry of National Defense's finance management body posted notices on April 4 inviting local suppliers to submit tenders for two types of high-end loudspeaker, according to the military's public bidding website.According to the procurement postings, the military is seeking to introduce 24 fixed and 16 mobile
April 12, 2016
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N. Korea attempts to sell clothing made at Kaesong complex in China: RFA
North Korea has been making attempts to sell clothing made at the now shut-down Kaesong joint industrial complex in some Chinese cities, a news outlet said Tuesday.The apparel products being peddled were left behind at the Kaesong Industrial Zone when South Korean firms withdrew from the complex following the Seoul government's decisions to shutter the industrial park on Feb. 10.The park is located just north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas. The factory zone used to
April 12, 2016
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N. Korean FM to visit New York next week for signing of U.N. climate deal
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong plans to visit New York next week to attend the signing of a landmark U.N. climate agreement, a U.N. official said Monday.The U.N. plans to hold a high-level signing ceremony on April 22 for the so-called Paris Agreement adopted in December to replace the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, and the North's Ri is scheduled to attend the ceremony, an official of the U.N. spokesman's office said.Ri attended the Paris conference and delivered a speech there.His
April 12, 2016
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Missile engine test shows N.K. ICBMs can deliver nuclear warhead to U.S. east coast: 38 North
North Korea's ICBM engine test last week showed that the communist nation could make its road-mobile long-range missiles deliver nuclear warheads as far as the U.S. east coast, including Washington and New York, a U.S. expert warned Monday.The North claimed Saturday that it successfully conducted a ground "jet test of a new type high-power engine" of an intercontinental ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong-un saying that the test "provided a firm guarantee for mounting another form of nuclear
April 12, 2016
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Kerry warns N. Korea of harsher measures in event of additional provocation
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged North Korea on Monday to forgo any provocative actions, warning the U.S. is ready to impose even harsher sanctions on the communist nation than the latest U.N. resolution.Kerry issued the warning at a news conference during a landmark visit to Hiroshima, Japan, amid concerns that Pyongyang could conduct another nuclear test, its fifth, ahead of the birthday of founding leader Kim Il-sung on Friday.He said sentiment was uniform at a meeting of the foreign
April 12, 2016
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Senior N. K. intelligence officer, diplomats defect
A ranking official at North Korea’s military spy agency and two diplomats working outside the country have defected to the South, the government confirmed Monday, days after the joint arrival here of 13 workers from a North Korean restaurant in China. The colonel-level intelligence officer came to Seoul last year and gave a “detailed testimony” on the Reconnaissance General Bureau’s espionage operations against the South, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing an unnamed source with knowledge on th
April 11, 2016
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Senior N. K. intelligence officer, diplomats defect
A ranking official at North Korea’s military spy agency and two diplomats working outside the country have defected to the South, the government confirmed Monday, days after the joint arrival here of 13 workers from a North Korean restaurant in China. The colonel-level intelligence officer came to Seoul last year and gave a “detailed testimony” on the Reconnaissance General Bureau’s espionage operations against the South, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing an unnamed source with knowledge on th
April 11, 2016
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N. Korean workers in China defect to S. Korea via Thailand, Laos: source
A group of North Korean defectors who used to work at a restaurant in China entered South Korea last week via Thailand and Laos, a source familiar to North Korean affairs said Monday.Thirteen North Korean workers at an overseas restaurant defected to South Korea en masse last week amid toughened international sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest nuclear and missile tests.The source said that the North Koreans who worked at a restaurant in the Chinese eastern port city of Ningbo flew into Bangk
April 11, 2016
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N. Korea calls on party members to participate in '70-day
North Korea is making a determined effort to encourage its ruling Workers' Party members to actively take part in a nationwide campaign to boost productivity ahead of the key party congress set for early next month, a media report said Monday, adding, however, that many are lukewarm about such prodding.Quoting a provincial source, the Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) said the central party has issued an order to ordinary party members across the country, emphasizing the need to show an exe
April 11, 2016
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Seoul keeps close tabs on Pyongyang’s possible nuclear test
South Korea is closely monitoring North Korea over its possible fifth nuclear test this week, a presidential official said Monday.Presidential spokesman Jeong Yeon-guk did not provide details but said Seoul is keeping very close tabs on developments taking place in the isolationist country.There has been speculation that Pyongyang may carry out a fifth nuclear test ahead of its founder Kim Il-sung's birthday, which falls on Friday. The founder is the late grandfather of the country's current lea
April 11, 2016
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N.K. military intelligence officer defected to S. Korea
A ranking North Korean military officer in charge of conducting intelligence operations defected to South Korea last year, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, as the North's leader is tightening his grip on the regime.A North Korean senior colonel, whose name has been withheld, defected in 2015 after working at the North's reconnaissance bureau tasked with carrying out espionage missions against the South, the ministry said. (Yonhap)"(The North Korean military official's defection) is a fact,
April 11, 2016
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U.S. calls for caution about dangers of GPS jamming by N. Korea
The U.S. State Department has issued a notice cautioning vessels traveling near the Korean Peninsula about the dangers of North Korea's attempts to jam GPS signals.The communist nation tried to disrupt the South's GPS signals for about a week, although the radio attack came to a halt on Wednesday, according to officials in Seoul. A number of airplanes and ships were affected by the disruptions, but no major damage has been reported yet. South Korean officials said the North could resume GPS jamm
April 11, 2016
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Future mass N. Korean defections can't be ruled out: unification ministry
Future mass defection by North Koreans working abroad cannot be ruled out following the recent escape of 13 people, South Korea's unification ministry said Sunday.Speaking to reporters, a ministry official explained that considerable pressure to send back hard currency to Pyongyang in the face of tough United Nations sanctions played a part in the restaurant workers' defection. The government hinted earlier that the defectors were fearful that they would be punished if they were unable to send b
April 10, 2016
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More large-scale defections possible from North Korea: Seoul
In the wake of last week’s mass defection, additional exoduses may come about among North Koreans working overseas as the impact of U.N. resolutions and unilateral sanctions takes shape, top Seoul officials said Sunday. A group of a male manager in his 30s and 12 female employees in their early 20s who had served at a North Korean restaurant arrived in Seoul on Thursday, the Unification Ministry announced late Friday. Officials declined to unveil the detailed time line of their journey or the lo
April 10, 2016
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N. Korean leader sends congratulatory message to Korean university in Japan
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a congratulatory message to the teaching staff and students of a Korean university in Japan, the country's state-run media said Sunday.The message sent to Korea University in Tokyo, run by the General Association of Korean Residents, or Chongryon, was on the occasion of the school marking its 60th year of educating students, the Korean Central News Agency said.Chongryon is a pro-North Korean group that has maintained close ties with the communist regime. The
April 10, 2016
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Justice ministry to set up N. Korea human rights archive
South Korea's Ministry of Justice said Sunday it will set up an in-house archive to keep complete tabs on North Korea's human rights violations, so as to hold those responsible for abuses accountable in the future.The move aims to collect and document data that can be used to punish human rights violations after reunification and to take well-documented offenses to the International Criminal Court even before the two Korea's become one again, it said. The Ministry of Unification plans to transfe
April 10, 2016
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N. Korean restaurant staff who defected en masse worked in China: source
The 13 North Koreans who recently defected en masse to South Korea used to work at a restaurant in China, a source said Sunday.The government source, who declined to be identified, said the defectors had been able to get past North's tight surveillance in China to move to a Southeast Asian country before coming to South Korea.Seoul's Ministry of Unification announced Friday that the North Koreans -- one male manager and 12 female employees -- defected to Seoul. It did not reveal details includin
April 10, 2016