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South Korea, U.S. discuss ways to improve Pyongyang's human rights situation
The U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues met with South Korean officials Tuesday to discuss ways to improve the human rights situation in the communist country.Amb. Robert King, who arrived here Saturday for a five-day trip, held closed-door meetings with senior officials handling North Korea issues at the Unification and Foreign Ministries, according to multiple sources.North Korea has come under growing pressure to improve its human rights record amid allegations of serious
April 5, 2016
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'Suspicious activity' at N. Korea's nuclear complex: 38 North
Recent satellite imagery shows "suspicious activity" at North Korea's nuclear complex in what could be a sign that Pyongyang might be trying to harvest weapons-grade plutonium from spent nuclear fuel, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Monday.The website 38 North said in a report that the satellite imagery has shown "exhaust plumes" from a thermal plant used to heat the Yongbyon nuclear complex's Radiochemical Laboratory, where spent nuclear fuel rods are reprocessed to extract plutonium."
April 5, 2016
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Pyongyang should freeze nuclear activities if it wants negotiations: senior U.S. diplomat
North Korea should freeze all nuclear activities and take other initial denuclearization steps if it wants to resume negotiations to resolve the standoff over its nuclear programs, a senior American diplomat said Monday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel made the remark during a seminar in Washington after Pyongyang's powerful National Defense Commission called earlier in the day for negotiations to find a fundamental solution to the heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Russel sai
April 5, 2016
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N. Korea beefing up border control ahead of party congress: sources
North Korea has strengthened its surveillance of its people in areas bordering China to crack down on those contacting defectors in South Korea ahead of its key party congress, sources said Tuesday.The Ministry of State Security, the North's intelligence agency, has sent a letter expressing its strong allegiance to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to the sources familiar to North Korean affairs.In the letter, the ministry pledged in March to beef up its surveillance along the border as
April 5, 2016
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Pyongyang's GPS disruptions continue for 4th day
South Korea's ICT ministry said North Korea's disruptions of GPS signals, which started last week, continued to affect local airplanes and ships on Monday.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said the GPS disruptions that began Thursday have been repeating at intervals ever since, impacting Seoul's adjacent city of Incheon, and the surrounding Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces.The ministry said 746 airplanes and 621 vessels experienced disruptions, but no significant damage has been rep
April 4, 2016
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South Korean official in U.S. for talks on Pyongyang sanctions: source
A senior South Korean official is in Washington this week to coordinate the allies' implementation of sanctions on North Korea, a government source said Monday.Kim Gunn, director-general for North Korean nuclear affairs at the Foreign Ministry, left for Washington late Sunday to meet with State Department and Treasury officials involved in the implementation of sanctions on Pyongyang, the source said on the condition of anonymity.North Korea has come under a series of tough sanctions for its fou
April 4, 2016
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N. Korea blasts sanctions, mentions talks
North Korea on Monday reiterated its criticism of the U.N.-led sanctions, but its brief mention of a need for talks has sparked speculation the communist country may attempt to shift from its belligerent attitude toward South Korea and the U.S. The statement by the spokesman of Pyongyang’s powerful National Defense Commission came roughly a month after the U.N. passed what officials here called “the strongest sanctions ever” against the North in reaction to its Jan. 6 nuclear test and Feb. 7 lon
April 4, 2016
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Female NK soldiers exposed to rape, abuse
Female soldiers in North Korea are subjected to rape and severe human rights violations while authorities turn a blind eye, a North Korean defector revealed.New Korea Women’s Union representative Lee So-yeon, 41, recently held a conference in Seoul for the event of International Women’s Day and testified to the appalling women’s rights in the North, saying that sexual abuse is endemic and “there is no concept of dignity for women.” Lee, a former soldier of the North Korean regime, said in the co
April 4, 2016
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U.S. human rights envoy visits Seoul over Pyongyang issues
The U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues arrived in South Korea this weekend for discussions on a range of issues related to the communist nation, government officials said Sunday.Amb. Robert King arrived in Seoul via Incheon International Airport on Saturday to meet with senior officials in South Korea for discussions on diverse issues related to North Korea.The human rights bill, which was passed by South Korea's parliament last month, is known to be one of the envoy's major
April 3, 2016
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Park: N. Korea's nuclear program to hasten its collapse
South Korean President Park Geun-hye pressed North Korea again on Saturday to give up its nuclear weapons program, warning its defiance will only lead to its collapse.North Korea has repeatedly vowed to develop its economy and nuclear arsenal in tandem despite growing international pressure and sanctions.North Korea views its nuclear program as a powerful deterrent that can ensure its survival against what it claims is Washington's hostile policy toward it."North Korea will only hasten its path
April 3, 2016
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Park arrives in Mexico for talks with Pena Nieto
South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Mexico City Saturday for next week's talks with her Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto.The two leaders are set to meet on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues, as well as how to cooperate on the faithful and effective implementation of the U.N. sanctions, according to South Korean officials.The U.N. Security Council has slapped North Korea with the toughest-ever sanctions on North Korea to punish the communist country for its fourth nuclear
April 3, 2016
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Park leaves for Mexico for talks with Pena Nieto
South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Mexico City Saturday for next week's talks with her Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto.The two leaders are set to meet on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues, as well as how to cooperate on the faithful and effective implementation of the U.N. sanctions on North Korea, South Korean officials said.The U.N. Security Council has slapped North Korea with the toughest-ever sanctions punish the communist country for its fourth nuclear test on Jan.
April 3, 2016
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N. Korea sending GPS jamming signals for 3rd day: Seoul
(Yonhap) – South Korea's ICT ministry said Saturday that North Korea has sent signals to jam GlobalPositioning Systems (GPS) in South Korea for the third consecutive day despite Seoul's warning, but no serious damage has been reported.The government strongly warned North Korea on Friday to immediately end its GSP-disrupting provocations as such actions defy international norms. South Korean vessels reported they experienced problems with their GPS navigation system as North Korea has been sendin
April 2, 2016
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N. Korean leader resumes military activity after eight days
(Yonhap) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the firing of a surface-to-air guided missile in his first military-related public activity in about eight days, state media said Saturday.Kim was last seen visiting a military unit on March 25 to inspect a long-range artillery exercise. He has since been making field tours in the economic sector apparently to show that he cares about the livelihoods of ordinary people and the country's moribund economy.Kim "guided the test of a new-type anti-
April 2, 2016
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Kim Jong-un absent from inspecting troops
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen inspecting military units for the past week and instead has been making field guidance tours of non-military sectors in an apparent move to resuscitate the country's moribund economy and show he cares about the livelihoods of ordinary people.The change in schedule comes after the young North Korean leader conducted some 10 field inspections of military exercises, such as those involving the test-firings of medium ballistic missiles, a multiple ro
April 1, 2016
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N.K. continuing to jam GPS: defense ministry
South Korea's defense ministry said Friday that North Korea is continuing to jam Global Positioning System signals in a bid to raise tensions.The announcement comes after Seoul issued a warning late Thursday as it detected signs that North Korea has been engaged in radio jamming operations against the South. It said the North's actions have been ongoing for about a month "North Korea is expected to continue to disrupt GPS signals in South Korea for a while in a bid to raise tension on the penins
April 1, 2016
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Pyongyang's GPS disruption affects 110 planes, vessels
South Korea's ICT ministry said Friday the latest disruption of the Global Positioning System signal, conducted by Pyongyang, has affected 110 planes and ships. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said the disruption affected 58 airplanes and 52 vessels in South Korea, although no significant damage has been reported so far.On Thursday, the ministry issued the GPS disruption warning in Seoul, the adjacent city of Incheon, and the surrounding Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces as North K
April 1, 2016
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SME lobby chief proposes alternative inter-Korean complex on Chinese border
Following the recent shutdown of an inter-Korean joint industrial park in North Korea's Gaeseong, an association of South Korean small businesses has been reviewing ways to build an alternative complex near the Chinese border to take advantage of its geographical proximity, its chief said Friday.The Park Geun-hye government in early February shut down the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, just north of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in response to Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test an
April 1, 2016
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China's Xi calls for dialogue on Korean Peninsula 'predicament'
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for dialogue to resolve the "predicament" on the Korean Peninsula during a bilateral summit with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Washington, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. "The Chinese side stands ready to make efforts in a constructive way to resume dialogue within the framework of the six-party talks," Xi was quoted as telling Park, according to the Xinhua report from Washington. Park and Xi held the summit on the sidelines of a
April 1, 2016
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Obama calls for vigilant enforcement of sanctions on N.K.
Obama made the remark after a trilateral summit with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, stressing that security of the three countries is "linked."North Korea was the top issue as Pyongyang has been ratcheting up tensions with threats of attacks, claims of breakthroughs in its nuclear and missile programs and a series of missile launches in defiance of international pressure."We are united in
April 1, 2016