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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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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
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Park warns of tougher sanctions against N.K. over possible provocation
President Park Geun-hye warned North Korea against staging another provocation as she met Thursday with U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.North Korea is under growing international pressure to drop its nuclear ambitions after it carried out its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and a long-range rocket launch on Feb. 7.The U.N. Security Council has imposed the toughest-ever sanctions resolution on North Korea that calls for, among other things, the mandatory inspectio
April 1, 2016
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Unification Ministry losing raison d'etre
With the Park Geun-hye government refocusing its North Korea policy toward sanctions and pressure, the Unification Ministry faces a formidable task of overhauling the existing cross-border projects and upholding its core raison d’etre: dialogue and cooperation. Following Pyongyang’s Feb. 7 long-range missile launch preceded by its fourth nuclear test, Seoul set a change in the unruly neighbor’s behavior as its new cross-border policy goal. It announced the effective shutdown of a joint industria
March 31, 2016
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Seoul says S. Korea-China summit would offer momentum to tackle N.K. nuclear issue
South Korea on Thursday expressed hopes that its upcoming summit with China in Washington would offer "crucial momentum" to tackle North Korea's nuclear problem amid rising cross-border tensions stemming from Pyongyang's continued saber-rattling.President Park Geun-hye and her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold their seventh summit on Thursday on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit that seeks to jointly tackle nuclear terrorism."It will be the seventh summit, which is testimony to
March 31, 2016
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N. Korea says it has made remarkable strides after adopting ‘byeongjin’ policy
North Korea said Thursday that it has made remarkable strides in the past three years after it adopted the "byeongjin" policy of simultaneously pushing for nuclear development and economic growth.Pyongyang's claims were revealed in a detailed report by a think tank under the ruling Workers' Party of Korea as the country marked the third anniversary of the North's decision to pursue its two-pronged policy goal.According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency, the National Reunificatio
March 31, 2016
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Overseas N. Korean workers earn $50-100 per month, subject to heavy labor
North Korean workers dispatched overseas are suffering through 17 hours of heavy labor every day and earn a meager $50 to $100 per month, a South Korean civic group said Thursday.North Korea has sent more than 50,000 workers abroad, mainly to China and Russia, as it seeks to obtain dollars despite poor working conditions in these countries. According to testimony presented at a seminar in Seoul, North Korean laborers dispatched overseas are forced to work excessively long hours starting at 6 a.m
March 31, 2016
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New N. Korean envoy to Myanmar takes office
A new North Korean ambassador to Myanmar took office after his predecessor returned to the communist state, possibly due to the fresh sanctions South Korea and the U.S. have imposed on him, a diplomatic source said Thursday.The source said that Jong Ho-bom arrived in the Southeast Asian state last week after his predecessor Kim Sok-chol went back to Pyongyang about two weeks ago. On March 16, the North's Korean Central News Agency reported that Jong had been appointed to replace Kim, who had ser
March 31, 2016
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N. Korea to spend 15.8 % of this year‘s budget on defense
North Korea plans to spend 15.8 percent of its national budget on the defense sector this year, the country's state media said Thursday, amid growing speculation that Pyongyang will carry out further military provocations.North Korea said its state budget spending is expected to go up 5.6 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, the Korean Central News Agency said, without revealing the total amount.An approval of the country's plans on budget expenditures was reached on Wednesday at a plenary sessi
March 31, 2016
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Pyongyang official on Seoul likely doubling as spy agency head
A new North Korean official handling inter-Korean affairs is believed to be continuing his previous role as leader of the North's reconnaissance bureau, an organ similar to Seoul's spy agency, sources said Thursday.Gen. Kim Yong-chol has been appointed as the party secretary handling inter-Korean affairs, also doubling as the head of the United Front Department at the ruling party, following the death of his predecessor, Kim Yang-gon.Kim also appears to hold his original position as the North's
March 31, 2016