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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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Magnitude 3.0 earthquake hits N. Korea
A 3.0-magnitude earthquake believed to have occurred naturally struck North Korea on Sunday, South Korea's weather agency said.The quake was detected at 6.28 p.m. some 12km southeast of Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, in central North Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said.Considering the shape and amplitude of the tremor, it doesn't seem to have been caused artificially, the KMA added. (Yonhap)
March 27, 2016
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N.K. ups rhetoric with ‘ultimatum’ to strike Park
North Korea ratcheted up its rhetoric over the weekend, issuing an “ultimatum” to strike Cheong Wa Dae unless President Park Geun-hye offers an “apology” for individual and joint military drills designed to attack Pyongyang’s leadership and other acts of what it calls “treason.” South Korea’s military rebuked the North’s statement, warned against any provocation and urged an immediate halt of “vulgar” remarks against Seoul. The ultimatum issued by the North’s long-range artillery force late Satu
March 27, 2016
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N. Korean labor union blasts U.S., President Park for provocation
North Korea's labor union on Sunday vehemently denounced the United States and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye for carrying out military drills targeting key facilities and the leadership of the communist country."On behalf of all the workers, the U.S. imperialists and the Park Geun Hye group of traitors of South Korea for their heinous moves to get the sun eclipsed, not content with running amuck in the reckless moves to invade the DPRK," the statement released by the spokesman for the Ce
March 27, 2016
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N. Korea unveils video footage showing SLBM attack on Washington
A North Korean Web site unveiled video footage on Saturday in which its submarine-launched ballistic missile scorches Washington D.C., ratcheting up its provocative acts in defiance of international pressure.The 4-minute long footage, uploaded on the website of dprktoday.com, one of the North's propaganda sites for outside online users, shows an SLBM, after re-entering the earth's atmosphere from outer space, hitting the U.S.' capital.Earlier this month, a U.S. news report said that the North ha
March 26, 2016
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Activist group send anti-Pyongyang leaflets amid eased tensions
A leading civic group sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border on Saturday amid escalating tensions sparked by the North's nuclear tests and missile launches.The Fighters for a Free North Korea said that it has scattered some 80,000 leaflets critical of the communist regime.The civic group regularly launches big balloons carrying such anti-Pyongyang leaflets in a campaign to spread dissenting messages in the reclusive country.The campaign had irked North Korea in the past, whi
March 26, 2016
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Detained U.S. citizen admits his crime of espionage: N. Korea
A U.S. citizen detained in North Korea confessed Friday to his crime of espionage in connection with South Korea's spy agency and asked for mercy, the North's state media said. Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old U.S. citizen, said at a press conference in Pyongyang that he has been serving as a spy for South Korea by secretly passing on intelligence on the North's party and military to Seoul, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim was detained by the North after being arrested in O
March 25, 2016
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‘N.K. threats are more about message than violence’
Inter-Korea tensions rose another notch Friday after Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong-un called on his military to be ready for a strike against Seoul’s leadership, a day after the South’s President Park Geun-hye ordered nationwide vigilance.North Korea has been stepping up threats and simultaneously boasting its capacity for ballistic missile attacks. The bellicose rhetoric is nothing new, particularly amid U.N.-led sanctions and the annual Seoul-Washington military drills, but local observers say t
March 25, 2016
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Seoul holds talks over establishment of Pyongyang human rights center
South Korea's unification ministry held its first meeting Friday to discuss how to set up an agency on North Korean human rights in accordance with a new law that aims to improve Pyongyang's dismal treatment of its people, government officials said.Seoul is seeking to establish a center tasked with investigating the North's human rights violations and supporting relevant civic groups by September, the ministry said. The center will also maintain relevant archives on abuses.The meeting was held a
March 25, 2016
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Park warns that N. Korea's provocations lead to self-destruction
President Park Geun-hye warned Friday that North Korea's provocations will eventually lead to the regime's self-destruction, as she ramped up pressure on the isolationist regime to give up its nuclear weapons program."The Republic of Korea will stay firm despite North Korea's threats and the regime will eventually self-destruct with its consistent provocations," Park said during a ceremony at the national cemetery in the central city of Daejeon,The ceremony was held to commemorate South Korean m
March 25, 2016
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N.K. leader warns Seoul‘s gov’t organizations will be destroyed
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the military to be ready to strike South Korea's presidential office and government bodies, the North's state media said Friday.The North's leader said that the North's military should be ready to "ruthlessly" destroy Seoul's government bodies during his inspection of long-range artillery exercises, according to the Korean Central News Agency."All soldiers should be nurtured into warriors full of combat spirit and be on high alert," Kim was quoted as
March 25, 2016
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Mandate of U.N. panel of experts on N.K. sanctions extended until next year
The mandate of the U.N. panel of experts charged with monitoring sanctions on North Korea has been extended until April next year.The U.N. Security Council unanimously decided to extend the mandate, "determining that the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their delivery means remained a threat to international peace and security," the U.N. said in a statement.The 15-member council also decided that the panel's mandate should apply with respect to measures imposed in th
March 25, 2016
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N. Korea‘s solid-fuel engine appears to be for upper-stage rocket
The solid-fuel rocket engine North Korea tested this week appears to be for the upper stage of a satellite launcher or a long-range missile, but the communist nation is believed to be still many years away from developing such missiles, a U.S. expert said Thursday.North Korea's state media claimed earlier Thursday the country successfully conducted a ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine, with leader Kim Jong-un saying that the test "helped boost the power of ballistic rockets capable of mer
March 25, 2016
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Obama to hold one-on-one summit with China‘s Xi on margins of nuclear summit
U.S. President Barack Obama will hold one-on-one talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next week's Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, the White House announced Thursday.The meeting, set for March 31, will "present an opportunity to advance U.S.-China cooperation on a range of issues of mutual interest, while also enabling President Obama and President Xi to address areas of disagreement constructively," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said without elaborating.N
March 25, 2016
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S. Korea, France vow to jointly tackle N.K. provocations, human rights
South Korea and France vowed Thursday to jointly tackle North Korea's provocations and human rights abuses as they marked a key anniversary in their bilateral ties.At a forum celebrating 130 years of diplomatic relations, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, noted the threats posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, and the acute suffering of its people."North Korea, from the outset of the year, is threatening the entire world with its fourth n
March 24, 2016
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Park orders nationwide alert as N.K. pursues solid-fuel missile
The South Korean military confirmed Thursday that North Korea is developing solid-fuel rockets -- indicating that it is continuing to advance its missile attack capabilities -- as President Park Geun-hye ordered security forces to strengthen their vigilance against further provocations.Earlier in the day, North Korea’s state media Korea Central News Agency claimed that its leader Kim Jong-un guided a successful ground test of high-powered solid-fuel rocket engine, saying that the supposed breakt
March 24, 2016
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N.K. leader boosts military-related public activity this year: Seoul
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has noticeably increased military-related public activity this year in the latest expression of the North's jitters over tougher U.N. sanctions, Seoul officials said Thursday.The North's leader conducted the so-called field guidance in the military and defense sectors 16 times in the Jan. 1-March 18 period, accounting for 62 percent of his total public activities this year, according to South Korea's unification ministry.The tally marked a 20 percent increase from
March 24, 2016
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N. Korea says it successfully conducted solid-fuel rocket test
North Korea said Thursday it has successfully conducted a solid-fuel rocket test, adding that the accomplishment will boost the country's ballistic rocket capabilities to hit its enemies.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made the comments during his visit to the site of the ground-based test on the rocket engine and its separation, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The success of this test will help "strike great horror and terror into the hearts of the enemies,"
March 24, 2016
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N.K. conducts simulation of warhead reentry technology at Chamjin Missile Factory: 38 North
North Korea is believed to have conducted a simulation test of what it claimed was warhead re-entry technology at a missile factory southwest of Pyongyang, a website monitoring the communist nation said Wednesday.The North's state media released photos on March 15 of leader Kim Jong-un overseeing the simulation. Kim was also reported as saying that the country acquired the re-entry technology that is key to developing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States.The North did not d
March 24, 2016
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Pyongynag asks U.N. Security Council to discuss Seoul-Washington
North Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to convene a meeting to discuss joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, calling the maneuvers "a grave threat" to the communist nation.Amb. Ja Song-nam, chief of the North's mission to the U.N., made the request in a letter to the president of the Security Council last week, saying the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises are the largest-ever in size and scope and "truly aggressive in their nature.""The U.S.-South Korea
March 24, 2016
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N. Korea's trade with China rises 4.6 pct in February despite rocket launch
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- Trade between North Korea and its economic lifeline, China, grew 4.6 percent on-year in February, Chinese customs data showed Wednesday, despite tensions over the launch of a long-range rocket following the North's fourth nuclear test. Bilateral trade volume stood at $323 million last month, according to the data. China's imports of North Korean goods gained 2.48 percent on year to $162 million and its exports to the North rose 6.91 percent to $161 million. Compared with Janu
March 23, 2016