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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Public backlash against division of Gyeonggi Province under 'corny' name
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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U.S. Geological Survey reports earthquake near North Korea's nuclear test site
The U.S. Geological Survey reported Tuesday that an earthquake has taken place near North Korea's nuclear test site.USGS said the magnitude-5.1 quake occurred 49 kilometers from the North's northeastern city of Kilju, where the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located, at 1:30 a.m. GMT on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
Jan. 6, 2016
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FM convenes emergency meeting over North Korea quake
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se convened an emergency meeting Wednesday amid reports of an earthquake in North Korea seen as a possible nuclear test.China's earthquake center said the 4.9-magnitude earthquake is suspected to have been an explosion, raising the possibility the North conducted its fourth nuclear test."The Foreign Ministry is currently holding a meeting presided over by the minister to immediately determine the situation following the reports," a ministry official said. (Yonhap)
Jan. 6, 2016
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Quake in North Korea suspected to be 'explosion': report
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected in North Korea on Wednesday, China's state-run media reported, citing the country's earthquake monitoring agency that reportedly suspected the quake to be an explosion.The quake occurred at 9:30 a.m., the report by China's Xinhua news agency said, adding that the depth of the quake was zero kilometers."The epicenter was initially determined to be at 41.3 degrees north latitude and 129.1 degrees east longitude," the report said. The coordinates are close to
Jan. 6, 2016
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N.K. tests hydrogen bomb
North Korea successfully conducted a hydrogen nuclear bomb test on Wednesday, the North’s state media claimed, saying that it would continue to strengthen its nuclear deterrence so long as the U.S. maintains its hostile policy toward the communist state.News of North Korea`s hydrogen bomb test is shown on a screen at Seoul`s Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday. YonhapThe North’s Korean Central Television issued a “crucial report” at 12:30 a.m., two hours before the world’s seismic analysis
Jan. 6, 2016
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North Korea test-fired SLBM last month: South Korean military
North Korea conducted another ejection test of a ballistic missile from a submarine last month, but it was apparently unsuccessful, a South Korean military official said Wednesday."We have determined that North Korea conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile ejection test last month," the official said, requesting anonymity.It seems that the test ended up a failure, he said, adding that it is expected to take "considerable time" for the secretive communist country to master the SLBM-relat
Jan. 6, 2016
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Chronology of North Korea’s nuclear, missile programs
Jan. 6, 2016: North Korea claims to have successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test.(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Jan. 6, 2016
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Pyongyang claims to have developed H-bomb
North Korea on Wednesday claimed that it has successfully developed a hydrogen bomb, saying that the earthquake detected in its northwestern region was impact from a test. According to announcements from Pyongyang’s official news agency, the regime has developed a hydrogen bomb, and warned the U.S. and other nations.Saying that the newly developed weapon was “hydrogen bomb of justice,” the news agency also said that North Korea is seeking peace and that it will not use nuclear weapons unless pro
Jan. 6, 2016
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North Korea successfully conducts SLBM test last month: U.S. report
North Korea successfully conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test in late December, about a month after a previous test failed, a U.S. news report said Tuesday. Photograph of a SLBM test launch released by Pyongyang in May, 2015. YonhapThe ejection test of a KN-11 missile from a submerged submarine took place on Dec. 21 near the eastern port of Sinpo, the Washington Free Beacon reported, citing unidentified U.S. defense officials.The test followed a Nov. 28 test in which a KN-11 mis
Jan. 6, 2016
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North Korea ends preventive steps against MERS virus
North Korea has lifted a set of measures aimed at preventing the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak as Seoul declared full control of the disease last month, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday.The North said that as of Monday it stopped checking the body temperatures of South Koreans who move in and out of Kaesong Industrial Complex, a joint industrial park located in the North's border city of Kaesong, according to the ministry.Since June, North Korea has used three ther
Jan. 5, 2016
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North Korean leader inspects firing test by military units
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a firing test by the military's artillery units as his first "field guidance" of the new year, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday.Kim observed the artillery contest by combined units under the Korean People's Army (KPA), according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). As usual, it did not reveal the date of his public activity.The KCNA said that "all the contestants hit every target with perfect marksmanship they acquired in routine drills."Kim
Jan. 5, 2016
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Trump expresses concern about possibility of North Korea using nuclear weapons
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has expressed concern about the possibility of countries like North Korea using nuclear weapons."Nuclear is a major problem. And we have major problems, because you have other people that would be very fast on that. You look at North Korea, you look at some of these countries, I don't think they would hesitate to use it if they really had it in a proper manner," Trump said on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday.Trump has repeatedly called North Kore
Jan. 5, 2016
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U.S. says North Korea will be judged by 'actions,' not 'words'
The United States said Monday it will judge North Korea "by its actions, not its words" after the communist nation's leader, Kim Jong-un, pledged efforts to improve inter-Korean ties in his New Year's message.Kim said in the Jan. 1 address that the North will "make aggressive efforts to hold talks and improve relations" with South Korea, saying the country is willing to have talks in an open-minded manner with anyone who wants peace and unification."As we have long said, we support improved inte
Jan. 5, 2016
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N.K. top diplomat may attend Davos forum after 18 years of no-show: sources
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong may attend this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the first move in 18 years by a North Korean top diplomat, sources said Monday.A North Korean delegation to be headed by Ri may attend the so-called Davos forum to be held in Switzerland from Jan. 20-23, according to sources. The North is discussing the details over with the host, they said.If confirmed, it would be the first time in 18 years that a North Korean foreign minister was to joi
Jan. 4, 2016
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Number of North Korean defectors halves after Kim Jong-un assumes power
The number of North Korean defectors to South Korea has halved since the launch of the Kim Jong-un regime, apparently attributable to the communist nation's tougher border control, the Unification Ministry said Monday.A total of 1,277 North Koreans entered South Korea via China and other countries in 2015, down 52.8 percent from 2,706 recorded in 2011.Kim took the helm of the North in late 2011 soon after the death of his father Kim Jong-il.The number of North Korean defectors settling in the So
Jan. 4, 2016
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Top Chinese official due in Pyongyang: report
A top Chinese communist party official is expected to visit Pyongyang this month amid the possibility of Kim Jong-un's first trip to Beijing as North Korea's leader, a Japanese newspaper reported Monday.North Korea and China are in consultations over the visit by Song Tao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, to Pyongyang, according to the Tokyo Shimbun. Song became the powerful Chinese party's point man on North Korea and other diplomatic affairs in late 2015, succeed
Jan. 4, 2016
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North Korea spends quarter of GDP on military from 2002-2012: U.S. data
North Korea spent nearly a quarter of its gross domestic product on the military on average between 2002-2012, making the communist nation the world's No. 1 in terms of military expenditures relative to its GDP, according to U.S. data.According to the State Department's World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 2015 report, the North's military expenditures averaged about US$4 billion a year. That accounts for 23.8 percent of the country's average GDP of $17 billion during the period.Oman w
Jan. 4, 2016
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Uncertainties remain over inter-Korean relations
Uncertainties hang over inter-Korean relations, as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sharpened his criticism against South Korea while expressing his will for bilateral dialogue to enhance cross-border ties during his New Year’s address on Friday.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers his New Year`s speech on Friday. (Yonhap)During the 29-minute address, broadcast by the North’s official Korean Central Television, Kim blasted Seoul’s unification policy, arguing that Seoul “begged foreign forces”
Jan. 3, 2016
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N. Korea's Kim opens sci-tech complex
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended the opening ceremony of a science technology complex on the first day of the new year, the North's state media said Saturday.The "Sci-Tech Complex" opened Friday to help spread the latest science and technology developed by the North's ruling Workers' Party, according to the Korean Central News Agency."Going round the interior of the complex, (Kim) said this is a great center for all-people study and one for disseminating latest science and technology in
Jan. 2, 2016
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U.S. asked N. Korea's chief nuclear envoy to meet S. Korean counterpart after 2012 deal: Clinton email
Shortly after a 2012 nuclear deal with Pyongyang, the United States had asked North Korea's chief nuclear envoy to meet bilaterally with his South Korean counterpart, according to a newly released email of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Clifford Hart, then U.S. special envoy for six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, made the request during a phone call with North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador Han Song-ryol, days after the two sides reached a food aid-for-denuclearization
Jan. 2, 2016
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First batch of Chinese tourists visit new tour zone in N. Korea
About 300 Chinese tourists have visited a new tourism zone in North Korea's border city of Sinuiju this week for the first time, according to Chinese media reports on Friday, in another push by Pyongyang to boost its tourism sector. North Korea's border city of Sinuiju (Yonhap) The new North Korean tourism zone, jointly developed by the North's Korea Myohyangsan Travel Company and the Dandong International Travel Agency of China, was officially opened for visitors on Dec. 20 last year. Nor
Jan. 1, 2016