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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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S. Korea hopes to hold family reunion with N. Korea as scheduled
South Korea expressed hope Wednesday that the two Koreas would stage reunions as scheduled next month for families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War.Ju Chul-ki, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs, made the comment a day after North Korea warned that it could cancel the reunions in anger over President Park Geun-hye's recent address to the U.N. General Assembly.The two Koreas have agreed to stage the reunions for 100 separated family members from each side on Oct. 20-26 at Mou
Sept. 30, 2015
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S. Korea voices regret over NK's threat to cancel family reunions
The Unification Ministry expressed deep regret Wednesday over North Korea's threat to cancel the upcoming reunions of separated families, urging the North not to politicize the humanitarian issue.Late Tuesday, North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification threatened to scrap the family reunions slated for late October as President Park Geun-hye urged North Korea not to push ahead with its satellite launch.Park made the comments in her speech on Monday at the U.N. General Assembly, where
Sept. 30, 2015
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Koreas' labor unions meet to discuss football matches
Officials from South Korea's two umbrella labor union groups visited North Korea on Wednesday to discuss ways on holding their football friendly matches, government officials said.Representatives from the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions met with their North Korean counterparts in the North's border city of Gaeseong to set details over their football games, according to the Unification Ministry.The South Korean labor union groups originally sought to
Sept. 30, 2015
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N. Korea denounces Park's U.N. speech, says family reunions at stake
North Korea on Tuesday indicated it may cancel the upcoming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War if South Korean authorities keep making "reckless" efforts to stop the North from conducting a satellite launch and a nuclear test.The two Koreas plan to hold reunions of separated families at the North's scenic Mount Kumgang resort on Oct. 20-26. Still, there is uncertainty over the feasibility of the reunions as the North has threatened to launch a long-range rocket and conduct
Sept. 30, 2015
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Additional 150,000 U.S. troops necessary in event of N. Korea's collapse: U.S. think tank
An additional 150,000 U.S. troops would be necessary to cope with the aftermath in the event of North Korea's collapse, such as securing the communist nation's nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, a U.S. think tank said Tuesday."North Korea might suddenly collapse -- either as a result of war or the failure of its economy and government. After such a collapse, a key U.S. concern would be to find, seize, secure, and remove its WMD, in particular its nuclear weapons," RAND Corp. said in
Sept. 30, 2015
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U.N. Security Council begins studying stronger sanctions on N. Korea: FM Yun
The U.N. Security Council has begun studying stronger sanctions that could be imposed on North Korea in case the communist nation goes ahead with provocations, South Korea's top diplomat said Tuesday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se made the remark to reporters in New York after three-way talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida amid growing concern Pyongyang could conduct a long-range rocket launch or a nuclear test."The Security Council has begun w
Sept. 30, 2015
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Park winds up U.N. diplomacy focused on N. Korea, unification, 'Saemaeul movement'
President Park Geun-hye wound up a trip to New York after a whirlwind of diplomacy at the U.N.General Assembly focused on preventing North Korea from provocations, drumming up support for unification and promoting the "Saemaeul" rural development program.Park's four-day trip followed tensions on the Korean Peninsula flaring anew after North Korea hinted it could conduct a long-range rocket launch or a fourth nuclear test, possibly around the Oct. 10 anniversary of the North's ruling Workers Part
Sept. 29, 2015
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Park urges N. Korea to scrap long-range rocket launch
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged North Korea Monday not to go ahead with a long-range rocket launch in the latest pressure on the hard-line communist country."North Korea should make efforts to ensure its people can get out of difficulties through reform and openness rather than" carrying out an additional provocation, Park said in an address to the U.N. General Assembly.Still, North Korea has defied international pressure and renewed its resolve to carry out the launch to put a satell
Sept. 29, 2015
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Reentry technology key indicator of progress in N. Korea's missile program: U.S. expert
A key indicator of progress to look for in North Korea's potential long-range rocket launch is whether the rocket would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, a technology essential to the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a U.S. expert said Monday.Concerns have grown that the North could launch a long-range rocket, possibly around next month's ruling party anniversary, after Pyongyang said earlier this month it has the right to the peaceful use of space and would launch satellites.S
Sept. 29, 2015
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N. Korea claims sanctions hinder development goals
North Korea‘s top diplomat has claimed that economic sanctions could hinder development goals as he accused the United States of harboring a hostile policy against the communist country.Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong said in a U.N. summit Sunday that the adoption of the sustainable development agenda at the U.N. is a meaningful event, but he warned that development goals “will not be attained” if economic sanctions imposed on some countries are left intact. On Friday, member states of the U.N. adop
Sept. 28, 2015
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Chinese ambassador calls for deepening economic ties with N. Korea
A Chinese envoy has urged more Chinese companies to make inroads into the North Korean market, while calling for deepening economic and trade ties with North Korea. Li Jinjun, China‘s ambassador to North Korea, made the remarks on Thursday as he visited an annual trade fair in Pyongyang, in which about 110 Chinese firms took part, according to the Chinese Embassy in the North on Monday. Li urged the Chinese companies to “better understand and enter into the North Korean market.” The Chinese a
Sept. 28, 2015
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Almost 700 North Korean defectors' whereabouts unknown
South Korea's Ministry of Unification on Sunday said almost 700 North Korean defectors' whereabouts are unknown, casting concerns over the country's settlement support system. The ministry said it has failed to locate 688 North Korean defectors, which accounts for 2.6 percent of the 26,000 defectors in South Korea, with 664 of them currently presumed to be overseas. The ministry's data also showed the number of North Korean defectors seeking to resettle in another country came to 22 this yea
Sept. 27, 2015
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S. Koreans convicted of trafficking N. Korean meth
Three South Koreans were convicted Friday of producing methamphetamine in North Korea and bringing some of the drugs to the South. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced a 63-year-old, identified by his surname Kim, to nine years in jail for producing 60 kilograms of methamphetamine at a North Korean factory in Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province. The court said 25 kg is suspected to have been siphoned off to the North. "Twenty-five kilograms is enough to be used two million times and the
Sept. 25, 2015
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Blinken due in Seoul for talks on N. Korea, presidential visit
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken will soon travel to South Korea to discuss North Korea and agenda items for the summit between President Park Geun-hye and her American counterpart Barack Obama, a diplomatic source said Friday. It is a part of his regional tour that will also take him to Japan and China. "He plans to visit Seoul early next month. South Korea and the U.S. are fine-tuning a specific schedule," the source told Yonhap News Agency. "A broad range of issues on regio
Sept. 25, 2015
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Kim Jong-un to give special bonus to N. Koreans
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will give a special bonus to the country's military personnel and ordinary people on the occasion of the North's key anniversary, Pyongyang's media said Friday. The special bonus amounting to 100 percent of monthly salaries will be given to all service personnel, working people and those who receive pensions, subsidies and scholarships to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), according to the Korean Central New
Sept. 25, 2015
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U.S. to send nuclear-powered aircraft carrier amid N.K. threats
With unbridled speculation over North Korea’s missile launch next month, Seoul and Washington are stepping up efforts to avert its provocation by tightening monitoring, intensifying international cooperation and bringing U.S. strategic assets to the peninsula for a display of force. Though Pyongyang has hinted at carrying out nuclear and missile tests to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the inception of its ruling Workers’ Party on Oct. 10, no clear signs of any imminent liftoff have been d
Sept. 24, 2015
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Inter-Korean tensions cast clouds over family reunions
Inter-Korean tensions are building amid the South’s moves to enact a North Korea human rights act and its civic groups’ campaign to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets, triggering concerns over the prospect of the reunions of families divided by the border.Pyongyang’s preparations for what it calls a satellite launch have also added to concerns that a series of setbacks could negatively affect the bilateral efforts to hold the reunions from Oct. 20-26 at Mount Geumgangsan.The communist regime has indic
Sept. 24, 2015
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S. Korea sees no sign of imminent NK rocket launch
North Korea is seeking to launch a satellite near a key anniversary next month, but there is no sign of an imminent rocket launch, a South Korean government source said Thursday. U.S. cable news network CNN released an exclusive interview with senior officials of North Korea's space agency on Wednesday in which they claimed that the launch is "imminent." The North said final preparations are under way to send rockets and "multiple satellites" into space, CNN reported. North Korea is seeking to
Sept. 24, 2015
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China increasingly willing to understand need for pressure on N.Korea: White House official
China has shown an increasing understanding of the importance of denuclearizing North Korea and the need to apply pressure on the regime in Pyongyang to realize the goal, a White House official said.Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, made the remark during a conference call Tuesday evening to preview an upcoming summit between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping."On Iran, China was instrumental in reaching the P5+1 agreement. On North K
Sept. 24, 2015
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U.N. to take swift action against N. Korean rocket: official
The U.N. Security Council will be quick in taking punitive steps against North Korea in case it launches a long-range rocket, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday.He cited "close coordination" among key parties concerned -- South Korea, the United States, China, Japan, and Russia. If the North presses ahead with such a provocative act, the 15-member council is expected to convene immediately under the so-called trigger clause in previous resolutions, the official told reporters in a bac
Sept. 23, 2015