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Korean Red Cross begins checking fate of separated families in S. Korea
The Korean Red Cross said Tuesday it has kicked off the process to confirm the fate of more than 66,000 South Korean family members who were separated by the 1950-53 Korean War and are known to be alive in a bid to prepare for an upcoming family reunion event. The Korean Red Cross said that it has begun a 15-day project to contact separated family members who are believed to be alive and ask whether they will agree to exchange a list of separated family members with the North. More than 129,60
Sept. 1, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. seek China's constructive role on N. Korea
Top South Korean and U.S. diplomats have agreed that China's "constructive" role is of importance for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held 30-minute talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic held in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday (local time).Their meeting, the third this year, came amid concerns over the impact of President Park Geun-hye's trip to C
Sept. 1, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. reaffirm close coordination on N. Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed Monday that the two countries will continue to coordinate closely on North Korea, the State Department said. The two top diplomats met in Anchorage, Alaska, on the sidelines of the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic that the U.S. hosted to focus world attention on climate change affecting the polar region and discuss ways to curb it. "They had a productive discussion on plans for Republic of
Sept. 1, 2015
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N. Korea likely to use provocations unless economic aid comes from S. Korea: U.S. expert
Provocations will continue to be a part of North Korea's strategy for dealing with South Korea despite the recent conciliatory mood created between the two sides after they defused a military standoff, a U.S. expert said Monday. Ken Gause, a senior analyst on Korea at CNA Corp., made the forecast in a just-released paper titled "North Korea's provocations and escalation calculus," saying the dynamics of Pyongyang's decision-making on provocations have not changed dramatically since Kim Jong-un
Sept. 1, 2015
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Unification minister not to attend Russia forum
Seoul's point man on North Korea will not attend an upcoming forum in Russia as Pyongyang has not indicated its willingness to hold talks there, government officials said Monday. Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo was considering attending the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week but dropped the plan as North Korea has not confirmed the participation of its foreign trade minister, Ri Ryong-nam, in a trilateral session also involving Russia, one official said on condition of anonymit
Aug. 31, 2015
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Koreas to discuss ways on holding separated family reunion on regular basis
The Unification Ministry said Monday that next week South and North Korea plan to discuss ways to hold reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War on a regular basis. In a landmark deal, the two Koreas agreed last week to resume the much-anticipated reunions of separated families on the occasion of Korea's fall harvest holiday slated for September. The family reunions have not been held since early 2014. Officials from the two Korea's Red Cross are scheduled to have working-level
Aug. 31, 2015
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Cross-border tensions fade
Cross-border tensions further abated over the weekend as North Korea accepted the South’s offer to hold bilateral Red Cross talks on Sept. 7 to arrange the reunions of separated families, with each military seen readjusting their readiness posture to a precrisis level.The DMZ train traveling along the border areas comes to a halt at Daemari Station in Cheolwon, Gangwon Province, on Sunday. Its operations had been stopped for some time due to cross-border tensions. (Yonhap)On Saturday, a day afte
Aug. 30, 2015
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Both Koreas' militaries return to peacetime mode
Militaries on both sides of the Korean border have relaxed their defense postures to peacetime levels following a landmark deal that defused tensions between the sides, military officials said Sunday. South and North Korea raised their militaries' alert levels after tension flared up over a land mine explosion and ensuing artillery exchange earlier this month. On Tuesday, the two sides struck a breakthrough agreement to end the hostilities and expand cross-border ties. "The highest alert leve
Aug. 30, 2015
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N. Korea's Kim marks death anniversary of Unification Church founder
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of condolence to the family members of Unification Church founder Moon Sun-myung on the third anniversary of his death, state media reported Sunday. "On the occasion of the third anniversary of (the) death of Mr. Moon Sun Myung, former president of the World Peace Federation, I express profound sorrow to President Han Hak Ja and bereaved family members," Kim said in the message, according to an English dispatch by the North's Korean Central New
Aug. 30, 2015
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N. Korea agrees to hold Red Cross talks on Sept. 7
North Korea has accepted the South Korean Red Cross' offer to hold working-level talks on Sept. 7 to discuss the issues of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, the Unification Ministry here said Saturday. On Friday, the Korean Red Cross proposed that the two sides meet at its "House of Peace" in the village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas. The ministry said it received a letter from the North through a contact channel in Panmunjom around 1 p.m
Aug. 30, 2015
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S. Korea's Red Cross proposes talks with North on Sept. 7 for family reunions
South Korea's Red Cross on Friday proposed holding working-level talks with its North Korean counterpart on Sept. 7 to discuss the issue of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, a government official said.The Korean Red Cross proposed the two sides meet at its "House of Peace" in the village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas, according to Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee.The South made the offer through a contact channel in Panmunjom at
Aug. 28, 2015
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N. Korea's Kim fires party officials
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has dismissed some members of the ruling party's central military commission, state media reported Friday.The dismissals took place at an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency. It did not say when the meeting was held, but the communist nation is known to often report events a day after they take place.The meeting "dismissed some members of the WPK Central Military Co
Aug. 28, 2015
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China respects N. Korean military's non-attendance at parade
China's Defense Ministry has said it respects the decision by North Korea not to send its military delegation to next week's huge military parade marking the end of World War II.North Korea, the only treaty ally of China, will send a top official, Choe Ryong-hae, to the Sept. 3 military parade, but no military delegation from the North will take part, according to Chinese officials. Asked about the non-attendance of the North Korean military delegation at the event, China's Defense Ministry spok
Aug. 28, 2015
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Red Cross to confirm surviving members of separated families
The South Korean Red Cross is set to launch a survey of surviving members of the separated families soon to prepare for the reunions to be held in mid-October.The organization will set up some 100 telephones and begin the confirmation process of the applicants’ current status and whereabouts after consultation with the Unification Ministry, a Red Cross official told The Korea Herald.Since 1988, a total of 129,698 people have registered with the Seoul government as having their relatives in the N
Aug. 27, 2015
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Blue House cautious on N.K. ties
Despite tension abating on the Korean peninsula after breakthrough talks earlier in the week, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday it would cautiously deal with North Korea over recent agreements on bilateral cooperation, citing Pyongyang’s volatility.Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters that the negotiation between the two Koreas is not over, but has just begun, noting that there is a wide consensus among the officials that Seoul should first watch to see whether Pyongyang keeps its end
Aug. 27, 2015
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N. Korea committed to improving ties with South: N.K. official
A senior North Korean official said Thursday his country will work "actively" to improve relations with South Korea based on the spirit of a recent landmark agreement between the two sides.Kim Yang-gon, Pyongyang's top official handling inter-Korean ties, also called on the two sides to move in a constructive direction toward the reunification of the Korean Peninsula."Based on the spirit of the urgent high-level contact between the North and South, we will work actively to improve North-South re
Aug. 27, 2015
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S. Korea checking reports of N. Korea's flood damage
South Korea is not yet considering any humanitarian aid for North Korea, which was reportedly hit by a severe flood in its northeastern region, an official said Thursday.Pyongyang's state media said more than 40 people were killed and many houses destroyed in the border town of Rason, home to a special economic zone, during last weekend's heavy rain caused by Typhoon Goni.The South's Korea Meteorological Administration and other relevant authorities are trying to confirm the damage in the secret
Aug. 27, 2015
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Inter-Korean family reunion expected in October
South Korea is still reviewing whether to propose a date for talks on a family reunion to North Korea or wait for Pyongyang's offer, a government official said Thursday."We are reviewing the timing and related content," the Unification Ministry official said. A priority is to implement the agreement reached at the high-level negotiations between the two Koreas earlier this week, he added.The two sides agreed to hold a Red Cross working-level meeting in early September to arrange the reunion of f
Aug. 27, 2015
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S. Korean Red Cross expects family reunions around mid-October
Reunions of families on either side of the Korean Peninsula separated by the Korean War could be held around mid-October, a South Korean Red Cross official said Thursday.In a breakthrough agreement following intensive talks earlier this week, the two Koreas said they’d hold Red Cross talks early September to arrange for family reunions.“Considering the amount of time it takes from the inter-Korean Red Cross meetings to the actual reunions, I estimate the family meetings to take place around mid-
Aug. 26, 2015
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40 people killed, 11,000 affected in N. Korean floods
Torrential rains soaked the northern part of North Korea, leaving at least 40 people dead and affecting about 11,000 people over the weekend, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) said Wednesday.Caused by Typhoon Goni, the heavy rains particularly hit the border town of Rason, where a special economic zone is located and borders with China and Russia, said Hler Gudjonsson, a spokesman for the Red Cross in Beijing, in a statement.“Although the typhoon did not make landfall in the D
Aug. 26, 2015