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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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Top military chief calls for readiness against N. Korea threats
The top military officer called for a watertight readiness posture Friday against threats from North Korea's weapons of mass destruction.Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the remarks during his visit to the Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Defense Command in southern Seoul."Our military has no luxury to loosen our readiness posture even for a moment facing the North Korean forces, which possess a large amount of CBR weapons," Choi said. "It is necessary to be f
May 8, 2015
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N. Korea threatens to attack S. Korean ships in Yellow Sea
North Korea threatened Friday to attack South Korean warships without warning if they continue to violate the western sea border.North Korea claimed that South Korean Navy speedboats made a "military provocation" by deeply intruding into the North's territorial waters two or three times a day between May 1 and 7, according to the Korean Central News Agency. In what it called an "emergency special warning," the North said the South's military claimed they were clamping down on illegal fishing by
May 8, 2015
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N.K. official rejects alleged executions of senior officials as 'malicious slander'
A North Korean official rejected as "malicious slander" reports from South Korea's main intelligence agency that the North's autocratic leader, Kim Jong-un, executed 15 senior officials this year alone as he continued a reign of terror.Seoul's National Intelligence Service reported during a closed-door briefing to lawmakers late last week that Kim does not tolerate different views and punished officials for challenging his authority, including executing a vice forest minister for raising complai
May 8, 2015
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S. Korea, China urge N. Korea to halt nuclear activities
South Korea and China have agreed that North Korea must immediately halt its nuclear activities and allow international inspectors to monitor the North's nuclear complex, Seoul's top nuclear envoy said Thursday. Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea's top envoy for the long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, said prospects about holding "exploratory talks" with the North are still uncertain because Pyongyang shows no signs of giving up its nuclear ambition. "Both sides agreed that No
May 7, 2015
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N. Korean official calls ties with China 'precious treasure'
A top North Korean official has touted his country's traditional alliance with China as a "precious treasure" amid concerns over chilling ties due to the North's nuclear ambition.Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of North Korea's Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, made the remarks at a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pyongyang Li Jinjun on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the Chinese Embassy. "The traditional friendship between North Korea and China, created by the older ge
May 7, 2015
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NK leader inspects machine-making factory
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un offered field guidance to a machine-producing factory, stressing the need to produce modern machinery at full scale, the North's media said Thursday.Kim looked around the February 11 Plant at the Ryongsong Machine Complex in the northeastern city of Hamheung where he emphasized the need for the factory to start full-fledged production of modern machines as early as possible, according to the Korean Central News Agency.As usual, it did not specify the date of his v
May 7, 2015
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'Exploratory talks' with N.K. depend on U.S. flexibility: expert
The prospect of holding "exploratory" nuclear talks with North Korea depends on how much the United States lowers its bar for resuming formal denuclearization negotiations, a U.S. expert said Wednesday.The possibility of "exploratory talks" with Pyongyang resurfaced this week as South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, Hwang Joon-kook, said after a meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Amb. Sung Kim, that the five parties in the six-party nuclear talks would seek such talks without preconditions.The term
May 7, 2015
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[News Focus] Calls grow to improve N.K. ties
Calls are growing for Seoul to improve inter-Korean ties to secure diplomatic leverage amid rising concerns over its diplomacy being challenged by a stronger U.S.-Japan alliance and escalating Sino-U.S. rivalry.Enhanced cross-border relations would allow Seoul to help ease military tensions on the peninsula and beyond, forge a mood of reconciliation and cooperation in the region and subsequently bolster its diplomatic profile, analysts said.“The Korean Peninsula is exactly where tensions between
May 6, 2015
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S. Korea seeks 'new momentum' with China to revive N. Korea nuclear talks
South Korea's top nuclear envoy, Hwang Joon-kook, said Wednesday he will discuss with his Chinese counterpart about how to inject a "new momentum" to restart the long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Hwang, who held talks with his U.S. counterpart, Ambassador Sung Kim, in Washington earlier this week, made the remarks upon his arrival at the Beijing airport before holding talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei, later in the day. "During a meeting with Sp
May 6, 2015
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Grassroot contacts crucial for trust-building between two Koreas: U.S. expert
A renowned U.S. professor Wednesday stressed the importance of more "grassroot" contacts between the two Koreas to promote trust-building on the divided peninsula as there is no hope for eliciting exchanges at the government level.Francis Fukuyama, a senior fellow at Stanford University, said realistically, it is not easy to expect cross-border civilian exchanges on the peninsula like those between East and West Germany in the past, but he said that economic liberation in the North can serve as
May 6, 2015
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N.K. leader's decision not to visit Moscow shows his concern about control: U.S. expert
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's decision not to visit Russia shows that the young leader is concerned about his control of the communist nation and feels less secure than often assumed, a U.S. expert said Tuesday.Russia announced last week that Kim called off a planned visit to Moscow due to internal affairs. Moscow had said for months that Kim had accepted its invitation to attend celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II."He's concerned about control, positive cont
May 6, 2015
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S. Korean student detained in N.K. says he wanted his arrest to improve inter-Korean ties
A South Korean college student being held in North Korea told CNN that he intentionally entered the communist state illegally because he believed his arrest could have a good effect on inter-Korean relations.Joo Won-moon, 21, a New York University student living in New Jersey, was arrested on April 22 for illegally crossing into the North. Pyongyang announced his arrest last Saturday. Joo was the fourth South Korean citizen to be detained in the North."I wanted to be arrested," Joo told CNN in t
May 6, 2015
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[Graphic News] Inter-Korean exchanges
Trade volume between the two Koreas reached an all-time high last year despite the May 24, 2010, punitive sanctions on North Korea following Pyongyang’s deadly sinking of the South’s Cheonan warship, data by Seoul’s Unification Ministry showed.Inter-Korean trade surged 106.2 percent on-year to reach $2.34 billion. The rise was largely attributed to businesses at Gaeseong industrial park in the North’s border town.The volume of exchanges is expected to grow as the Seoul government recently announ
May 5, 2015
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China tells N. Korea Silk Road initiative to bring chances for bilateral cooperation
China has told North Korea that its ambitious Silk Road project aimed at reviving the ancient trade route between Asia and Europe would bring a "historic" opportunity to advance bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, made the remarks at a meeting with the North's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Gil-song on Monday, the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang said in a statement. It was the second time in less than two weeks that the Chinese ambassador publi
May 5, 2015
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N. Korea’s ceremonial leader to attend Moscow ceremony
North Korea’s ceremonial head of state will travel to Russia this week to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, state media said Monday, days after Moscow unveiled the revocation of an anticipated trip by leader Kim Jong-un.Kim Yong-nam, president of the Supreme People’s Assembly, will be among the more than two dozen world leaders that Moscow says will take part in the event slated for Saturday. The Korean Central News Agency’s report did not specify the tim
May 4, 2015
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Seoul urges N.K. to free NYU student
South Korea urged North Korea on Monday to release a South Korean college student with a U.S. green card who has been detained for illegal entry.North Korea announced over the weekend that it has detained a 21-year-old man studying at New York University. He was arrested on April 22 for illegally entering the communist nation through a Chinese border city.Pyongyang identified him as Joo Won-moon, residing in New Jersey.“It is deeply regrettable that North Korea is detaining Joo Won-moon, who is
May 4, 2015
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'Schedule' prompts Kim Jong-un to cancel Moscow visit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has canceled his planned visit to Moscow this week in accordance with his own "schedule," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said Monday.The Kremlin said last week that Kim will not come to Moscow to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, dashing hopes for a global debut of the young leader, who took power of the reclusive state in late 2011. Chinese President Xi Jinping is among the world leaders to attend th
May 4, 2015
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S. Korea OKs civilian meeting with N. Korea on joint events
The South Korean government Monday approved a plan by civic groups to meet North Koreans this week to discuss joint events.The five-member delegation from a related coalition plans to hold two-day talks from Tuesday with North Korean representatives in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The meeting is to prepare for inter-Korean ceremonies to mark the 15th anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration and the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule."The government has permitt
May 4, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to free NYU student
South Korea urged North Korea Monday to release a South Korean college student with a U.S. green card detained in the North for illegal entry.North Korea announced over the weekend that it has detained a 21-year-old man studying at New York University. The North said it arrested him on April 22 for illegally entering the communist nation through a Chinese border city.Pyongyang identified him as Joo Won-moon, residing in New Jersey."It is deeply regrettable that North Korea is detaining Joo Won-m
May 4, 2015
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N. Korea's ceremonial leader to visit Moscow for war event
North Korea's ceremonial head of state will travel to Russia later this week to attend a World War II anniversary ceremony on behalf of leader Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang's media said Monday."Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, will pay a visit to Russia to take part in the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War to be held in Moscow," the Korean Central News Agency reported. The DPRK is the official name of the
May 4, 2015