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YouTuber fatally stabbed on livestream by another YouTuber in Busan
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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Yoon rebuffs opposition's call for special probe into wife
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Yoon doubles down on repeal of financial investment income tax
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Suzy, Park Bo-gum star in AI fantasy romance ‘Wonderland’
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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2 S. Korean detainees in N. Korea confess to spying: CNN
Two South Koreans detained in North Korea told CNN on Sunday that they spied for South Korea.South Korea has flatly rejected the accusations and urged Pyongyang to release them.The interviews came after North Korea announced on Saturday that it arrested a South Korean student studying in the U.S. on charges of illegal entry into the country, the fourth South Korean citizen detained in the North.South Korean missionary Kim Jung-wook has been held there since October 2013.Sunday's interviews as we
May 4, 2015
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Kim nixed Russia trip after failed missile buy: report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s recent revocation of his anticipated visit to Russia may have resulted from Moscow’s lukewarm response to Pyongyang’s plans to purchase its air defense missile systems, a news report said Saturday. Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV cited a Russian defense expert, reporting that the North floated a proposal to purchase four sets of Russia’s S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems during a visit by Hyon Yong-chol, minister of the People’s Armed Forces, to Moscow last
May 3, 2015
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N. Korea to hold int'l women's grand march in May
North Korea will hold an international grand march festival later this month, the country's state media reported, in an apparent move to support a group of women peacemakers attempting to cross the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas."The 2015 international women's grand march for Korea's reunification and peace will be held in the DPRK in May 2015," the Korean Central News Agency said in its Saturday report. "The Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People and other social organ
May 3, 2015
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Student detained in N. Korea is S. Korean: official
A college student detained in North Korea for illegal entry has been confirmed to be South Korean, a foreign ministry official said Sunday.On Saturday, the North's Korean Central News Agency reported that a 21-year-old South Korean student of New York University was caught while crossing the Amrok River from Dandung, a Chinese border city, on April 22.It identified him as Joo Won-moon, a resident of New Jersey with a U.S. green card."We are determining the details through our local diplomatic mi
May 3, 2015
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Local govt's gear up to resume aid to N. Korea
South Korea's provincial governments Sunday unveiled plans to resume long-suspended aid to and exchange projects with North Korea under a new inter-Korean reconciliation policy by the Park Geun-hye government.Last week, the Ministry of Unification announced plans to promote inter-Korean exchanges in such areas as culture, sports and history to help "restore national unity and open channels for cooperation."The announcement came as this year marks the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from J
May 3, 2015
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N. Korea reveals new satellite control center
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly built satellite control and command center, saying his country will continue developing space technology despite international sanctions.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported it Sunday without saying when Kim visited the center.North Korea is under U.N. sanctions for its launch of rockets that the international community considers to be ballistic missiles.U.N. resolutions also ban the communist state from conducting nuclear
May 3, 2015
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N. Korea detains Korean student based in U.S.: KCNA
North Korea said Saturday it has detained a South Korean college student studying in the United States for illegally entering the country.The 21-year-old student of New York University was caught on April 22 while crossing the Amrok River from Dandung, a Chinese border city, the North's Korean Central News Agency said in a brief report monitored in Seoul.It identified him as Joo Won-moon, a resident of New Jersey with a U.S. green card. The KCNA said he has admitted to his "grave crime" during i
May 3, 2015
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N. Korean diplomats storm out of U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.S.-organized event on North Korea's human rights briefly turned into chaos at the U.N. on Thursday as North Korean diplomats insisted on reading a statement of protest, amid shouts from defectors, and then stormed out. North Korean defectors, left, argue with North Korean diplomats, right, at United Nations headquarters, April 30, as the diplomats attempt to make a statement during a panel on North Korean human rights abuses. (AP)The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Samanth
May 2, 2015
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Seoul to boost inter-Korean civilian exchanges
South Korea said Friday it will help spur civilian exchanges with North Korea to mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation from Japan's colonial rule.The Ministry of Unification said it will encourage civilian groups to boost inter-Korean exchanges in such areas as culture, sports and history to help "restore national unity and open channels for cooperation.""Seoul expects that more exchanges and cooperation will pave the way for broadening mutual understanding and improving inter-Korean rel
May 1, 2015
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N.K. leader cancels Russia visit: Kremlin
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has canceled his planned visit to Moscow to attend Russia’s World War II anniversary celebrations on May 9, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Thursday.“He will not come. This is related to internal North Korean issues,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He added the message had been received “through diplomatic channels.”The visit would have been Kim’s first overseas trip since he took power in 2011 after the death of his father.Speculation had been ri
April 30, 2015
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N.K. executes 15 top officials this year: NIS
North Korea has executed at least 15 senior officials this year alone including a vice forestry minister and four high-flying artists as leader Kim Jong-un continues his reign of terror apparently to cement his power, according to Seoul’s National Intelligence Service on Wednesday. N.K. leader Kim Jong-un gives a speech in Pyongyang. YonhapThe vice minister was killed after complaining about the current reforestation policy, as was the deputy chief of a national planning panel who opposed the y
April 29, 2015
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N. Korea executed 15 senior officials this year: spy agency
North Korea has killed 15 senior officials this year, two South Korean lawmakers said Wednesday, in the latest public executions in the communist country. In January, a vice forestry minister was executed for allegedly complaining about the country's forestation plan, the lawmakers told reporters after being briefed by South Korea's spy agency in a closed-door parliamentary session. In March, four members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra were also executed on charges of espionage, Shin Kyoung
April 29, 2015
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N. Korean army deserters kill 3 Chinese citizens: report
BEIJING -- Three North Koreans believed to be army deserters killed three Chinese citizens in the border city of Helong last week, a Chinese media reported Wednesday.The Beijing News, citing a statement issued by a verified Weibo account of the propaganda department of Helong, said a manhunt has been under way. The incident took place on Friday just across the Tumen River dividing China and North Korea, according to the report. South Korean public broadcaster KBS reported the incident on Tuesday
April 29, 2015
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N.K. defector calls for Pyongyang's redesignation as terror sponsor, stronger sanctions
A North Korean defector-turned-activist said Monday he and other defectors will appeal to the United States to toughen sanctions and relist their former communist homeland as a terrorism sponsor for human rights violations. Kim Seong-min, head of Free North Korea Radio, based in Seoul, made the remark during a news conference to announce action plans for this week's North Korea Freedom Week, an annual set of events aimed at drawing international attention to Pyongyang's rights abuses. Kim Seon
April 28, 2015
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Seoul approves first fertilizer aid to North Korea since 2010
South Korea on Monday approved a civic group’s plan to provide fertilizers to the North, marking the first authorization of the politically sensitive aid since 2010. The decision will allow the Ace Gyeongam Foundation to shore up agriculture in Sariwon, the capital of North Hwanghae Province, by building an additional 50 greenhouses and providing 15 tons of fertilizers and other construction and farming materials. “They will provide technical support such as for establishing gardens and greenhou
April 27, 2015
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N. Korea improves coal shipment capacity at Rajin port
The North Korean port city of Rajin has improved its capacity to handle a second shipment of Russian coals, boosting confidence in the joint coal shipment project involving the two Koreas and Russia, Seoul officials said Monday. About 140,000 tons of Russian coal is expected to be transferred into South Korea on a ship from Rajin after being moved from Russia's border city of Khasan on a re-connected railway as a second pilot operation for the three-way logistics project. The shipment will be
April 27, 2015
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N. Korea's trade with China dips 13.4 pct in Q1
Trade between North Korea and China, its economic lifeline, slipped 13.4 percent on-year in the first three months of this year amid frayed bilateral ties, data showed Sunday. Bilateral trade volume fell to US$1.1 billion in the January-March period, compared with $1.27 billion for the same period last year, the Beijing unit of South's Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency said, citing Chinese customs data. China is North Korea's top economic benefactor, but its political ties with Pyo
April 26, 2015
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Kim Jong-un stresses combat readiness in military meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stressed the importance of combat readiness at a recent military meeting, Pyongyang's state media reported Sunday, calling on his troops to place training ahead of everything else. Kim presided over the fifth meeting of training officers of the Korean People's Army on Friday and Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The participants discussed ways to bolster the North's combat capabilities, among other issues, the KCNA added. In his opening rema
April 26, 2015
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N. Korea denies human right abuses
North Korea said Saturday there are no human rights problems in the country, denouncing the United States for making unfounded accusations against it. "If the American-style 'standard of human rights' is universally accepted, the world will turn into a lawless one, tundra of human rights and the one of darkness," the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said in a commentary.The paper also claimed that human rights issues are "non-existent" in the country.
April 25, 2015
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U.S. lawmakers pass resolution on divided Korean families
A U.S. congressional panel passed a resolution Thursday calling for the reunion of Korean Americans and their families in North Korea.The resolution, introduced by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), encourages Pyongyang to allow Koreans in the U.S. to meet with their family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. It "calls on North Korea to take concrete steps to build goodwill that is conducive to peace on the Korean Peninsula." It was unanimously approved by the House Fo
April 24, 2015