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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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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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[Weekender] Pet food makers bet big on ‘recession-free’ pet food market
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year
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Wage talks between 2 Koreas fails again
Inter-Korean talks to resolve an ongoing row over wage hikes for North Korean workers at a joint industrial park in the North ended in vain, with only one day remaining until the deadline, the Seoul government said Sunday."(The South's) quasi-governmental committee and its North Korean counterpart had a meeting on the minimum wage issue, as the North side accepted our proposal on Saturday," said the Ministry of Unification which handles North Korean affairs in the Seoul government. "They had not
April 19, 2015
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Kim Jong-un climbs highest mountain to honor late father
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has scaled the country's highest mountain to mark the anniversary of the day his late father was given the second-highest military rank, the North's state media reported Sunday.Kim climbed Mount Paekdu, symbolizing his ancestry, a day earlier with ranking military officials, the Korean Central News Agency said.Kim had previously ascended the mountain just after the three-year mourning period for his late father, Kim Jong-il, who died of a heart attack in December
April 19, 2015
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S. Korean firms sandwiched over 2 Koreas' wage row
South Korean firms in the joint industrial park in North Korea are sandwiched between North Korea's unilateral pay hike and South Korea's refusal to honor it.The deadline for the March wage payment for the North Korean workers in the industrial complex in the North's border town of Kaesong is Monday.North Korea has threatened to impose an arrears charge of 15 percent per month if South Korean companies do not pay the wages on time.The South Korean government would not accept the North's unilater
April 19, 2015
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N. Korea's ceremonial head of state travels to Indonesia
North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, arrived in Beijing on Saturday, en route to Indonesia to attend a regional conference where he could hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a diplomatic source said. Kim, the head of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, is among leaders, including Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who are expected to attend next week's Asian-African Conference in Indonesia. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin has hinted t
April 18, 2015
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China hints at Kim Jong-un invitation to war memorial parade
China hinted Friday that it has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to a Chinese military parade in September marking the 70th World War II victory anniversary. China has invited world leaders to the planned parade, set for Sept. 3, but the Chinese foreign ministry has not explicitly confirmed who had been asked to attend the event. Asked whether China has invited both South Korean President Park Geun-hye and the North Korean leader Kim to attend the parade in Beijing, Chinese foreign minist
April 17, 2015
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Activist warns against N.K. cyberattacks
The chief of a North Korean research and activist group has sent a letter to several international organizations handling cyber-related issues, calling for joint efforts to deter and curb Pyongyang’s cybercrimes.Kim Heung-kwang, chief of the Seoul-based North Korea Intellectual Solidarity, stressed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has focused on cyber terror to improve his country’s science and technology to shore up its debilitated economy.The letter was sent to the Internet Corporation for Assi
April 17, 2015
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China hints possible Xi, Kim Yong-nam meeting
China hinted Friday at a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korea's ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam on the margins of a forum in Jakarta next week. Asked about a possible bilateral meeting between Xi and Kim on the sidelines of the conference in Indonesia, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin replied, "Yes, on the sidelines of the Asia-African Conference and other commemorative events, President Xi will have some bilateral meetings."Xi will arrive in Indonesia on
April 17, 2015
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S. Korea to increase humanitarian aid to N. Korea
South Korea will provide more humanitarian aid to North Korea to help ease rising inter-Korean tensions, Seoul's point man on Pyongyang said Friday.Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said he will make efforts to encourage more private organizations to increase exchanges at a time when the government's assistance to Pyongyang has been suspended due to 2010 punitive measures on the North for its attack on a South Korean warship."What I'll focus on is how to set up the channel of communications bet
April 17, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. to establish strategy committee on N.K. threats
South Korea and the United States agreed Wednesday to establish a joint defense strategy committee to cope better with ever-growing missile and nuclear threats from North Korea, officials said.The agreement to create the Deterrence Strategic Committee was one of the most tangible results of the Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue that ended its two-day session in Washington. KIDD is a biannual security dialogue between the two allies."South Korea and the U.S. have a common perception on the n
April 16, 2015
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NK leader extols producers of homemade aircraft
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has had a photo session with scientists and technicians who played a role in the production of indigenous light aircraft, the North's media said Thursday.Kim has called in scientists, technicians and other military-related officials to recognize their contribution in manufacturing light aircraft and aircraft equipment, all of which was homemade, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency.The KCNA did not provide the exact time for the event.The y
April 16, 2015
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N.K. marks founder’s birthday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid homage to his late grandfather as the country celebrated his 103rd birthday. Military and party executives and ordinary citizens vowed loyalty to the country and dozens of cannon salutes were unleashed. At midnight, flowers were laid before the embalmed bodies of national founder Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to mark the “Day of the Sun,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency. The participants “consolidat
April 15, 2015
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JCS chief urges readiness against N. Korea provocations
South Korea's top military officer Wednesday urged his soldiers to be fully prepared for possible provocations by North Korea amid rising inter-Korean tensions.Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the remarks while touring the Army's 6th Infantry Division in the eastern border city of Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, to check its military readiness posture and to give pep talks to the service personnel there, according to the JCS."Heeding the fact that enemies have provoked
April 15, 2015
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S. Korea rebuffs N. Korea's bid for arrears charge
South Korea warned Wednesday against North Korea's move to collect an arrears charge from South Korean firms at a joint industrial park in the North amid an ongoing row over wage hikes.The two Koreas have been in dispute since the North unilaterally decided in February to raise the wage level by 5.18 percent to US$74 per month starting in March for about 53,000 North Korean workers hired by South Korean firms at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name.Seoul is
April 15, 2015
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Kim Jong-un pays tribute to late founder at anniversary
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid tribute to the North's founder Wednesday as the country celebrated the 103rd birthday of Kim's late grandfather in what could be a display of Kim's tight grip on power.The young leader Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, accompanied by senior military officials, earlier in the day to commemorate the birthday of Kim Il-sung, known as the "Day of the Sun," according to the Korean Central News Agency, the North's official media.Since 1997, the North has
April 15, 2015
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China urges efforts to resume N. Korea nuclear talks
China Tuesday called for the nations involved in long-stalled nuclear talks with North Korea to make efforts to resume the talks at an earlier date, although Pyongyang has shown no signs of giving up its nuclear ambitions.China's foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the comments in response to a question about recent U.S. military assessments of North Korea's advances in nuclear and missile capabilities. "We hope that the parties concerned can make joint efforts to restart the six-party talk
April 14, 2015
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S. Korea awaits N. Korea's nod for 3-way coal shipment
A group of South Korean firms is seeking North Korea's approval for another shipment of Russian coal through North Korea in late April, a source said Tuesday.It would be the second of its kind involving the two Koreas and Russia.In November, 40,500 tons of Russian coal arrived in South Korea on a ship from the North Korean port city of Rajin after being transported from Russia's border city of Khasan on a re-connected railway in the first pilot program for the so-called Rajin-Khasan logistics pr
April 14, 2015
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Kim Jong-un invited to China's war memorial parade: sources
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been invited to a Chinese military parade marking the end of World War II, but it remains to be seen whether he will accept the invitation, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. China has invited world leaders to the planned military parade, set for Sept. 3 and presided over by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kim has yet to visit China since taking the helm of North Korea in late 2011 amid strained ties over the North's nuclear ambitions. "To my knowledge, First Secr
April 14, 2015
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N. Korea's first lady makes 1st public appearance this year
North Korean first lady Ri Sol-ju has made her first public appearance this year at a football match with her husband earlier this week, the North's official media reported Tuesday.Ri was last seen in public on Dec. 17 when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and she attended a ceremony to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of the young leader's father, Kim Jong-il.Kim and Ri watched the men's football match Monday at a stadium that is named after the North's late founder, Kim Il-sung, a
April 14, 2015
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U.S. warns against traveling to N.K. over activists' DMZ-crossing plan
The United States on Monday reiterated a warning against traveling to North Korea as dozens of American and other activists plan to walk across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border in an effort to promote peace on the divided peninsula.About 30 female activists from around the world, including American activist Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire from Ireland, plan to march from North Korea to the South via the demilitarized zone that bisects the two Koreas to mark
April 14, 2015
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China unsure about Kim Jong-un's Moscow tour: ambassador
China is still unsure whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will visit Moscow next month for a World War II anniversary, South Korea's Ambassador to China, Kim Jang-soo, said Monday. Russia has said that Kim was among the world leaders who have accepted invitations to join the May 9 ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. North Korea has not officially commented on a possible visit by Kim to Moscow, but it would be his first overseas
April 13, 2015