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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Why femicide and dating violence are growing issues in S. Korea
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DP urges Yoon to accept proposal on cash handouts, special counsel probe over Marine's death
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N. Korea celebrates upcoming late founder's birthday
North Korea Monday highlighted the accomplishments of its late founder Kim Il-sung as it prepares to celebrate the 103rd birthday of Kim, the current leader's grandfather. Pyongyang is set to commemorate the "Day of the Sun" on Wednesday in grand fashion to show its respect for the leader who died in 1994. Since 1997, the North has celebrated the April 15 anniversary with lavish sporting events and festivals after designating his birthday a two-day national holiday.The communist party's official
April 13, 2015
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Seoul hints at drawn-out row over Gaeseongwage problem
South Korea said Monday it will not be restrained by a timetable in resolving an ongoing row over wage hikes for North Korean workers at a joint industrial park in the North.The two Koreas have been in dispute since the North unilaterally decided in February to raise the wage level by 5.18 percent to $74 per month starting in March for about 53,000 North Korean workers hired by South Korean companies at the GaeseongIndustrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name.Seoul is seeking t
April 13, 2015
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Two S. Koreans finish Masters with up-and-down rounds
The two South Korean pros at the Masters ended the first major championship of the men's golf season with up-and-down rounds on Sunday.Bae Sang-moon, a two-time PGA Tour winner playing in his third Masters, finished at even-par 288, after shooting a one-under 71 on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. Bae scored two birdies and an eagle, along with three bogeys, and finished tied for 33rd with four others.Noh Seung-yul, in his first Masters, finished one worse than Bae at one-over 289. His fina
April 13, 2015
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N.K. leader inspects construction site of new airport terminal
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected the construction site of a second airport terminal in Pyongyang, calling on officials to complete the project in a way to highlight national identity, the North's media said Sunday. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim gave his so-called field guidance at Terminal 2 of Pyongyang International Airport, whose construction is nearing its completion. The dispatch did not give details about the date of his visit. Kim said that it would be
April 12, 2015
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N. Korea vows to retaliate against leaflet launch
North Korea Friday threatened to respond with force against South Korean activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets and materials via balloon across the inter-Korean border. Despite the Seoul government's request for restraint, anti-North Korea activist Park Sang-hak and his group on Thursday attempted to launch balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets and DVDs of the controversial U.S. movie "The Interview," a U.S. fictional comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Hi
April 10, 2015
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Activist resumes leaflet launch to N. Korea
A group of South Korean activists has resumed its cross-border scattering of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and thousands of DVDs of a U.S. movie last week, officials said on Thursday, in what could be a source of tension between the two Koreas. "On Saturday afternoon near the military line in Gangwon Province, we have sent DVDs of 'The Interview' and U.S. dollars to the North with balloons," a South Korean activist group said. "We are planning to send balloons whenever weather condition
April 9, 2015
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U.S. aid worker deported from N. Korea arrives in China
An American woman who had been deported from North Korea after being accused of propagandizing against the North arrived in Beijing Thursday. North Korea's state media said Wednesday that Pyongyang expelled the woman, named Sandra Suh, blaming her for spreading anti-Pyongyang propaganda abroad with photos and videos about the North through her frequent visits under the pretense of "humanitarianism" since 1998. Suh arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport on a flight from Pyongyang on
April 9, 2015
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N. Korea may unveil new policy in parliamentary session
North Korea will hold a major parliamentary meeting on Thursday, according to local media, amid the possibility of a shift in the communist nation's policy and the lineup of leader Kim Jong-un's top aides. Last month, the North announced a plan to open the third session of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang on April 9. The SPA is the legislative body of the reclusive country, composed of 687 deputies from across the nation. It is the highest organ of state power under the North's
April 9, 2015
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N. Korean military's top political officer becomes No. 2 man in Pyongyang
Hwang Pyong-so, the top political officer of North Korea's military, has been promoted to a member of the politburo presidium at the country's political party, making him again the North's de facto No. 2 man, Pyongyang's media reported Wednesday. The (North) Korean Central Television described Hwang as doubling the posts of a member of the political bureau presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea's central committee as well as a director of the general political bureau of the Korean People's Ar
April 9, 2015
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N. Korea deports U.S. humanitarian worker
North Korea has deported a U.S. citizen as she was suspected of plotting and propagandizing against the communist regime under the name of doing humanitarian works, the North's official media said Wednesday. The North's Korean Central News Agency said that Suh Sandra was accused of doing anti-Pyongyang propaganda abroad with photos and videos about the North through her frequent visits under the pretense of "humanitarianism" since 1998. "She admitted that her acts are ones that seriously insul
April 9, 2015
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Pentagon stands behind commander's assessment on N.K. nuclear capability
The U.S. Defense Department stands by an assessment from a top military commander that North Korea is capable of building a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop its new KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile and firing it at the U.S. mainland, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. The remark runs counter to the South Korean Defense Ministry's insistence that the assessment from Adm. William Gortney, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, is different
April 9, 2015
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N. Korean military's top political officer becomes No. 2 man in Pyongyang
Hwang Pyong-so, the top political officer of North Korea's military, has been promoted to a member of the politburo presidium at the country's political party, making him again the North's de facto No. 2 man, Pyongyang's media reported Wednesday.The North Korean Central Television described Hwang as doubling the posts of a member of the political bureau presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)'s central committee as well as a director of the general political bureau of the Korean People's
April 8, 2015
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N.K. believed to be capable of firing nuclear missile at U.S. mainland: U.S. northern commander
North Korea is believed to be capable of building a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop a long-range missile and fire it at the U.S. mainland, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command said Tuesday. Adm. William Gortney also said at a Pentagon briefing that the U.S. military is very concerned about the North's new road-mobile KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile because it would be difficult to detect indications of a potential launch. "Our assessment is that they have the ability to
April 8, 2015
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China, Russia to closely cooperate on N. Korea nuclear talks
China and Russia will continue to work closely together to resume the long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear program, China's foreign minister said Tuesday ahead of talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comments in an interview with Russia's Interfax news agency as he arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit, according to a script posted on the Chinese ministry's website. "Under the current situation, we hope that all relevant
April 7, 2015
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Iran nuclear deal good example for N. Korea: Christopher Hill
The recent nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is a good example that North Korea should follow and negotiate away its nuclear weapons programs, a former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with the communist nation said Monday. Christopher Hill, who served as Washington's lead negotiator in the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program in his capacity as assistant secretary of state, expressed that hope during discussions on his memoir: "Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplom
April 7, 2015
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N.K. sets East Sea no-sail, no-fly zone
Pyongyang has set a no-sail and no-fly zone in the East Sea since last Wednesday, a government source said Monday, raising concerns over possible North Korean provocations including ballistic missile launches. “From April 1, the North set a national alert period (no-sail/no-fly period),” said the source, declining to be identified. “It has been set since April 1, but it did not specify when the period ends.”Military experts raised the possibility of Pyongyang launching Rodong missiles with range
April 6, 2015
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Chinese ambassador to N. Korea pays tribute to son of late leader
The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has paid his tribute to a son of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, who was killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, China's state-run media reported Monday.Mao Anying, the eldest son of Mao, was killed in action in 1950 during the war and his tomb is located in Hoechang county of North Pyongan Province in North Korea.Li paid the tribute on Sunday in the wake of China's traditional "Tomb Sweeping Festival," when Chinese people burn paper offerings to t
April 6, 2015
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Pressure builds on North Korea to give up nukes
Pressure is building on Pyongyang to renounce its nuclear ambitions following last week’s preliminary accord to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, as Seoul and Washington underscore “differences” in Iranian and North Korean cases.On Saturday, Seoul’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said that the North was moving in a direction that was “diametrically different” from that of Iran, while criticizing it for sticking to its nuclear program.“When progress has been made on the world’s nonproliferation effor
April 5, 2015
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N. Korea refutes rumor of repatriated defectors' execution
North Korea on Sunday refuted again the claim by a Seoul rights group that the North executed or put into prison camps nine young defectors caught in Laos in 2013, saying that some of them have become college students.A civic group on North Korea's human rights has claimed that among them, two people were executed and the remainder were sent to prison camps after being repatriated to the North in Laos two years ago.North Korea again refuted the claim, making public photos of four of the defector
April 5, 2015
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S. Korea to propose talks with N. Korea on Gaeseong wages this week
South Korea will propose talks with a North Korean agency in charge of an inter-Korean industrial complex early this week to resolve disputes over wages for the North's workers, officials said Sunday.In February, Pyongyang announced unilaterally that it will raise the minimum wage for its workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex by 5.18 percent to US$74 per month starting in March.The industrial complex opened in the early 2000s in the North's border city of Gaeseong, the last remaining symbol
April 5, 2015