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S. Korea seems negative about inter-Korean summit in Russia
South Korea is still cautious about holding summit talks with North Korea on the occasion of Russia's war anniversary event in May, a Seoul official said Thursday.Both South Korean President Park Geun-hye and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been invited to the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in World War II.Kim is expected to join the Moscow event but Park has not announced a decision yet.If both of them attend the ceremony, it would set the stage for ano
April 2, 2015
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[News Focus] Hopes dim for resolution of N.K. nuclear dispute
Hopes are fading for a resolution to the dispute over North Korea’s nuclear programs as Pyongyang sticks to its adventurism and Washington seems unlikely to focus on the issue with Iran topping its denuclearization agenda.The North has recently made a series of statements in which it insisted on developing what it calls “nuclear deterrence,” dampening the mood for the resumption of the long-stalled multilateral aid-for-denuclearization talks.In a media interview, the North’s delegation at the U.
April 1, 2015
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N. Korean leader visits plane factory
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un piloted a new home-made light plane himself during a visit to a related factory, Pyongyang's media said Wednesday.The North's Korean Central News Agency carried an unusual report of the secretive nation's plane-manufacturing factory.It said that Kim, known for his interest in science, technology and the air force, expressed pleasure that the country's workers "made a marvelous sci-tech achievement with worldwide competitive power in the course of developing cuttin
April 1, 2015
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S. Korea not budging on Kaesong wage row
South Korea said Wednesday it will ask the country's firms at the Gaesong Industrial Complex in writing not to succumb to North Korea's pressure to raise wages for its workers.The unification ministry said it will soon send a formal letter to 124 South Korean firms operating in the zone just north of the inter-Korean border.The move comes as the companies, mostly small and medium-sized, will begin to pay March's wages to around 53,000 North Korean employees on April 10.In February, the North dec
April 1, 2015
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China ends sign-ups for new Asia bank
China wrapped up Tuesday its enlistment of founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that was launched last October to expedite the region’s growth by channeling funds into key infrastructure projects. As of midday, at least 45 countries applied for membership of the bank ― with a proposed equity of $100 billion ― with Taiwan, Russia, Finland and Egypt joining at the last minute. Regarding earlier reports of China’s alleged denial of North Korea’s entry, Chinese Foreign Minist
March 31, 2015
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China unaware of reported snub on N. Korea's intention to join AIIB
China said Tuesday it was not aware that it had reportedly rebuffed North Korea's intention to join a Chinese-led infrastructure bank because of its fragile economy.China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments in response to a published report by a British financial news website, Emerging Markets, that China refused the possible entry of North Korea to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. "I am not aware of that," Hua replied, when asked about the report. However, Hua
March 31, 2015
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S. Korea seeks int'l help on its nationals detained in N. Korea
South Korea will cooperate with the international community to win the release of two of its nationals detained in North Korea, a government official said Tuesday.The decision was made at an inter-agency meeting on the two men, identified as Kim Kuk-gi and Choe Chun-gil, on Monday.Last week, the North announced that it arrested Kim and Choe on espionage charges and accused them of working for the South's state intelligence agency.The meeting participants reaffirmed that the secretive communist n
March 31, 2015
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Koreas trade accusations amid no signs of dialogue
South Korea hit back at North Korea on Monday over its direct criticism of President Park Geun-hye with the two sides locked in a war of words.In a statement, the unification ministry said it's "very regrettable" that the North's National Defense Commission denounced Park by name over the weekend.The commission, chaired by Kim Jong-un, said Park is fully responsible for the icy inter-Korean ties and Pyongyang will never talk with Seoul unless it averts its "confrontational" policy.The commission
March 30, 2015
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Chinese firms propose non-tariff trade of cheap goods with N.Korea
Chinese firms have proposed establishing a non-tariff trade market with North Korea where cheap goods can be traded without tariffs between the two nations, according to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Monday. The proposal was made by representatives of Chinese firms in Dandong on Thursday when they met with a North Korean trade delegation, led by Pak Ung-sik, director of the North's Korean International Exhibition Corporation, according to a statement posted on the Chinese city's website.
March 30, 2015
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N. Korea denounces S. Korea for AIIB, THAAD
North Korea on Monday played down South Korea's decision to join a China-led regional bank as a trade-off for the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system on its soil.On its propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri, the North claimed the U.S. will take a full-fledged step to send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to the peninsula as quid pro quo for allowing Seoul to become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.After months of internal debate, the South's govern
March 30, 2015
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N. Korea, China discuss annual trade fair
BEIJING -- A group of North Korean trade representatives has visited the Chinese border city of Dandong this week during which the two sides discussed ways to promote an annual trade exhibition between the two nations, according to Dandong officials on Saturday. North Korea and its economic lifeline, China, have jointly held the annual trade fair in October since 2012, but the number of North Korean business entities attending the event last year was about 30 percent less than 2013. The subdued
March 28, 2015
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N.K. holds S. Koreans for spying
North Korea detained two South Korean citizens Friday on espionage charges, in a move that could worsen already-frosty inter-Korean relations.North Korean authorities announced Kim Guk-gi and Choi Choon-gil were detained for spying on the North. The South denied the accusations and demanded their immediate release. “We strongly ask that (the North) release our citizens without delay,” a spokesperson for the South’s Unification Ministry said. “We express deep regret over the North’s ridiculous cl
March 27, 2015
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Seoul renews call for tighter inter-Korean ties
South Korea on Friday renewed its call for North Korea to accept proposals for closer inter-Korean ties as Seoul is set to mark the first anniversary of President Park Geun-hye's landmark unification vision.Saturday marks one year since Park unveiled the so-called Dresden Declaration in the former East German capital. Park unveiled her initiative to lay the groundwork for a future reunification of the two Koreas and made an array of proposals for exchange programs with the communist North. One y
March 27, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to free two arrested nationals
South Korea called on North Korea on Friday to immediately release two of its nationals detained in the communist country on espionage charges. A man identified as Kim Kuk-gi (Yonhap)North Korea announced that it has arrested the two South Korean men on charges of espionage for the South's state spy agency. "It's very regrettable that the North is making such a groundless claim about them," the unification ministry said in a statement. "We strongly call for their quick release and repatriation."
March 27, 2015
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China urges 'prudent' decision over U.S. missile in S. Korea
China's defense ministry has called for a "prudent" decision on the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile-defense system in South Korea, despite Seoul's retort that Beijing should not meddle in South Korea's security policy. The U.S. has said it was considering deploying the missile defense system, known as the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, in South Korea, home to about 28,500 American troops, to better cope with the growing threats of North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilit
March 27, 2015
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N. Korea claims arrest of two S. Korean spies
North Korea has arrested two South Korean men on the charge of espionage for the South's state spy agency, according to Pyongyang's media.The North held a press conference of the two, which it identified as Kim Kuk-gi and Choe Chun-gil, in Pyongyang on Thursday, reported the communist nation's state-run Korean Central News Agency. Domestic and foreign reporters attended it, added the KCNA.An unnamed official at the North's Ministry of State Security branded them as "spies" of the South's Nationa
March 27, 2015
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N. Korea denies involvement in nuke power operator hacking
North Korea again denied its involvement in a series of data leaks at South Korea's nuclear power operator and rebutted Seoul's interim probe results that accused the communist regime of conducting the hacking attacks.The North's Central Internet Research Institute said that the investigation that linked Internet protocol addresses used in the attack to North Korea is groundless and was fabricated by Seoul, according to Pyongyang's state media Korean Central News Agency.The denial follows a Marc
March 27, 2015
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N. Korea vows tougher deterrence against THAAD deployment
North Korea will bolster up its war deterrence if the United States and South Korea deploy a high-altitude missile defense system on the peninsula, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said Thursday.The warning came amid growing speculations that the U.S. could deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery on South Korean soil to counter missile threats from the North. Seoul and Washington have yet to reach consensus on the deployment."What the U.S. seeks in this deployment is to round off its pr
March 26, 2015
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Park vows strong defense posture on anniversary of warship sinking
President Park Geun-hye paid tribute Thursday to the dozens of fallen soldiers who died in a North Korean torpedo attack five years ago, saying she will build a strong defense posture to prevent similar tragedies.On March 26, 2010, the 1,200-ton warship Cheonan sank near the western maritime border with North Korea, killing 46 of the 104 sailors on board. A South Korean-led investigation, including experts from the U.S., Australia, Britain and Sweden, concluded that the corvette was downed by a
March 26, 2015
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S. Korea stays firm on N. Korea sanctions
South Korea dismissed North Korea's call Thursday to lift bilateral sanctions, again urging Pyongyang to apologize for its 2010 attack on a naval ship.A set of economic sanctions on the North, imposed after its torpedo attack that killed 46 sailors, was a proper security-related measure for the "normal development" of inter-Korean relations, a senior unification ministry official told reporters. He was responding to some media reports here on the May 24th Measure, one of the largest obstacles to
March 26, 2015