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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Yoon rebuffs opposition's call for special probe into wife
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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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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
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N. Korean leader calls for participation in more global sports events
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un encouraged the country's athletes to join as many international sports events as possible, with the aim of becoming a sports power, according to Pyongyang's media Thursday.The North held a national meeting of sportspersons on Wednesday at a stadium in the capital, said the Korean Central News Agency.Kim was absent from the conference, the seventh of its kind, but he sent a letter to participants.He emphasized the role of sports in "increasing the national power, e
March 26, 2015
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New Chinese ambassador vows to 'blaze new trail' in N. Korea ties
The new Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has pledged to spare no efforts to warm relations with the unruly ally, saying he aims to "blaze a new trail" in promoting the tradition of their friendly relations. The 59-year-old Li, former vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department that has been closely engaged with North Korea's ruling party, took up the post last week amid strained political ties between the two nations because of Pyongyang's defiant pursuit
March 25, 2015
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Foreign businessmen to visit Kaesong complex
A group of representatives from foreign business groups in South Korea will visit the Kaesong Industrial Complex this week to look around facilities there, the unification ministry said Wednesday.They are Christoph Heider, secretary-general of the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and 19 others from five similar foreign organizations tasked with promoting trade and business with South Korea.During the one-day trip to the complex in the North's border town Thursday, they plan to check busine
March 25, 2015
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N. Korea slams U.N. rights move as 'political provocation'
North Korea on Wednesday slammed a United Nations move to adopt a resolution on the communist country's human rights violations, denouncing it as an intolerable political provocation.Representatives of the European Union and Japan tabled the resolution to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, calling for measures on the communist country's dire human rights abuses. The U.N. council is expected to put the resolution to a vote later this week."Fabricating the North Korea human rights
March 25, 2015
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N. Korea blames U.S. for 2010 warship sinking
North Korea said Wednesday the United States fabricated the story on the 2010 sinking of a South Korean naval ship in a bid to expand its influence in Northeast Asia.The North's military unit at the truce village of Panmunjom issued what it called an indictment charging the U.S. with cooking up the case."The U.S. is the arch criminal that engineered the case by instigating the South Korean puppet forces," it claimed. "It was orchestrated by the U.S. out of its sinister intention to hold control
March 25, 2015
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U.S. did carry out cyber operations in response to N.K.'s hack on Sony: report
he United States did carry out limited cyber-operations against North Korea in response to the communist nation's alleged hacking attack on Sony Pictures, but the operations did not cause the North's Internet outage, a report said Tuesday.North Korea's Internet connections suffered outages for days in late December after U.S. President Barack Obama blamed the communist nation for the massive hack on Sony and promised a "proportional response." But the U.S. has since neither confirmed nor denied
March 25, 2015
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N. Korea urges Seoul to lift sanctions
North Korea on Tuesday repeated its denial of responsibility for the 2010 torpedo attack on the South Korean corvette Cheonan, raising pressure on Seoul to lift a package of economic sanctions against it that was imposed after the tragedy.The denial came as Seoul has called on Pyongyang to take “responsible steps” including an official apology for the attack that killed 46 sailors, if it wants the so-called May 24 sanctions to be lifted. The sanctions ban all cross-border economic exchanges exce
March 24, 2015
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Activist vows leaflet launch despite N. Korean threats
A leading anti-North Korean activist vowed Tuesday to continue his campaign to send leaflets critical of the communist country across the border despite bitter military threats from the North."Balloons (carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets) that convey news from the outside are a kind of media to North Koreans, which should not be an object of any political negotiations," Lee Min-bok, head of the Campaign for Helping North Korea in a Direct Way, said in an e-mail sent to journalists."Upon a favorabl
March 24, 2015
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Group of Korean bizmen visit Kaesong factory park
A group of South Korean businessmen visited the joint inter-Korean factory park in the North's border town of Kaesong Tuesday as part of efforts to help boost sales of its products, the unification ministry said.The 42 businessmen working overseas arrived at the Kaesong Industrial Complex earlier in the morning for a one-day trip to discuss deals to buy products manufactured there, according to the Ministry of Unification."The visit will include consultations on buying deals with manufacturers o
March 24, 2015
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N. Korea spurns invitation to World Water Forum
North Korea has declined to take part in the 7th World Water Forum to be held in South Korea next month, an official here said Tuesday.The South's government tried to deliver an invitation to the North on Monday via the truce village of Panmunjom, but it refused to receive it, according to the unification ministry official."The North did not clarify the reason," he told reporters on background. The forum is the largest international water event in the world. It's held every three years.This year
March 24, 2015
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N. Korea extends condolences to Singapore over Lee's death
North Korea has sent a message of condolence to Singapore over the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, calling him "a close friend" of the communist country, the North's official news agency said Tuesday.The message sent by Premier Pak Pong-ju Monday to Singapore's incumbent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong "expressed the deepest condolences to the prime minister and the bereaved families," the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a brief English report."Lee Kuan Yew, founder
March 24, 2015
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N. Korea says no apology for 2010 warship sinking
North Korea on Tuesday rejected South Korea's call to apologize for the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship five year ago, further dimming the prospects for improved ties between the two sides anytime soon.In a statement, the North's powerful National Defense Commission claimed the North had nothing to do with the incident that left 46 sailors dead.After its own investigation, assisted by international experts, the South's then Lee Myung-bak administration announced the communist nation
March 24, 2015