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Controversy rekindled over when to name criminals, suspects
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Seoul transit pass for travelers to be available starting July
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Hybe-Ador CEO conflict gets messier
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Battery makers ramp up efforts to diversify graphite supply chain
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Prosecutors to summon pastor who allegedly gave Dior bag to first lady
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‘Monk’ DJ spreading Buddhism goes global
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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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Court's ruling set to shape path of medical school expansion
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Loans of self-employed swell 50% in four years
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Seoul considers whether to OK N.K. trip by consortium
South Korea said Wednesday it is considering whether to allow officials of a business consortium to travel to North Korea next week to inspect a project that involves the two Koreas and Russia.Officials of the consortium comprising three South Korean companies are seeking to visit the North from July 15 through 22 to conduct a feasibility study on the so-called Rajin-Khasan logistics project.The project is designed to make the North Korean northeastern port city of Rajin a logistics hub by linki
July 9, 2014
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N. Korea protests against U.S. film about assassination attempt on leader
North Korea has filed a protest with the United Nations against a U.S. movie featuring an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, calling on the U.S. government to ban the release of the movie, a U.S. report said Wednesday.In a letter sent to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on June 27, North Korean Ambassador to the U.N., Ja Song-nam, called the movie "The Interview" an insult to the North Korean leader, the Washington-based Voice of America said.The action-comedy film, to b
July 9, 2014
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Key N. Korean nuke developer dies of heart attack
A North Korean official who played a key role in developing North Korea's nuclear weapons has died of a sudden heart attack, the country's state news agency said Wednesday. Gen. Jon Pyong-ho died of acute myocardial infarction on Monday at age 88 and his funeral is under way, the North said in an obituary carried by the Korean Central News Agency.Jon had been a leading figure in North Korea's much-denounced nuclear weapons development, having served as the ruling Workers'Party secretary in charg
July 9, 2014
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N. Korea again fires 2 short-range missiles into East Sea
North Korea fired off two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea from an inland site on Wednesday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in South Korea said Wednesday, the latest in a series of launches in recent months.The launches come hours before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet with his Chinese counterpart in annual high-level talks in Beijing to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues.North Korea's missile and nuclear program could be also on the agenda.The communist North f
July 9, 2014
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S. Korean team to survey N.K.-Russia project next week
DAEJEON (Yonhap) -- A South Korean consortium will carry out its second inspection of a North Korea-Russia economic project next week, Korea Railroad Corp., one of the consortium members, said Tuesday.The second inspection aims to examine the business feasibility of the so-called Rajin-Khasan logistics project to make the North Korean northeastern port city of Rajin a logistics hub by linking it to Russia's Trans-Siberian railway.Last September, Russia reopened a 54-kilometer stretch of track l
July 8, 2014
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Calls grow for inter-Korean talks
Calls are growing for inter-Korean dialogue as Pyongyang continues to make overtures toward Seoul, yet their bilateral communication channels and six-way denuclearization talks are showing no signs of regaining their vigor. Seoul, Washington and Beijing have been ramping up diplomacy since late last year, seeking middle ground so that the six-nation forum can be reopened for the first time in about five years. But the efforts were held back by the execution of the powerful uncle of North Korean
July 8, 2014
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N. Korea crosses truce line into South 5 times this year: sources
North Korean soldiers have crossed the inter-Korean armistice line into South Korea five times this year as part of their beefed-up ambush infiltration training, military sources here said Tuesday."In accordance with the order by its leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea has been proactively carrying out their drills for surprise attacks and border intrusion inside the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, areas, this year," a military source said. He declined to be identified."Over the course of the training,
July 8, 2014
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N.K. leader visits family mausoleum marking founder's death anniv.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the family mausoleum enshrining the mummified bodies of the two former leaders on Tuesday, marking the 20th anniversary of the national founder's death, the country's state news wire said.Accompanied by top echelon military officials, Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun at the stroke of midnight and paid tribute to the embalmed bodies to mark the 20th anniversary of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung's death, according to an English-language report by
July 8, 2014
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N.K. to send cheering squad to Incheon Asiad
North Korea said Monday it would dispatch a squad of cheerleaders to the Asian Games scheduled for September in South Korea in a fresh conciliatory gesture following heightened military tension. The reclusive country in May announced its participation in the 17th Asian Games, which will take place in Incheon from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4. Its cheering brigade will be introduced to the outside world for the first time since the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships, also held in the South Korean port city
July 7, 2014
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(Photo News) Abe backlash
Protesters chant slogans, display Japanese military flags and portraits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a banner that reads “Don’t forget Marco Polo Incident, Maintain peace in Asia” during a demonstration in front of Japan’s de facto embassy in Taipei on Monday. ( AFP-Yonhap)
July 7, 2014
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‘N.K.’s nuclear stockpile could rise sharply’
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) ― North Korea can significantly increase its nuclear stockpile if a light water reactor under construction at its Yongbyon nuclear complex goes into operation, a U.S. nuclear scientist warned, urging Washington to restart negotiations with Pyongyang.North Korea has so far used a 5-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon to make plutonium for nuclear weapons, roughly at a speed of one bomb worth of plutonium a year. But since a few years ago, the North has been building a larger-scale li
July 7, 2014
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N.Korea leader visits east coast military detachment, guides drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a front-line military detachment in the East Sea and instructed firing drills, its official media said Monday.The young leader "inspected the defense detachment on Ung Islet ... which is defending an outpost in the East Sea of Korea," the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in an English dispatch, without disclosing the date of the visit, as it often does.The islet is located in waters off its eastern border town of Wonsan, Gangwon Pro
July 7, 2014
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N. Korea to dispatch cheerleading squad to Incheon Asian Games
North Korea said Monday it will dispatch a cheerleading contingent to the upcoming Incheon Asian Games.In a government announcement, the communist country said it will send a cheerleading contingent to the 17th Asian Games along with its athletes.It said the purpose of the contingent is to improve inter-Korean relations and to show Pyongyang's commitment to unification.The latest announcement then said that both North and South Korea should desist from confrontation, and open a new chapter of re
July 7, 2014
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Pyongyang doubles cyber warriors
North Korea has nearly doubled the number of its cyberwarfare operatives to around 5,900 over the last two years, military and intelligence officials said Sunday.Pyongyang has been bolstering its cyberwarfare resources in line with its efforts to strengthen asymmetric military capabilities in recognition of the difficulty of handling South Korea’s advanced conventional weapons systems, analysts said.“We believe that the number of the North’s cyberwarfare agents, which had been estimated at some
July 6, 2014
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New North Korean probe seen as Japanese abductees’ last chance
TOKYO (AP) ― For many families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago, a renewed investigation by the North is most likely their last chance to see their loved ones. The elderly relatives say they are pinning all their hopes on the effort before time runs out.After decades of waiting, they saw a door open in May when Japan and North Korea agreed on a renewed investigation of at least a dozen people Japan believes were abducted. And on Friday, the long overdue investigation bega
July 6, 2014
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N. Korea doubles number of cyber warriors over 2 years: sources
North Korea has nearly doubled the number of elite hackers over the past two years in an effort to step up cyberattacks, military sources said Sunday."North Korea appears to have some 5,900 personnel for cyberwarfare, up from around 3,000 two years ago," a military source said."The communist country operates a hacking unit under its General Bureau of Reconnaissance, which is home to some 1,200 professional hackers," he said, noting that they have been carrying out cyberattacks by establishing ov
July 6, 2014
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N. Korean leader inspects military landing drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a military landing drill, warning against any provocations in the southwestern sea border with South Korea, the North's state news wire said Saturday.Kim guided the landing drill by the Korean People's Army's ground, naval, air and anti-air forces on an island, which involved combatants, combat ships, bombers and transport planes, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said in an English-language dispatch without disclosing the date of the inspection.D
July 5, 2014
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Japan approves lifting of some N.K. sanctions
Japan’s Cabinet on Friday formally approved a lifting of part of its sanctions against North Korea as Pyongyang launches an investigation into its abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970-80s.The decision will ease restrictions on people-to-people exchanges and port calls by North Korean ships for humanitarian purposes such as carrying medical supplies. Up to 30 million yen ($294,000) can be sent and 1 million yen be brought from the communist state without declaration. But the Mankyongbong-92
July 4, 2014
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Japan to lift some N.K. sanctions
Japan plans to lift part of its sanctions against North Korea as their plans are making headway to reopen a probe into the fate of Japanese abductees in the communist country, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday. At their talks in Stockholm in May, Tokyo agreed to relax entry bans for North Koreans and limits on the amount of money to be wired or carried into the communist country and allow port calls by North Korean vessels on humanitarian missions, upon the launch of the investigation. The
July 3, 2014
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N. Korean man defects to western S. Korean island
A North Korean man defected to a South Korean western border island on Thursday and was under investigation by authorities, Joint Chiefs of Staff officers said. “An unarmed North Korean man presumed to be a civilian expressed his will to defect to South Korea early this morning near Baengnyeong Island,” a JCS officer said.“He arrived on the shore of the island in a non-powered wooden boat, and told a Marine on guard duty there that he wanted to stay in the South,” he added.The island is just sou
July 3, 2014