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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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New Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office chief vows full-fledged probe into first lady
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N. Korea listed as 'high-risk' country in money laundering
North Korea has been designated as a high-risk entity threatening the global financial system for money laundering and terrorism financing, the website of an international body on the issue monitored in Seoul showed Tuesday.The Financial Action Task Force said, "(It) remains concerned about the DPRK's failure to address the significant deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and combating the financing of a terrorist regime and the serious threat this poses to the integrity of the internationa
Feb. 25, 2014
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Separated Koreans to part again with no hope of reunions
Hundreds of South Koreans will bid farewell, perhaps for good, to their long-lost relatives from North Korea on Tuesday after their first temporary reunions since the 1950-53 Korean War.A total of 357 South Koreans will return home later in the day after three days of reunions with 88 elderly North Korean relatives at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast.Their final, one-hour meeting started at around 9:10 a.m. Tuesday morning, bringing to 11 the number of times they were abl
Feb. 25, 2014
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China: 'Shuttle diplomacy' with Koreas aimed at denuclearization
Last week's rare back-to-back visit by a senior Chinese diplomat to both Koreas was aimed at easing tension and promoting denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, China's foreign ministry said Monday, calling the visit "shuttle diplomacy."Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments two days after China's Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin wrapped up his three-day visit to South Korea, immediately after a four-day trip to North Korea.The highly unusual trip to both Koreas came sho
Feb. 24, 2014
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Seoul offers foot-and-mouth aid to N. Korea
South Korea offered to assist North Korea in fighting foot-and-mouth disease on Monday in a new sign of thawing cross-border ties. Pyongyang this month reported the first outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease since 2011 to the World Organization for Animal Health. “There is a need to urgently respond to prevent and eradicate foot-and-month disease in the North. We delivered our intention to provide assistance and offered working-level talks on details,” an Unification Ministry offi
Feb. 24, 2014
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Family reunions continue in North Korea
MOUNT GEUMGANGSAN, North Korea ― Hundreds of South Koreans held tearful reunions Monday with North Korean relatives they had not seen since the 1950-53 Korean War as Seoul began its joint annual military exercises with Washington.A total of 357 South Koreans met with 88 elderly North Korean relatives on the second of three days of family reunions at Mount Geumgangsan, a scenic resort on the North’s east coast.The South and North Koreans exchanged gifts with each other during their private reunio
Feb. 24, 2014
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N.K. to compete in all events at Incheon Asian Games
North Korean athletes will compete in all events at the Asian Games in South Korea later this year, North Korean officials said Monday.Preparations are under way to compete in all events, a group of North Korean officials and reporters said during a rare lunch with South Korean pool reporters.The South Korean reporters are at a North Korean mountain resort to cover the reunions of hundreds of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty.North Kore
Feb. 24, 2014
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Koreas hold family reunions amid tensions over military drills
Hundreds of South Koreans were reunited Monday with their North Korean relatives they had not seen since the 1950-53 Korean War as Seoul began its joint annual military exercises with Washington. A total of 357 South Koreans met with 88 elderly North Korean relatives on the second of three days of family reunions at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast.The reunions are the second set in a week. On Saturday, 80 elderly South Koreans, accompanied by 56 family members, returned
Feb. 24, 2014
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US-South Korea war games loom over Korean reunions
A year ago, North Korea vowed nuclear attacks to retaliate for U.S.-South Korean war games. But the start Monday of this year's joint military drills comes as Pyongyang allows wrenching reunions of elderly Koreans separated since the Korean War.As always with the rival Koreas, cold political calculations loom behind the scenes of pure emotion.The reasons for Pyongyang's about-face are seen as having more to do with the impoverished country's desire to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington a
Feb. 23, 2014
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Second round of family reunions begins
MOUNT GEUMGANGSAN, North Korea ― With tears and screams mingling with sounds of joy, 357 South Koreans were reunited with their long-lost kin at a North Korean mountain resort on Sunday as the second round of reunions began.Eighty-eight North Koreans, mostly in their 80s, met their South Korean relatives after six decades of separation. They are to have a total of 11 hours together in six sessions until Tuesday.On Saturday, 80 South Koreans, accompanied by 56 family members, bade a tearful farew
Feb. 23, 2014
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Separated Korean families hold last day of reunions
South and North Korean families who had been separated for more than six decades met for the fifth time on Saturday, the third day of emotional reunions at a North Korean mountain resort.The families were the first of two groups who were authorized to meet with their long lost relatives at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on North Korea's east coast.A total of 80 elderly South Koreans, accompanied by 50 family members, began their third day meetings at 9 a.m. as planned with about 180 North Korean
Feb. 22, 2014
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Families of two Koreas hold 2nd day of reunions
Hundreds of South and North Korean families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War met again with each other on the second day of reunions Friday at a North Korean mountain resort.A total of 82 elderly South Koreans, accompanied by 58 family members, exchanged gifts with about 180 North Korean relatives in their hotel rooms as they shared more personal stories after decades of painful separation.Kim Dong-bin, 80, said he excitedly prepared presents for his North Korean relatives as he showed South
Feb. 21, 2014
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S. Korea, U.S. may clash over Gaeseong: CRS
Amid nascent steps to improve inter-Korean ties, South Korea and the United States may face rifts over North Korean policy, including an approach towards the Gaeseong industrial park, a U.S. congressional think tank said. As part of the so-called "trustpolitik," South Korea's conservative Park Geun-hye administration has tried to reach out to North Korea. Pyongyang has responded positively, allowing the temporary reunion this week of families separated by the 1950 53 Korean War."An issue for the
Feb. 21, 2014
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Abducted fishermen meet Southern brothers for first time in 40 years
MOUNT GEUMGANGSAN, North Korea ― At Thursday’s emotional family reunions, Park Yang-gon and Choi Seon-deuk from South Korea drew keen media attention as they rendezvoused with their long-lost brothers abducted some four decades ago.“You look in good shape, my brother! I am so grateful (that you are alive),” Park, 52, said, nuzzling his brother’s face and fighting back tears with his trembling hands.His brother Park Yang-soo, 58, mumbled, “We, we ... would have met last year,” referring to the bo
Feb. 20, 2014
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Families share memories of decades apart
MOUNT GEUMGANGSAN, North Korea ― Kim Young-hwan, 90, could not let go of the shriveled hands of his son whom he had left in North Korea 60 years ago as they reunited at this snowy mountain resort on Thursday. “I’m sorry, so sorry,” Kim said, bursting into tears immediately after recognizing the face of his gray-haired son, Dae-sung, who was only 5 when the father crossed the border at the height of the 1950-53 Korean War. Joining the tearful reunion was his wife in the North, Kim Myung-ok. The o
Feb. 20, 2014
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Tears and joy as separated families reunite
MOUNT GEUMGANGSAN, North Korea ― Hundreds of elderly Koreans from both sides of the border reunited Thursday at a North Korean mountain resort, embracing each other in tears after 60 years of separation. Eighty-two South Koreans accompanied by 58 family members met about 180 relatives from the North in the first round of the six-day event. They will spend about 11 hours together in six sessions until Saturday. In the first encounter at 3 p.m., the participants rushed into each other’s arms, stro
Feb. 20, 2014
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Family reunion in pictures
Feb. 20, 2014
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S. Korean Embassy issues warning on N. Korean 'old bank notes' scam
The South Korean Embassy in Beijing has warned its nationals to be wary of a scam involving North Korea's "old bank notes," which had been issued before the North's botched currency reform in 2009, an embassy official said Thursday.Some foreign scammers, mostly Indonesians posing as businessmen, have recently approached South Korean nationals living in Beijing and tricked them into buying the North Korean bank notes by offering significantly lower prices than market value."The North Korean curre
Feb. 20, 2014
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Over 100 S. Koreans leave for N. Korea for family reunions
More than 100 South Koreans left for North Korea on Thursday for their first reunions with relatives they haven't seen for six decades amid lingering tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula.A total of 82 elderly South Koreans, accompanied by 58 family members, were to arrive on Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast, later in the day for the reunions with 180 North Korean relatives that will last until Saturday.Their bus trip across the heavily fortified border comes four days
Feb. 20, 2014
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Separated families from two Koreas to meet in North
Some 140 South Koreans gathered at a resort on the country’s east coast on Wednesday, gearing up to reunite with loved ones they were separated from during the Korean War at the North’s Mount Geumgangsan resort. Eighty-two participants and 58 people accompanying them will meet with about 180 separated family members for a first round of the event, from Thursday to Saturday. From Sunday to Tuesday, an additional 360 South Koreans will gather with 88 North Korean relatives for a second round. The
Feb. 19, 2014
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Over 100 S. Koreans prep for reunions with N. Korean relatives
More than 100 South Koreans will gather at a resort on the country's east coast on Wednesday as part of preparations for their first reunions with their North Korean relatives since the 1950-53 Korean War, officials said.The move comes days after the rival Koreas held rare high-level talks and agreed to hold the reunions at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast, from Feb. 20-25.The upcoming reunions, the first since late 2010, come amid lingering tensions over South Korea's up
Feb. 19, 2014