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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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Korea set to finalize medical school expansion plans
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Seoul City to open 'hotel' on river bridge
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Yoon, first lady celebrate return of Buddhist relics after century
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N.K. charges American in plot to overthrow regime
PYONGYANG (AP) ― North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.The case involving Kenneth Bae, who has been in North Korean custody since early November, further complicates already fraught relations between Pyongyang and Washington following weeks of heightened rhetoric and tensions. The trial mirrors a similar situ
April 28, 2013
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Pyongyang unlikely to close Gaeseong first: observers
Despite its menacing rhetoric, North Korea is unlikely to move first to shut down the inter-Korean joint industrial park in Gaeseong, which would fatally harm investor confidence and further worsen its economic isolation, experts said.As Seoul decided to withdraw all of its citizens from the complex on Friday following Pyongyang’s rejection of dialogue, the park, the last remaining symbol of cross-border cooperation, appeared to be edging closer to its end.“Among its major special economic zones
April 28, 2013
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Seoul focuses on safety of Gaeseong assets, compensation to firms
With South Korean citizens withdrawing from the inter-Korean industrial park in Gaeseong over the weekend, the Seoul government faces a double whammy of challenges of protecting business assets from the North’s possible seizure and meeting the companies’ demand for huge compensation for the suspension. All of the 126 workers including one Chinese returned to the South in 63 vehicles on Saturday, a day after the government decided to withdraw all South Korean citizens from the park following Pyon
April 28, 2013
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U.S. fully understands, supports Seoul's decision to withdraw from Gaeseong: official
South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday that the United States fully understands and supports the country's decision to withdraw all of its personnel from the inter-Korean industrial complex after no progress was made to negotiate an end to the stalemate regarding the halt of allbusiness operations. It said Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, who met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns the day before, explained developments leading up to the pull-out of South Korean workers from th
April 28, 2013
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S. Korea should take full responsibility for shutdown of joint
A North Korean official said Saturday that South Korea should be held responsible if a troubled inter-Korean industrial complex in the communist country is shut down permanently. In a report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), monitored in Seoul, the official, in his capacity as a spokesperson for the General Bureau for the Special Zone Development Guidance, said responsibility should squarely rest with South Korea if the complex is folded. The warning came as South Korea began pullin
April 28, 2013
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Timetable not decided on when to discuss resumption of six-party
South Korea's foreign ministry said Saturday that no decision has been made yet on when to hold a three-way meeting among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo to discuss the resumption of long-stalled talks on denuclearizing North Korea. Japan's Asahi Shimbun had reported earlier that U.S. nuclear envoy Glyn Davis called his Japanese counterpart on Friday to discuss the stalled six-party talks. The U.S. has been discussing the issue periodically with its two major Asian allies. "It is our turn this
April 28, 2013
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S. Korean workers return home from Gaeseong
More South Korean workers returned home from North Korea Saturday, a day after their government decided to pull all of them out of a troubled joint industrial complex in the communist country following Pyongyang's rejection ofan offer for dialogue. A total of 175 South Koreans were staying at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name when the Seoul government announced its decision to pull them out on Friday. Of them, 125 returned home on Saturday together wi
April 27, 2013
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N. Korea says it will try detained Korean-American for 'crimes'
North Korea said Saturday it will try a Korean-American detained in Pyongyang for unspecified "crimes" he has admitted to committing.In a short dispatch, Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), monitored in Seoul, said Pae Jun-ho will soon be taken to the North's Supreme Court to face trial.The report said the preliminary inquiry into Pae's crimes has been closed. It said Pae entered Rason City in the North on Nov. 3 of last year and was arrested "for committing crimes" against the commun
April 27, 2013
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Chronology of N. Korea's suspension of Kaesong industrial complex
The following is a chronology of major events leading up to South Korea calling for official government-level talks to resolve the suspension of operations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex on April 25.2013March 27: North Korea severs the military hotline with the South, which is used to facilitate cross-border movement of personnel and cargo.March 30: North Korea's General Bureau for the Special Zone Development Guidance threatens to shut down the industrial park.April 3: North Korea bans South
April 26, 2013
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S. Korea starts pulling workers from Gaeseong
South Korean workers at a jointly run industrial complex in North Korea returned home Saturday, Seoul officials said, a day after the government here decided to withdraw them following Pyongyang's rejection of an offer for dialogue.According to officials, 11 workers came home from the Gaeseong industrial complex Saturday afternoon with 116 more scheduled to follow later in the day.As of Friday, there were 175 South Koreans at the factory zone.After 127 return Saturday, the remaining employees
April 26, 2013
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‘N. Korean leader has $1 billion slush funds’
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is believed to have more than $1 billion in overseas secret bank accounts, according to a news report that cited an intelligence official.The Washington Times quoted the unnamed official as saying there are reports that Kim and his family maintain at least $1 billion in slush funds in Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg.The U.S. is trying to ratchet up financial pressure on Pyongyang to curb its nuclear and missile programs.The U.N. Secu
April 26, 2013
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Korea, U.S. marines hold logistics drill on East Coast
POHANG (Yonhap News) ― South Korea and the United States jointly held a logistics drill on the east coast involving MV-22 Ospreys as part of their annual exercises, the Combined Forces Command said Friday. As part of the Foal Eagle exercised, which wrap up at the end of this month, Navy and Marine Corps forces of the two nations have conducted logistics training near the eastern port city of Pohang. Three vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts were sent from Futenma air station in Japan’s Okinaw
April 26, 2013
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S. Korea to pull workers from Gaeseong
South Korea decided Friday to withdraw its all citizens from the Gaeseong industrial park after the North rejected its offer of talks to normalize the last symbol of cross-border cooperation. The Unification Ministry demanded Pyongyang guarantee the safe return of some 175 remaining workers and protect the assets of South Korean businesses. “As North Korea’s unjustified steps are aggravating our citizens’ difficulties, the government has come to make the inevitable decision to return home all th
April 26, 2013
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N. Korea snubs Seoul's call for talks on Gaeseong
North Korea on Friday rejected Seoul's proposal to hold official talks to resolve the suspension of a joint industrial complex, warning it could be the first to take grave action.Operations of the industrial complex in the North's border town of Gaeseong came to a halt on April 9, when Pyongyang pulled out all of its 53,000 laborers working there."Pyongyang will be the first to take tough action if the South insists on worsening the situation at the border town," the North's National Defense Com
April 26, 2013
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N. Korea fails to respond to offer for Kaesong complex talks
North Korea did not respond to Seoul's call for talks to normalize operations at the joint industrial complex that has been suspended for nearly three weeks, the government said Friday.The Ministry of Unification said that it did not receive a reply from Pyongyang by noon, the deadline set by Seoul when it proposed working-level government talks on Thursday.The North's stance is expected to compel South Korea to take "serious measures" that can impact the industrial park, which remains the only
April 26, 2013
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N. Korean leader pays tribute to late grandfather, father on KPA's birthday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum for his late grandfather and father on the 81st anniversary of the founding of the country's armed forces, Pyongyang's official media said Friday.Accompanied by members of the ruling Worker's Party of Korea, the Cabinet, the National Defense Commission (NDC) and top military brass, Kim paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on Thursday, which is the birthday of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the Korean Central News Agenc
April 26, 2013
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N. Korea marks military anniversary with 'march-past'
North Korea marked the founding anniversary of its armed forces Thursday with a march-past of troops attended by leader Kim Jong-un, senior officials and top military commanders, state media said.Kim "saluted the columns marching past the tribune of honor in fine array" during a ceremony in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the embalmed bodies of the country's founding leader Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il lie in state, the Korean Central News Agency said in a report, monitored
April 25, 2013
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Seoul offers talks with N. Korea over Gaeseong stalemate
South Korea on Thursday extended an offer to hold working-level talks with North Korea over a joint industrial complex that has been idle since early this month amid heightened inter-Korean tensions."We make an official offer to North Korea to hold a working-level meeting to discuss ways of normalizing the suspended Gaeseong Industrial Complex and providing humanitarian aid to South Korean workers there," the Ministry of Unification said in a statement.Seoul will have no choice but to take serio
April 25, 2013
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N.K. can make nuke-tipped missiles able to hit South: expert
North Korea probably posses the ability to mount nuclear warheads on missiles that can hit all of South Korea, a local military analyst said Wednesday.Ham Hyung-pil, a senior researcher at state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), said at a academic gathering hosted by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies in Seoul, that Pyongyang may have developed the knowhow to place a nuclear weapon on its Rodong missiles.The Rodong, already operational with the communist country‘s roc
April 24, 2013
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Xi Jinping meets top U.S. military officer to discuss regional security
Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing Tuesday with the top U.S. military general as Washington steps up efforts to get Beijing's support in trying to prevent North Korea from taking further provocative steps and to put it back on a denuclearization course.In talks with U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Xi called for deeper mutual trust between the global powers, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.In Washington, the U.S. government said Demp
April 24, 2013