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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Kerry: China, key to President Park's campaign to reach out to Pyongyang
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday North Korea would collapse without China's assistance as he stressed the importance of getting Beijing behind efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang."I think it's fair to say that without China, North Korea would collapse," he said at a congressional hearing. The senator, who has long followed North Korea, especially when he was a senator, pointed out that China provides almost three-quarters of North Korea's fuel."China is a significant banking condu
April 18, 2013
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Park, Obama: North Korea will not be rewarded
South Korean and U.S. leaders on Wednesday hardened their stances against North Korea after the communist country rebuffed their dialogue offer while escalating tensions.President Park Geun-hye reaffirmed her resolve not to reward North Korea’s saber-rattling, urging an end to the “vicious circle” of blackmail, negotiations and economic assistance. U.S. President Barack Obama left the door open for talks with North Korea but vowed not to give in to the “same kind of pattern” that doomed negotiat
April 17, 2013
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Korean, U.S. military leaders to discuss N.K.
Military leaders of South Korea and the United States will hold a meeting this week to discuss their joint defense posture against North Korean threats and the future joint operation structure, military officers said Wednesday.South Korean Army Gen. Jung Seung-jo, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his U.S. counterpart, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, will sit down via a video conference for the 37th Military Committee Meeting on Thursday.During the annual meeting, they are expected to rev
April 17, 2013
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Hacking group releases member list of pro-N.K. sites
An international hacking group on Tuesday unveiled another list of subscribers to two pro-North Korean websites, following its hacking of five similar propaganda online pages on the 101st birthday of the communist regime’s founder. The hacktivist group Anonymous disclosed personal information, including log-on IDs, passwords, names and email addresses of 98 subscribers to Minjok Tongshin, an English language news provider, and Paekdu-Hanna.com, a site run by a North Korean-Chinese association. T
April 17, 2013
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N. Korea denies S. Korean bizmen's entry to Gaeseong
North Korea on Wednesday rejected a request by South Korean businessmen to visit a jointly-run industrial complex in the North's border city of Gaeseong to deliver food and check their facilities, Seoul's unification ministry said."Pyongyang has sent a notice that it can't agree to (the South Korean businessmen's visit to Gaeseong)," the Ministry of Unification said. "It is very regrettable."Awaiting permission from the North, the 10 entrepreneurs representing owners of factories at the Gaeseong
April 17, 2013
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N. Korea not opposed to dialogue, but wants to save face first
North Korea made clear Tuesday it would not return to the "humiliating negotiating table.""The DPRK (North Korea) is not opposed to dialogue but has no idea of sitting at the humiliating negotiating table with the party brandishing a nuclear stick," the North's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the state news agency, KCNA.The statement, released by an unnamed spokesman, marked the clearest response yet to the recent U.S. offer of talks aimed at easing months of heightened tensions.
April 17, 2013
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Hacking group attacks N.K. websites on founder’s birthday
An international hacking group said Tuesday that it disrupted operations of five North Korean propaganda websites to spoil the communist country’s celebration of the 101st birthday of its founder.The Anonymous hacktivist group said it attacked North Korea’s main news and propaganda website, Uriminzokkiri, on Kim Il-sung’s birthday. The birthday that fell on Monday is called the Day of the Sun and is the most important holiday in the North. Kim who died in 1994 is the grandfather of incumbent lea
April 16, 2013
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N.K. demands Seoul apologize before talks
North Korea on Tuesday repeated its demand that Seoul apologize for “hostile” acts as a precondition to accept its proposal for dialogue.In what it called an “ultimatum,” the communist state’s top military command denounced a rally by conservative groups in downtown Seoul on Monday, during which they burned portraits of leader Kim Jong-un and his forebears and former dictators. The event was designed to coincide with the Day of the Sun, the birth of national founder and Kim’s late grandfather, K
April 16, 2013
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No signs yet of imminent N.K. missile launch: U.S. official
There were no signs yet suggesting an imminent North Korean missile launch toward South Korea, a senior U.S. military official said Monday.“Let’s assume that a missile does come to the ROK (Republic of Korea), what other things we expect to see in the DPRK (North Korea) to back that up?” the official told reporters, declining to be named.“We’re seeing nothing in the DPRK that suggests that anything is going to threaten the ROK. If anything, the missiles may be shot into the waters, like it was d
April 16, 2013
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Government jobs open to N. Korean defectors
The government is set to allow North Korean defectors to work as experienced public servants in an effort to better embrace them as members of society, the Ministry of Security and Public Administration said Tuesday. According to a revision of related rules endorsed by the Cabinet, the government can hire North Korean defectors or naturalized citizens from overseas who have working experience in their home countries or hold a degree as civil servants. After a resume screening, the applicants wil
April 16, 2013
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Public anger in N.K. deepens as tension rises
Public anger in North Korea appears to be deepening as the iron-fisted regime’s renewed nuclear brinkmanship has further isolated the country and aggravated its chronic food shortages, defectors and experts said.Given the regime’s tendency to silence any dissent, the agony of the people is unlikely to force the North to shift its course, which appears intended to up the ante in future negotiations with the U.S. and South Korea, some argued.But others said growing discontent among average people
April 16, 2013
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Presidential office to hold meeting over possible N.K. provocations
South Korea's presidential office plans to hold a meeting with security-related ministries and agencies next month, officials said Tuesday, as the country prepares for possible provocations by North Korea.National security chief Kim Jang-soo will preside over the meeting, which will be attended by vice ministers and their counterparts from the Prime Minister's Office, the defense ministry, the security and public administration ministry and the National Police Agency, among others, the officials
April 16, 2013
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U.S. steps up diplomatic efforts toward N.K.
The U.S. is ratcheting up diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula, even hinting at a concession to China on missile defense, as North Korea’s brinkmanship adds to Washington’s already daunting international and domestic challenges. During his tour of South Korea and China last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for dialogue with Pyongyang and apparently urged Beijing to do more to rein in its ally. He indicated that the U.S. was willing to scale down missile de
April 15, 2013
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Seoul says N.K. standoff could become protracted
The Defense Ministry said Monday that the missile standoff with Pyongyang could be prolonged as a variety of factors would come into play before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un makes his order for another provocation.“(The Seoul government) had said the North could fire its missiles around April 10, but five days has already passed by, and as there could be various situations (for Kim to consider), the stalemate could get prolonged,” ministry spokesperson Kim Min-seok told reporters.Seoul said P
April 15, 2013
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A look at the North Korea crisis
As the world waits and watches for an expected North Korean ballistic missile test, the U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond. U.S. officials are conceding that North Korea may be increasing its nuclear capabilities, but they don't expect a nuclear strike. They suggest that other military moves by Pyongyang involving artillery attacks or shelling of nearby South Korean islands could actually present a more serious threat in triggering a conflict.WHY ALL THE HUBBUBSince the 1950-53 Korean W
April 15, 2013
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BBC, London School of Economics in N.K. row
LONDON (AFP) ― The BBC is embroiled in a row with the London School of Economics after one of its reporters allegedly posed as a student in order to film undercover in North Korea.The broadcaster has refused the university’s demand that it withdraw the program “North Korea Undercover,” an episode of its flagship investigative TV show Panorama due to air on Monday, a spokeswoman for the British Broadcasting Corporation told AFP.In an email to staff and students late Saturday, the LSE said Panoram
April 15, 2013
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N. Korea leader pays tribute to late grandfather, father
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a mausoleum for his deceased father and grandfather on Monday to mark the 101st birthday of the founder of the communist country, Pyongyang's official media said.Accompanied by members of the country's top military brass, Kim made the visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang to pay "high tribute and humblest reverence" to former leaders Kim Il-sung, the country's founder, and his son Kim Jong-il, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.T
April 15, 2013
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As U.S. talks up diplomacy, N. Korea takes hard line
The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored past agreements, even as it rejected South Korea’s latest offer of dialogue as a “crafty trick.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Tokyo that North Korea would find “ready partners” in the United States if it began abandoning its nuclear program. Japan’s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, also demanded a resolution to a dispute conce
April 15, 2013
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U.S. ‘committed’ to defend Japan from N. Korea threats
TOKYO (AFP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Japan on Sunday the United States would protect it from North Korea's threats, after securing a commitment from China to rein in the unpredictable regime.After a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, where Patriot missiles have been deployed in anticipation of a missile launch by the North, Kerry pledged the U.S. would backstop its ally."The United States is fully committed to the defense of Japan," Kerry told a join
April 14, 2013
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U.S., Japan raise chance of new N.K. nuclear talks
TOKYO (AP) -- The United States and Japan on Sunday offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but said the reclusive communist government first must lower tensions and honor previous agreements.North Korea has a clear course of action available to it, and will find "ready partners'' in the United States if it follows through, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters.Japan's foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, wh
April 14, 2013