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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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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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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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Unification Church successor visits North Korea
The successor to Moon Sun-myung, the deceased founder of the Unification Church, made a surprise visit to North Korea on Friday, his spokesman said.Moon Hyung-jin, Moon’s youngest son and successor as church leader, crossed the border early Friday, spokesman Ahn Ho-yeol told journalists.Moon Sun-myung, the self-styled messiah who founded the church famed for its mass weddings and business empire spanning cars to sushi, died Monday at the age of 92 due to complications from pneumonia. Although a
Sept. 7, 2012
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S. Korea offers to send flood aid to N. Korea
South Korea has proposed sending emergency relief aid to North Korea, the first such offer since relations sank into a deep freeze after the death of the North’s leader last December.The South’s Red Cross chief sent a proposal on Monday, calling for talks with North Korea on aid shipment, the Unification Ministry, which handles cross-border affairs, said Friday.Official aid from the South to the North often goes through the Red Cross as a matter of formality.South Korea last sent such aid two ye
Sept. 7, 2012
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North Korea may use biological weapons: U.S. gov’t
The United States believes that North Korea may use biological weapons some day, which poses another major security threat on top of its nuclear weapons drive, according to an annual U.S. government report."The United States judges that North Korea may still consider the use of biological weapons as an option," the State Department said in its new report on international agreements and commitments
Sept. 7, 2012
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Clinton holds 'productive' talks over China's role on N. Korea
North Korea apparently made for an easy, simple discussion between the top diplomats from two of the most powerful nations -- the United States and China, as they struggle to deal with the crisis in Syria and Beijing's territorial disputes with its smaller neighbors.After talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said they had "product
Sept. 6, 2012
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S. Korea's top nuclear envoy heads to Beijing for talks on N. Korea
South Korea's top nuclear envoy met with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday and discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons program, after a U.N. nuclear watchdog cited major progress in the construction of a light water atomic reactor in the North. Lim Sung-nam, Seoul's chief negotiator to six-party talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear ambitions, had talks with Wu Dawei during his two-day trip
Sept. 6, 2012
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Japanese man summoned over ‘Dokdo’ post
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have notified a Japanese suspect he faces questioning later this month for setting up a provocative wooden post in central Seoul to lay claim to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo. Nobuyuki Suzuki, known as a conservative activist, allegedly tied a post with the phrase, “Dokdo is Japanese territory” to a symbolic statue of a wartime Korean sex slave in front of the Japanese embassy in downtown Seoul in June.He then took photos and made a recording of the sc
Sept. 5, 2012
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N. Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament to convene rare session Sept. 25
Experts raise possibility of new laws for reform, personnel reorganizationNorth Korea will convene this year’s second parliamentary session on Sept. 25, its state media said Wednesday, triggering speculation that Pyongyang could announce new laws for economic reform and a personnel reshuffle of its state organs.The Korean Central News Agency reported that the Supreme People’s Assembly will convene the session in Pyongyang with delegates’ registration to take place from Sept. 23-24. It did not sp
Sept. 5, 2012
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Kim sends condolence letter over Moon’s death
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent condolences Wednesday over the death of Unification Church founder Moon Sun-myung, fueling speculation he might send a rare delegation to South Korea for the funeral.Moon, a self-styled messiah who gathered a global following behind his church and spawned a multi-billion business empire, died on Monday at the age of 92.His funeral will be held September 15 at the church’s headquarters in Gapyeong, east of Seoul.Although a staunch anti-communist, Moon began bu
Sept. 5, 2012
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Kim visits homes of workers
In another unconventional public appearance, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the homes of working people in Pyongyang, the North’s state news media said Wednesday.Accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju, Kim visited the homes of three ordinary families who recently moved into the newly-built apartments in Pyongyang’s Changjon Street, a new town project celebrating the centenary of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung’s birth this year, said the (North) Korean Central News Agency.In the meeting wit
Sept. 5, 2012
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Momentum building for N.K. rights bill
Parliament in gridlock for 7 years amid partisan strife, ideological riftAfter seven years sidelined by partisan squabbling and ideological split, a campaign to enact legislation aimed at improving human rights in North Korea is gaining fresh momentum.Politicians, activists and defectors are ramping up efforts at a breakthrough in the wake of the alleged torture of Kim Young-hwan, a prominent anti
Sept. 5, 2012
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N.K. leader expresses condolence over death of Unification Church founder
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed condolence over the death of Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday."Kim Jong-un sent a message of condolences to the bereaved family of Moon Sun Myung," the state news media said in a brief English-language dispatch.Kim said in the message that "Though he passed away, his effort
Sept. 5, 2012
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N. Korea says typhoon killed 48 people
A strong typhoon which hit North Korea last week killed 48 people and left more than 50 injured or missing, the country's state news agency said on Monday.Typhoon Bolaven pounded the Korean peninsula last Tuesday, leaving a trail of death and damage in the two Koreas. In addition to the casualties, 21,180 people were left homeless by the storm, which destroyed or inundated 6,700 houses, toppled mo
Sept. 3, 2012
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Moon builds 20 years of relations with North Korea
Moon Sun-myung, the deceased founder of the Unification Church, had developed ties with North Korea over the past two decades through a raft of industrial and aid projects. Born in Jeongju, North Pyeongan Province, Moon made a foray into the reclusive country after a 1991 meeting with Kim Il-sung, its late founding father. While Moon also urged the resumption of inter-Korean talks and reunions of separated families during the meeting, Kim reportedly asked him to arrange a meeting with George H.W
Sept. 3, 2012
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North Korean leader resumes inspections in economic field
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a restaurant in Pyongyang, the country’s state media reported Saturday, as he conducted his first inspection in the economic field in almost a month.Kim went around different sections of Haemaji Restaurant along with his wife Ri Sol-ju, according to the Korean Central News Agency.Kim “expressed great satisfaction” over the construction of the restaurant, saying the environment is very friendly and he likes everything there, the KCNA dispatch said.The dispa
Sept. 2, 2012
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Iran, North Korea sign technology agreement
Iran and North Korea signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement Saturday, bringing the two nations deeply at odds with the U.S. closer together.Iranian state TV did not provide further details on the document but said it will include setting up joint scientific and technological laboratories, exchange of scientific teams between the two countries and transfer of technology in the
Sept. 2, 2012
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N. Korean leader resumes inspections in economic field
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a restaurant in Pyongyang, the country's state media reported Saturday, as he conducted his first inspection in the economic field in almost a month.Kim went around different sections of Haemaji Restaurant along with his wife Ri Sol-ju, according to the Korean Central News Agency.Kim "expressed great satisfaction" over the construction of the restaurant, say
Sept. 1, 2012
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NK official defends "self-defensive war deterrent"
Kim Young-nam, the ceremonial leader of the North, touted the regime's move to "build up the self-defensive war deterrent" at a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Iran, North Korea's state news media said Friday."The situation of the peninsula tells us that we were absolutely right to have chosen the path of Songun politics and built up the self-defensive war deterrent," Kim Young-nam, the presi
Aug. 31, 2012
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IAEA: 'Significant progress' in N. Korea's new nuclear reactor
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday that North Korea has made "significant progress" in the construction of a new light-water reactor (LWR).In a new report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the dome has been placed on a reactor containment building in the secretive nation's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon."There have been indications that some components may have been instal
Aug. 31, 2012
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Typhoon Bolaven leaves three dead in N. Korea: state media
North Korea's state media said Thursday Typhoon Bolaven left three dead and 3,300 homeless and submerged farmlands, as the disaster-prone nation braced for the second major storm in less than a week. The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the human casualties caused by Bolaven, which swept the North on Tuesday and Wednesday, without giving the number of those injured or missing,
Aug. 30, 2012
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N. Korea reports property damage from Typhoon Bolaven
North Korea reported Wednesday that strong winds and heavy rains unleashed by Typhoon Bolaven knocked down thousands of roadside trees, destroyed farmlands and buildings and caused other property damage across the impoverished nation.But the Korean Central News Agency reported no human casualties from the storm.The typhoon, which pounded South Korea on Tuesday and left nine people dead, "ravaged o
Aug. 30, 2012