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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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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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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Romney says N. Korea proliferates nuclear weapons
Mitt Romney, the U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate, expressed concern Wednesday over North Korea's alleged sales of nuclear weapons.He described the world as a "dangerous place" and stressed the seriousness of North Korea's threats."With instability in Pakistan and horrific violence in Syria, and with North Korea having shared nuclear technology, the threat of proliferation of weapons o
Aug. 30, 2012
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Disabled N.K. defector finds path to recovery in South
Ji Seong-ho knew there was no turning back as he pulled himself out of the water and onto the banks of the Chinese side of the Tumen River. He wiped tears from his eyes and quickly glanced at what he had just left behind.“I knew from that point, the next time I go to North Korea will be when reunification finally happens,” he said.Ji is a North Korean refugee who has lived in Seoul since 2006.The 30-year-old now runs a human rights group and studies law at a local university. He is one of about
Aug. 29, 2012
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N.K. economic reform far from guaranteed
Given its structural dilemma, fundamental reform would not be easy: expertsSigns of North Korea’s apparent moves toward reform and openness have left many wondering if the reclusive state truly intends to fundamentally revamp its debilitated structure of economic governance.Many analysts have painted a positive outlook, saying that as Swiss-educated Kim Jong-un needs to strengthen the legitimacy of his fledgling leadership, a sweeping overhaul would be inevitable.But Kwon Young-kyong, professor
Aug. 29, 2012
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Japan, North Korea hold first talks in 4 years
Officials from Japan and North Korea were holding their first government-to-government talks in four years Wednesday, amid hopes that new leader Kim Jong Un will adopt a less confrontational approach to relations between his isolated, impoverished communist state and the outside world.The talks are being held in China, the North's closest ally and biggest aid source, which has been subtly pushing
Aug. 29, 2012
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N. Korea cancels talks with S. Korean aid organization
North Korea on Tuesday unilaterally canceled plans to hold talks with two South Korean aid organizations that had planned to visit the communist country to discuss humanitarian assistance for flood victims.Okedongmu Children in Korea and Foundation of Inter-Korean Cooperation said they received fax messages from North Korea's National Reconciliation Council calling off talks set for Wednesday in G
Aug. 28, 2012
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Ban expects talks with N. Korea's No. 2 leader in Iran
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he will meet North Korea's number two leader Kim Yong-nam later this week in Iran, where a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit will take place."As there are many occasions for participating heads of state to get together, there will be a chance to meet Chairman Kim Yong-nam and talk about peace on the Korean Peninsula and South-North Korea exc
Aug. 27, 2012
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‘N.K. mineral resources may be worth $9.7tr’
The potential value of North Korea’s underground mineral resources is estimated at more than 11 quadrillion won ($9.7 trillion) as of this year, a report by a private think tank showed Sunday.The findings are based on the potential value and commercial prices of 18 key minerals in the communist country, the Seoul-based North Korea Resource Institute said.The figure is much higher than a 7 quadrillion won estimate released by state-run Korea Resources Corp. in 2010, which calculated the value of
Aug. 26, 2012
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Kim Jong-un warns against S. Korea-U.S. military drill
Kim says, "There is a limit to our patience," adding he has "finally signed" an order of "battle to an all-out counter-offensive." North Korea's leader once again warned of "the all-out battle" against the South, denouncing an ongoing joint military drill between South Korea and the United States, the North's state media said Sunday. South Korean and U.S. forces began a 12-day annual joint milit
Aug. 26, 2012
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Korean-Chinese activist on N.K. granted asylum
A Korean-Chinese woman who fled China after helping North Koreans escape to the country was granted asylum here in a landmark court ruling Wednesday. The Seoul Administrative Court, reversing an earlier rejection by the Justice Ministry, decided to give refugee status to the 38-year-old Lee who fled here on a fishing boat last March. “Because Lee aided many North Koreans, the possibility of a heavy punishment once she goes back to China is large,” the court ruled. “China’s ‘legal’ penalty is sev
Aug. 22, 2012
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N.K. economic zone under construction
RASON, North Korea (AP) ― More than a year after construction began, the road from China to North Korea’s special economic zone in Rason is paved. Power substations are being built, railway lines are being linked to routes to Siberia, and piers at the harbor expanded.This week, an international trade fair staged at the exhibition hall in the zone in North Korea’s far northeast offered foreign investors and visitors from China, Britain, Russia and elsewhere, as well as journalists from the Associ
Aug. 22, 2012
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Leadership shake-up adds to signs of change in N.K.
Promotion of economic specialists, return of technocrats raise prospect of economic reformNorth Korea’s ongoing reshuffle of its top brass is adding to signs of change under the burgeoning leadership of Kim Jong-un. Since taking the reins in December, he has been challenging the military’s iron grip, exposing the reclusive family to the public and retuning the communist state’s economic strategy. The Swiss-educated, 20-something leader is seen placing economic specialists in powerful positions,
Aug. 22, 2012
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Report of Kim Jong-un's Iran trip likely misleading: Seoul
A news report that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to visit Iran next week to attend an international meeting seems to be misleading although Seoul is still working to verify it, a government official said Wednesday.German news agency DPA reported earlier that Kim would attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran from Aug. 26 to 31, citing local news media. "Findings through vario
Aug. 22, 2012
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S. Korea to hit back harder at N.K. attacks
South Korea will mount a much deeper and stronger counterstrike than any before in the event of North Korea launching an artillery attack, a senior military official said Tuesday, as Pyongyang toughens its rhetoric against ongoing annual military drills in the South.South Korea and the United States on Monday began an annual military exercise that will run through Aug. 31, mobilizing some 56,000 South Korean troops and about 30,000 U.S. soldiers. The Combined Forces Command said it informed the
Aug. 21, 2012
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Powerful uncle of N.K. leader arrives in Pyongyang after visit to China
BEIJING (Yonhap News) ― The powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un returned home Saturday after a six-day visit to China that included Beijing’s agreement to help develop special economic zones in the impoverished nation and meetings with China’s president and premier, the two countries’ media said.The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Jang Song-thaek, the chief of the central administrative department of the Workers’ Party, boarded a Koryo Air flight that departed Beijing’s Cap
Aug. 19, 2012
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N.K. leader visits front-line artillery unit ahead of South-U.S. exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid a visit to the front-line artillery unit responsible for the country’s 2010 deadly bombardment of a South Korean island, extolling service members as heroes and telling them never to tolerate enemy aggression, state media said Saturday.The visit to the unit on the North’s border island of Mudo near the tense western sea border came days before South Korea and the United States are to launch their annual joint exercise, Ulchi Freedom Guardian. The computer-ass
Aug. 19, 2012
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N. Korean official cites ‘considerable damage’ by floods
A North Korean official told a visiting civilian relief group that the communist country suffered “considerable damage” due to heavy downpours and floods last month, an official at the relief group said Sunday.Three officials from the South Korean affiliate of World Vision made a one-day visit to the North Korean border city of Kaesong on Friday to discuss food assistance to the North, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement on how to deliver shipments of food because of the issue of moni
Aug. 19, 2012
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Powerful uncle of N. Korean leader arrives in Pyongyang after visit to China
The powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un returned home Saturday after a six-day visit to China that included Beijing's agreement to help develop special economic zones in the impoverished nation and meetings with China's president and premier, the two countries' media said.The North's Korean Central News Agency said Jang Song-thaek, the chief of the central administrative department o
Aug. 19, 2012
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N. Korean leader praises soldiers over South shelling
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un commended an army unit involved in a deadly skirmish with the South in 2010 and ordered immediate counter-attacks if provoked again, Pyongyang's state media said.The move comes as South Korea and the United States prepare to engage in an annual military exercise this week, described by the North as "an all-out war rehearsal" that could ignite conflict on the Korean
Aug. 18, 2012
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Kim Jong-un visits front-line artillery unit ahead of South-U.S. exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid a visit to the front-line artillery unit responsible for the country's 2010 deadly bombardment of a South Korean island, extolling service members as heroes and telling them never to tolerate enemy aggression, state media said Saturday.The visit to the unit on the North's border island of Mudo came days before South Korea and the United States are to launch the
Aug. 18, 2012
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Obama signs N. Korean human rights act
WASHINGTON(Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law legislation aimed at promoting human rights in North Korea, according to the White House.The law, which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, extends until 2017 the authority of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004. It is meant to put pressure on Pyongyang on the issues of human rights, democracy, refu
Aug. 18, 2012