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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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IAEA receives invitation to return to N.K.
VIENNA (AP) ― North Korea has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to return, three years after expelling its nuclear monitors, the agency said. The U.S. said such a move would be welcome but remained critical of the North’s missile test plans.Without disclosing the North’s terms, IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor said Monday that it received the invitation on Friday. That was the same day that Pyongyang announced it plans to test a missile by launching a satellite, a move that Washington ha
March 20, 2012
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North Korea invites UN nuke monitors to return
VIENNA (AP) _ North Korea has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to return, three years after expelling its nuclear monitors, the agency said Monday. The U.S. said such a move would be welcome but remained critical of the North's missile test plans.Without disclosing the North's terms, I
March 20, 2012
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Seoul condemns N.K. rocket plan as ‘provocation’
The South Korean government on Monday condemned North Korea’s planned satellite launch as a “grave provocation” aimed at developing a long-range ballistic missile to deliver nuclear weapons.President Lee Myung-bak convened a foreign affairs and security ministers meeting and was debriefed about the North’s plan, which was announced on Friday.“Our government sees North Korea’s so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to develop a long-distance delivery means for nuclear weap
March 19, 2012
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S. Korea condemns N. Korea's planned rocket launch as 'grave provocation'
SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday condemned North Korea's planned rocket launch as a "grave provocation" aimed at developing a long-range ballistic missile to deliver nuclear weapons.Seoul's presidential office issued the condemnation after President Lee Myung-bak presided over a mee
March 19, 2012
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Seoul concludes N. Korea's satellite launch a clear violation of UNSC resolution
South Korea has concluded that North Korea's satellite launch slated for between April 12-16 constitutes a direct violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 1874 banning ballistic missile technology, a government source said Sunday. The resolution unanimously adopted
March 18, 2012
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North Korea vows to go ahead with rocket launch
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea vowed Sunday to go ahead with plans to launch a long-range rocket, rejecting criticism in the West that it would scuttle recent diplomacy. North Korea said Friday that it would fire an observation satellite into space on a new rocket
March 18, 2012
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Pyongyang’s rocket plans a negotiations tactic
Long-range missile threat aimed at gaining leverage in talks with United StatesPyongyang’s announcement of a “satellite” launch on Friday was likely aimed at bolstering its bargaining position in future talks with Washington.On Friday, Pyongyang’s Korean Committee for Space Technology announced that a Unha-3 rocket carrying the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite will blast off from the launching station in North Pyongan Province between April 12 and 16.According to Pyongyang, the launch is scheduled to
March 18, 2012
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World pressures N. Korea to drop rocket launch plan
The international community has mounted pressure on North Korea to drop its plan to launch a satellite next month to celebrate the 100th year since the birth of late founder Kim Il-sung.Not only the U.S., but North Korea’s major ally China and other regional powers including Japan and Russia have raised concerns over Pyongyang’s announcement of the plan, saying it breaches a U.N. Security Council resolution. The U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, adopted after the North had a second nuclear
March 18, 2012
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N. Korea says will invite foreign experts to observe satellite launch
North Korea said Saturday it would invite foreign experts and journalists to observe a satellite launch which has sparked widespread condemnation and US threats that it could jeopardise food aid.The Korean Committee for Space Technology "will invite experienced foreign experts on space science and t
March 18, 2012
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NKorea risks hopes of building ties with US
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A long-range rocket launch planned by North Korea probably would wreck its recent food-for-nuclear concessions agreement with the United States and, with it, hopes for improving relations under the North's new leader, Kim Jong Un. The North announced Friday
March 17, 2012
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U.S. says food aid 'hard to imagine' if N.K. launches satellite
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department said Friday it will be "very hard to imagine" giving planned food aid to North Korea if the communist regime goes ahead with its plan to launch a satellite, a move seen as a disguise for a missile test. "Were we to have a launch, it wo
March 17, 2012
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N.Korea planned rocket launch a 'deal-breaker'
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a ``deal-breaker'' for a new agreement where the U.S. would exchange food aid for nuclear concessions.
March 17, 2012
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N.K. says will launch ‘satellite’ in mid-April
North Korea said Friday that it would launch a satellite in mid-April to mark the centennial birthday of its late founder Kim Il-sung, a move that experts say is a cover for another long-range missile test.The announcement came despite an agreement on Feb. 29 with the U.S. to temporarily halt its uranium enrichment at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon and put a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests in exchange for 240,000 tons of “nutritional assistance.”North Korea said the Unha-3 rocket c
March 16, 2012
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N.K. says will launch ‘satellite’ in mid-April
North Korea said Friday that it would launch a satellite in mid-April to mark the centennial birthday of its late founder Kim Il-sung, a move that experts say is a cover for another long-range missile test.The announcement came despite an agreement on Feb. 29 with the U.S. to temporarily halt its uranium enrichment at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon and put a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests in exchange for 240,000 tons of “nutritional assistance.”North Korea said the Unha-3 rocket c
March 16, 2012
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Inter-Korean trade surges 36% this year
Despite rising cross-border tension, the trade between South and North Korea surged 36 percent from a year ago to $320 million in the first two months of this year, government data showed Friday.The data provided by the Korea Customs Service indicated that the trade via the inter-Korean industrial complex has not been affected by tensions on the Korean Peninsula.South Korea slapped sanctions on the North in May 2010 in retaliation for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship earlier that yea
March 16, 2012
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N. Korea says will launch earth observation satellite in April
North Korea said Friday it will launch an earth observation satellite next month to mark the centennial of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung, the late grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un.The announcement came weeks after North Korea agreed to freeze its uranium-enrichment faciliti
March 16, 2012
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N.K. leader orders troops to keep vigilance amid tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered his troops to maintain maximum vigilance as the North‘s fighters and warships hit targets in live-fire military maneuvers, Pyongyang’s state media reported Thursday.His inspection of the drills by the country‘s army, navy and air force came as the communist country repeatedly threatened to launch a “sacred” war against South Korea over Seoul’s defamation of the dignity of Kim and his late father, former leader Kim Jong-il.A South Korean military unit in In
March 15, 2012
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About 130 senior N. Korean officials visit border village
About 130 senior North Korean officials visited the border village of Panmunjom last week as the communist country ratcheted up militaristic rhetoric against South Korea, a South Korean military official said Wednesday.The trips came days after their new leader Kim Jong-un placed his troops in Panmunjeom on alert during his surprise inspection trip to the village straddling the heavily armed inter-Korean border on March 3. Kim, who took over the communist country following the December death of
March 14, 2012
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‘China does not repatriate politically-motivated defectors’
China has never repatriated any politically-motivated North Korean defectors, and has helped them migrate to other countries, including South Korea and the U.S., a Korean politics professor said quoting a Chinese government official.His comment comes as international pressure is growing on China to not repatriate North Korean defectors who might face severe punishment under the Kim Jong-un regime.China has repeated it does not recognize North Korean defectors as refugees but “illegal trespassers
March 14, 2012
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Young N. Korean defectors struggle to adapt
Resettlers hope to play role of ‘bridge’ between two Koreas, contribute to reunificationOne of the challenges facing young North Korean defectors here is that people at large define their identities based on the negative image of the communist state ― poor, uncultured, repressive and isolated.Competing with better educated, well-fed South Korean classmates is another that many of them think is insurmountable. But they feel happy because of the long-cherished freedom they have won.Kang Timothy, a
March 14, 2012