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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Coupang earnings hit hard by losses from ailing Farfetch
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Why femicide and dating violence are growing issues in S. Korea
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‘China struggling with N.K. drugs’
Meth floods Yanji, Jilin province fueled by border transients: NewsweekWhile cautious not to make the case official for the sake of ties with its longstanding ally, China is becoming impatient with the increasing amount of illegal drugs flowing in from North Korea, according to a U.S. weekly magazine. Over the past decade, methamphetamine ― also known as crystal meth or ice because of its flaky cr
June 22, 2011
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N. Korea could test-launch missile at new launch site this year: expert
North Korea could test-launch a missile this year from its second and more sophisticated launch site, in an apparent move to improve its long-range missile capabilities, a U.S. expert said Tuesday. South Korean and U.S. officials have monitored the new Tongchang-ri missile base on the North's west coast for more than two years, and satellite images showed early this year that construction of a
June 21, 2011
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N. Korea buys more anti-riot gear from China
BEIJING (Yonhap News) ― North Korea has recently created a special police task force and bought large amounts of anti-riot gear from China in an apparent attempt to cope with any possible riots in the North, a source said Tuesday.The communist North purchased tear gas, helmets and shields through Chinese merchants in China’s northeastern city of Shenyang in recent months, the source said.The North
June 21, 2011
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N. Korea increases imports of anti-riot gear from China
BEIJING, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently created a special police task force and bought large amounts of anti-riot gear from China in an apparent attempt to cope with any possible riots in the North, a source said Tuesday.The communist North purchased tear gas, helmets and shields through Chinese merchants in China's northeastern city of Shenyang in recent months, the source said.The
June 21, 2011
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Seoul to discuss assets at N.K. resort this week
South Korea is likely to discuss with companies this week how to deal with North Korea’s request that Seoul promptly deal with the issue of disposing its assets in the North’s scenic mountain resort. The two Koreas had launched a joint tour project at the North’s Mount Geumgang in 1998 as a symbol of reconciliation. The tours, which had been one of impoverished Pyongyang’s main sources of income,
June 20, 2011
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Alleged N. Korean police document reports case of cannibalism
SEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- An alleged North Korean police document reported a case of cannibalism, a South Korean missionary group said Monday, a development, if confirmed, that could support what has long been rumored in the North.There have been accounts among some defectors of eating human flesh amid chronic food shortages that culminated in a massive famine in the late 1990s that was estimated
June 20, 2011
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North Korea replaces ambassador to Germany
North Korea replaced its top envoy to Germany, the country’s official news agency said Saturday.Ri Si-hong was appointed the new ambassador to the European nation under a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, the North’s legislature, according to a one-sentence dispatch of the Korean Central News Agency.It provided no further details.Little is known about Ri, except that he acc
June 19, 2011
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‘N. Korea has nothing to gain from provocations’
North Korea has nothing to gain from provocations against South Korea, Seoul’s Cabinet minister handling inter-Korean relations said Saturday, urging the communist nation to carry out reform and open up to the outside world.Unification Minister Hyun In-taek accused Pyongyang of launching “reckless political provocations after militaryprovocations,” referring to the North’s unilateral disclosure of
June 19, 2011
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N. Korea replaces ambassador to Germany
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea replaced its top envoy to Germany, the country's official news agency said Saturday.Ri Si-hong was appointed the new ambassador to the European nation under a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's legislature, according to a one-sentence dispatch of the Korean Central News Agency. It provided no further details.Little is known
June 19, 2011
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Marine Corps guards mistakenly shoot at civilian plane
South Korea's Marine Corps guards shot at a civilian airplane flying near the tense Yellow Sea border with North Korea, misidentifying it as one of the communist country's military planes, a military source said Saturday. No damage occurred, the source said. Two soldiers guarding the southern coast of Gyodong Island inIncheon, 80 kilometers west of Seoul, fired their K-2 rifles at theAsiana Airl
June 18, 2011
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China 'walking a fine line' in dealing with N. Korea: expert
North Korea's growing dependence on China, reflected by the launch of new joint economic zones along their border, drives discord among parties seeking to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons drive, experts here said Friday. Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution,pointed out that China is taking advantage of the flexibleimplementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution
June 18, 2011
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N.K. threatens to ‘dispose’ of assets at Geumgang
North Korea said Friday that it would dispose of South Korean assets seized or frozen at its Mount Geumgang resort under a newly established law, a move that could further aggravate already chilled inter-Korean ties.The North also said that Hyundai Asan Corp., the central operator of the inter-Korean tour program, should come to the mountain on the east coast by the end of this month to discuss di
June 17, 2011
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N.K. threatens to dispose of Seoul’s assets at Geumgang
North Korea said Friday that it will dispose of South Korean assets seized or frozen at Mount Kumang under its new law regarding the scenic mount resort.The North also said Hyundai Asan Corp., a key operator of the tour project for the scenic mountain just north of the heavily armed border, should come to the table by the end of the month for talks over the disposal of the assets, according to the
June 17, 2011
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Seoul deploys precision-guided missiles targeting Pyongyang
South Korea has deployed precision-guided land missiles capable of hitting North Korea's capital of Pyongyang, a military source said Friday. The forward deployment of the surface-to-surface missiles, known as the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), came as tensions rekindled after North Korea vowed a retaliation against the South's military over its use of head-shot photos of Pyongyang's top l
June 17, 2011
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U.S. congressmen seeking legislation against N. Korea food aid
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- U.S. congressmen are rolling up their sleeves to block the Obama administration from resuming food aid to North Korea, arguing it will only help the communist regime bolster its nuclear and other weapons capabilities."(On Wednesday night) Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, offered an amendment to the Agriculture appropriations
June 17, 2011
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Nine N. Koreans defect via western sea: Seoul
Nine North Koreans who crossed the tense western sea border on a small engineless vessel over the weekend for apparent defection are being questioned by South Korean officials, the Seoul government said Wednesday. The nine people, including family members, arrived on a frontline South Korean island around 6 a.m. Saturday, and are seeking asylum in the wealthier South, a government source said on c
June 15, 2011
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[Herald Interview] N. Koreans use phones to sneak information out
Former professor from North sends S. Korean media content across border to show the world to North Koreans North Korea is a country that has been almost entirely isolated from news around the world for the past 60 years. The regime in Pyongyang allows Internet access to only a fraction of government officials and its power elite as it prepares for a third-generation hereditary succession to a youn
June 15, 2011
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Nine North Koreans defect to South by sea, Seoul officials say
(Yonhap News)Nine North Koreans who crossed the tense western sea border aboard a small engineless vessel over the weekend for apparent defection are being questioned by South Korean officials, the Seoul government said Wednesday. The nine people, including family members, arrived on a frontline South Korean island around 6 a.m. Saturday, and are seeking asylum in the wealthier South, a government
June 15, 2011
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U.S. desires to avoid 'mistakes' in talks with N. Korea
WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- The United States is prepared to talk with North Korea, but a basic principle is to avoid the "mistakes" made in previous negotiations with the communist nation, an outgoing top State Department official said.In an interview published Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told Foreign Policy, a U.S.-based magazine, that Washington has no surprising new policy o
June 15, 2011
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N. Korean carrier to start direct Shanghai flights
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- North Korea's carrier said Tuesday it would offer twice-weekly flights between Shanghai and Pyongyang starting next month, in a sign the secretive state is looking to attract more Chinese tourists.Shanghai joins Beijing and Shenyang in the northeast as the third city in China to have regular flights to North Korea, the state-owned Air Koryo said in a statement to AFP.The Shanghai
June 14, 2011