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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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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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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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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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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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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Minister rejects N.K. offer of unconditional return to nuclear talks
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan rejected North Korea’s recent suggestion that it is willing to unconditionally return to the nuclear negotiating table, saying Pyongyang should first demonstrate its denuclearization commitment through action.North Korea’s foreign ministry said Tuesday after talks with Russia’s chief nuclear envoy that it is ready to rejoin the stalled six-party talks without any pre
March 17, 2011
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S. Korea delays repatriation of N. Koreans, citing technical glitch
South Korea said Thursday it will delay the repatriation of 27 North Koreans who had been set to cross the Yellow Sea border later in the day without four others who have defected here, citing a malfunction in the fishing boatthat was to carry them back home.The Unification Ministry said in a message to reporters that the South Korean Red Cross notified its North Korean counterpart of the delay th
March 17, 2011
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Wind delays repatriation of N. Koreans
South Korea temporarily suspended the return of 27 of the 31 North Koreans who accidentally strayed here on a boat last month until winds calm to allow their safe voyage back home, the Unification Ministry here said Wednesday. North Korea on Tuesday asked the South to repatriate the 27 people via sea, softening its previous stance not to accept anyone unless Seoul also returned four of its nationa
March 16, 2011
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N. Korean Red Cross expresses sympathy for quake-ravaged Japan
North Korea's state-run media said Monday that the North's Red Cross sent a message of sympathy to its Japanese counterpart, a rare move considering the communist state has remained largely mum on the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan."Jang Jae-on, chairman of the DPRK Red Cross Society, Monday sent a message of sympathy to Konoe Tadateru, president of the Japan Red Cross Society," said
March 15, 2011
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N. Korean Red Cross expresses sympathy for quake-ravaged Japan
North Korea's state-run media said Monday that the North's Red Cross sent a message of sympathy to its Japanese counterpart, a rare move considering the communist state has remained quiet on the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan."Jang Jae-on, chairman of the DPRK Red Cross Society, Monday sent a message of sympathy to Konoe Tadateru, president of the Japan Red Cross Society," said the N
March 14, 2011
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N. Korea's state TV carries its first report on Japan earthquake two days later
North Korea's state TV carried its first report Sunday on the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, two days after the catastrophe hit the neighboring nation. Pyongyang's Korean Central Television showed footage of the tsunami engulfing a village in its 20-second report on the disaster during its 8 p.m. news program. On Saturday, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported o
March 13, 2011
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U.S. vows to work with Seoul over N. Korea food aid
A senior U.S. official said Saturday that Washington will consult closely with its ally South Korea before deciding whether to restart food aid to impoverished but nuclear-armed North Korea.Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell denied Washington is pressing to give the North badly needed aid, with Seoul reluctant to see its allies rushing to its communist neighbor with massive food supplies.“
March 13, 2011
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Balloon launch due in Seoul to promote N.K. rights
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A human rights body here said Saturday it will launch balloons deep into North Korea and hold other events in Seoul next month to call international attention to the human rights situation in the reclusive communist state.“It is now reported that as many as 60 percent of North Koreans now have access to outside information and they are increasingly doubting the regime’s
March 13, 2011
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Balloon launch, other events due in Seoul to promote human rights situation in N. Korea: NGO
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- A human rights body here said Saturday it will launch balloons deep into North Korea and hold other events in Seoul next month to call international attention to the human rights situation in the reclusive communist state. "It is now reported that as many as 60 percent of North Koreans now have access to outside information and they are increasingly doubting the regime's relentless propaganda," Suzanne Scholte, chairwoman of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, said in
March 13, 2011
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S. Korean activists call off plan to fly anti-N. Korea leaflets
South Korean activists on Thursday called off their plan to fly leaflets denouncing North Korea this weekend, citing personal matters for a key activist involved in the activity. "A family member of a senior official of an activist group has passed away, and we've decided to suspend our plan temporarily," said Choi Sung-yong, head of a group of South Koreans whose family members have been abduct
March 10, 2011
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Congressmen submit bill to help Americans adopt N.K. orphans
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. congressmen have introduced a bill calling on the Obama administration to help American citizens adopt stateless and orphaned North Korean children adrift in other countries.Sen. Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) filed the bill titled “the North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2011” on Feb. 28, which says, “The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security
March 10, 2011
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Four N. Koreans get ready to settle in Seoul
Despite an ongoing tug of war with North Korea, South Korea has begun the process of officially accepting the four North Koreans who have expressed the wish to defect, officials in Seoul said Wednesday. A North Korean boat carrying 31 people ― 11 men and 20 women ― drifted across the inter-Korean sea border in thick fog on Feb. 5. Of the passengers, 27 expressed a desire to return home while four,
March 10, 2011
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‘S. Korea behind North in electronic warfare’
Experts say latest GPS disruption proves new kind of military threat from NorthNorth Korea’s recent jamming of communications signals in South Korea is drawing keen public attention to its electronic warfare capabilities and raising questions over whether the South is making due efforts to enhance its own capabilities.Last Friday and Sunday, the North sent strong electric waves to the South, tempo
March 9, 2011
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Seoul again urges N.K. to receive its citizens
North Korean officials are free to come and meet four nationals to verify whether they really wish to defect to the South, a senior official here said Wednesday, as Seoul repeated its demand for the prompt repatriation of the remaining 27 North Koreans.In a message to the North on Wednesday, South Korea made its fourth request for the communist state to immediately take back the 27, who were among
March 9, 2011
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S. Korea refuses N.K. demand to see 4 wanting to defect
Pyongyang proposes Red Cross talks over repatriationSouth Korea on Monday rejected North Korea’s demand to meet with the four boat passengers wishing to defect, escalating tensions as the communist state appears determined to have all 31 on board repatriated.In a message to the South, the North Korean Red Cross proposed that working-level officials meet Wednesday at their border village to determi
March 7, 2011
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‘Tanks deployed to fortify N.K. leader’s residences’
North Korea has deployed tanks and other weapons around its leader Kim Jong-il’s residences in Pyongyang to fortify them against a possible revolt spurred by the ongoing antigovernment protests in the Middle East, a Seoul source said Sunday.During a closed-door meeting with lawmakers Friday, a senior official of the National Intelligence Service confirmed reports of such activity, according to a l
March 6, 2011
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27 N. Koreans fail to return home via border village
North Korea refused to receive its 27 nationals South Korea planned to return on Friday after they strayed into southern waters on a fishing boat, the South's unification ministry said.The North Koreans, part of the boat's 31-member crew, waited for hours near the border village of Panmunjom for an approval from their government to go home."A North Korean liaison officer at Panmunjom called at abo
March 5, 2011
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Four North Koreans’ decision to live in South may add chill to bilateral relations
North Korea did not respond on Friday to the proposal to send back 27 of the 31 North Koreans whose fishing boat strayed across the western inter-Korean sea border on Feb. 5.Despite Pyongyang’s repeated calls to send all of its nationals back, Seoul has decided to return only 27. The South says that it cannot repatriate the four who wish to stay here, based on “international humanitarian principle
March 4, 2011
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‘N.K. regime change not Washington’s goal’
Bosworth says U.S. assessing need for food in North, aid monitoring essentialWASHINGTON ― The U.S. point man on North Korea said Tuesday that regime change in North Korea is not Washington’s goal.“We do not regard regime change as the outcome of our policy, but we do regard a change in regime behavior as necessary to any fundamental improvement in the overall relationship,” Stephen Bosworth, U.S.
March 2, 2011
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N. Korea asked Western diplomat for rice assistance: source
North Korea has recently asked a visiting Western diplomat for rice assistance, a South Korean government source said Wednesday. The diplomat, from one of the European Union member countries, visited the communist nation in mid-February and was surprised when North Korean officials requested food aid, the source said. "I did not hear of anyone who had died of starvation," the diplomat, howe
March 2, 2011