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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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N. Korean leader's Russian visit expected to focus on economic cooperation
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's latest trip to Russia appears to be primarily aimed at boosting economic cooperation and attracting more aid and investment from the resource-rich neighbor, experts said Saturday.While meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a Siberian city next week, Kim
Aug. 20, 2011
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N.Korean leader in Russia, will meet with Medvedev
MOSCOW (AP) -- Reclusive North Korea's autocratic leader Kim Jong-il crossed into Russia Saturday on his armored train to discuss with President Dmitry Medvedev the possible renewal of nuclear disarmament talks and the construction of a pipeline that will stream Russian natural gas to both Koreas, t
Aug. 20, 2011
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Kim Jong-il’s Russia visit ‘imminent’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
Aug. 19, 2011
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[URGENT] N. Korean leader's Russian visit imminent, Seoul's spy
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
Aug. 19, 2011
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N. Korea proposed summit talks with U.S., professor claims
North Korea proposed holding a summit with the United States in an apparent bid to seek a breakthrough for reopening the stalled aid-for-denuclearization talks, a South Korean professor claimed Friday. The proposal was made in late July when North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan hel
Aug. 19, 2011
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U.S. to offer $900,000 in relief aid for N. Korea
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- The United States announced a decision Thursday to provide $900,000 worth of emergency aid to flood-ravaged North Korea less than a month after the two sides resumed high-level dialogue."In response to humanitarian needs arising from recent flooding in the Democratic Peop
Aug. 19, 2011
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N.K. accepts Seoul’s video monitoring of aid distribution
North Korea has allowed Seoul to use video to monitor the distribution of food it donated, South Korea said Thursday, hinting at a possible expansion of food assistance to the northern rival. The Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, a pro-unification civic coalition, recently submitted
Aug. 18, 2011
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6 N.K. professors study economics in Canada
SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― Six North Korean professors are studying economics and other related subjects at a university in Canada on a months-long program initiated by the school, the program director said Wednesday, opening a rare opportunity for the people of the repressive regime.Professor Pa
Aug. 18, 2011
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Think tank unveils N. Korean court ruling ordering public execution
A South Korean state-run think tank on Thursday unveiled a North Korean court ruling sentencing a man to public execution, suggesting the totalitarian regime uses the punishment as part of its legal system.The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) said it included images of the document in
Aug. 18, 2011
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N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il enjoys yacht holiday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been enjoying sailing on his yacht along the east coast in recent weeks, a person familiar with the issue said Thursday, as his country is struggling to recover from devastating floods.Kim has been sailing in waters off a coastal villa, where he has been staying s
Aug. 18, 2011
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N.K. cracks down on defections with new border CCTV cameras
North Korea has installed surveillance cameras and reinforced barbed wire in its northern border areas close to China to try to stem the flow of defections of its people and stop the influx of foreign influences, a source familiar with the issue said Tuesday.The measures were taken near the North Ko
Aug. 16, 2011
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K-pop captivates youngsters of Pyongyang
Even North Koreans are being caught up in the increasing popularity of Korean pop stars across the globe, Radio Free Asia reported.Girls' Generation (Yonhap News)Idol groups like Girls’ Generation or Big Bang are no longer new to North Korea, where even dance instructors make use of their songs.A Ch
Aug. 16, 2011
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Dutchman returns home after detention in N. Korea: media report
A Dutch stamp collector, who was reported missing during a trip to North Korea last month, has returned home, saying he had been detained there on charges of anti-state activities, a Dutch media reported Monday.Willem van der Bijl entered North Korea on July 17 on a trip to buy stamps and propaganda
Aug. 15, 2011
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With N.K., Russia looks to mediate
Last week, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan left to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program. Coming off recent meetings between the North and South, as well as the North and the U.S., Lavrov expressed his nation’s hopes that six-party negotiatio
Aug. 14, 2011
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N. Korea demands cancellation of South-U.S. military drill
North Korea on Saturday repeated its call for the cancellation of an upcoming South Korea-U.S. military drill, saying Seoul was deliberately trying to ruin the atmosphere of dialogue on the Korean Peninsula "in collusion with outside forces."South Korea and the U.S. plan to hold their annual joint m
Aug. 13, 2011
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N. Korea‘s defense minister sidelined in hereditary succession process: official
North Korea’s defense chief Kim Yong-chun has been sidelined in the country’s ongoing hereditary succession process due to apparent tensions between his loyalists and supporters of the heir-apparent, Kim Jong-un, a senior South Korean ruling party official said Thursday.Kim, the minister of the Nort
Aug. 11, 2011
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U.S. sanctions Syrian bank for ties with N.K.
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it has imposed sanctions on a Syrian state-owned bank due to its involvement in North Korea’s proliferation activities.The Treasury Department said the Commercial Bank of Syria has provided financial services to North Korea’s Tanchon Commerci
Aug. 11, 2011
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NKorea disputes SKorea's artillery claim
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea says South Korea mistook ``normal blasting'' from a construction project for artillery shelling when it accused Pyongyang of opening fire near the rivals' disputed maritime line in the Yellow Sea.North Korea said Thursday the South was simply frightened by noise
Aug. 11, 2011
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‘North plotting to assassinate defense chief’
Security measures have been beefed up after an intelligence tip-off that North Korea is trying to assassinate South Korea’s defense chief, local media reported Wednesday. The reports, citing unnamed sources at the government, said that the authorities in the South received an intelligence tip-off th
Aug. 10, 2011
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EU gives 200,000 euros in North Korea flood aid
The European Union has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to an international charity group to help flood victims in North Korea, a U.S.-funded radio station reported Tuesday. The EU, which shipped food aid to the impoverished state to feed its starving people last month, has donated 200,000 e
Aug. 9, 2011