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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Hankook Tire takes over control of Hanon Systems
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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
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N. Korea, U.S. agree on family mail exchanges
North Korea agreed three months ago to allow 10 Korean-Americans to exchange mail with their kin in the communist country, a South Korean Red Cross official said.The U.S. Red Cross and North Korea’s U.N. diplomatic mission agreed in New York in May on the trial mail exchanges through the Red Cross a
Aug. 7, 2011
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N. Korea's life expectancy ranks 149th in the world: report
The life expectancy of an average North Korean stands at 68.9, placing it 149th among 222 countries checked, a U.S. media report said Saturday.According to Voice of America (VOA), which cited the latest findings by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the typical North Korean male born this y
Aug. 6, 2011
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U.S. weighs aid to N. Korea in flood aftermath
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) – The United States said Friday that it is "looking into" the issue of North Korea's recent flood, although the communist nation has not made a related aid request."We remain concerned about the well-being of the North Korean people," the State Department said in a pre
Aug. 6, 2011
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Seoul cautious over U.S.-N.K. Geumgang deal
S. Korean operator Hyundai Asan heads to resort hoping to resume cross-border tourismSouth Korea will take any measure necessary to protect the property rights of its people, but does not feel the need to react immediately to North Korea’s purported deal with a U.S. firm which could hurt Seoul
Aug. 4, 2011
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NGO chief says won’t give up on N.K. rights
Prepares for conference in Geneva to highlight political prisons and abduction issuesCountless North Koreans cross the river border to China even at this moment, and only a fraction of them make it safely to the South.Some get arrested by the Chinese authorities and sent back to the North, some put
Aug. 4, 2011
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Police say N. Korean hackers involved in S. Korean online crime
More than 30 North Korean hackers are suspected of having helped a South Korean criminal gang attain money by breaking into online game programs and transferring part of their payments to their home country, police said Thursday. The communist regime is known to have launched several cyber attack
Aug. 4, 2011
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N. Korea picks U.S. firm for Mount Kumgang tour business
North Korea has signed a deal with a New York-based company for tours to the Mount Kumgang resort, once jointly run with a South Korean conglomerate, a Korean-American businessman said Wednesday.Park Il-woo, also known as Steve Park, who has long conducted business with the communist nation, said hi
Aug. 4, 2011
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N. Korea's vice FM 'satisfied' with New York talks
Wrapping up a weeklong stay in New York, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the results of his talks with U.S. officials and said he expects further dialogue."(I) am satisfied with talks this time," Kim told reporters before his departure. "Dialogue w
Aug. 3, 2011
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N. Koreans apparently reaching outside world via Internet
More North Koreans are apparently surfing the Web to find out about their country’s ties with South Korea and the U.S., and other issues affecting them, according to the U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia.Questions have been raised over the surfers’ identities as the autocratic communist state has severely
Aug. 2, 2011
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Aid groups send flour to North Korea
Seoul considers sending emergency relief to flood-stricken northern neighborA South Korean nongovernmental organization sent 300 tons of flour aid to North Korea on Tuesday, following up on the first batch sent last week after an eight-month hiatus in humanitarian aid from the South.The Seoul govern
Aug. 2, 2011
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U.S. still cautious about next steps on N. Korea
After "good and constructive" talks with North Korea last week, the United States on Monday maintained a guarded stance on next steps.U.S. officials neither confirmed nor denied Pyongyang's announcement that the two sides agreed to further dialogue when North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwa
Aug. 2, 2011
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N.K. official visited Seoul for UNESCO conference
A North Korean national visited South Korea for a regional conference of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, officials said Monday.The North Korean, identified only by his family name Jang, arrived in Seoul last Monday in the capacity of a UNESCO official to attend the annual meeting by education coord
Aug. 1, 2011
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N. Korea-U.S. talks 'positive,' says S. Korean official
The recent talks between North Korea and the U.S. in New York may not immediately resolve their differences but represent a positive "first step" toward more discussions, a South Korean official said Sunday. The official said the meeting between North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, was "an extension" of an
July 31, 2011
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Floods wash parts of N.Korean landmines into S.Korea
Parts of North Korean landmines apparently churned up by torrential rains have washed up across the border in South Korea, prompting a search by the military for more mines, the defence ministry said.Two wooden shells of North Korean landmines were found Thursday in a water-harvesting cistern near Hantan River at Cheolwon County, just south of the inter-Korean border, it said."They were just empty
July 30, 2011
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N. Korea, U.S. end 'constructive' talks in New York
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- North Korea and the United States have completed this week's talks in New York, which both sides called "constructive."Speaking to reporters separately, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, gave no details on whether substantial progress was made in their two-day discussions."Talks were
July 30, 2011
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N.K., U.S. in high-level talks on denuclearization
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― After a 17-month hiatus, senior North Korean and U.S. government officials resumed talks in New York on Thursday as part of efforts to revive the six-party negotiations on the communist nation’s nuclear weapons program.North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan described the first-day meeting as “constructive,” while Stephen Bosworth, Washington’s poi
July 29, 2011