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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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‘Unification path can be decided later’
Advisory body vice chief calls for preparations for North Korea’s hard landingThe reunification of the two Koreas has an absolute, significant value that must not be undermined by rash discussions over insignificant details, according to vice chief of Seoul’s presidential advisory body on reunification. The ways and forms of reunification, such as “how much it would cost us to reunite with it can
July 14, 2011
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Coca-Cola, KFC may enter North Korea
Coca-Cola and Kentucky Fried Chicken have recently agreed with North Korean officials to open branches in Pyongyang, according to news reports. (MCT)Some 10 executives from the companies visited Pyongyang from July 5-9 on the invitation of the North’s Korea Taepung International Investment Group, a major channel for attracting foreign investment. Sources said their branches will be established as
July 14, 2011
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N.K. supposed to have discharged water from border dam: officials
North Korea is supposed to have discharged water from a dam near the border with the South on Wednesday without advance notification, the state water agency said.The water level on the Pilseung Bridge near the border reached 5.8 meters as of 8:25 p.m. and is increasing by 25 centimeters every hour, officials at the Korea Water Resources Corp. said.The bridge near the Imjin River, which flows from
July 13, 2011
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N.K. calls for S. Korean plans to dispose of Geumgang assets
North Korea on Wednesday demanded that the South present its plans to dispose of the Seoul-owned assets at the Mount Geumgang resort by July 29, according to a government official.The North also said that should the South make no response by then, it would unilaterally dispose of the assets held by South Koreans.The demand came as a 10-member delegation of Seoul government officials and investors
July 13, 2011
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Scholar sees chance for summit with N.K.
Defector Ahn says Chinese model for opening and reform is only way for North to surviveThere are a variety of perspectives on North Korea; some people think the country is never going to give up its nuclear weapons or open up its economy, while others think there will be chances for reunification which the South must seize.A political scientist who spent the first 25 years of his life in the North
July 13, 2011
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Clinton urges passage of FTA with S. Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Tuesday for an end to partisan strife over free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Colombia and Panama."I know two things about trade. It is a polarizing political issue, but done right, it creates American jobs," she said in a speech at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Conference in Washington.She pointed out the U.S.-South Korea FTA is pr
July 13, 2011
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N. Korea says typhoon caused human casualties, heavy property damage
A powerful typhoon has caused casualties in North Korea and inflicted serious damage on farmland and other industrial facilities, the North's state media said Tuesday, damage that could further worsen the country's chronic food shortages.Typhoon Meari brought downpours and gusts to North Korea last month, destroying about 160 houses and submerging or washing away about 21,000 hectares of farmland,
July 12, 2011
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N. Korea-Europe joint venture firm opens luxury restaurant in Pyongyang
SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean joint venture with a European company has opened a luxury restaurant in the capital of the isolated country, the company said Tuesday.Hana Electronics JVC opened "The Restaurant at Hana" and related leisure facilities such as a swimming pool, sauna, hairdresser and bar in its headquarters in Pyongyang, Europe-based Phoenix Commercial Ventures said on its W
July 12, 2011
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Koreas to discuss troubled resort
SEOUL (AFP) -- North Korea has agreed to hold talks with South Korea to settle a dispute over Seoul-owned buildings at a jointly run resort which have been seized by the communist country, officials said Monday.The communist North had set a deadline of Wednesday for final discussions about the properties at the Mount Kumgang resort, which is in North Korea and was supposed to have been a symbol of
July 11, 2011
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Koreas to meet this week to discuss fate of South Korean assets
North Korea has agreed to hold talks with the South on Wednesday to settle a dispute over South Korean-owned buildings in a tourist resort in the isolated state, officials said.Korea is thus to send a team of government officials and business representatitives to the corresponding resort, according to the Unification Ministry spokesperson Chun Hae-sung.Monday, just two days before the date Pyongya
July 11, 2011
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Ground broken for N.K. defectors’ center
Officials clap during the ground-breaking ceremony for Hanawon, a new settlement training facility for North Korean defectors, in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, Thursday. (Yonhap News)A new resettlement facility for North Korean defectors will open late next year, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Thursday, as ground was broken for the additional building to accommodate and train thousands of North K
July 7, 2011
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EU to dispatch food monitor agents in N.K.
The European Union will send 50 personnel fluent in Korean to North Korea soon to tighten the monitoring of the donated food there, a U.S.-funded radio station reported Wednesday. The plan comes as the EU announced earlier this week it will send food aid worth 10 million euros, or $14.5 million, to North Korea to feed the starving people. The first batch of food will be distributed in four of Nort
July 6, 2011
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N. Korea may soon launch cyberattacks in earnest: U.S. firm
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― North Korea or unidentified forces aligned with the communist nation may be preparing for full-fledged cyber-terrorism against South Korea or the United States, based on its “test” attacks in 2009 and earlier this year, a U.S. Internet security firm said Tuesday.In a special report, McAfee Inc. said North Korea or its “sympathizers” seem to have been responsible for the
July 6, 2011
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‘Better N.K. ties not ultimate goal’
Cho Myung-chul, the new chief of the Education Center for Unification, the highest government post to be taken by a North Korean defector, talks in a recent interview with The Korea Herald. (Ahn Hoon/The Korea Herald)Defector-turned-official vows to emphasize the positive side of unificationRegardless of the amount of effort South Korea makes to engage its northern rival in talks and reconciliatio
July 6, 2011
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Marine private arrested in connection with shooting spree
The Marine Corps on Wednesday arrested a private for allegedly aiding the recent shooting spree on a seaside unit, a military official said.According to the official, the private, whose name was withheld, is accused of failing to stop the shooter, a corporal named Kim, when Kim was taking out ammunition from a locker to load a rifle.Kim opened fire inside the barracks on the Ganghwa Island unit we
July 6, 2011
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N.K. may soon launch cyberattack in earnest: U.S. firm
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- North Korea or unidentified forces aligned with the communist nation may be preparing for full-fledged cyber-terrorism against South Korea or the United States, based on its "test" attacks in 2009 and earlier this year, a U.S. Internet security firm said Tuesday.In a special report, McAfee Inc. said North Korea or its "sympathizers" seem to have been responsible for the
July 6, 2011
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North Korea holds massive rally to condemn S. Korean government
North Koreans gathered Monday at a massive rally in Pyongyang to denounce the conservative government of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak as a “group of unparalleled traitors.“More than 100,000 citizens, soldiers and senior government and army officials flocked to Kim Il Sung Square, according to footage from Associated Press Television News in Pyongyang.Signs carried slogans praising North Ko
July 5, 2011
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iPhone application offers rare glimpse into North Korea
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- A new iPhone application now offers a rare glimpse into North Korea, one of the most isolated countries in the world.The free application, Fotopedia North Korea, which launched in late June, displays more than 1,140 photos that photographer Eric Lafforgue took across North Korea on his four visits between 2008 and 2010.The photos show soldiers, children, the massive gymnastics ex
July 5, 2011
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Chinese tourists arrive in N. Korea amid inter-Korean tour dispute
A Chinese tourism delegation has arrived in North Korea, Pyongyang’s state media said Saturday, amid the North’s efforts to revitalize a stalled tour program to a scenic mountain that once served as its key cash cow.The trip comes weeks after the North announced a law designed to develop Mount Kumgang as a special zone for international tours. It marked the first time Chinese have traveled to Nort
July 3, 2011
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Sherman tapped for top U.S. State Department post
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Wendy Sherman, a former senior U.S. official on North Korea, was nominated to a lofty State Department post on Friday despite political controversy over her earlier handling of North Korea affairs.The White House announced that President Barack Obama picked her to serve as under secretary for political affairs, the No. 3 post at the department.Sherman was an adviser to S
July 3, 2011