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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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N. Korea celebrates completion of building more new homes in Pyongyang
North Korea has held a ceremony to mark the completion of building another housing district in Pyongyang as part of the country's project to construct 50,000 units of new homes in the capital by 2025, state media reported Monday. The North held the ceremony to celebrate the completion of the construction of new residential areas in the Taephyong district in Pyongyang on Sunday, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The Taephyong district in western Pyongyang is located near Mangyongd
May 22, 2023
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N. Korea bristles at planned S. Korea-US live-fire drills
North Korea on Friday condemned South Korea and the United States for planning to kick off their major joint live-fire drills next week, describing the drills as a "war exercise" against Pyongyang. South Korea and the US are set to stage the drills from May 25 to June 15 as they mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance. The drills are expected to involve advanced weapons systems, including F-35A stealth fighters, AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, K2 tanks and Chunmoo multiple rocket
May 19, 2023
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N. Koreans held after sea border crossing
South Korean authorities have detained a group of North Koreans that crossed the maritime border in the West Sea on a fishing boat two weeks ago for questioning, a senior official in Seoul said Thursday. “We were tracking their movements well before the group approached the Northern Limit Line,” the official said, referring to the maritime border. “Authorities are looking into the motive as per protocol.” The official, however, did not say how many North Koreans had cross
May 18, 2023
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N. Korean satellite launch violates UN sanctions, will face consequences: State Dept.
WASHINGTON -- North Korea's anticipated launch of a claimed satellite would violate multiple international sanctions that prohibit the use of any ballistic missile technology by the recalcitrant country, a state department spokesperson said Wednesday. Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the state department, also said the United States will take necessary steps to hold North Korea accountable should Pyongyang decide to go ahead with its planned launch. "Any DPRK launch that uses ba
May 18, 2023
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N. Korean leader inspects military spy satellite facility: state media
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the country's first military reconnaissance satellite and gave the green light for its next action plan, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday, adding that the satellite is "ready for loading" on a rocket. Kim made the on-site inspection to the Non-permanent Satellite Launch Preparatory Committee a day earlier to check the overall status of the spy satellite and approved of its "future action plan," the Korean Central News
May 17, 2023
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US will hold to account any country violating UN sanctions on N. Korea: State Dept.
WASHINGTON -- The United States possesses various means to hold to account any country that violates United Nations Security Council resolutions on North Korea, a state department spokesperson said Monday, amid reports that trade between North Korea and China may have returned to pre-pandemic levels. Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the state department, declined to provide a direct comment on potential violations of UNSC resolutions by China but insisted every UN member country has the obl
May 16, 2023
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N. Korea's denial of religious freedom remains 'absolute' in 2022: State Dept.
WASHINGTON -- North Korea continued to execute, torture and physically abuse its own people for their religious activities in 2022, the US State Department said in an annual report on international religious freedom, citing an earlier report by a nongovernmental organization that said the country's denial of religious freedom remains "absolute." The report also noted the country especially persecuted Christians and followers of shamanism. "The government reportedly continued to ex
May 16, 2023
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[Graphic News] 7 in 10 S. Koreans support govt. efforts to raise awareness on NK human rights: poll
Seven in 10 South Koreans support the Yoon Suk Yeol government’s efforts to shed light on North Korea’s dire human rights situation, a poll showed. In a survey on 1,000 adults conducted by the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council from March 24-26, 70.5 percent of the respondents said they support the government’s policy initiative to raise awareness on North Korean human rights. The PUAC, a presidential consultative body set up to draw up policies on democratic and peaceful un
May 16, 2023
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NK hackers' message to South investigators in 2021 cyber theft: don't touch
In May 2021, the server of Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul was hacked. It was suspected that North Korea was behind the attack. After a two-year investigation, Seoul police concluded Wednesday that the hacking was carried out by the North Korean hacking group known as "Kim Su-ki" and that it stole the personal information of over 830,000 people, including the medical records of 810,000 patients. It is suspected that the hackers, using malware, looked into the medical record
May 10, 2023
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N. Korea slams S. Korea-Japan summit as leading to 'military collusion'
North Korea condemned this week's summit between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida through its propaganda outlet Wednesday, saying it has paved the way for a "military collusion" between the two countries. Yoon and Kishida met in Seoul on Sunday in what marked a full resumption of "shuttle diplomacy," or regular two-way visits between the neighbors' leaders, after years of frayed relations over rows stemming from Japan's 1910-45
May 10, 2023
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Joint military drills of US, S. Korea are defensive in nature: Pentagon spokesperson
WASHINGTON -- Any joint military exercises of South Korea and the United States are defensive in nature, a Pentagon spokesperson said Tuesday, insisting that there is no reason for North Korea to have any objections to such exercises. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder reiterated that the joint exercises are aimed at promoting peace and stability in the region. "The United States and the Republic of Korea do conduct exercises on a regular basis," the spokesperson told a daily press briefing, refer
May 10, 2023
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N. Korean FM vows stronger ties with China in meeting with new envoy
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has met with China's new ambassador to Pyongyang and vowed a "firm" willingness to further develop friendly ties between their nations, state media said Tuesday. Choe met Ambassador Wang Yajun, who paid a courtesy call on her, Monday, and the meeting was held in an amicable atmosphere, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "They expressed a firm stance to further develop the traditional and friendly relations between the North
May 9, 2023
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[Graphic News] Number of N. Korean defectors coming to S. Korea reaches 34 in Q1
The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea reached 34 in the first quarter, government data showed. After escaping the North, five men and 29 women reached the South in the January-March period, bringing the total number of the North’s defectors to 33,916, according to the data from Seoul’s Unification Ministry. The data compared with 11 people in the first quarter of last year and 25 tallied in the fourth quarter. The number of North Korean defectors coming t
May 8, 2023
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NK hasn’t answered hotlines for a month
North Korea has refused to take regular phone calls from South Korea for a month, while stepping up criticism of the Yoon Suk Yeol government’s policy of strengthening coordination with the United States in countering and deterring escalating North Korean threats. Pyongyang has violated the inter-Korean commitment to hold calls through the liaison and military hotlines twice a day, in the morning and afternoon. But the Kim Jong-un regime has not provided any clear explanation for why it un
May 7, 2023
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Satellite imagery suggests new construction near N. Korea's satellite launch station
Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates new construction is taking place at North Korea's major rocket launching site in a move likely aimed at modernizing the facility, according to a recent report from a U.S. think tank. A coastal area previously used for agricultural purposes near the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in the country's northwestern province of North Pyongan appears to be undergoing construction based on the satellite imagery taken Sunday, according to the 38 No
May 6, 2023
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N. Korea intensifies criticism of S. Korea-US deterrence plan
North Korea's state media on Friday intensified Pyongyang's criticism of a recent summit agreement between South Korea and the United States on strengthening US extended deterrence. Citing articles carried by Chinese news outlets, the North's Korean Central News Agency reported that the summit agreement would create a new Cold War structure in Northeast Asia and increase risks of confrontation in the region. The KCNA also hinted that North Korea may carry out more provocations if
May 5, 2023
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N. Korea steps up criticism of S. Korea-US deterrence plan
North Korean workers and members of social groups have joined the North's criticism of a recent summit agreement between South Korea and the United States on strengthening US extended deterrence, according to state media Thursday. The working class and trade union members held a protest in the border city of Kaesong the previous day, saying that the whole country was "enraged with the will to destruct the enemies," according to the Korean Central News Agency. The KCNA said partici
May 4, 2023
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[Alliance in Action] S. Korea, US should aim to render NK nuclear weapons useless
South Korea and the United States should focus on rendering North Korea’s nuclear arsenal useless to gain the upper hand over North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to former US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. Pyongyang’s expansion of its nuclear weapon stockpiles won’t make that big of a difference as long as the allies project the perception to Kim that the use of even one nuclear weapon will undoubtedly result in the “instant end” of his regime. &l
May 3, 2023
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N. Korea's youth holds rally against S. Korea-US deterrence deal
North Korean youth and students held a rally to denounce a recent agreement reached by the leaders of South Korea and the United States on strengthening US extended deterrence, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. The official Korean Central News Agency reported that the protest was held in South Hwanghae province the previous day to "sternly punish" the US and South Korea, or what it called a "gangster" and "puppet" state, respectively. The KCNA said the pa
May 3, 2023
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S. Korea to release report on N. Korea's economic, social situations for 1st time
South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday it plans to publish a report on economic and social situations in North Korea for the first time in November to help better understand people's lives in the secretive regime. The report will include statistical analysis on social and demographic features in North Korea, and show changes in the North's economic and social situations, based on testimonies from the North's defectors, according to the ministry. Since 2010, the gover
May 2, 2023