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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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[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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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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N.K. discharges water from border dam without warning
North Korea opened the floodgates of the Hwanggang Dam Monday night without warning, sending a wall of water across the border, Seoul sources said Wednesday. In September 2009, the North released about 40 million cubic meters of water from the dam into the Imjin River near the border. Water flow down from Chunchen Dam on Wednesday after officials opened floodgates in response to heavy rains that h
North KoreaJune 29, 2011
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S. Korea to selectively permit investors to visit N. Korea
The government will selectively allow South Korean business professionals to visit North Korea for checks on their past investments there, an official said Wednesday, amid a prolonged suspension of trade with the communist state following its deadly attack on a Southern naval ship last year.For business purposes, these individuals will also be allowed to meet their North Korean counterparts in a t
North KoreaJune 29, 2011
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Obama clears hurdle to FTAs with Korea, Colombia, Panama
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has reached a deal with congressional Republicans on the terms of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, clearing a major obstacle to the ratification of bilateral trade pacts with Korea, Colombia and Panama, the White House announced Tuesday."As a result of extensive negotiations, we now have an agreement on the underlying terms for
PoliticsJune 29, 2011
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Gen. Thurman urges preparation for N. Korean regime collapse
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News)-- The incoming top American military commander in Korea said Tuesday that the United States and Korea should prepare for the possibility of a regime collapse in North Korea.In his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, Gen. James Thurman, the nominee to lead 28,000 U.S. forces in Korea, raised doubts over the North's heir apparent, Kim Jong-un, who is said t
North KoreaJune 29, 2011
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N. Korea, Russia call off summit talk plan: sources
MOSCOW (Yonhap News) -- North Korea and Russia appear to have canceled their plan to hold talks between their leaders later this week, multiple sources here said Tuesday following a series of media reports of the possibility of a trip to Russia by the North's leader, Kim Jong-il."It's my understanding that a summit between Chairman Kim Jong-il and President Dmitry Mevedev was known to be scheduled
North KoreaJune 29, 2011
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N.K. students get 10 month vacation for economic revitalization
North Korean universities are to be closed for the next ten months in order to supply laborers for construction projects.As the next year marks 100th anniversary for the birth of the “eternal leader” Kim Il-sung, the government is striving to restore its economy in order to create a “strong and powerful nation of socialism.”Pyongyang announced that all universities would be closed from June 27, al
North KoreaJune 29, 2011
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N. Korean leader will visit Russia this week: reports
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is expected to visit Russia this week for a summit with President Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese news media reported Tuesday, drawing attention to the much-veiled meeting. The two former ally states are putting final touches to the summit slated for Friday in Vladivostok, Tokyo’s Mainichi Shimbun said, quoting multiple intelligence sources in Moscow.Kyodo news service sa
North KoreaJune 28, 2011
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Hopes and fears for multiple unions
Long-standing ban on plural unions at company level to be lifted FridayFollowing is the first in a two-part series featuring multiple labor unions that will be introduced in Korea on Friday. ― Ed.After 13 years of hesitation, Korea is finally easing its iron-fisted labor union policy to allow more than one trade union at a single workplace, a move widely expected to open a new page in the country’
Social AffairsJune 28, 2011
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N.K. on list of worst human-trafficking nations: U.S. report
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Despite North Korea’s reported tightening of border security to block the defection of its hunger-stricken people, the communist nation has made no efforts to prevent human trafficking by screening migrants along its porous border with China and Russia, the U.S. said Monday.In its annual Global Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department ranked North Korea once a
Foreign AffairsJune 28, 2011
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United Nations to support bill on refugees in S. Korea
It has been 19 years since Korea joined the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees but the country still has a long way to go in protecting the lives and rights of displaced people seeking shelter, an expert says.According to the Ministry of Justice, the country has received 3,073 applications for refugee status since 2001, when it first received asylum seekers, but so far only 235 have bee
Social AffairsJune 28, 2011
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Defense acquisition agency to retire 13 senior officials early
Thirteen senior officials of the state weapons acquisition agency will take early retirement later this month as the agency strives to slim-down its organization and improve its efficiency, officials said Tuesday.The personnel reorganization was the largest in scale since the establishment of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration in January 2006, they said.Most of the officials who chose
DefenseJune 28, 2011
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Red Cross officials of two Koreas may meet in Beijing in July
Red Cross officials of the two Koreas are expected to meet for the first time in nearly four months at an international meeting in China in July, a Seoul official said Tuesday. The two Koreas, who have not been talking since their last round of Red Cross talks in March, will send delegations to the “East Asian regional Red Cross leadership meeting” which will be held in China’s Ordos City from Jul
North KoreaJune 28, 2011
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DP blocks Assembly panel over TV fee bill
Opposition lawmakers occupy committee room to thwart bill’s passageAmid the elevating conflicts over the state-run broadcaster KBS’ fee hike, opposition lawmakers boycotted the parliamentary culture committee’s general meeting on Tuesday in order to stop the ruling party from passing the related bills.The meeting was to start at 2 p.m. but lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party took ove
PoliticsJune 28, 2011
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Chinese boy fuels Korean language boom in Harbin
The latest strand of the Korean wave isn’t coming from the usual pop culture, but Chinese parents sending their children to learn Korean. Leading the boom is 10-year-old Liu Ming-feng who took home the gold from the Homtamin Cup Korean Chinese Children’s Broadcasting Culture Festival, in the category for narrating children’s stories in Korean. The seventh contest held by China Radio International
Social AffairsJune 28, 2011
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Army, university to create cyber defense course
The Army signed an accord with Korea University on Tuesday to establish a department for nurturing cyber warfare specialists as South Korea strives to bolster its capabilities to deal with North Korean cyber attacks.The ceremony to sign the agreement was attended by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Sang-ki and Korea University President Kim Byung-chul.It is the first time for the military to establish
DefenseJune 28, 2011
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Gangnam subway station area never sleeps
Crossroads near Exit No. 6 busiest part of SeoulFor Oh Byung-kook, a 30-year-old office worker, the area around Gangnam subway station in southern Seoul is always the first consideration for a night out with his friends.“The area is a traffic point with easy access from anywhere in Seoul. It has everything from movie theaters and shops to restaurants and karaoke,” Oh said. “Among other things, I l
Social AffairsJune 28, 2011
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Oh having another bout with city council over waterway
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has been engaged in another wrangle with the opposition-dominated council over a project to build a waterway linking downtown Seoul to the western port city of Incheon.Oh initiated what he termed the “Seohae (West Sea) Waterway Project” as part of his campaign pledges for the 2006 mayoral election, saying it would bring in a larger number of tourists from Japan and China by
PoliticsJune 28, 2011
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Seoul mayor casting himself as ‘antipopulism warrior’
Vote on school meals to be watershed for Oh’s political future, welfare competitionAgainst the backdrop of a pile of boxes containing what he had awaited for months, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon stood before a crowd of reporters at City Hall on June 16.“The upcoming referendum will be a watershed to decide whether to expand or put an end to welfare populism,” said Oh. He hoped the judgment to be made by
PoliticsJune 28, 2011
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Why Northern Kingdom’s heir had plastic surgeries
Kim Jung-un, heir apparent to North Korean leader Kim Jon-il, allegedly had several plastic surgeries before his public debut.The secret was revealed during a conference held by Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security at London. According to Ha Tae-kyung, representative of Open Radio for North Korea, Kim Jung-un was designated as the successor in 2007, and had about six plastic su
North KoreaJune 28, 2011
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N. Korea remains on worst-human trafficking nation list
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- Despite North Korea's reported tightening of border security to block the defection of its hunger-stricken people, the communist nation has made no efforts to prevent human trafficking by screening migrants along its porous border with China and Russia, the U.S. said Monday.In its annual Global Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department ranked North Korea once
North KoreaJune 28, 2011