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NK releases dam water without notifying South, in defiance of agreementNorth KoreaAug 4, 2020North Korea has recently released water from a border dam three times without notifying Seoul, in defiance of an inter-Korean agreement, authorities here confirmed on Tuesday. Pyongyang partially op... -
Korean diplomat accused of sexual assault in New Zealand ordered to return homeForeign affairsAug 3, 2020South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Monday ordered a senior diplomat who has been accused of sexual assault when he was stationed in New Zealand to return home immediately. A senior ministry official ... -
With sale of Japanese firm’s assets looming, Tokyo may retaliate furtherForeign affairsAug 3, 2020A Korean court’s action to liquidate seized assets of a Japanese firm involved in wartime forced labor is set to kick off Tuesday, which could aggravate already fragile bilateral relations and prompt... -
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[Newsmaker] New Zealand ups pressure on Korea to cooperate in diplomat sexual assault caseForeign affairsAug 2, 2020New Zealand authorities have heightened pressure on South Korea to cooperate in its probe of a Korean diplomat who has been accused of sexual assault. Winston Peters, New Zealand’s deputy prime m... -
NK again claims zero coronavirus casesNorth KoreaJul 30, 2020North Korea’s state media on Thursday said it has no coronavirus cases, the first time it has mentioned since the country put the city of Kaesong under total lockdown following the return of the defe... -
NK blasts Seoul’s participation in US-led RIMPAC exercisesNorth KoreaJul 29, 2020A North Korean propaganda outlet on Wednesday condemned Seoul for participating in a US-led multinational maritime exercise slated to kick off next month, slamming it as “pro-US subservient policy.” ... -
Should Seoul request repatriation of defector accused of sexual assault?North KoreaJul 29, 2020Since the revelation that a North Korean defector who fled back across the border was facing sexual assault charges in South Korea, there have been growing calls for Seoul to seek his extradition so ... -
Kneeling man’s statue stirs controversy in Seoul, TokyoForeign affairsJul 28, 2020A statue installed in a private garden in South Korea showing a man bowing to a sitting girl is stirring controversy both in Seoul and Tokyo, for its potential to further aggravate already fragile bi... -
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[News Focus] More than 100 defectors have returned to NK from South Korea: expertNorth KoreaJul 28, 2020Over 30,000 North Korean defectors risked their lives to cross one of the world’s most heavily fortified borders and settle in South Korea, escaping their communist homeland. Yet not all of them ... -
Defector appears to have swum back to NK: militaryNorth KoreaJul 27, 2020The man who North Korea claimed returned across the border with coronavirus symptoms after defecting to the South three years ago appears to have crossed by swimming after going through a drainage di... -
Moon appoints four-term lawmaker as new unification ministerNorth KoreaJul 27, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Monday appointed Lee In-young, a four-term ruling party lawmaker, as the new unification minister in charge of inter-Korean relations, according to Cheong Wa Dae. Lee imm... -
Seoul evacuates 293 nationals from IraqForeign affairsJul 24, 2020Two South Korean military planes carrying 293 Korean nationals from Iraq arrived back home Friday morning, amid the severe novel coronavirus outbreak in the Middle Eastern country. Departing from... -
UN investigator to request Seoul’s explanation over defector groups inspectionNorth KoreaJul 22, 2020A UN investigator on North Korea said it will request a detailed explanation from the South Korean government for its decision to inspect defector-led activist groups. Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN... -
NK to hold conference of war veterans, first in two yearsNorth KoreaJul 22, 2020North Korea is set to hold a national conference of war veterans for the first time in two years, to mark the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, state media reported on Wednesday. The... -
Minister nominee proposes ‘barter’ exchange to break inter-Korean impasseNorth KoreaJul 21, 2020Unification Minister nominee Lee In-young on Tuesday proposed small-scale trade, or bartering, between the two Koreas as a way to break the inter-Korean impasse and work around the international sanc...
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