Articles by Jung Min-kyung
Jung Min-kyung
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NK proposes to send art troupe by ship despite sanctions
North Korea notified South Korea that it plans to send its 140-member art troupe by ferry, Seoul officials said Monday, in apparent disregard for Seoul’s unilateral sanctions. Twenty-three members of the advance team for North Korea‘s art performances in the South board a bus in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday after crossing the border. (Joint Press Corps - Yonhap)The announcement came a day ahead of the Samjiyon art troupe’s scheduled arrival here Tuesday for performances ahead of the Pyeon
North Korea Feb. 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] NK made $200m by breaching sanctions: UN report
North Korea raked in nearly $200 million last year by exporting items banned by United Nations sanctions, media reports said, citing a UN panel of experts. A new report, authored by a panel of experts, has been delivered to a UN committee on North Korea as the US-led pressure campaign against the rogue nation has been ramping up. A coal truck crosses the North Korea-China border. (Yonhap)North Korea “continued to export almost all the commodities prohibited in the resolutions, generating nearly
North Korea Feb. 4, 2018
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North Korean athletes land in South for PyeongChang Olympics
Thirty-two North Koreans, including 10 athletes, landed in South Korea at around 6:09 p.m., Thursday, Seoul’s Unification Ministry confirmed, to compete in the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The North Koreans took off from Kalma Airport in Kangwon Province, North Korea along with the South Korean ski team that had traveled to the North on Wednesday aboard a chartered Asiana Airlines plane for a joint ski training session. The same aircraft was used to transport the group back to South Kor
North Korea Feb. 1, 2018
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North Korean athletes arrive in South via air
A South Korean chartered flight which took off from Kalma Airport in North Korea landed at Yangyang Airport in Gangwon Province, at around 6:09 p.m., Thursday, carrying 32 North Koreans, including 10 Olympic athletes, along with the South Korean ski team that had traveled to the North on Wednesday aboard a chartered Asiana Airlines plane for a joint ski training session there.The inter-Korean air route was last used in October 2015 for a soccer friendly in Pyongyang. At the time, South Koreans b
North Korea Feb. 1, 2018
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Ten NK athletes to come to S. Korea via air
Thirty-two North Koreans, including 10 athletes, will come to South Korea via air on Thursday to prepare for and compete in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Ministry of Unification announced Wednesday. North Korean figure skating duo Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik took bronze at the 2018 Four Continents championships in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan. 26. (AP-Yonhap)The announcement came as the two Koreas’ joint ski training kicked off, amid brewing controversy over a possible violation of sanctions on N
North Korea Jan. 31, 2018
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S. Korean skiers arrive in NK for joint practice
The two Koreas’ joint ski training kicked off Wednesday, amid brewing controversy over a possible violation of sanctions on North Korea. South Korean skiers wave on a plane bound for North Korea on Wednesday. They are to participate in a joint ski training at the North’s Masikryong Ski Resort. (Joint Press Corps.-Yonhap)A 45-member South Korean delegation embarked on a two-day trip to North Korea at 10:43 a.m. via a chartered flight from Yangyang International Airport, Gangwon Province, accordi
North Korea Jan. 31, 2018
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Joint ski training likely to be held as NK calls off Mt. Kumgang event
The joint ski training agreed upon between the two Koreas is likely to be held, Seoul said Tuesday, despite North Korea’s decision Monday to cancel a cross-border cultural event at Kumgangsan in the North, ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.According to Seoul, North Korea sent a telegram at 10:10 p.m. Monday, conveying the message that the communist state was canceling the event scheduled for Feb. 4.A 12-member South Korean advance team visits North Korea’s Masikryong Ski Resort to inspect
North Korea Jan. 30, 2018
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NK abruptly calls off joint cultural event
North Korea on Monday canceled a joint cultural event planned to be held at Kumgangsan in the North ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, taking issue with South Korean news reports. According to Seoul, North Korea sent a telegram at 10:10 p.m. Monday, conveying the message that the communist state was canceling the event scheduled to be held on Feb. 4. Kumgangsan (Yonhap)North Korea cited as the reason South Korean media reports’ “spread of insulting news regarding its sincere approach towa
North Korea Jan. 30, 2018
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‘US could see NK military parade as provocation’: expert
As North Korea’s participation in the PyeongChang Olympics next month takes shape, skepticism over the rogue nation’s overture persists with an upcoming North Korean military parade -- and Seoul’s response, or lack thereof, toward the event. A submarine ballistic missile is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2017. (AP)North Korea is expected to follow through with its plan to hold a military parade one day before the opening of the
North Korea Jan. 29, 2018
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‘North Korean venues ok for joint practices’: ministry
Key North Korean venues suggested for joint skiing training and culture events ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month have been deemed apt for use, Seoul’s Ministry of Unification said Friday. North Koreans enjoy skiing at Masikryong Ski Resort. The two Koreas agreed to hold joint skiing practices on its slopes. (Yonhap)The announcement follows a three-day visit to North Korea by a 12-member delegation led by Lee Joo-tae, director-general for inter-Korean exchange and cooperation a
North Korea Jan. 26, 2018
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NK hockey players join S. Korean team for training
North Korean hockey players and an advance team of sports officials crossed the border to South Korea early Thursday to prepare for their country’s participation in next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Sarah Murray, head coach of the joint Korean women’s hockey team for the Winter Olympics, stands alongside her North Korean counterpart Pak Chol-ho at Jincheon National Training Center in North Chungcheong Province on Thursday. The two Koreas agreed to form a unified women’s ice hockey team
North Korea Jan. 25, 2018
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NK hockey players, Olympic advance team arrive in S. Korea
North Korean women’s ice hockey players and an advance team of sports officials crossed the border to South Korea early Thursday to prepare for their country’s participation in the next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics. South Korea`s national head coach for the women`s ice hockey team Sarah Murray meets North Korean counterpart Park Chul-ho at Jincheon National Training Center on Jan. 25, 2018. (Yonhap)A total of 23 North Koreans arrived in the South via Gyeongui Line, or western land route
North Korea Jan. 25, 2018
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S. Korean delegation talks joint cultural event with NK
The two Koreas are discussing details of their joint cultural event, which they agreed to hold at North Korea’s Kumkangsan ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Wednesday. South Korean K-pop singer Lee Hyori (left) and North Korean celebrity Cho Myung-ae (right) star alongside in a Samsung cellphone commercial filmed in 2015. Lee was a member of the now-disbanded girl group Fin K.L that performed in Pyongyang in 2000. (Yonhap)The news comes amid a South Kor
North Korea Jan. 24, 2018
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S. Korean team in NK to inspect venues for joint events, training
A twelve-member South Korean delegation crossed the border to enter North Korea on Monday to inspect venues where the joint cultural events and sports training will be held during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. A twelve-member South Korean delegation talks to reporters at the Donghae Highway Transit Office at the East Sea Line before crossing the border to North Korea on Tuesday. (Yonhap)The team headed by Lee Joo-tae, director-general for the inter-Korean exchange and cooperation in the Mini
North Korea Jan. 23, 2018
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[Breaking] S. Korean inspection team sets off for NK
A 12-member South Korean delegation crossed the border to North Korea via Donghae Highway Transit Office at the East Sea Line at 10 a.m. Monday to inspect venues where joint South-North cultural events and sports training will be held during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. A South Korean delegation arrives at the Donghae Highway Transit Office at the East Sea Line to cross the border to North Korea on Tuesday. (Yonhap)The South Korean delegation led by Lee Joo-tae, director-general for the inte
North Korea Jan. 23, 2018
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