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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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N. Korea fires artillery shells from western coast for 2nd day: JCS
North Korea fired some 60 artillery shells into waters off its western coast Saturday, South Korea's military said, conducting live-fire drills near the tensely guarded western border for the second consecutive day. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the artillery firings in the North's southwestern coastal areas for an hour from 4 p.m. The shells splashed into the maritime buffer zone north of the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border in the Yellow Sea, the JCS said. The buf
Jan. 6, 2024
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NK leader taking offensive policy on S. Korea to divert public attention from internal woes: unification minister
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un appears to have taken a more offensive policy stance toward South Korea to divert internal attention from economic difficulties and discontent over the hereditary power succession, Seoul's top point man on inter-Korean relations said Saturday. Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho made the remarks in an interview with broadcaster KBS when asked about the intentions behind the North's leader defining inter-Korean ties as relations "between two state
Jan. 6, 2024
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N. Korea rebuilds destroyed guard posts inside DMZ with concrete
North Korea appears to have rebuilt some of its destroyed guard posts inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas with concrete structures, a military source said Friday. Last November, the North began rebuilding the guard posts with wooden material after scrapping a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement designed to reduce tensions along the border, according to Seoul's defense officials. "We have detected that North Korea has built concrete guard posts at the destroyed guar
Jan. 5, 2024
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N. Korea recently sent several dozen ballistic missiles to Russia: US official
North Korea recently provided Russia with several dozen ballistic missiles as well as ballistic missile launchers, a US official said Thursday, as Moscow seeks to replenish its weapons stockpiles amid its protracted war in Ukraine. The shipment came in defiance of repeated warnings by Washington, Seoul and other governments that such arms transactions between Pyongyang and Moscow would run afoul of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. "Due in part to our sanctions and export controls,
Jan. 5, 2024
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S. Korea to disband foundation for Kaesong industrial park
South Korea has decided to disband the sole government-run foundation tasked with handling matters concerning the now-shuttered Kaesong industrial park, once a pivotal inter-Korean cooperation project, amid simmering tensions between the two Koreas. The Unification Ministry issued a public announcement on Thursday regarding the dissolution of the Gaeseong Industrial District Foundation, which was first established in 2007 under the auspices of the ministry, announcing the decision nearly eight y
Jan. 4, 2024
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Unification Ministry's NK election interference warning raises concerns
A statement by the Unification Ministry on Thursday has raised concerns as it urged South Korean voters to remain vigilant against North Korea's attempts to interfere in the upcoming April legislative elections. This remark seems inappropriate for the ministry, the primary role of which is to maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula, and is supposed to maintain political neutrality, according to political commentators here. Stressing that North Korea has consistently sought to interfere in So
Jan. 4, 2024
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N. Korean leader attends farm machinery exhibition
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended an exhibition featuring agricultural machinery, such as an unmanned helicopter, and called for the development of farming technology, state media said Wednesday. Kim's remark came as he visited the exhibition at the Three-Revolution Exhibition House showcasing "more than hundreds of kinds of farm machines" the previous day, according to the Korean Central News Agency. During the visit, Kim said it is "most important" to "make
Jan. 3, 2024
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N. Korean leader's sister raps Yoon over his New Year's Day speech
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unleashed a sarcasm-filled tirade over South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's New Year's Day address that unveiled a plan to complete a studier deterrence system with the United States to counter North Korean threats this year. In a statement late Tuesday night, Kim Yo-jong, a vice department director of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, said that the deterrence plan has again given justification for the
Jan. 3, 2024
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N. Korea's Kim attends student performance on New Year's Day
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a New Year's Day performance by young students and emphasized the importance of education, state media said Tuesday. Kim made the remarks as he attended the performance at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace in Pyongyang the previous day, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "He called for renovating the contents and methods of education to make sure that schoolchildren acquire practical knowledge for socialist construction,&quo
Jan. 2, 2024
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Defense chief warns N. Korea's reckless provocations will become 'prelude to destruction'
North Korea should be made to realize that provocative acts threatening South Korea will only serve as a prelude to its own destruction, Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said in a New Year's Day message Monday. Shin made the remark after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un defined inter-Korean ties as those of "two states hostile to each other" and called for stepped-up preparations to "suppress the whole territory of South Korea." Kim also said it is a mistake to regard the So
Jan. 1, 2024
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NK leader says Korean Peninsula inching closer to armed conflict
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for perfecting the military's readiness posture, saying the Korean Peninsula is "inching closer to the brink of armed conflict" and a clash could happen at any time, state media said Monday. Kim made the remark during a meeting with major commanding officers of the Korean People's Army at the office building of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party on Sunday, according to the Korean Central News Agency. During the meeti
Jan. 1, 2024
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US warns N. Korea's space rocket launches flout UN Security Council resolutions
North Korean space rocket launches violate UN Security Council resolutions, a US State Department spokesperson said Sunday, after Pyongyang announced a goal of launching three more military spy satellites in 2024. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un put forward the goal among others as the five-day Central Committee gathering of the ruling Workers' Party concluded on Saturday, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency. "Space launch vehicles incorporate technologies
Jan. 1, 2024
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Sacked N. Korean military official returns to No. 2 post of military
North Korean Marshal Pak Jong-chon, who was sacked earlier this year, has returned to the second most powerful position of the country's military after the country's leader Kim Jong-un as part of a year-end ruling party reshuffle, according to state media Sunday. Pak was named the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in the reshuffle from the five-day plenary meeting of the party's Central Committee that ended Saturday, according to
Dec. 31, 2023
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N. Korea to launch 3 more military spy satellites next year: state media
North Korea aims to launch three additional spy satellites next year, the North's state media reported Sunday, after the successful launch of the country's first military reconnaissance satellite last month. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un set forth the goal as he wrapped up five days of the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "Based on the experience of successfully launching
Dec. 31, 2023
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US reaffirms 'no hostile intent' to N. Korea after Kim calls for stronger war preparations
The United States has "no hostile intent" toward Pyongyang and remains committed to diplomacy, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for beefed-up war preparations. During a plenary session of the ruling Workers' Party on Wednesday, Kim made the call, pointing to the security situation on the Korean Peninsula that he claimed has become "extremely dangerous" due to "unprecedented" US-led confrontational moves
Dec. 29, 2023
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N. Korean leader calls for stepped-up war preparations
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for stepped-up efforts to prepare for war, saying the United States is engaged in "unprecedented" acts of confrontation against the country, state media reported Thursday. In the second-day session of the plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party on Wednesday, Kim also presented a goal of strengthening cooperation with "anti-imperialist" countries, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "He set forth the militant t
Dec. 28, 2023
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N. Korean officials show up for year-end party meeting in luxury sedans
Key North Korean officials arrived for a year-end meeting of the ruling Worker's Party in luxury vehicles, state media footage showed Wednesday, despite international sanctions banning the supply of luxury goods to the North. Footage from the North's Korean Central Television showed Premier Kim Tok-hun; Jo Yong-won, secretary for organizations affairs at the ruling Workers' Party; and Choe Ryong-hae, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, using M
Dec. 27, 2023
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S. Korea slaps sanctions on NK foreign intelligence chief
The South Korean government on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the head of North Korea's primary intelligence agency responsible for overseas operations, along with seven other North Koreans. The announcement on unilateral economic sanctions was in response to North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Dec. 18, contravening multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, according to South Korea's Foreign Ministry. A total of eight designated North Korea
Dec. 27, 2023
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N. Korea convenes year-end party meeting with leader Kim in attendance
North Korea has convened a key year-end meeting of the ruling Workers' Party with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance to discuss next year's policy direction, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. Kim presided over the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea the previous day to review state policies for this year and discuss those for 2024, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency. Kim defined 2023 as a "year of gre
Dec. 27, 2023
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US expresses serious concern over signs of NK commissioning light-water reactor
The United States has expressed serious concern over North Korea showing signs of starting the operation of a new light-water nuclear reactor in a possible attempt to produce nuclear weapons fuel. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said Thursday that the agency has detected more signs of the North commissioning the light-water reactor at the North's main Yongbyon nuclear complex, such as warm water being discharged from it. The North's "commissioning
Dec. 24, 2023