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Kim Jong Un extends respect to Chinese volunteer army

Top leader Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday paid tribute to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) for its role in his country's liberation, official media reported Sunday.

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DPRK warns S. Korean ex-first lady's Pyongyang visit not fully confirmed

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned Seoul on Wednesday that the Pyongyang visit of Lee Hee-ho, widow of South Korean ex-President Kim Dae-jung, "has not been fully confirmed" and that Seoul should stop making provocations if it expects the visit to come true.

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S. Korea sends emergency team to China for bus accident aftermath

​The South Korean government sent an emergency team to China on Thursday to assist coping with the aftermath of a deadly bus accident in China's northeastern Jilin province, which killed 10 South Korean tourists and a Chinese driver.

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DPRK patrol ship "forced back" by S. Korean navy: Seoul

​A patrol ship of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was sent back Tuesday after " violating South Korea's territorial waters", the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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DPRK building artillery positions near inter-Korean sea border: S.Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is building artillery positions in an uninhabited island just above the inter-Korean maritime border, South Korea's military said Tuesday.

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DPRK cancels approval of UN chief's visit to Kaesong complex

​The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has canceled its earlier approval of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Thursday visit to the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

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S.Korea's business delegation heads for Kaesong amid wage row with DPRK

A group of South Korean businessmen representing businesses running factories in the Kaesong industrial complex headed for the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid the ongoing wage row between the two sides. The delegation crossed the inter-Korean land border on Friday morning to visit Kaesong, just north of the heavily fortified demarcation line, according to the Unification Ministry.

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S.Korea says DPRK's test-fire of submarine missile "serious challenge"

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK)'s test-firing of a ballistic missile from a submarine as a " serious challenge" to its security and regional stability, the presidential office said.

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Commentary: S. Korea's painful history must never be allowed to be repeated by Abe's Japan

​History repeats itself, yet there is a history that must never be allowed to be repeated: a militaristic Japan, its occupation of the Korean Peninsula followed by innumerable atrocities against innocent people.

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S.Korea approves fertilizer aid to DPRK first in 5 years

​South Korea on Monday approved a fertilizer aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the first time in five years.

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U.S. defense chief's visit to Seoul adds controversy to THAAD deployment

​U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday arrived in South Korea, the second leg of his first Asian tour since he took office in February. After finishing the three-day tour to Japan, one of the two major U.S. allies in Asia along with South Korea, he flied over to Seoul.

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New milestone set for military cooperation with China: S. Korean vice defense chief

​South Korea is expected to return to China later this week another 68 more remains of Chinese soldiers in the 1950-53 Korean War, a fresh move that South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo sees will serve as "new milestone for military cooperation between the two countries.

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S. Korea regrets DPRK's lukewarm response to dialogue offer on Kaesong complex

​South Korea's Unification Ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs expressed regrets on Monday over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) silence toward Seoul's dialogue offer on the Kaesong industrial complex.

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DPRK calls attack on U.S. ambassador to S. Korea "deserved punishment"

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday called the razor-wielding attack on the U.S. ambassador to South Korea earlier in the day a "deserved punishment", the official KCNA news agency reported.

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U.S. says alliance with S. Korea "strong" despite attack on envoy

The alliance between the United States and South Korea is "strong" and the two countries "will not be deterred by senseless acts of violence," the U.S. State Department said Thursday.

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Forced S. Korean WWII laborers file suit against Japanese firms

​At least 1,000 South Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War Two plan to file the largest class-action suit of its kind for damages from their former employers.

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Ex-Korean Air vice president sentenced to 1-year jail term over "nut rage"

​Former vice president of South Korean top flagship carrier Korean Air was sentenced to one year in jail Thursday for violating the aviation safety law in a notorious "nut rage" incident.