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S. Korea to cooperate with China, U.S. for denuclearized peninsula

​South Korea will expand cooperation with China and the United States to achieve a goal of the Korean Peninsula denuclearization, the Foreign Ministry said Monday in its annual report to President Park Geun-hye.

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S. Korean president instructs officials to create conditions for inter-Korean dialogue

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday instructed officials to make efforts to create conditions for a dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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Courage, wisdom needed in U.S.-DPRK dialogue to turn momentum into milestone

​The ice-breaking dialogue between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Singapore Sunday offers some ray of hope for the settlement of the decades-long predicament, but turning the positive momentum into milestone requires both courage and wisdom to compromise from the two sides.

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UN assures DPRK of help to dialogue with S. Korea

​The United Nations has assured the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) it would be doing all within its power to foster dialogue to reduce tension on the Korean Peninsula, a UN spokesman said Wednesday.

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S.Korea urges DPRK again to respond to dialogue offer

​South Korea on Wednesday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) once again to respond to its dialogue offer, saying the government will deliver voices of concern to civic groups about their plans to scatter anti-DPRK leaflets.

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U.S. refusal to halt war games with South Korea "absolutely unacceptable": DPRK

The U.S. rejection of a proposal by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that the annual joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises be suspended is "absolutely unacceptable," a senior Pyongyang representative at the United Nations said Tuesday.

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S.Korean president says she can hold summit with DPRK if it helps

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday that she can hold a summit with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), if it promotes inter-Korean relations.

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S. Korea refutes DPRK's call to stop leaflet spread, military exercise

​South Korea refuted the call from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday to stop anti-DPRK leaflet spread and joint military exercises with the United States.

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S.Korean court rules restriction on anti-DPRK leaflet spread "legal"

A South Korean court ruled Tuesday that it is "legal" for the government to restrict the spread across the border of leaflets against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if such dispersion endangers people's safety.

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Top DPRK leader says no reason not to hold highest-level north-south talks

Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un on Thursday called on South Korea to halt all provocative war maneuvers and emphasized that there is no reason not to hold highest-level north-south talks in a televised New Year's speech.

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S.Korean lawmakers hail DPRK leader's New Year address

​South Korea's rival political parties on Thursday hailed the New Year's address made by Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), who said there is no reason not to hold the "highest-level" inter- Korean talks.

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S.Korea offers talks with DPRK on issues of mutual concern

​South Korea's top policymaker in charge of inter-Korean relations said Monday that he has offered to hold a dialogue in January next year with the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) about issues of mutual concern.

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DPRK Internet, 3G mobile network suffer 2nd outage

Internet and 3G mobile network of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were paralyzed again Saturday evening amid bickering between the United States and the Asian country over an earlier cyber attack on Sony Pictures.

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U.S. calls for DPRK compensation for alleged Sony hacking

​The United States on Monday insisted on blaming the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK) for a cyber attack on the U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, demanding Pyongyang compensate for the damages caused.

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Hope flickers over tinderbox

​The Korean Peninsula marks a rare anomaly in modern human history: It is unusual for an armistice not to have morphed into a peace treaty after more than 60 years; it is more so that the warring countries are the two halves of the same nation.

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Turn sparks of hope into flames of progress

​Wednesday is a day of mourning and memory in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It marks the third anniversary of the death of late top leader Kim Jong Il.

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DPRK's largest shopping center runs promotions on anniversary of late top leader's inspection

​The Kwangbok shopping complex, located in downtown Pyongyang, offered promotions on Monday in memory of the Dec. 15 visit by late top leader Kim Jong Il to the supermarket three years ago.