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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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Look inside North Korea

I landed in Pyongyang on 10th April, 2012, after flying with Air Koryo, the only airline in DPRK for an hour and a half. From then, with curiosity and anxiety, my life as a foreign correspondent in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over two years begun.

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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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S. Korea calls for more liberalized FTA with ASEAN

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday called for a more liberalized free trade pact with Southeast Asian nations to expand business opportunities between the two sides.

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S.Korea, ASEAN summit opens in Busan for strategic partnership

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday launched a special summit with 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the country's southeastern city of Busan.

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Myanmar president leaves for ASEAN-Korea commemorative summit

Myanmar President U Thein Sein left Nay Pyi Taw Wednesday on a visit to South Korea to attend the 25th ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), official sources said.

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Thai PM leaves for ASEAN-South Korea summit

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o- cha on Wednesday left for Busan, South Korea, to attend the ASEAN- South Korea Commemorative Summit 2014 to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations.

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S. Korea's carrier under fire for chairman daughter's misconduct

​Korea Air Lines, South Korea's top flagship carrier, has been under mounting criticism as Chairman Cho Yang Ho's daughter ordered to deplane a crew member in violation of aviation law, local media reported on Wednesday.

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Cambodian PM heads to South Korea for ASEAN-Korea talks, official visit

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen flew to South Korea on Wednesday for an ASEAN-South Korea Summit and an official visit, a senior official said.

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S. Korean and Chinese entertainment companies in talks for co-producing dramas: media

​China's entertainment company Yue Hua Entertainment and South Korea's YG Entertainment are in talks for co-producing dramas or movies, a local newspaper reported Thursday.

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Won-yuan market opens in Seoul, moving toward global yuan

​A market to directly trade currencies of South Korea and China, rather than brokering the two currencies with the U.S. dollar, was opened here in Seoul Monday, taking its first step toward Chinese yuan's internationalization efforts in Northeast Asia.

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Chinese couples flocking to S.Korea for wedding snaps

In a beauty salon in the Gangnam district of Seoul, 26 year-old Chinese bride-to-be Na Hongyi awaited a Korean style make-over before taking her all-important wedding photos.

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China, S. Korea, Japan to hold new talks on trilateral FTA

​China, South Korea and Japan will hold the sixth round of talks for a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) next week, after Beijing and Seoul concluded the substantive negotiations for a bilateral FTA, the trade ministry said on Sunday.

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S.Korea said DPRK envoy's visit to Russia to diversify diplomatic relations

​South Korea's Unification Ministry said Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) sent a special envoy of top leader Kim Jong Un to Russia, seemingly with the intention of diversifying its diplomatic relations.

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DPRK envoy's visit to Russia aims to diversify diplomatic relations: S. Korea

​South Korea's Ministry of Unification said Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) sent a special envoy to Russia, seemingly with the intention of diversifying its diplomatic relations.

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S.Korea freezes policy rate at 2 percent

​South Korea's central bank on Thursday put interest rates on hold at a record low to wait and see how the two rate cuts made in the second half of this year would affect the economy amid lingering expectations for additional monetary easing.

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DPRK slams Seoul's ongoing military exercise

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday slammed South Korea's ongoing military exercise, codenamed "Hoguk," saying the drill is in fact a "preliminary war."