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- Roughly half of N. Korean’s overseas workers still haven’t repatriated according to UNSC resolution
- North Koreans dispatched by their government to work overseas were supposed to return home, as mandated by a UN Security Council resolution, by Dec. 22. Half of the estimated 10...
- Dec.23,2019 17:49 KST
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- [News analysis] Kim Jong-un holds expanded meeting with WPK Central Military Commission
- As Pyongyang’s “end-of-the-year” deadline draws closer, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sat down with key members of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the military during an...
- Dec.23,2019 17:47 KST
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- [Editorial] US should consider China, Russia’s proposal for lifting sanctions on N. Korea
- On Dec. 18, eight leading Democrats in the US Senate, including minority leader Chuck Schumer, sent a letter to US President Donald Trump, urging him not to resume the threats o...
- Dec.23,2019 17:45 KST
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- [Photo] US releases footage of joint exercise with S. Korea involving rescuing hostages from “N. Korean” building
- The US Department of Defense released photos and video footage of a joint exercise involving South Korean and US special forces on Dec. 23. The footage shows a drill for a host ...
- Dec.23,2019 17:42 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korea acquires first Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aircraft
- The South Korean Air Force acquired its first advanced high-altitude unmanned aircraft on Dec. 23. The RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), referred to sim...
- Dec.23,2019 17:40 KST
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- [Photo] Civic groups protest Japan’s discrimination against Chosen Gakko in New York
- Civic groups gathered outside the Japanese Consulate General in New York to protest Japan’s discriminatory policies toward the Chosen Gakko (Korean schools within Japan financia...
- Dec.23,2019 17:37 KST
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- Moon to hold summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 23
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be holding a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 23. Given North Korea’s impending end-of-the-year deadline for i...
- Dec.20,2019 17:09 KST
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- S. Korea rejects paying for US troops stationed outside Korea
- South Korea’s chief negotiator in its defense cost-sharing talks with the US said on Dec. 19 that Seoul cannot pay for American troops based in other countries. Jeong Eun-bo als...
- Dec.20,2019 16:58 KST
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- 2019 S. Korea-US defense cost-sharing negotiations end without agreement
- This year’s last round of negotiations over South Korea and the US’ defense cost-sharing arrangement, which is supposed to take effect next year, ended without an agreement. The...
- Dec.19,2019 18:10 KST
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- Scholars, activists worldwide opposed to construction of 2nd airport on Jeju
- While South Korea’s Ministry of Environment reviews a supplemental report for a strategic environmental impact assessment of the proposed site of a second airport on Jeju Island...
- Dec.19,2019 18:05 KST
