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20 hrs ago | Korean News

S. Korea Blasted for Hindrance to Resumption of Tourism

A spokesman for the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee issued a statement Wednesday as regards the lapse of one year and five months since the suspension of tourism of Mt.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

English Dong-A

NK Strategy Combining Offer for Talks With Media Criticism

North Korea is pursuing a dual-track strategy mixing offers for official talks with strong media criticism of South Korea.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Korean News

Improved Inter-Korean Relations Demanded

It is a prerequisite for national reunification and an urgent task for solving the national problem to achieve reconciliation, unity and cooperation between the north and the south and develop their relationship, Rodong Sinmun stresses in a signed article Tuesday.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Korean News

New Books Published

The Kumsong Youth Publishing House of the DPRK has brought out new books. The book "Old Story of Songdo" carries tales handed down in the areas around Kaesong, the capital of the first unified state Koryo in Korea during the periods of Koryo and Ri Dynasty .

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

BBC

Country profile: South Korea

Since Korea's division, the South has developed into one of Asia's most affluent countries.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Korean News

Inter-Korean Meeting Marks Centenary of Martyr's Patriotic Deed

An inter-Korean meeting was held in Kaesong on Nov. 3 to mark the lapse of 100 years since the patriotic deed done by martyr An Jung Gun.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Asia Times

Doubles, toil and trouble in Pyongyang

Doubles, toil and trouble in Pyongyang By Donald Kirk SEOUL - The next time some big-time foreign visitor calls on Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, he should probably bring some nasty little gizmo for checking DNA.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

JoongAng Ilbo English News

A few FAQs about the EU free trade pact

Korea will not have to import beef suspected of BSE contamination. Even after the Korea-EU free trade agreement takes effect, Korea will not have to import beef products suspected of having been contaminated by bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Korean News

Inter-Korean Reconciliation and Cooperation Called for

It is an invariable will of the DPRK to positively achieve national reconciliation and unity, cooperation and exchange as clarified in the north-south declarations.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Prensa Latina

N Korea Accepts S Korean Talk Offers

Seoul, Oct 13 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has accepted South Korean proposals to resume talks on family reunions and prevention of floods on the common border, official sources affirmed there Tuesday.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

JoongAng Ilbo English News

Seoul proposes cross-border talks on floods, families

By Yoo Jee-ho South Korea yesterday proposed to North Korea two separate talks to discuss the prevention of flooding at a river that runs across the border as well as the resumption of reunions for separated families.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Chosun Ilbo

SMEs at Kaesong Complex Short of Manpower

Small and medium-sized businesses at the joint Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex are short-staffed. According to data the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation submitted to Grand National Party lawmaker Kim Gi-hyeon on Wednesday, small factories at the industrial park have asked for more North Korean workers since October 2007, with 969 vacancies as ...

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Chosun Ilbo

S.Korean's Ordeal in N.Korean Detention

Yu Seong-jin, who was freed on Aug. 13 after 136 days of being held incommunicado in North Korea, has recounted his ordeal in North Korea in an interview with the Chosun Ilbo.

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Related Topix: Asia, North Korea, World News, Grand National Party (Korea (Republic))

Fri Sep 25, 2009

English Dong-A

Company Gives NK Workers Crash Course in Quality

'What part of this product is wrong? It looks perfect.' 'See this scratch? South Koreans don't buy this kind of product.' 'Are you sure? It looks OK.' In summer last year, South Korean workers dispatched by Sunglim Jeonggong struggled to teach North Korean workers at the Kaesong industrial complex.

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Wed Sep 23, 2009

JoongAng Ilbo English News

Roh recalls Kim Jong-il as flexible

A memoir of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, which includes 90 pages of unfinished writings as well as unpublished interviews, was released yesterday.

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Mon Sep 21, 2009

The Miami Herald

SKorea head proposes 'grand bargain'

North Korea withdrew its demand for a hefty wage hike for its workers at a joint industrial complex with South Korea, the latest conciliatory gesture that could help revive reconciliation on the divided peninsula.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009

English Dong-A

Changes in North Korea's Media Policies

Changes have been brought to North Korea's media policies. The changes have drawn much attention since the regime has used the media as a tool of propaganda, which reflects the regime's determination.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

Chosun Ilbo

Two Koreas Reach Deal on Wage Increase at Kaesong Complex

South and North Korea have agreed on the scale of wage hikes for North Korean employees at the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

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Mon Sep 14, 2009

Chosun Ilbo

Seoul Needs Better Intelligence About N.Korea

According to the document, postmortems showed that the 56 had all been shot by North Korean border guards when attempting to cross illegally into China.

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Fri Sep 04, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Inside North Korea: Will these people see change?

Inside North Korea: Will these people see change? A wedding party in Kaesong city near Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.

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