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North Korean hotels appear to be sold out for dates before and after the country's milestone anniversary in April.
North Korean hotels appear to be sold out for dates before and after the country's milestone anniversary in April. North Korea is expected to hold a huge celebration on April 15, the...


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Defense officials of S. Korea, U.S., Japan say NK 'stable'
Senior defense officials from South Korea, the U.S. and Japan consider the current North Korean regime "stable" under its new leader Kim Jong-un, sources said Tuesday. Lim Kwan-bin,...
Fireworks will be banned and shooting ranges will be closed in the Korean capital of Seoul for four days in March as precautionary security measures for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit, police said Tuesday.
Fireworks will be banned and shooting ranges will be closed in the Korean capital of Seoul for four days in March as precautionary security measures for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit, police...
President Lee Myung-bak celebrated the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, pledging to further develop the countries' ties in an exchange of messages with President Almazbek Atambaev.
President Lee Myung-bak celebrated the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, pledging to further develop the countries' ties in an exchange of messages with...
Romney puts NK leader on par with Castro, Chavez
MIAMI, Florida (Yonhap) -- In the heated campaign for presidential nomination of the U.S. Republican Party, North Korea is not a hot topic. Candidates have thus far focused largely on domestic...
S. Korea to meet with credit ratings agencies on NK
A delegation of Korean officials will visit Standard & Poor's (S&P) office in Singapore on Monday in order to explain the latest developments in North Korea and Seoul's economic...
TORONTO - Hundreds of years after European migrants traveled to North America seeking refuge and opportunity, groups of North Korean defectors have begun to resettle in Canada, with many calling the city of Toronto their new home.
TORONTO (Yonhap) - Hundreds of years after European migrants traveled to North America seeking refuge and opportunity, groups of North Korean defectors have begun to resettle in Canada, with many...
Rep. Kang's tweets cause stir
By Kim Rahn Lawmaker Kang Yong-seok's tweets are causing a huge online stir after he denounced Park Geun-hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's strongest presidential candidate, and other...
Reverse mentoring boosts corporat..
By Kim Yong-seong Imagine that you are invited to a brainstorming session at an advertising agency. Young enthusiastic employees are trying to persuade the senior managers to buy their ideas on...
Kim Jong-il's son buries North Korea alive
The regime under new leader Kim Jong-un will soon collapse. This apocalyptic prediction was made by his half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, now living in the former Portuguese colony of Macao in southern...
Report: North Korea using old, US-made drones
South Korea intelligence sources said Sunday. "North Korea recently bought several US MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appears to...
North Korean accordion students take on A-ha
It's a chirpy version of that 1980s A-ha standby, "Take On Me," performed by…Accordion players.In North Korea.The five musicians were filmed at the Kum Song School in the...
New economics of tying the knot
When singledom becomes greater problem than unemployment By Kim Da-ye Last year on New Year's Day, Kim Sang-ki, a 29-year-old working at a games company, was asked in a large family...
Korean economy may contract in 1s..
Business Focus conducted a survey of five Korea economists at global investment banks - Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Standard Chartered and HSBC - and three macro economists at economic...
'Naggomsu' hosts refuse to apolog..
By Yun Suh-young The main host of a popular podcast "Naneun Ggomsuda" (I'm a petty trickster) said Saturday that the controversial comments made by himself and two other co-hosts on...
South Korea security law is used to silence dissent, critics say
Kim Myung-soo, a scholar and online bookseller in the South Korean city of Suwon, has battled charges that he ';aided the enemy'; by selling works from North...
Cellphones No Signal Of Reforms for North Korea
North Korea has seen a quantum leap in mobile phone imports but experts do not see it as a trigger for an opening up of the reclusive society emerging from the death of dictator Kim Jong...
China has taken stronger action against illegal fishing by its fishermen in Korean waters, details of which were delivered in a letter to the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, a Seoul official said Sunday.
China has taken stronger action against illegal fishing by its fishermen in Korean waters, details of which were delivered in a letter to the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, a Seoul official said...
NK restaurant opens in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Yonhap) - A North Korean restaurant has opened in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam in what could be the communist nation's latest attempt to earn hard currency and foster closer ties...
Members of the Hankuk University Students
Halve tuition!: Members of the Hankuk University Students Association call for the government and schools to cut tuition fees by half during a rally in front of Seoul Station, central Seoul,...
N.Korea developing unmanned attack aircraft: report
North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using US target drones imported from the Middle East, according to a report. They are based on MQM-107D Streaker target drones, which are used by...
KRX decides not to suspend tradin..
Korea's bourse operator decided Sunday not to suspend stock trading of Hanwha Corp., the holding company of Hanwha Group, in connection with an embezzlement case involving the group chief. ...
NK developing unmanned attack air..
North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using U.S. target drones purchased from the Middle East, a military source in Seoul said Sunday, indicating the aircraft will likely target the...