Articles by Shin Hyon-hee
Shin Hyon-hee
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Two Koreas agree to reopen Gaeseong industrial park
PANMUNJEOM ― The two Koreas tentatively agreed on Sunday to reopen their joint industrial park in Gaeseong “when ready” after more than three months of suspension.They also decided to allow factory owners on Wednesday to check and repair their facilities and ship out goods, materials and equipment. The two sides will meet again at the complex that day to discuss how to avoid unilateral suspension in the future, according to the four-point deal reached after 16 hours of marathon talks on the Nort
North Korea July 7, 2013
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China war dead could return home from South Korea
BEIJING (AP) ― The remains of hundreds of Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War may finally return home, 60 years after an armistice ended the fighting.On a visit to China, South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered to send back the remains of about 360 Chinese solders buried in a cemetery outside the city of Paju, a friendly gesture highlighting warming ties between the former combatants.The bodies are buried on a quiet hillside just south of the heavily guarded border with North Korea. M
North Korea July 7, 2013
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Support extended for Jeju English education project
The government said it will extend by six years its support for an ambitious project to transform the country’s southernmost island of Jeju into a global English education hub. During a committee meeting for Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Friday, the central government decided to continue its support for the project to create a global English education town on the resort island until 2021. It was supposed to be completed by 2015.In 2008, the government launched the eight-year project with
Social Affairs July 7, 2013
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Korea says death toll from tick-borne virus rises to 8
A deadly tick-borne virus has killed eight elderly South Koreans, the state-run disease control agency said.The latest victim of the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus is a 62-year-old man in the country’s southern resort island of Jeju. He died on Thursday after being treated at a hospital for weeks, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The eight deaths occurred mostly in the country’s southwest or southeast regions, and the virus did not affect peopl
North Korea July 7, 2013
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U.N. probe presses for N. Korea cooperation
GENEVA (AP) ― The head of a new U.N. probe into suspected human rights abuses in North Korea said Friday it is examining ways to carry out its work even without Pyongyang’s cooperation.The probe’s chairman, Australian retired judge Michael Kirby, said that there are approximately 40,000 North Koreans living outside of the country, some of whom might be able to provide useful information, possibly through the use of public hearings. Investigators hope to visit North Korea before going to South Ko
North Korea July 7, 2013
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U.N.’s adviser on sports diplomacy visits N.K.
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ― A special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in North Korea on Saturday on a sports diplomacy mission that he said would include discussions about promoting sports for women, the disabled and the disadvantaged.Wilfried Lemke, Ban’s special adviser on sport for development and peace, is making a four-day trip to North Korea in what is the highest-level U.N. visit in nearly two years.The visit takes place in the wake of tightened U.N. sanctions on t
North Korea July 7, 2013
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Civic groups call for end of U.S. troops cost-sharing
Several South Korean civic groups called on the government Tuesday to terminate an agreement with the United States on sharing the cost of stationing American troops here.The call came as the two allies began talks in Washington Tuesday on the renewal of the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) due to expire this year. Under the agreement, Seoul paid Washington 836 billion won (US$737.4 million) last year to support about 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea.The civic groups, including the Korea Confed
North Korea July 2, 2013
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S. Korea to host special summit with ASEAN next year
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― President Park Geun-hye will host a “special” summit with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year in celebration of 25 years of their diplomatic ties, Seoul officials said Monday. The decision was made at a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers on Sunday. The 10-nation bloc normally hosts a summit with Korea every year. “The event will provide a chance to expand and deepen the Korea-ASEAN relations and strengthen political and security cooperati
Foreign Affairs July 1, 2013
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Korea, Japan ministers meet to mend ties
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― The foreign ministers of Seoul and Tokyo held their first talks on Monday in an apparent effort to mend bilateral relations strained by historical and territorial feuds.The 25-minute conversation between Yun Byung-se and Kishida Fumio took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Brunei. It is the region’s largest security conference with 27 countries participating, including North Korea, the U.S., China and Russia. Yun scrapped a trip to Tokyo in April
Foreign Affairs July 1, 2013
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Powers urge N.K. to end nuclear programs
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― China, the U.S, South Korea and Japan on Monday urged North Korea to relinquish its nuclear programs and return to dialogue for substantive progress. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he reaffirmed the four countries’ commitment to a nuclear-free Korea with his counterparts, urging Pyongyang to meet its obligations specified in a 2005 agreement. He met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shortly after arriving here for the ASEAN Regional Forum in Brunei and
North Korea July 1, 2013
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Diplomatic race unfolds amid N.K. peace offensive
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― South Korea, the U.S., China and other regional powers beefed up diplomatic efforts on Sunday as North Korea intensifies its peace offensive despite the persistent nuclear standoff. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Brunei ahead of the ASEAN Regional Forum and other conferences hosted by the 10-nation Southeast Asian coalition for three days from Sunday. The region’s biggest security forum with 27 participating countrie
North Korea June 30, 2013
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China in dilemma as N.K. nuclear quagmire deepens
China faces a strategic dilemma as South Korea and the U.S. remain steadfast despite North Korea’s peace offensive, while its balky ally covertly continues to ramp up its nuclear capability, extending the standoff and imperiling regional stability. Beijing has long defended Pyongyang against international sanctions using its veto power in the U.N. Security Council and provided economic assistance crucial for its survival. As tensions escalated on the peninsula this year, however, Chinese Preside
North Korea June 27, 2013
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NLL fallout may take toll on inter-Korean ties: experts
The state spy agency’s disclosure of the transcript of a 2007 inter-Korean summit is forecast to deteriorate already frosty cross-border relations and deepen mistrust, opposition lawmakers and experts said Tuesday. During his summit with late North Korean autocrat Kim Jong-il, former President Roh Moo-hyun said the Northern Limit Line, a de facto sea border, should be adjusted. Roh also criticized the 2005 U.S. financial sanctions that pummeled the poverty-stricken economy. The NLL has been a fl
North Korea June 25, 2013
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S.K., U.S. unwavering after N.K. overture, warnings
South Korea and the U.S. remained unwavering in their demands for North Korea’s sincerity toward denuclearization despite the communist state’s peace offensive intensified by a top envoy’s rare news conference at the U.N. over the weekend.North Korean Ambassador Sin Son-ho in New York on Friday reaffirmed Pyongyang’s offer of senior-level talks with Washington to defuse tension, discuss a peace mechanism to replace the 1953 armistice and resolve the nuclear weapons issue. The event came shortly
North Korea June 23, 2013
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Frigid hospitals cloud N.K.’s picture of health
PYONGYANG (AP) ― In the lobby of Pyongyang’s maternity hospital, a government guide pauses during a tour, pointing down to an elaborate flower pattern glowing in buffed red and green marble.“One hundred and sixty-five tons of rare stones were used on the floor,” Mun Chang-un proudly tells the foreign visitors being offered an unusual glimpse inside.He walks toward a row of tiny booths with mounted TVs, video cameras and ‘70s-style phones, explaining that the “high-tech” video conferencing statio
North Korea June 23, 2013
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