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  N. Korea warns of 'severe consequences' if Seoul continues to challenge Pyongyang North Korea is sending more mixed messages. The National Defense Commission on Sunday warned the South Korean government not to distort or criticize Pyongyang for its approach towards improved i...

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  Japanese PM slams IS militants for execution, demands release of remaining hostage After it was confirmed that one of the two Japanese hostages,... held by the Islamic State has been executed,... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe once again demanded the group to release Kenji Got...

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  S. Korea rules out N. Korea's preconditions for talks South Korea says it has no plans to consider North Korea's demands for returning to dialogue. Unification Ministry Spokesperson Lim Byeong-cheol said Monday the preconditions laid out by Pyongy...

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  Police in Korea tighten security around presidential office after bomb threat Police have tightened security around the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae... after a bomb threat made by an anonymous caller. Police said the man had dialed the civil affairs office five tim...

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  President Park expected to reshuffle Cabinet this week By carrying out a Cabinet reshuffle since nominating a new prime minister last Friday, President Park Geun-hye likely hopes to regain public support for her economic policies as she enters her th...

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  Seal of Queen Munjeong to return to Korea next month A seal stolen from Korea more than 60 years ago will finally be returned next month. It's currently in Washington with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security... and will be returned via the Kor...

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  Gov't drives Korea's fuel-cell technology President Park, on Tuesday, launched an industrial complex in the southwestern city of Gwangju to help Korea emerge as a global leader of fuel-cell vehicle production. The complex will work clos...

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  Presiden Park vows to make Gwangju hub of Korea's auto industriesWe begin with President Park Geun-hye's drive for a creative economy. She headed over to Korea's southwestern city of Gwangju today,... to mark an opening of an innovation center there. Speaking ...

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  Issue of Japan's wartime sex slavery is tough, emotional: U.S. ambassador Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's seemingly unapologetic attitude about Japan's wartime atrocities is drawing concerns from the United States. In an interview on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to ...

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  Gov't says it is working on revisions to new tax code Public anger over a new policy that raises income tax rates has drawn a response from the government. The government says it has been in discussions with the ruling party on ways to amend the tax...

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  Korean TV series to suffer blow over China's media regulation This is one of the many Korean dramas that have been a huge success in China. Chinese viewers were able to watch them almost immediately after their release in Korea, but it could be a differ...

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  Greece's victory party Syriza forms coalition with Independent Greeks It took less than an hour of talks for Greece's newly elected... far-left anti-austerity Syriza party... to form a coalition with the Independent Greeks,... a far-right party also against auster...