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Tue, September 25, 2018 | 16:18

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Letter diplomacy between NK, US leaders in works

The letter diplomacy between the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. continues to unfold, proving to serve as a breakthrough in the deadlocked denuclearization talks. The White House earlier this week said preparations for a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were underway after Trump received another letter from Kim.

Politics | 2018-09-16 17:28

Moon urged to play hardball for denuclearization

Opposition parties have called on President Moon Jae-in to receive “specific and definite” answers from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the latter's timeline for denuclearization during their meeting in Pyongyang this week. With the Pyongyang summit starting Tuesday, the opposition parties urged President Moon to avoid lifting sanctions on the North unilaterally and to t...

Politics | 2018-09-16 17:00

NK elevates festive mood for Pyongyang summit

North Korea has expressed a welcoming gesture for the upcoming Pyongyang summit, saying the world is paying “unprecedented attention” to next week's historic meeting between President Moon Jae-in and the regime's young leader Kim Jong-un. The planned inter-Korean summit comes in response to the April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration in which the two leaders agreed to hold a meeting ...

Politics | 2018-09-16 17:00

24/7 inter-Korean contact enabled

The Koreas opened a joint liaison office in the North's city of Gaeseong, Friday, the first organization at which South and North Koreans will work together. Office co-heads Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung and his North Korean counterpart Jon Jong-su held their first meeting after the opening ceremony. Officials of the South and North began operating the office the sa...

Politics | 2018-09-14 19:41

Two Koreas agree to demilitarize JSA ahead of summit

The two Koreas agreed some military de-escalation measures Friday including a plan to demilitarize the Joint Security Area and continue joint recovery operations (JRO) of war dead in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in a step to relax military tensions ahead of the upcoming Pyongyang summit from Sept. 18 to 20.

Politics | 2018-09-14 16:00

Accident or incident? English version of Panmunjeom Declaration submitted to UN different from original

Ex-president defamed Gwangju Movement groups: court

The Gwangju District Court, Thursday, ordered former President Chun Doo-hwan to pay 15 million won in compensation to each of four groups commemorating the 1980 Gwangju Pro-Democracy Movement, and 10 million won to the relatives of Cho Bi-oh, a late pro-democracy activist priest. It also ordered Chun to delete all his controversial comments on the movement in any future editions of his 2017 memoir or face a publication ban.

Politics | 2018-09-13 17:54

Army to launch 'AI center' next year

The Army plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in January next year and turn it into the military's next-generation combat control tower. Members of the center will consist of a group of 20 to 30 military AI experts. They will focus on drawing AI-driven combat strategies to be in line with the rapid military paradigm shift, the Army said Thursday.

Politics | 2018-09-13 16:56

Koreas meet to reduce military tension

The two Koreas held working-level military talks at the border village of Panmunjeom, Thursday, to discuss a series of pending issues to ease military tension ahead of a planned summit between their two leaders next week. Starting at 10 a.m., a three-member South Korean military delegation - led by Army Colonel Cho Yong-geun - met with their North Korean counterparts headed b...

Politics | 2018-09-13 16:55

“Leaders will discuss specific denuke measures in Pyongyang,” security chief

Lawmaker takes maternity leave for 1st time

A female lawmaker from the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) went on maternity leave Thursday. Rep. Shin Bo-ra, a former LKP spokeswoman, became the first active lawmaker to take maternity leave.

Politics | 2018-09-13 16:55

North Korea restaurant workers granted passports

Two of the 12 North Korean restaurant workers who Pyongyang alleged were abducted by the South in April 2016 have been given passports, according to a local lawyers' group. The two had registered for passports but were initially denied them. They were then issued their passports in late August and early September, Lawyers for a Democratic Society said.

Politics | 2018-09-13 16:52

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