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Reporter : Kim Bo-eun

Tue, September 25, 2018 | 08:08

NK blames US for deadlock in denuke talks

North Korea, which had remained quiet about the cancellation of Pompeo's visit last week, indirectly began blaming the U.S. for the current deadlock in denuclearization talks. Through its propaganda channel Uriminzokkiri, the North protested recent statements about the halted military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.

Politics | 2018-08-31 18:02

LKP blasts awarding of scandal-hit power firm

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) blasted the giving of a presidential award to the Korea South-East Power (KOEN), a state-run company that has been found to have imported North Korean coal, something banned by U.N. Security Council sanctions.The company had been under an investigation since last year, but received the award for outstanding innovation last month out of 123 public institutions nationwide.

Politics | 2018-08-30 17:01

Activists seek to foster peace through football

As a peace studies major at university, the subject for Dan Gudgeon, 32, was something academic, until he found out about a program that seeks to promote peace through football. “I wanted to do something real,” Gudgeon recalled. For someone who is as great a football fan as himself, it was thrilling to find out that football could be used as a tool.

Politics | 2018-08-30 16:52

US-controlled UNC puts brakes on inter-Korean railway inspections

The United Nations Command (UNC) for the first time disapproved plans for an inter-Korean railway inspection, amid a deadlock in denuclearization talks between North Korea and the U.S. The plan was for a South Korean train to travel up to the North's northwestern city of Sinuiju so officials of the two Koreas could inspect the condition of the tracks in the North from Aug. 22...

North Korea | 2018-08-30 16:51

Moon's role as mediator weighing in

Pressure on President Moon Jae-in regarding his role as mediator between North Korea and the U.S. is growing amid what appears to be a deadlock in denuclearization talks. Moon's third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had been planned for next month under the premise that U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo would visit the North before the summit and reach a deal on North Korea submitting a list of its nuclear weapons. Pompeo's visit, however, was cancelled over the weekend, due to what President Donald Trump cited as lack of progress in the North's denuclearization.

Politics | 2018-08-28 17:43

South Korea to spend more on inter-Korean exchanges

South Korea to spend more on inter-Korean exchanges

The Moon Jae-in government increased the size of its inter-Korean affairs fund for next year by 14.3 percent, according to the unification ministry's budget plans.

North Korea | 2018-08-28 16:02

'Pyongyang summit will take place in Sept. as planned'

Inter-Korean liaison office opening likely to be delayed

The inter-Korean liaison office in the North's city of Gaeseong will likely not open within August, amid developments that have impeded denuclearization talks between the U.S. and North Korea. It was initially the government's plan to open the office within this month. Establishing the joint contact office is among the agreements reached between the leaders of the South and North at their summit in April. The office is intended to enhance communication between the Koreas and is set to be the first inter-Korean organization where South and North Koreans will work in the same building.

Politics | 2018-08-27 16:57

Koreas may hold another family reunion in October

The two Koreas agreed on the need to hold another round of separated family reunions within this year, and the head of South Korea's Red Cross said it could be in late October. ”My North Korean counterpart Pak Yong-il and I discussed holding another separated family reunion like the one being held now within this year,” South Korea's Red Cross President Park Kyung-seo said in...

Politics | 2018-08-26 14:47

Families from South and North Koreas share dishes at reunions [PHOTOS]

Second session of family reunions to take place Friday

The second session of inter-Korean family reunions is scheduled to begin Friday at Mount Geumgang in the North. This time, 337 South Koreans who are relatives of 83 North Koreans are set to visit the North, for another three-day reunion. They arrived at the east coastal city of Sokcho a day earlier before heading to the North.

Politics | 2018-08-23 21:01

Three days were too short after 65 years of separation

South Koreans bid goodbye to their relatives in the North, Wednesday, after a three-day reunion that took place at Mount Geumgang. During the three-day event, they were able to spend a total of 12 hours with long-lost relatives. But this could not bridge the 65 years they spent apart after the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea | 2018-08-22 17:12

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