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Park Geun Hye was inaugurated today, launching the 18th presidency of the Republic of Korea. Park is both Korea’s first female president and the first child of a former president to be elected president herself. Carrying the lessons of former President Park Chung H..
[2013-02-26 06:52] |
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The third North Korean nuclear test occurred just before midday on the 12th. The necessary technical preparations had long since been completed; all that remained was to press the button, which they opted to do just as East Asia’s Lunar New Year holiday was ending...
[2013-02-12 20:25] |
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The message for South Korea in North Korea’s statement for the New Year was considerably more gracious than that of last year. Kim Jong Eun stated in his address, as per the subsequent official translation, “An important issue in putting an end to the division of..
[2013-01-03 19:11] |
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The 18th South Korean presidential election ended with the victory of the conservative candidate Park Geun Hye, something that appears to prove that the majority of South Koreans want stability more than they want change. However, it also reveals that difference..
[2012-12-20 18:14] |
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The North Korea had already tried one long-range rocket launch this year, firing one off in mid April from a launch facility on its West Sea coast. Now, however, the country’s technical experts, allegedly with help from their Iranian counterparts, have managed to s..
[2012-12-12 15:52] |
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Despite international opposition, North Korea recently declared the intention to launch another long-range rocket. The Chosun Committee for Space Technology revealed days ago that the missile is to be launched at some time between the 10th and 22nd of this mont..
[2012-12-03 18:30] |
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November 23rd marks the 2nd anniversary of the Yeonpyeong Island shelling, when North Korea, starting at 2:34PM on a weekday afternoon, fired approximately 100 artillery shells onto the island’s military barracks and surrounding residential areas. Two members of th..
[2012-11-20 09:59] |
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It is not yet clear what it was that persuaded Kim Kwang Hyok and Ko Jong Nam to re-defect to North Korea in September of this year. The couple’s explanation, delivered at a press conference in Pyongyang on the 8th, was that they were conned into defecting in the f..
[2012-11-13 15:44] |
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The approach to diplomatic, security and unification policy which the Saenuri Party’s Park Geun Hye put forward on the 5th is noticeably different to that of the other presidential candidates. All three candidates are leaning away from the policy of incumbent Presi..
[2012-11-06 11:20] |
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