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North Korea hails ‘unique milestone’ in ties with South Korea

North Korean state media has hailed as a « new milestone » the historic meeting between its leader and South Korea’s president, and their joint declaration to formally end the Korean War, and make the peninsula nuclear-free. North Korea’s Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday that both Pyongyang and Seoul « affirm the common goal of realising…

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North Korea is changing

Earlier this month, I had the chance to visit North Korea as part of a delegation of scholars led by veteran Indonesian diplomat Dino Djalal. I spent four days in the country talking to high-level officials and professors and visiting the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) at the country’s southern border and various institutions, including Km Il-sung…

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North Korea defector: I would never return house

Seoul, South Korea – Around 31,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Almost 71 percent of those defectors are female, most in their 20s and 30s. Only a few take the most dangerous route through the Korean Demilitarized Zone that a North Korean soldier took late last year. Most…

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The stigma of being a single mother in South Korea

Seoul, South Korea – On the first day of the lunar new year, the Year of the Dog, Jeong Soo-jin and her daughter ride the cable car up Namsan mountain in the city’s central Yongsan district. Seven-year-old Ah-jeong twirls, her flowered hanbok – a traditional Korean dress – encircling her in a cloud of pink tulle and…

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Iciness Olympics, Hubo and device forward for robots in South Korea

Daejeon, South Korea – During the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea deployed 85 robots of 11 different kinds at various locations. From providing information in various languages at Incheon Airport and offering water bottles in Pyeongchang at the Winter Games to skiing down the slopes, South Korea’s efforts to showcase itself on the robotics map…

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China: Fresh US sanctions threaten cooperation over North Korea

China has demanded the US reverse its decision to impose fresh sanctions on North Korea, saying the « unilateral actions » could undermine cooperation between Beijing and Washington. China’s foreign ministry said it had lodged « stern representations » with the US over the measures – which prohibit US citizens from dealing with more than 50 vessels and companies, and…

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‘Father of defectors’ on lifestyles after North Korea

Seoul, South Korea – Around 31,000 North Koreans have defected into the South since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Almost 71 percent of those defectors are female, most in their 20s and 30s. Only a few take the most dangerous route through the Korean Demilitarized Zone that a North Korean soldier took late last…

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Olympics diplomacy cannot medication the Korea disaster

The images from the past week on the Korean Peninsula have been striking. First, there was the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea which – for the first time ever – featured a combined ice hockey team and a procession from the two Koreas. But, of greater significance was the presence of…

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Will North Korea be the following Iraq for the US?

On January 30, the Washington Post dropped a bombshell: Victor Cha, widely seen as the incoming US ambassador to South Korea, had been rejected by the White House for the job. Cha, a hardliner, is well known both in Washington and within the South Korean political establishment for his unwavering faith in sanctions against North…

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Why North Korea determined to play glorious

Seoul, South Korea – If a newly struck deal holds, the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea will have some special, unexpected guests; a delegation of athletes, officials, performers and supporters from North Korea. In a surprising bit of rapprochement, officials from South and North Korea held a set of meetings on Tuesday where they…