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North Korea Locks Down City Over 1st Suspected Case Of COVID-19: Reports
North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they called the country's first suspected case of the novel coronavirus, state media reported Sunday.
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North Korea Blows Up Inter-Korean Liaison Office At Border, Says Seoul
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, the South's Unification ministry said, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang.
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Two Koreas Open Joint Liaison Office In North
North and South Korea opened a joint liaison office in the Northern city of Kaesong on Friday as they knit closer ties ahead of President Moon Jae-in's visit to Pyongyang next week
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South Korea Says Unclear How Much Kaesong Wages North Korea Used For Weapon Programme
Seoul admitted Monday it was not clear how much of the wages paid to North Korean workers at a joint industrial zone were used to fund Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development.
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North Koreans Outside Closed Factories Lose Steady Water Supply
Among the losers in the retaliatory sparring between the rival Koreas are residents who had been depending on a rarity in impoverished North Korea: a steady supply of water from the now-shuttered jointly run factory park in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.
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North Korea Responsible For Consequences From Kaesong Shutdown: South Korea
South Korea said on Friday that North Korea would be held responsible for any consequences after the North kicked out South Korean workers and froze the assets of companies at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex.
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North Korea Says South's Pulling Out Of Industrial Zone 'Declaration Of War'
North Korea said it was kicking out all South Koreans from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone on Thursday, calling the South's move to suspend operations, in retaliation for Sunday's rocket launch by the North, a "declaration of war".
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North Korea Says To Freeze Assets Of South Korean Firms At Kaesong
North Korea said on Thursday it was expelling all South Korean workers from the Kaesong industrial zone and freezing the assets of companies operating there, calling the South's decision to suspend operations at the zone a "declaration of war."
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South Korea, US Mull Further Strategic Deployment After North Korea Bomb Test
South Korea said today that further US "strategic assets" might be deployed to the Korean peninsula, following a flyover by a US B-52 bomber in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test.
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North, South Korea End Talks Without Any Breakthroughs
Two days of high-level talks between North and South Korea ended today with no breakthroughs, South Korean officials said, leaving mixed signals about reconciliation efforts the rivals have made since stepping away from a military standoff in August.
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North Korea Locks Down City Over 1st Suspected Case Of COVID-19: Reports
North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they called the country's first suspected case of the novel coronavirus, state media reported Sunday.
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North Korea Blows Up Inter-Korean Liaison Office At Border, Says Seoul
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, the South's Unification ministry said, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang.
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Two Koreas Open Joint Liaison Office In North
North and South Korea opened a joint liaison office in the Northern city of Kaesong on Friday as they knit closer ties ahead of President Moon Jae-in's visit to Pyongyang next week
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South Korea Says Unclear How Much Kaesong Wages North Korea Used For Weapon Programme
Seoul admitted Monday it was not clear how much of the wages paid to North Korean workers at a joint industrial zone were used to fund Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development.
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North Koreans Outside Closed Factories Lose Steady Water Supply
Among the losers in the retaliatory sparring between the rival Koreas are residents who had been depending on a rarity in impoverished North Korea: a steady supply of water from the now-shuttered jointly run factory park in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.
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North Korea Responsible For Consequences From Kaesong Shutdown: South Korea
South Korea said on Friday that North Korea would be held responsible for any consequences after the North kicked out South Korean workers and froze the assets of companies at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex.
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North Korea Says South's Pulling Out Of Industrial Zone 'Declaration Of War'
North Korea said it was kicking out all South Koreans from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone on Thursday, calling the South's move to suspend operations, in retaliation for Sunday's rocket launch by the North, a "declaration of war".
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North Korea Says To Freeze Assets Of South Korean Firms At Kaesong
North Korea said on Thursday it was expelling all South Korean workers from the Kaesong industrial zone and freezing the assets of companies operating there, calling the South's decision to suspend operations at the zone a "declaration of war."
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South Korea, US Mull Further Strategic Deployment After North Korea Bomb Test
South Korea said today that further US "strategic assets" might be deployed to the Korean peninsula, following a flyover by a US B-52 bomber in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test.
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North, South Korea End Talks Without Any Breakthroughs
Two days of high-level talks between North and South Korea ended today with no breakthroughs, South Korean officials said, leaving mixed signals about reconciliation efforts the rivals have made since stepping away from a military standoff in August.
