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(LEAD) U.S. calls deepening N.K.-Russia ties trend of 'great concern' ahead of Putin's Pyongyang visit

(ATTN: ADDS Kirby's remarks in paras 6-8)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Monday described deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia as a trend of "great concern,&qu
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Putin's trip to N. Korea likely to produce 'comprehensive strategic partnership': TASS

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to North Korea this week may produce a treaty on a "comprehensive strategic partnership" in light of changes in geopolitics and bilateral relations
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U.S. calls deepening N.K.-Russia ties trend of 'great concern' ahead of Putin's Pyongyang visit

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Monday described deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia as a trend of "great concern," after the North said Russian President Vl
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(LEAD) Putin to visit N. Korea on June 18-19: KCNA

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details from para 7)SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea this week, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday, amid deepening military cooperation with North Korea following his
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Putin to visit N. Korea on June 18-19: KCNA

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on June 18-19, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday, amid deepening military cooperation with North Korea following his summit with the North's leader Kim J
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(URGENT) Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit N. Korea on June 18-19: Russia's TASS

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N. Korea's Kim likely preparing red-carpet welcome for Putin ahead of potential visit

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to give a grand and lavish welcome to Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits Pyongyang this week as widely projected, extending the highest level of hospitality fraught w
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High-level exchanges between N. Korea, Russia hit record high this year

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The number of exchanges between high-level officials from North Korea and Russia has reached a record high this year, Seoul's unification ministry said Monday, marking another indication of the deepening ties between th
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Russia unlikely to transfer advanced military technology to N. Korea: minister

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The possibility of Russia transferring its most advanced military technology to North Korea is "very low" despite their deepening military cooperation, as Moscow will likely opt to save it as a "last resor
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Opposition leader calls for inter-Korean talks amid tensions

SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Saturday said the two Koreas should sit together and communicate to ease the escalating tensions over Pyongyang's trash-carrying balloon campaign and Seoul's response.On social med
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N. Korean military's construction activities spotted inside DMZ: source

SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's military has been carrying out unexplained construction activities inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, according to a military source Saturday."Recently, the North Korean m
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G7 leaders condemn N.K.-Russia military cooperation in 'strongest possible terms'

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries condemned growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia in the "strongest possible terms" on Friday amid reports that Russian Pr
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S. Korean envoy rebukes N. Korea for linking trash-filled balloons to freedom of expression

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the U.N. on Friday criticized as "bizarre" and "deplorable" North Korea's claim that its sending of trash-filled balloons to the South was an ex
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Unification ministry holds talks with anti-Pyongyang leafleting group

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry on Friday held talks with an activist organization that has launched anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea amid heightened tensions over the North's reaction to the campaign.It is the first m
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N. Korea shows strong discontent over UNSC's meeting on its human rights situation

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea expressed strong discontent Friday regarding the U.N. Security Council's (UNSC) meeting on Pyongyang's human rights situation held earlier this week.At the UNSC session Wednesday, diplomats, experts and
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Police question company commanders over recruit's death following disciplinary training

CHUNCHEON, South Korea, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Police have questioned two Army company commanders over the death of a trainee soldier following a session of demanding disciplinary training last month, officials said Friday.The suspects are accused of or
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Hyundai Motor releases truck ad campaign produced using generative AI tools

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's leading automaker, has produced an advertisement campaign for its truck brands using generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, its ad agency said Friday.Innocean Worldwide Inc.
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(LEAD) N. Korea criticizes Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit as 'conspiracy gathering'

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 4 paras; ADDS photo)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday strongly condemned the Ukraine peace summit to be hosted by Switzerland later this week, describing it as a "conspiracy gat
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Unification minister says N. Korea's socialist rationing system has collapsed

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said Friday that North Korea's socialist rationing system has completely collapsed, leading people to rely on local "jangmadang" markets for survival.Kim made the assessment
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Two Chinese sailors booked over fishing boat crash off southwestern coast

MOKPO, South Korea, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Two Chinese sailors were booked on charges of crashing into a fishing boat and fleeing without offering assistance in waters off South Korea's southwestern coast, leaving two sailors missing and its captain