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Military restores dismantled guard posts inside DMZ

SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The military has restored all of the 11 guard posts inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas that had been dismantled under a 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction pact, an opposition lawmaker sa
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week

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SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.------------(LEAD) N. Korea completes Kalma beach resort; set for opening next monthSEOUL -- North Korea has completed the construction of a large-scale b
Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.------------(LEAD) S. Korea calls on N. Korea to give prior notice before cross-border dam dischargeSEOUL -- The unification ministry on Friday called on North Korea
Summary of external news of North Korea this week

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SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week.------------6 Americans nabbed for trying to send plastic bottles with rice, dollar bills to N. KoreaINCHEON -- Police on Friday apprehended six American
Key developments on North Korea this week

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SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this week.----------June 23 -- N. Korea 'strongly' denounces U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites N. Korea reports on Iran-Israel armed conflict without i
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(LEAD) S. Korea calls on N. Korea to give prior notice before cross-border dam discharge

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 3rd para; ADDS photo)SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry on Friday called on North Korea to provide prior notice before releasing water from a dam across the border, after the North's unannounced
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S. Korea calls on N. Korea to give prior notice before cross-border dam discharge

SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry on Friday called on North Korea to provide prior notice before releasing water from a dam across the border, after the North's unannounced monsoon-season discharges raised safety concerns for re
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(URGENT) S. Korea calls on N. Korea to give prior notice before cross-border dam discharge

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(LEAD) N. Korea likely to deploy additional troops to Russia in July or August: spy agency

(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 5 paras, additional photo)By Yi Wonju SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is likely to send additional troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine in July or August, South Korea's spy agency told lawmake
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N. Korea likely to deploy additional troops to Russia in July or August: spy agency

By Yi Wonju SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is likely to send additional troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine in July or August, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Thursday.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) made th
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(LEAD) N. Korea completes Kalma beach resort; set for opening next month

(ATTN: ADDS remarks by unification ministry official in last 5 paras)By Park BoramSEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has completed the construction of a large-scale beach resort in the eastern coastal region of Kalma, with leader Kim Jong-un tout
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N.K. leader's wife makes 1st public appearance in 1 1/2 yrs, with Gucci handbag

SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's wife, Ri Sol-ju, was seen in photos Thursday accompanying him to a recent completion ceremony for the eastern coastal Kalma beach resort, marking her first public appearance in about 1
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Pyongyang-Moscow direct train route reopens after 5-yr COVID-19 suspension

SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- A passenger train that departed Pyongyang has arrived in Moscow, marking the reopening of the direct rail route between the capitals of North Korea and Russia after a five-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Rus
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N. Korea completes Kalma beach resort; set for opening next month

By Park Boram SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has completed the construction of a large-scale beach resort in the eastern coastal region of Kalma, with leader Kim Jong-un touting it as one of the country's greatest feats this year, state m
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Defectors testify to executions by firing squad of N. Koreans for watching S. Korean TV dramas

By Park Boram SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- Watching or distributing South Korean TV dramas or K-pop songs is being punished by execution by firing squad in North Korea, with one young man shot to death in public on such charges, North Korean defectors
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S. Korea approves civic groups' bid for N. Korean contact for humanitarian aid exchanges

SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- The government has granted permission for several civic groups to contact North Korea for humanitarian purposes in an effort to resume civil-level inter-Korean exchanges that had effectively been suspended during the previo
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U.N.-reported petroleum exports to N.K. reach only 4 pct of sanctions cap amid Russian omission

SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- The amount of refined petroleum exports to North Korea, as reported to the United Nations, reached only 4 percent of the annual sanctions cap imposed by the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) this year, as Russia omitted its noti
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N. Korea stages anti-U.S. mass rallies on Korean War anniversary

SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has staged various rallies and events inciting anti-American sentiment and pledging retaliation as the country marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday
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(LEAD) State Dept. reaffirms N.K. denuclearization goal after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuke facilities

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS more info in paras 5-6)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 24 (Yonhap) -- A State Department spokesperson on Tuesday reiterated the Trump administration's commitment to the "complete denuclearization" of Nort
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State Dept. reaffirms N.K. denuclearization goal

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 24 (Yonhap) -- A State Department spokesperson on Tuesday reiterated the Trump administration's commitment to the "complete denuclearization" of North Korea, after the United States launched strikes at