Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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Summary of inter-Korean news this week

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.

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Gov't unveils Nat'l Cybersecurity Strategy with new focus on N. Korea

SEOUL -- The government on Thursday unveiled a National Cybersecurity Strategy calling for strengthening the country's offensive cyber defense operations and building cooperation mechanisms with the international community while keeping a focus on North Korea's cyberthreats.

The 35-page strategy was drawn up jointly by the presidential Office of National Security, the National Intelligence Service, the ministries of foreign affairs, national defense, and science and ICT, and the National Police Agency to serve as the authoritative guideline on cybersecurity issues.

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S. Korea discloses symbol of S. Koreans abducted, detained by N. Korea

SEOUL -- The unification ministry said Thursday it has created a symbol of South Koreans abducted and detained in North Korea with an image of three forget-me-nots in a bid to raise public awareness of the issue.

The move is part of South Korea's efforts to draw people's attention to the long-pending issue in hope of their safe repatriations, according to the ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs.

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Unification minister slams N.K. war rhetoric backers as 'anti-state'

SEOUL -- Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Wednesday condemned some liberal South Koreans supportive of North Korea's war rhetoric for having an "anti-state" mindset that could undermine the foundation of the South.

The minister made the remark at the start of a screening session of "Beyond Utopia," a U.S. documentary film depicting North Korean defectors' desperate escape from their home country.

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S. Korea reviewing damages suit over N. Korea's illegal operation of Kaesong complex

SEOUL -- South Korea's unification ministry said Wednesday it is closely reviewing legal aspects needed to sue North Korea over its illegal operation of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.

The Donga Ilbo, a local newspaper, reported Wednesday that the government plans to lodge a lawsuit against North Korea over 400 billion won (US$300.6 million) in damages incurred from the North's unauthorized operation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

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(LEAD) S. Korea will 'never be perturbed' by N.K. threats, will deepen cooperation with U.S., Japan: official

WASHINGTON -- South Korea will "never be perturbed" by continued North Korean military provocations and will continue to beef up security cooperation with the United States and Japan, Seoul's top envoy in Washington said Tuesday.

Ambassador Cho Hyun-dong made the remarks amid tensions heightened by Pyongyang's unrelenting weapons tests, including the launches of several cruise missiles on Tuesday (Korea time) and of the claimed submarine-launched cruise missiles two days earlier.

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