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South Korea Orders Evacuation After North Fires Over 200 Artillery Shells
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond.
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Japan, S Korea Alert Citizens As North Korea Launches Missile Strikes
North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter.
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Tottenham Star Son Heung-Min Begins 3-Week Military Training: Report
Son Heung-min reported to a marines camp on the southern island of Jeju for his three-week basic training, a report said.
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K-Pop Singer Jung Joon-Young Jailed For 6 Years For Raping Woman, Filming Act
A South Korean court sentenced a K-pop musician to six years in prison on Friday for raping a woman and distributing a video capturing the act in a case that drew attention to the darker side of the country's lucrative entertainment industry.
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets To Intercept Russian, Chinese Planes
Japan's military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Russian and Chinese planes, it said on Tuesday, including an observation jet at which South Korean forces fired warning shots after it entered airspace over an island claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo.
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Now, South Korea Plans To Tighten Its Laws As Refugee Crisis Looms
South Korea will tighten its refugee laws, it said Friday, after protests over the arrival of hundreds of asylum-seekers who fled war-ravaged Yemen for its southern resort island of Jeju.
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Mango Mousse To Be Served In Korean Summit Leaves A Bitter Taste In Japan
Tokyo has lodged an objection that dessert which will be served at the inter-Korean summit has been decorated with a Korean peninsula map that includes disputed islands with Japan.
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World's Busiest Air Routes: Tiny Island Beats London, New York
The world's busiest air route isn't London to Paris or New York to Los Angeles, but the trip between Seoul and a tiny island off the coast of South Korea.
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Naples' Pizza Twirling Wins Coveted UNESCO 'Intangible' Status
The art of 'pizzaiuolo' -- which has been handed down for generations in the southern Italian city -- was given the nod by the UN cultural body's World Heritage Committee, who met on the South Korean island of Jeju.
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Gold Hits Nine-And-A-Half-Month High After North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan
South Korea and Japan said the missile North Korea launched early on Tuesday landed in Pacific waters east of Hokkaido after flying over the northern Japanese island, in a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Snow Shutters Airport On South Korean Resort Island Jeju
Flights at the airport on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju were halted on Sunday for a second day due to the biggest snowfall in three decades and high winds, forcing hundreds of cancellations, officials said.
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North Korea Warns South Ahead of Island Bombing Anniversary
North Korea warned Sunday of "merciless" attacks on South Korean border islands if Seoul stages live-fire drills Monday near the maritime border on the anniversary of Pyongyang's deadly shelling attack five years ago.
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Major Joint Anti-Submarine Exercise Staged to Tackle North Korean Provocation
South Korea and the United States kicked off a major anti-submarine drill on Monday, weeks after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
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South Korea Finds Wreckage in Sea of Suspected North Korea Drone
South Korea's military has recovered the wreckage of unmanned aircraft, believed to be a North Korean drone, in waters off an island near a disputed maritime border, an official said on Monday.
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North Korea Leader Directs Island Assault Drill: Report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the South would "regret bitterly" any incursion of their disputed sea border as he directed a large-scale mock assault on an island, state media said on Saturday.
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South Korea Orders Evacuation After North Fires Over 200 Artillery Shells
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond.
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Japan, S Korea Alert Citizens As North Korea Launches Missile Strikes
North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter.
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Tottenham Star Son Heung-Min Begins 3-Week Military Training: Report
Son Heung-min reported to a marines camp on the southern island of Jeju for his three-week basic training, a report said.
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K-Pop Singer Jung Joon-Young Jailed For 6 Years For Raping Woman, Filming Act
A South Korean court sentenced a K-pop musician to six years in prison on Friday for raping a woman and distributing a video capturing the act in a case that drew attention to the darker side of the country's lucrative entertainment industry.
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets To Intercept Russian, Chinese Planes
Japan's military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Russian and Chinese planes, it said on Tuesday, including an observation jet at which South Korean forces fired warning shots after it entered airspace over an island claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo.
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Now, South Korea Plans To Tighten Its Laws As Refugee Crisis Looms
South Korea will tighten its refugee laws, it said Friday, after protests over the arrival of hundreds of asylum-seekers who fled war-ravaged Yemen for its southern resort island of Jeju.
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Mango Mousse To Be Served In Korean Summit Leaves A Bitter Taste In Japan
Tokyo has lodged an objection that dessert which will be served at the inter-Korean summit has been decorated with a Korean peninsula map that includes disputed islands with Japan.
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World's Busiest Air Routes: Tiny Island Beats London, New York
The world's busiest air route isn't London to Paris or New York to Los Angeles, but the trip between Seoul and a tiny island off the coast of South Korea.
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Naples' Pizza Twirling Wins Coveted UNESCO 'Intangible' Status
The art of 'pizzaiuolo' -- which has been handed down for generations in the southern Italian city -- was given the nod by the UN cultural body's World Heritage Committee, who met on the South Korean island of Jeju.
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Gold Hits Nine-And-A-Half-Month High After North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan
South Korea and Japan said the missile North Korea launched early on Tuesday landed in Pacific waters east of Hokkaido after flying over the northern Japanese island, in a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Snow Shutters Airport On South Korean Resort Island Jeju
Flights at the airport on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju were halted on Sunday for a second day due to the biggest snowfall in three decades and high winds, forcing hundreds of cancellations, officials said.
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North Korea Warns South Ahead of Island Bombing Anniversary
North Korea warned Sunday of "merciless" attacks on South Korean border islands if Seoul stages live-fire drills Monday near the maritime border on the anniversary of Pyongyang's deadly shelling attack five years ago.
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Major Joint Anti-Submarine Exercise Staged to Tackle North Korean Provocation
South Korea and the United States kicked off a major anti-submarine drill on Monday, weeks after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
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South Korea Finds Wreckage in Sea of Suspected North Korea Drone
South Korea's military has recovered the wreckage of unmanned aircraft, believed to be a North Korean drone, in waters off an island near a disputed maritime border, an official said on Monday.
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North Korea Leader Directs Island Assault Drill: Report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the South would "regret bitterly" any incursion of their disputed sea border as he directed a large-scale mock assault on an island, state media said on Saturday.
