Articles by Jung Min-kyung
Jung Min-kyung
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Kim's sister, NK delegation visit PyeongChang for Olympics
North Korea’s high-ranking delegation arrived in South Korea on Friday to attend the PyeongChang Olympics’ opening ceremony. The delegation includes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong, in a move thought to be part of the communist nation’s Olympic peace offensive. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un`s sister, Kim Yo-jong, arrived at Incheon Airport in South Korea on Friday. (Yonhap)A North Korean private jet carrying the 23-member delegation for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics arri
North Korea Feb. 9, 2018
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Will visit by NK leader’s sister pave way for inter-Korean summit?
With North Korea’s decision to dispatch Kim Jong-un’s sister to an international event hosted in South Korea, experts here are interpreting her visit as a diplomatic breakthrough that could lay the foundations for a possible inter-Korean summit. Kim Yo-jong (right) is seen with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at an event in Pyongyang on Dec. 30, 2017. (Yonhap)North Korea informed the South on Wednesday that its leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister Kim Yo-jong, first vice director of the Central C
North Korea Feb. 8, 2018
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NK high-level delegation to fly to S. Korea
North Korea said its high-level delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will fly to South Korea, while Seoul is working with the United Nations to temporarily lift a travel ban on a sanctioned North Korean official planning to attend the Winter Games. North Korea told South Korea that it plans to send its high-level delegation by plane to Incheon Airport this week, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Thursday.The delegation led by the country’s nominal head of state Kim Yong-nam will arrive
North Korea Feb. 8, 2018
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NK asks S. Korea to provide fuel for ship that transported art troupe
North Korea has requested South Korea provide additional fuel for its vessel currently docked in the South, as it serves as accommodation for its art troupe visiting the South, Seoul‘s Ministry of Unification said Wednesday, in a move likely to present the South with complications linked to international sanctions. North Korea’s Mangyongbong-92 (Yonhap)North Korea’s Mangyongbong-92, serving as both means of transportation and accommodation for the 140-member Samjiyon art troupe has been docked
North Korea Feb. 7, 2018
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NK cheerleaders return after 13 years
A 280-member North Korean delegation, including 229 cheerleaders, arrived in South Korea on Wednesday to participate in events leading up to and throughout the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The delegation, headed by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk, crossed the border to the South via a western land route -- which goes through a now-closed inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong -- at 9:28 a.m., according to a pool report. The delegation also includes four officials from the National Olympic Committ
North Korea Feb. 7, 2018
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NK ferry carrying art troupe arrives in S. Korea amid protests
The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 carrying the 140-member Samjiyon art troupe arrived in South Korea at 5 p.m. on Seoul’s blessing to temporarily lift sanctions on the vessel. The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 arrives in Mukho, a South Korean port, on Tuesday. (Yonhap)The ship crossed a de facto maritime border in the East Sea around 9:50 a.m., sailing at its maximum speed of 13 knots or about 24 kilometers per hour as it headed to Mukho port on the east coast, according to the Unifica
North Korea Feb. 6, 2018
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NK’s late-night messages strategically aimed at US: experts
North Korea’s release of key notifications around midnight -- including a notification on its participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics -- is calculated to ensure the US receives its messages, South Korean experts say. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Yonhap)As of Tuesday, North Korea had sent three messages within that timeframe, with the latest on late Sunday night announcing the North’s ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam’s visit to the Winter Games. The notifications last month were
North Korea Feb. 6, 2018
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NK ferry carrying art troupe crosses maritime border into South
The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 carrying the 140-member Samjiyon art troupe crossed a de facto maritime border in the East Sea around 9:50 a.m., sailing at its maximum speed of 13 knots or about 24 kilometers per hour as it headed to Mukho port on the east coast, according to the Unification Ministry. North Korea`s Mangyongbong-92 (Yonhap)Although South Korea’s unilateral sanctions ban North Korean vessels from entering its waters, Seoul made an exemption for Mangyongbong-92 as part of an
North Korea Feb. 6, 2018
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NK proposes to send art troupe by ship despite sanctions
North Korea notified South Korea that it plans to send its 140-member art troupe by ferry, Seoul officials said Monday, in apparent disregard for Seoul’s unilateral sanctions. Twenty-three members of the advance team for North Korea‘s art performances in the South board a bus in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday after crossing the border. (Joint Press Corps - Yonhap)The announcement came a day ahead of the Samjiyon art troupe’s scheduled arrival here Tuesday for performances ahead of the Pyeon
North Korea Feb. 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] NK made $200m by breaching sanctions: UN report
North Korea raked in nearly $200 million last year by exporting items banned by United Nations sanctions, media reports said, citing a UN panel of experts. A new report, authored by a panel of experts, has been delivered to a UN committee on North Korea as the US-led pressure campaign against the rogue nation has been ramping up. A coal truck crosses the North Korea-China border. (Yonhap)North Korea “continued to export almost all the commodities prohibited in the resolutions, generating nearly
North Korea Feb. 4, 2018
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North Korean athletes land in South for PyeongChang Olympics
Thirty-two North Koreans, including 10 athletes, landed in South Korea at around 6:09 p.m., Thursday, Seoul’s Unification Ministry confirmed, to compete in the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The North Koreans took off from Kalma Airport in Kangwon Province, North Korea along with the South Korean ski team that had traveled to the North on Wednesday aboard a chartered Asiana Airlines plane for a joint ski training session. The same aircraft was used to transport the group back to South Kor
North Korea Feb. 1, 2018
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North Korean athletes arrive in South via air
A South Korean chartered flight which took off from Kalma Airport in North Korea landed at Yangyang Airport in Gangwon Province, at around 6:09 p.m., Thursday, carrying 32 North Koreans, including 10 Olympic athletes, along with the South Korean ski team that had traveled to the North on Wednesday aboard a chartered Asiana Airlines plane for a joint ski training session there.The inter-Korean air route was last used in October 2015 for a soccer friendly in Pyongyang. At the time, South Koreans b
North Korea Feb. 1, 2018
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Ten NK athletes to come to S. Korea via air
Thirty-two North Koreans, including 10 athletes, will come to South Korea via air on Thursday to prepare for and compete in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Ministry of Unification announced Wednesday. North Korean figure skating duo Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik took bronze at the 2018 Four Continents championships in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan. 26. (AP-Yonhap)The announcement came as the two Koreas’ joint ski training kicked off, amid brewing controversy over a possible violation of sanctions on N
North Korea Jan. 31, 2018
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S. Korean skiers arrive in NK for joint practice
The two Koreas’ joint ski training kicked off Wednesday, amid brewing controversy over a possible violation of sanctions on North Korea. South Korean skiers wave on a plane bound for North Korea on Wednesday. They are to participate in a joint ski training at the North’s Masikryong Ski Resort. (Joint Press Corps.-Yonhap)A 45-member South Korean delegation embarked on a two-day trip to North Korea at 10:43 a.m. via a chartered flight from Yangyang International Airport, Gangwon Province, accordi
North Korea Jan. 31, 2018
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Joint ski training likely to be held as NK calls off Mt. Kumgang event
The joint ski training agreed upon between the two Koreas is likely to be held, Seoul said Tuesday, despite North Korea’s decision Monday to cancel a cross-border cultural event at Kumgangsan in the North, ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.According to Seoul, North Korea sent a telegram at 10:10 p.m. Monday, conveying the message that the communist state was canceling the event scheduled for Feb. 4.A 12-member South Korean advance team visits North Korea’s Masikryong Ski Resort to inspect
North Korea Jan. 30, 2018
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