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North Korea announces Kim Jong-un’s marriage
North Korean state media has confirmed that its new leader Kim Jong-un is married and named his wife as Ri Sol-ju.
S Korea rejects North’s proposal for talks
North Korea on Monday proposed dialogue with South Korea, less than two months after launching a deadly bombardment of a border island.
South Korea eyes bigger slice of medical-tourism market
It built its economy on ships, steel and semi-conductors, but now South Korea is pushing a new growth engine.
N Korea test-fires missiles amid nuclear stand-off
North Korea on Thursday test-fired three short-range missiles, fuelling tension sparked by its nuclear stand-off with the UN.
North Korean refugees struggle to survive in new world
Dozens of women chat cheerfully in their classroom during a recess period. It could be any classroom except for the tight security outside.
North Korea plans to turn into software superpower
North Korea unveiled a new economic blueprint this week that sets the impoverished Stalinist state the target of becoming a high-technology powerhouse within two decades.…