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Kim Jong-un Invites South Korean Leader to North for Summit Meeting
North Korea’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong-un, extended an extremely rare invitation to a foreign head of state on Saturday, using the diplomatic opening created by the Olympics in South Korea to ask its leader, President Moon Jae-in, to visit the North for a summit meeting. Mr. Kim’s unusual invitation, which was received by Mr. Moon with both caution and optimism, was the latest sign of growing closeness between the two rival governments after an exceptionally tense period over the North’s nuclear weapons program.
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In a land of workaholics, burned-out South Koreans go to 'prison' to relax
Many South Koreans are seeking reprieve from the pressures of modern life in a mountain retreat that specializes in solitary confinement, writes Matt Kwong.
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Pyeongchang Olympics: Day 3
Gold medalist Simen Hegstad Krueger of Norway, silver medalist Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway and bronze medalist Hans Christer Holund of Norway on the podium after the Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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Pyeongchang Olympics: Day 4
Sina Candrian of Switzerland competes in the Women's Snowboarding Slopestyle Finals.REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Gold Medal Winners in Pyeongchang
Gold medalist Mikael Kingsbury of Canada on the podium after winning the Men's Moguls. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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South Korea set aside $2.6 million to pay North Korea's Olympics bill
South Korea has approved spending $2.6 million to cover North Korea's costs at the Winter Olympics. Senior government officials met on Wednesday to approve the budget that will pay for hosting North Korea's delegation, including 200 cheerleaders, a 137-piece orchestra, and 22 athletes. The South will cover the cost of 424 North Koreans' food, Olympics entrance fees, transportation and accommodation, with most of the delegates staying in five-star hotels in Seoul.
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South Korean songs allowed to be played in public at Pyongyang event
North Korea has allowed songs from the South to be played in public for the first time in years, state media said Saturday, as a thaw in usually frosty ties gains momentum thanks to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. A North Korean band “played several southern songs” when they performed before party officials and artists in Pyongyang on Friday, the KCNA news agency said.
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'Peace Village,' a fake city just outside the DMZ, serves as metaphor for North Korean athletes at the Olympics
From their hilltop checkpoint, the soldiers who guard South Korea's border can see for miles across the Demilitarized Zone, to a small city in the distance on the north side. This tidy collection of high-rises and low-slung buildings is surrounded by agricultural fields. North Koreans call the place Kijong-dong, or Peace Village. The multinational troops on the South Korean side have a different name for it. Propaganda Village.
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How a plot to kill Kim Il Sung ended in mutiny and murder
Unit 684 was supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea's then leader Kim Il Sung. But the 1968 experiment to create a crack team of would-be assassins ended in disaster.
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South Korean Cryptocurrency Regulator Found Dead at Home
A South Korean official who guided Seoul’s regulatory clampdown on cryptocurrencies was found dead on Sunday, according to a government spokesman. Jung Ki-joon, 52, was head of economic policy at the Office for Government Policy Coordination. He helped coordinate efforts to create new legislation aimed at suppressing cryptocurrency speculation and illicit activity, the spokesman said.
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Union says it will strike if GM plans full South Korea exit
General Motors' South Korean workers will go on a full strike if the U.S. automaker decides to completely pull out of the country, its union head told Reuters on Wednesday, adding he does not rule out the possibility GM might leave.
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Pyeongchang Olympics: Day 12 | Pictures
Jessica Diggins of the U.S reacts as she crosses the finish line to win ahead of Stina Nilsson of Sweden in the cross-country team sprint.
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North Korea to send high-level delegation to Olympic closing ceremony
North Korea said Thursday it will send a high-level delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics' closing ceremony, Seoul officials said. Kim Yong-chol, head of the ruling party's United Front Department, will lead the eight-member delegation for a three-day trip that will start Sunday, according to Seoul's unification ministry.
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N Korea to send general to Olympics
North Korea will send one of its highest ranking figures, General Kim Yong-chol, to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Gen Kim was the North's intelligence chief, and is believed to have plotted several attacks on South Korea. North Korea's attendance at the Winter Olympics is seen as a thaw in tense relations between the two Koreas.
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2nd Russian athlete fails doping test at Winter Olympics
A second Russian athlete has failed a doping test at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, days after a Russian curler had to hand back a bronze medal over a doping offense, reviving once again the doping scandal that has hung around Russia at the Games and hurting the country's chances of being reinstated for the closing ceremony this weekend.
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Pyeongchang Olympics: Day 14 | Pictures
Germany's Felix Schutz checks Canada's Maxim Noreau into the boards in the men's hockey semifinal match.
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Pyeongchang Olympics: Day 15 | Pictures
Won Yun-jong, Jun Jung-lin, Seo Young-woo and Kim Dong-hyun of South Korea compete in men's 4-man bobsleigh.
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Best of the Pyeongchang Olympics | Pictures
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform in the free dance final, February 20, 2018
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Pyeongchang Olympics Closing Ceremony | Pictures
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony.
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Medal Table - Winter Olympic Games 2018
The medal count for the 2018 Winter Olympics
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