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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.
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U.S. JCS chairman expresses concern about N. Korean threats
WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. military officer has expressed concern about recent
threats out of Pyongyang against South Korea timed with the launch of the Barack
Obama administration in Washington.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged in a
speech Monday at a college in Grove City, Pennsylvania the "possibility of pretty
severe instability" with North Korea's weapons. He said that listening to the
rhetoric out of Pyongyang is a cause for "big concern," adding, "it's not going
away real quick."
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N. Korea's missile launch would violate U.N. resolution: Seoul
SEOUL -- North Korea's missile launch, if conducted, would violate two U.N.
resolutions adopted after its long-range missile launch and nuclear experiment
two years ago, South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday.
"If North Korea fires a missile, it would clearly violate the U.N. resolutions,"
ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said. Intelligence officials here said the
secretive nation appears to be gearing up for another test of its advanced
missile.
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(2nd LD) N. Korea believed to have revamped missile technology: source
SEOUL -- North Korea is believed to have improved its missile technology to
expedite the technical procedure for test-firing its most advanced missile, a
South Korean intelligence source said Thursday.
Citing classified information, the source said the communist state has also
revamped its launch pad on the east coast -- the site of two high-profile missile
tests in 1998 and 2006.
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With China's aid, N. Korea tells Seoul it won't give in: analysts
SEOUL -- With its announcement of aid from China, North Korea demonstrates its
alliance with Beijing and tells South Korea's hardline government that it won't
cave in to Seoul, analysts said Thursday.
North Korean media said late Wednesday that the Chinese government has recently
decided to provide free aid to North Korea, welcoming it as "an encouragement to
the Korean people." The report followed a meeting between North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il and a senior Chinese party official last month.
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N. Korean parliamentary speaker meets British lawmakers: report
SEOUL -- North Korea's parliamentary chief met with visiting British lawmakers on
Thursday, Pyongyang's news agency said.
A British parliamentary delegation, led by the House of Lords' David Alton,
arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, following North Korean party officials' visit to
Britain last week.
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N. Korea still short of food despite good harvest: expert
SEOUL -- North Korea's food-related trouble is likely to continue despite a
relatively good harvest last year, a leading U.S. expert on the communist
nation's economy said Thursday.
"It is too early to break out the champagne," Marcus Noland, senior fellow at the
Peterson Institute for International Economics, said in an e-mail commentary,
amid speculation here that Pyongyang's latest bellicose behavior might be spurred
by confidence from an improving food situation there.
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Minister-designate says reaching 3 pct growth goal 'tough'
SEOUL -- South Korea's finance minster-designate said Thursday it will be "tough"
to achieve the government's 3 percent economic growth target for this year and
that he would consider revising the goal after taking office.
Yoon Jeung-hyun, however, noted that he expects the economy to start to recover,
though at a slow pace, sometime in the first half. He was named to lead the
Ministry of Strategy and Finance in a recent cabinet shakeup.
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(LEAD) Parliament passes bill to allow voting by expatriates
SEOUL -- South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to give voting rights
to 2.4 million Korean expatriates in presidential and parliamentary elections
starting in 2012.
Residents abroad over the age of 19 who hold South Korean citizenship will be
able to vote in the presidential election and for candidates running for
parliament on proportional representation. Those who are residents in South Korea
but temporarily living overseas can vote for parliamentary candidates in their
constituencies as absentee voters.
(END)
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.
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U.S. JCS chairman expresses concern about N. Korean threats
WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. military officer has expressed concern about recent
threats out of Pyongyang against South Korea timed with the launch of the Barack
Obama administration in Washington.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged in a
speech Monday at a college in Grove City, Pennsylvania the "possibility of pretty
severe instability" with North Korea's weapons. He said that listening to the
rhetoric out of Pyongyang is a cause for "big concern," adding, "it's not going
away real quick."
-----------------
N. Korea's missile launch would violate U.N. resolution: Seoul
SEOUL -- North Korea's missile launch, if conducted, would violate two U.N.
resolutions adopted after its long-range missile launch and nuclear experiment
two years ago, South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday.
"If North Korea fires a missile, it would clearly violate the U.N. resolutions,"
ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said. Intelligence officials here said the
secretive nation appears to be gearing up for another test of its advanced
missile.
-----------------
(2nd LD) N. Korea believed to have revamped missile technology: source
SEOUL -- North Korea is believed to have improved its missile technology to
expedite the technical procedure for test-firing its most advanced missile, a
South Korean intelligence source said Thursday.
Citing classified information, the source said the communist state has also
revamped its launch pad on the east coast -- the site of two high-profile missile
tests in 1998 and 2006.
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With China's aid, N. Korea tells Seoul it won't give in: analysts
SEOUL -- With its announcement of aid from China, North Korea demonstrates its
alliance with Beijing and tells South Korea's hardline government that it won't
cave in to Seoul, analysts said Thursday.
North Korean media said late Wednesday that the Chinese government has recently
decided to provide free aid to North Korea, welcoming it as "an encouragement to
the Korean people." The report followed a meeting between North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il and a senior Chinese party official last month.
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N. Korean parliamentary speaker meets British lawmakers: report
SEOUL -- North Korea's parliamentary chief met with visiting British lawmakers on
Thursday, Pyongyang's news agency said.
A British parliamentary delegation, led by the House of Lords' David Alton,
arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, following North Korean party officials' visit to
Britain last week.
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N. Korea still short of food despite good harvest: expert
SEOUL -- North Korea's food-related trouble is likely to continue despite a
relatively good harvest last year, a leading U.S. expert on the communist
nation's economy said Thursday.
"It is too early to break out the champagne," Marcus Noland, senior fellow at the
Peterson Institute for International Economics, said in an e-mail commentary,
amid speculation here that Pyongyang's latest bellicose behavior might be spurred
by confidence from an improving food situation there.
-----------------
Minister-designate says reaching 3 pct growth goal 'tough'
SEOUL -- South Korea's finance minster-designate said Thursday it will be "tough"
to achieve the government's 3 percent economic growth target for this year and
that he would consider revising the goal after taking office.
Yoon Jeung-hyun, however, noted that he expects the economy to start to recover,
though at a slow pace, sometime in the first half. He was named to lead the
Ministry of Strategy and Finance in a recent cabinet shakeup.
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(LEAD) Parliament passes bill to allow voting by expatriates
SEOUL -- South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to give voting rights
to 2.4 million Korean expatriates in presidential and parliamentary elections
starting in 2012.
Residents abroad over the age of 19 who hold South Korean citizenship will be
able to vote in the presidential election and for candidates running for
parliament on proportional representation. Those who are residents in South Korea
but temporarily living overseas can vote for parliamentary candidates in their
constituencies as absentee voters.
(END)
