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Unification minister urges N. Korea to implement peace agreements on summit anniversary
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By Koh Byung-joon and Yi Wonju
SEOUL/PAJU, April 27 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) Unification Minister Lee In-young urged North Korea on Tuesday to implement inter-Korean summit agreements and come out for talks as he marked the third anniversary of a historic 2018 summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Lee made the remarks during an event organized by civic groups to celebrate the anniversary of the Panmunjom Declaration adopted after the summit talks on April 27, 2018, stressing that South Korea is willing to resume talks with the North anytime, anywhere and on any issues.
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N.K. leader calls on local party officials to bring clear changes for the people
By Yi Wonju
SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un urged local party officials to achieve clear changes and successes that can be welcomed by the people, as he concluded a workshop with regional Workers Party secretaries, state media reported Sunday.
The four-day workshop, the first of its kind, concluded on Saturday and discussed ways to implement economic development and other goals put forth during a rare party congress in January, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Enthusiastically appealing to them to become real servants accepted by the people on the road of serving our great people, he declared the first short course for chief secretaries of the city and county Party committees closed, the KCNA said.
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N. Korea holds military parade attended by its leader
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By Yi Wonju
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) North Korea held a military parade Thursday evening in central Pyongyang to celebrate the recently concluded party congress, showing off its state-of-the-art weapons, including a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), state media reported Friday.
The parade held in Kim Il-sung square came after Pyongyang wrapped up its eight-day congress of the ruling Workers Party on Tuesday, at which leader Kim Jong-un pledged to bolster the nuclear arsenal of the country.
North Korea appears to aim at upping the ante ahead of next week s inauguration of Joe Biden as new president of the United States amid uncertainty over Washington s policy direction on currently stalled denuclearization talks.