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1. 01-04 Open door forces passenger plane to turn back Cebu, Philippines
01-06 N Korea nuclear: US, Japan, S Korea pledge united response South Korea
D. 01-07 South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts to North South Korea
E. 01-10 U.S. B-52 bomber flies over S. Korea in solidarity Osan, South Korea
5. 01-24 Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia Taiwan
6. 01-26 Chinese boat capsizes off South Korea; 4 rescued, 5 missing Mokpo, South Korea
H. 02-11 North Korea to cut hotlines with South amid Kaesong shutdown Kaesong, North Korea
8. 02-14 South Korean military helicopter crashes, killing 3 soldiers Chuncheon, South Korea
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Open door forces passenger plane to turn back
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  N Korea nuclear: US, Japan, S Korea pledge united response  The US, South Korea and Japan have said they will be united in their response to North Korea's claim to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb
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South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts to North
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U.S. B-52 bomber flies over S. Korea in solidarity
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Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims
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Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia
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Chinese boat capsizes off South Korea; 4 rescued, 5 missing
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 North Korea to cut hotlines with South amid Kaesong shutdown  Seoul suspended its operations at the jointly-run Kaesong industrial complex in the North. North Korea has vowed to cut communication hotlin...
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South Korean military helicopter crashes, killing 3 soldiers A helicopter has crashed in an eastern province, killing 3 of the 4 soldiers on board about 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, during a checkout...
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 North Korea threatens US and S Korea with nuclear strikes| North Korea has warned of 'indiscriminate' nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea as they begin their largest ever military drills | |
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Google's AlphaGo beats Go master Lee Se-dol
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South Korea, U.S. deter North Korea with 'largest ever' military drill U.S. and South Korean marines and sailors stormed a beach aboard assault vehicles Saturday in a mock amphibious landing
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South Korea confirms first Zika case South Korea has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, in a man who had recently returned from Brazil
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N Korea senior intelligence officer 'defects to South'
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President Park's party loses majority The governing party has lost the parliamentary majority it has held for 16 years, partial results from Wednesday's general election show
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North Korea 'will halt' nuclear tests if US stops S Korea exercises Foreign minister Ri Su-yong has said it will suspend its nuclear tests if the US stops its annual military exercises with South Korea
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More than 300 people on board Korean Air plane evacuated over engine fire More than 300 passengers were evacuated from a Korean Air plane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo after smokes started to bellow out of its left en...
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 Lifting of sunken Sewol ferry under way two years later An operation is under way to raise the Sewol ferry which capsized more than two years ago killing 304 people, mostly teenagers
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US and South Korea agree THAAD missile defence deployment The US and South Korea have agreed to deploy a controversial missile defence system, in the wake of intensifying threats from North Korea
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 North Korean restaurant defectors released in South Korea A group of 13 North Koreans who defected from China to South Korea earlier this year have been released from custody, officials say
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US flies bombers over South Korea in show of force The US has flown two supersonic B-1 Lancer strategic bombers in a show of force, just days after North Korea carried out its fifth nuclear t...
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  UN chief 'appalled' by Aleppo escalation Map of Aleppo Syria UN chief Ban Ki-moon is 'appalled by the chilling military escalation' in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, his spokesman says
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President Park's friend Choi detained The woman at the centre of a political scandal threatening the position of South Korea's president Park Geun-hye has been detained
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President Park reshuffles S Korean cabinet amid scandal| Park Geun-hye has named a new prime minister and finance minister amid a scandal that threatens to bring down her administration | |
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Samsung raided in political corruption probe South Korean prosecutors have raided the offices of Samsung Electronics as part of a probe into the political scandal around President Park ...
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South Korea's President Park 'willing to resign'| Park Geun-hye has said she has asked parliament to help her find a way to stand down. Park faced growing calls to resign amid an investigation | |
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South Korean leader makes rare public appearance Park Geun-hye made an appearance among her citizens for the first time since an escalating scandal exposed her links to million-dollar extor...
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South Korean firms face rare corruption hearing South Korean lawmakers are questioning leaders of the country's biggest businesses in a rare televised hearing as part of a huge corruption inquiry
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Aleppo battle: UN chief warns of 'atrocities' | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm 'over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians' in Aleppo | |
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Departing UN chief Ban Ki-moon bids a fond farewell to staff UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joked that he feels like Cinderella, as he prepares to step down at midnight on 31 December 2016
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