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As marketization and Hallyu, or Korean Wave, culture penetrates and spreads in the North, economic factors are becoming important criteria to those out on the prowl for a partner.

Korean-American stroke victim evacuated from N.Korea to Russia A 63-year-old Korean-American man was recently evacuated from North Korea’s Rason Special Economic Zone after suffering a stroke there, NK News has learned.  Visit NK News fo more Photos from reunion event in N.Korea cost media $9,000 The heartwarming pictures from the reunions of separated families in late October were sent via fax line and cost the media outlets involved more than $9,000.  Visit NK News for more What will it take for normalization between Japan and N. Korea? - Expert Survey Because of the acrimony built up over the abduction issue, North Korea and Japan are unlikely to normalize relations.  Visit NK News for more  Ex-unification minister calls for new inter-Korean cooperation A report by a former minister of unification suggests that South Korea may need to be more proactive in economic cooperation with the North due to expanding China-NK cooperation. Visit NK News for more Expert: Expansion of inter-Korean projects at Kumgang, Kaesong feasible​ A South Korean economics expert on Friday said South Korea can consider improving inter-Korean cooperation through a sequence involving the expansion of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, as well as the resumption of the Mount Kumgang and the Kaesong tours.  Visit NK News for more

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S Korean president may be open to summit with North Korea (Asia One)
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said she would be willing to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, but only if there was a "breakthrough" on Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

Cyber 'War Games' against China, Iran and North Korea Set for 2016 (NextGov)
In an unprecedented move, Congress just ordered U.S. Cyber Command to carry out simulated "war games" against, specifically, Russia, along with China, Iran and North Korea. 

Canada's election gives hope to family of Hyeon Soo Lim (CNN)
A new set of state officials in Canada, loaded into power after the victory of Justin Trudeau in a general election last month, are now in charge of bringing home the Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim.

Defector relatives a bonus on dating scene (The Daily NK)
As marketization and Hallyu, or Korean Wave, culture penetrates and spreads in the North, economic factors are becoming important criteria to those out on the prowl for a partner. 

Aide to N. Korea's Kim May Be Undergoing Re-education (VoA News)
A close aide of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is rumored to have been purged and may be undergoing re-education as punishment, a source in Seoul said Thursday.

N. Korean Marshal Ri Ul Sol gets funeral in Pyongyang Marshal Ri Ul Sol, who died late last week at age 94, received a state funeral on Wednesday in Pyongyang, which featured Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un laying the soil with his bare hands.

N. Korean Marshal Ri Ul Sol gets funeral in Pyongyang Marshal Ri Ul Sol, who died late last week at age 94, received a state funeral on Wednesday in Pyongyang, which featured Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un laying the soil with his bare hands.  Visit NK News for more In session: What to look for at N.Korea’s 7th Party Congress in May, By Dr. Andrei Lankov The four years of Kim Jong Un’s rule in North Korea have been full of unexpected turns and surprises. We have seen incidents without parallel in earlier North Korean history (like the high-profile purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek).  Visit NK News for more Sanctioned N.Korean firm worked in Russian apartment​ Pictures obtained by NK News show the former Russian branch of sanctioned DPRK shipping company Ocean Maritime Management (OMM) in a regular apartment in a nondescript building in Vladivostok.  Visit NK News for more The life of a N.Korean 1-percenter, By Kim Yoo-sung - Ask A North Korean Kim Yoo-sung's father-in-law was known as "the Donald Trump" of their province, but what did this mean in practice?  Visit NK News for more 'Western-style' interview with N.Koreans gives predictable answers The Minjok Tongshin, an outlet made up of Korean-American journalists based in the U.S., recently released a video in which North Koreans insist that they are satisfied with their lives and proud of the leadership.  Visit NK News for more

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Kim Jong-un 'Wants Amicable Ties with S.Korea' (Chosun Ilbo)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last month told Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party's fifth-ranked official, that he wants to "ease tensions and seek amicable relations with South Korea." 

Trump calls N. Korean leader 'madman' armed with nuclear weapons (Yonhap News)
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a "madman" armed with nuclear weapons.

41 North Koreans toiling at Leisure Clothing (Malta Today)
41 North Koreans are currently working at Leisure Clothing, the Chinese company facing allegations of exploitation and human trafficking.

Radio broadcasts encourage Party cadres to compare notes (Daily NK)
More Workers’ Party cadres in North Korea are tuning into banned radio broadcasts beamed in from other countries on a regular basis. 

N. Korean front-line commander replaced after inter-Korean conflict (Yonhap News)
North Korea has replaced a front-line military commander who played a direct role in the country's deadly landmine blasts near the border and an exchange of live fire with the South.

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S. Korea, U.S. agree on N.Korean preemptive strike plan U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs agreed on pre-emptive strike plans on North Korea’s nuclear capable sites and weapons during a security meeting in Seoul today.  Visit NK News for more S.Korean SMEs skeptical of investment in N.Korea​ Most South Korean small-to-medium-sized enterprises are not sold on future investment in North Korea’s economic development zones, according to a survey released last week by the Korea Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Business.  Visit NK News for more Lee Ul Sol: Last of N. Korea’s original partisans, By Fyrodor Tertitskiy Fyodor Tertitskiy recounts Lee Ul Sol's adventurous life story within North Korea's elite and speculates on what his death may mean for the regime as a whole. Visit NK News for more N.Korea claims cancer-curing nano-tech medicine North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun has posted a video claiming that Pyongyang has invented the nano-medicine that can cure cancer and arteriosclerosis.  Visit NK News for more

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Half of S. Koreans reluctant to see NK relatives (Korea Times)
About half of elderly South Koreans who may have relatives living in North Korea do not want to see them again for various reasons, according to data from the Ministry of Unification.

North Korea Calls Australian Offshore Detention 'A Bit Much' (SBS)
North Korea, a brutal dictatorship with a laundry list of human rights violations to its name, has used the recent United Nations forum in Geneva to criticise Australia's offshore detention regime.

Trial operation for 1st coastal express railway in NE China (Xinhua)
The 290.7-km Danda Railway, linking the coastal cities of Dandong and Dalian in Liaoning Province, will run at a speed of 200 km per hour, according to the Shenyang Railway Bureau (SRB).

U.S. human rights envoy to visit S. Korea (Yonhap News)
The U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues will visit Seoul later this week for meetings with South Korean officials, the State Department announced Monday.

News of historic Party Congress elicits sighs (Daily NK)
On October 30th, North Korea announced that it will hold the seventh Congress of the Korean Workers’ Party sometime in May of 2016. 

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Putin: U.S. focus on N. Korea is ‘camouflage’ Russian President Vladimir Putin said the U.S. focus on Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs is a smoke screen for building up missile defenses around nuclear powers like Russia.  Visit NK News for more N. Korean ‘abduction manual’ leaked: Tokyo Shimbun Japan’s Tokyo Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday reported their findings on a North Korean internal document written in the late 1990s to educate North Korean agents on how to abduct foreign targets.  Visit NK News for more Abductions negotiations keep the pressure on N. Korea - Expert Survey In part 18 of a new NK News expert interview series, Japanese experts suggested that, even if Abe can’t fulfill his promise outright, keeping the issue alive serves both to keep North Korea talking to Tokyo and keep the pressure on them over these abductions. Visit NK News for more N.Korea’s evolving science technology policy: report​ North Korea’s emphasis on science and technology is becoming a matter of national emphasis, replacing “strong and prosperous country” with “knowledge economy,” which not only fits with the global trend but is also less likely to fail. Visit NK News for more Will multiculturalism prepare S.Korea for unification?, By Michael Hill Michael Hill interviewed Lonnie Edge, assistant professor and the Hankuk University for Foreign Studies and as managing editor of the North Korea Review. Visit NK News for more

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N. Korea's burgeoning market economy to help warm inter-Korean ties (Yonhap News)
Growth in marketplaces in North Korea can serve as a catalyst for improving frayed inter-Korean ties as they will prod the North into carrying out reform.

Religion believers from DPRK, South Korea meet (Xinhua)
Religious people from the two Koreas met Monday and Tuesday in the DPRK in an effort to promote unity and reunification, said the official KCNA news agency.

Bad history teaching threatens children's souls: S Korea President (Asia One)
President Park Geun-hye spoke up about her administration's reintroduction of state history textbooks, saying inaction threatened the "souls" of young Koreans.

China: 'Bad idea' for UN council for discuss North Korea rights (Reuters)
China said on Tuesday it would be a "bad idea" for the United Nations Security Council to revive discussions on human rights in North Korea.

Amb. Sung Kim: U.S. 'happy to meet' with N. Korea 'anytime, anywhere' (Yonhap News)
The United States would be happy to meet with North Korea "anytime, anywhere" if the communist nation is ready to talk about giving up its nuclear program.