SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.

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N.K. official's Beijing visit meant to share Chinese party meeting results, maintain high-level exchanges: Seoul

SEOUL -- A senior North Korean ruling party official's recent visit to Beijing appeared to be intended to share the outcome of last month's key Chinese party meeting and maintain high-level exchanges between the two countries, Seoul's unification ministry said Monday.

Yoon Min-ho, the ministry's spokesperson, made the assessment during a press briefing after Kim Song-nam, a member of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea and a party secretary, visited China from Tuesday to Saturday, during which he met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other senior officials.

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N. Korea posts revised constitution online on propaganda website

SEOUL -- North Korea has reposted its full constitution on a state propaganda website, more than 2 1/2 years after taking the document offline following leader Kim Jong-un's declaration of a two hostile state policy.

The version posted on Naenara appears to be the text revised in March, which the outlet said was amended at the first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly on March 23.

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N. Korea unlikely to attend APEC or hold talks with U.S.: official

SEOUL -- North Korea is unlikely to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit set to be held in China next week, a South Korean presidential official said Thursday.

"It would be difficult to say there is zero possibility of talks (between North Korea and the United States), but I think the probability might not be high," the official said when asked about the possibility of North Korea attending multilateral diplomatic events or holding talks with Washington.

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N. Korean defectors protest change in legal term referring to them

SEOUL -- A group of North Korean defectors staged a rally in Seoul on Thursday to protest a proposed legal revision aimed at changing a term referring to them to one that they claim negates their identity as people who fled the repressive regime in Pyongyang.

The rally came as the revision was proposed at a parliamentary committee to adopt the new term, "North Korean-born citizens," an expression that the unification ministry says can help address the negative connotation associated with the current term, "North Korean defectors," and promote their identity as equal South Korean citizens.

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Trio sentenced to prison terms over gambling sites linked to N.K. hackers

SEOUL -- Three members of a criminal ring were sentenced to prison terms on Thursday for collaborating with North Korean hackers to create and distribute illegal gambling websites in South Korea.

The Seoul Central District Court sentenced one member of the criminal ring to four years in prison and a four-year suspension of qualifications after finding him guilty of violating the National Security Act and operating illegal gambling sites.