Category: Korea
N Korea releases Chinese sailors: Xinhua
North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat Tuesday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains [...]
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Korea’s GS E&C wins $1 billion refinery deal from Turkey
South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction said on Tuesday it had received an order worth 1.16 trillion won ($1.04 billion) from Turkey to build a refinery plant. [...]
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A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a [...]
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N. Korea fires sixth missile in three days
North Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar tests at [...]
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China Calls for N Korea to Release Fishing Crew
North Korea has released a Chinese fishing boat and its crew, ending a dispute that threatened to exacerbate strains with China, according to Chinese news reports on Tuesday. [...]
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Tensions rise between China, N Korea over boat held hostage
A Chinese fishing boat was seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members. The Chinese [...]
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Japan mayor says S. Korean troops guilty of sex abuse
South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, Osaka’s mayor said in comments reported Tuesday, days after provoking a storm by labelling sex slaves a [...]
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Korea says ready for more North missile tests
South Korea on Monday predicted further missile tests by North Korea which fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul [...]
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China asks N Korea to free seized boat
China says it has called on North Korea to secure the release of a fishing boat and its crew seized earlier this month. Owner Yu Xuejun said the vessel had been in Chinese [...]
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China seeks release of fishing boat seized by N Korea
North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, creating a potential new irritant in ties between [...]
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Japan PM vows to seek talks with N. Korea over kidnapping
Japan’s prime minister vowed Sunday to seek talks with Pyongyang in a bid to settle the nagging issue of North Korea’s kidnapping of Japanese, without risking its [...]
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SKorea analysing NKorea’s 4 projectile launches
South Korea is analysing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be [...]
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N. Korea test-fires another short-range missile
North Korea Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time [...]
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China investigates N Korea boat hijack claim
Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local [...]
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Korea slams N Korea’s ‘provocative’ missile launches
South Korea on Sunday condemned North Korea’s latest short-range missile launches as “provocative” and again urged it to hold talks about a suspended [...]
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