Category: Korea
Korea media slams ‘provocative’ Japan PM photo
Major South Korean newspapers splashed a photo of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in a military trainer jet on their front pages on Wednesday, saying it was a reminder of [...]
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EXCLUSIVE – Financial sanctions delay N Korea’s nuclear arms work
Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of [...]
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N Korea: American sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour has started
North Korea says an American citizen sentenced to 15 years hard labour has started life at a “special prison.” No other details were immediately available [...]
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Korea Proposes Meeting With North
South Korea proposed on Tuesday to hold a border meeting with North Korea to discuss bringing finished goods and raw materials from an industrial park that the two countries [...]
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What N Korea could learn from Burma
One question that policymakers might have overlooked in trying to come up with a long-term strategy toward North Korea is this: Could the Hermit Kingdom be the next Myanmar? [...]
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Financial sanctions delay N Korea’s atom bomb work – UN
Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed Pyongyang’s illicit [...]
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S Korean President sorry over grope case
President Park Geun-hye of South Korea struggled to contain the biggest setback of her three months in office, offering her apology over a scandal in which her main spokesman [...]
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US Firms See Opportunities in Korea
Just over one year on from the implementation of the US-Korea free trade agreement, American companies see plenty of opportunities for export growth in South Korea, US Under [...]
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S Korea leader wants talks with North on industrial park
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday she wants talks with North Korea on removing raw materials and finished products from a joint industrial complex closed by [...]
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N Korea Releases Another Wild Statement As US Carrier Hits
So the American USS. Nimitz carrier started annual training in the waters off the Korean Peninsula. Concurrently, South Korean president Park Geun-hye toured the US Wasting [...]
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US carrier joins Korea drill despite North anger
South Korea and a US strike force led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz kicked off Monday a joint naval drill slammed by North Korea as a [...]
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N Korea Replaces Hard-Line Defense Chief
North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what outside analysts call an attempt to [...]
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S. Korea, US to hold naval exercises involving nuclear-powered
South Korea and the United States plan to hold two days of joint naval exercises off the east coast this week that will involve the nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier USS [...]
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US aircraft carrier Nimitz off S. Korea for drill
A US naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived off South Korea Saturday for drills, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea. The Nimitz [...]
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N. Korea slams US aircraft carrier’s arrival
North Korea has criticised the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an “extremely reckless” provocation and a rehearsal [...]
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