Category: Korea
Korea’s Park urges N Korea to choose new path
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on North Korea on Wednesday to end a “vicious circle” in which it raises and reduces tensions to win diplomatic [...]
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Korea Is the Latest to Cut Interest Rates
The South Korean central bank on Thursday surprised analysts by trimming interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point – the latest central bank to do so in the [...]
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US, Korea vow no concessions to North
The leaders of the United States and South Korea vowed no concessions to North Korea after months of high tension, saying the burden was on the communist state to end the [...]
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N Korea has gained nothing from recent threats, Obama says
The United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday to keep up their guard and not reward bad behaviour by North Korea, which President Barack Obama said had won no benefits [...]
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President Obama Meets with President Park of Korea
Today, President Obama welcomed President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea to the White House to mark 60 years of bilateral partnership between our two nations. [...]
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Ahead of US-Korea summit, N Korea issues warning over
North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead of a Washington summit by [...]
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UN head of new N. Korea probe ‘inundated’ on abuses
The head of a landmark UN team set up to probe human rights violations in North Korea said Wednesday he had been inundated by people wanting to give evidence on abuses just [...]
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Top China bank shuts key N. Korea account: Dow Jones
The state-owned Bank of China has shut the account of a North Korean bank accused by the United States of supporting the North’s nuclear programme, Dow Jones Newswires [...]
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Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate on air pollution
Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to continue cooperating in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because [...]
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Father, son accused of making WMD for N Korea
A father and son, both of Taiwan, were charged with exporting machinery from the US that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction in North Korea. The son, Gary Tsai, [...]
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N. Korea removes missiles from launch site: US officials
North Korea has moved two missiles primed for imminent test firing from a launch site, American officials said Monday, as North Asia tensions eased slightly on the eve of a [...]
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Hyundai wins order for world’s biggest container ship
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had won a $700 million deal to build the world’s largest container ships for China Shipping Container Lines. [...]
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N Korea will ‘pay’ for any attack on Korea, says president
North Korea will “pay” if it launches even a small-scale attack on South Korea, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said in an interview with CBS News’ [...]
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S. Korea rejects ‘incomprehensible’ North demands
South Korea on Monday dismissed an “incomprehensible” list of North Korean demands for reviving suspended operations at a jointly-run industrial park. The Kaesong [...]
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State media: US man sentenced in N Korea not a ‘bargaining chip’
The case of a US citizen sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labour camp is not a “political bargaining chip,” the North’s state-run Korean Central News [...]
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