Category: Korea
Korean workers leave Kaesong
Most remaining South Korean workers at a troubled joint industrial zone in North Korea returned home early on Tuesday after Seoul ordered a pullout following months of [...]
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S. Korea unveils restored cultural treasure
Five years after it was reduced to ashes in an arson attack, the newly rebuilt Namdaemun gate in South Korea was unveiled Monday after a painstaking reconstruction costing [...]
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All S. Korean nationals to leave from N. Korea factory – USA Today
South Korea is preparing to pull out its last remaining nationals from a shuttered factory park in North Korea and empty out the complex for the first time since its 2004 [...]
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N. Korea set to stage major military drill: report
North Korea appears to be gearing up for a major military exercise, a report said, amid tensions over an expected missile test and South Korea’s pullout from a joint [...]
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Last S. Korean workers to leave joint factory zone
South Korea was due Monday to pull out its last remaining workers from a factory zone in North Korea – a rare symbol of cross-border cooperation now crippled by the [...]
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S. Korea current account surplus hits 4-month high
South Korea posted its biggest current account surplus in four months in March, bolstered by robust exports of mobile devices and other high-tech products, the central bank [...]
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In N Korea, the state-run news agency is the weapon of choice
North Korea has kept this region on edge in recent weeks primarily by using its weapon of choice in times of warmongering: the state-run news agency. The massive wire [...]
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US introduces tough N Korea sanctions bill
Republican and Democratic lawmakers are proposing to step up sanctions against North Korea by punishing companies, banks and governments that do prohibited business with it. [...]
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How to stop the N Korea madness
Over the past month, North Korea’s 29-year-old leader, Kim Jong Un, has threatened to attack Washington with nuclear weapons, declared a state of war with neighbouring [...]
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S. Korea decides on pullout from joint industrial zone
South Korea said Friday it had decided to withdraw all remaining staff from its joint industrial complex with North Korea for their own safety, after Pyongyang shunned an [...]
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N Korea’s epic drama: stage now set for next act
If North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear war was aimed at dragging Washington to the negotiating table, it has [...]
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N Korea’s epic drama: stage now set for next act
If North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear war was aimed at dragging Washington to the negotiating table, it has [...]
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SKorea Recalls Japan Ambassador over Visits to War Shrine – VOA
South Korea has summoned Japan’s ambassador in Seoul to protest recent visits by Japanese lawmakers and officials to a controversial shrine seen by many as a symbol of [...]
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The Pyongyang power couple behind dynastic dictator Kim
Kim Kyong-hui has battled alcoholism and the killing of her lover to stand alongside her nephew, North Korea’s youthful leader Kim Jong-un, as a reminder that he is the [...]
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China’s Q1 outstanding property loans up 16.4pct
China’s outstanding real estate loans in the first quarter rose 16.4 per cent from the same period a year ago, even while overall industrial lending slowed, providing [...]
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