Category: Korea
Theresa May expected to reject Seoul’s request to relax sanctions on N Korea
Theresa May is expected to rebuff a request from Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, for Britain to relax sanctions on Pyongyang when the two leaders hold talks at the [...]
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Bodies of five Korean mountaineers brought home
The bodies of five South Korean climbers killed in one of Nepal’s deadliest mountaineering accidents of recent years were returned home on Wednesday. The South Koreans, [...]
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S. Korea refuses refugee status for nearly 400 Yemenis
Nearly 400 Yemenis were denied refugee status by South Korea on Wednesday, months after their arrival on the resort island of Jeju triggered a populist outcry. [...]
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Korea denies refugee status to Yemeni asylum seekers
South Korea has denied refugee status but granted temporary stay permits to hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who arrived on the southern island of Jeju this year, the [...]
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N Korea releases Korean after illegal border crossing
North Korea released a South Korean who illegally crossed the border into the North, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday (October 16), as relations [...]
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Weeping relatives receive bodies of Korean climbers
Relatives dressed in black funeral suits wept in grief on Wednesday as the bodies of five South Korean mountain climbers arrived home from Nepal where they had died in a [...]
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Koreas and UN Command begin talks on demilitarising border
The two Koreas and the US-led United Nations Command began talks Tuesday on demilitarising a section of the heavily fortified border dividing the peninsula, as a diplomatic [...]
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Two Koreas, UN Command wrap up first session of talks on disarming border
North and South Korea held their first three-way talks with the United Nations Command (UNC) on Tuesday to discuss ways to demilitarise the border as the neighbours push for [...]
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N. Korea slams US for ‘evil’ sanctions push
North Korea’s state media on Tuesday slammed the United States for an “evil” attempt to maintain sanctions against Pyongyang, accusing President Donald [...]
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N KoreaKorea diplomacy flourishes, but what about Kim Jong Un’s nukes?
North and South Korea continued their push for peace Monday with high-level talks that resulted in a host of agreements, including a plan by the rivals for a groundbreaking [...]
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N Korea’s economic growth from Pyongyang’s perspective
Has North Korea’s economy been growing under sanctions? That’s what an economist in Pyongyang claims. In a recent interview with Kyodo (published here by Japan [...]
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Koreas, US-led UN Command discuss disarming border area
The rival Koreas and the US-led United Nations Command met Tuesday to discuss efforts to disarm a military zone the rivals control within their shared border under a peace [...]
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Moon says world needs to show N. Korea made ‘right’ decision
The international community needs to prove that North Korea has made the right decision to give up its nuclear ambition, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday, [...]
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Korean government ministers meet to discuss post-summit specifics
North and South Korea continued their push for peace Monday with high-level talks that resulted in a host of agreements, including a plan by the rivals for a groundbreaking [...]
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Trump says he has ‘good energy’ with Kim Jong Un, trusts him to denuclearise N Korea
In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night, President Trump said he trusts North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to dismantle its nuclear [...]
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