Category: Korea
Korea Budgets a Trillion Won for Blockchain Tech in 2019
South Korea’s government has earmarked a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) budget toward its ‘Growth through Innovation’ investment programme in eight critical [...]
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Top S. Korea Buddhist in corruption, fatherhood allegations
South Korea’s biggest Buddhist denomination ordered its executive head to step down Thursday amid mounting allegations he forged his academic credentials, accumulated [...]
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Malaysia court rules N. Korea assassination trial can proceed
The murder trial of two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea’s leader can proceed, a Malaysian court ruled Thursday, in a blow to their [...]
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Key ruling due for women on trial in Kim Jong Nam killing
Two women on trial for the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after the judge found evidence of a [...]
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US blacklists Russian, Chinese companies for breaking N Korea embargo
The US Treasury announced sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies Wednesday for violating the economic embargo on North Korea as Washington seeks to maintain pressure on [...]
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Korean family reunion brings no end to heartache
The first reunions in years of families divided by the Korean War evoke bittersweet memories for Kim Jong-gyu, whose few hours with her brother in 2014– under the [...]
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N Korea marks war anniversary, preps for big spectacle
North Korea marked the anniversary of the end of World War II and its liberation from Japanese colonial rule with a series of ceremonies ahead of what is expected to be a [...]
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Pentagon reaffirms it will identify remains returned from N Korea despite their ‘moderate to poor’ condition
Pentagon officials reaffirmed Tuesday the military’s commitment to identify the recently transferred remains believed to be those of US soldiers killed in the Korean [...]
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Korean leader calls for train route to N Korea by end of year
President Moon Jae-in says road and rail links should be established between the two neighbours The South Korean president has called for the creation of road and rail links [...]
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If N Korea won’t denuclearise, here’s what the US should do
National Security Adviser John Bolton recently told Fox News that North Korea has “not taken the steps we feel are necessary to denuclearise,” adding that [...]
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How the US Helped Prevent N Korea and Korea From Reaching Real Peace in the 1950s
In the long history of Korea, nothing compares to the 20th century division of the peninsula or the war that followed. That war has not finished, and a peace treaty remains [...]
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Korean president calls for single economic community with North to bring peace, prosperity
South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for a single economic community between North and South Korea on Wednesday, saying that closer railway, energy and economic [...]
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Korea wants a railway ‘community’ with N Korea, China and the US
South Korean President Moon Jae-in wants to create a Northeast Asian railroad community with North Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia, Yonhap News [...]
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Korea’s Moon says he hopes for progress on denuclearisation, treaty at next summit
A third summit of Korean leaders planned for next month will be a further step towards denuclearisation of the peninsula and a peace treaty to end the Korean War, South [...]
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Putin ready to meet N. Korea’s Kim at ‘early date’: KCNA
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at an early date”, the North’s state media reported Wednesday, amid [...]
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