Category: Korea
Korea Vows to Quickly Send Aid to Drought-Hit N Korea
South Korea vowed Monday to move quickly on its plans to provide $8 million worth of humanitarian aid to North Korea while it also considers sending food to the country that [...]
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N Korea urges UN chief to act against US ship seizure
North Korea denounced the United States as “a gangster country” for seizing one of its cargo ships and urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take [...]
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US, N Korea military officers hold ‘friendly’ conversations daily, report says
North Korea and US military officers have exchanged phone calls at the Korean demilitarised zone, and conversations included friendly chats about girlfriends and sports, [...]
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Tens of thousands of N Korean women ‘sold into China sex trade and systemically raped’
‘North Korean women and girls are passed through the hands of traffickers, brokers, and criminal organisations. Before being pulled into China’s sex trade, where [...]
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Japan defense minister calls for improved ties with Korea
Japan’s defense minister is calling for improved relations with South Korea, despite political friction and recent anti-Korean remarks from Japanese lawmakers. Defense [...]
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Why Mike Pompeo Smirked When Asked If N Korea Executed Negotiators
“It does appear that the next time we have serious conversations, my counterpart will be someone else,” said the secretary of state “Suffer me that I may [...]
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President Trump’s global juggling act puts China, Iran, Venezuela and N Korea all in play
* President Trump’s allies praise him for his willingness to take on issues long neglected by US policy makers: confronting China’s unfair trade practices, taking [...]
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The N Korean restaurant accused by a think tank of using software sales to bypass sanctions
With its bold red paintwork, bright signage and blue Korean unification flag on prominent display, the Koryo restaurant in the northern Vietnamese city of Hanoi does little [...]
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Why Mike Pompeo Smirked When Asked If N Korea Executed Negotiators
“It does appear that the next time we have serious conversations, my counterpart will be someone else,” said the secretary of state “Suffer me that I may [...]
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Fresh Guess at N Korea’s Nuclear Warheads Offered
A private US think tank has offered yet another guess at the number of nuclear warheads North Korea might possess and has alighted on 20. In a report released last week, the [...]
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Korea automakers’ shares rise on hope of US tariff exemption
South Korean automakers saw their shares rise on Monday on optimism they would be exempt from import tariffs on vehicles the United States deems a threat to national [...]
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Korea’s Q1 Growth Lowest in OECD
Korea’s economy grew at the slowest pace among member nations of the OECD in the first quarter of this year. The dismal performance contrasts with President Moon [...]
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Korea’s government will switch to Linux over cost concerns
Some governments might have fallen out of love with Linux, but South Korea appears ready to start a torrid affair. The country’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety has [...]
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US OKs Possible $314 Million Missile Deal for Korea
The US State Department has cleared $314 million in possible sales of air defense missiles to South Korea, the Pentagon said, as tensions re-emerge on the Korean Peninsula. [...]
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US approves missile sales to S.Korea, Japan
The United States said Friday it had approved more than $600 million in sales of air defense missiles to South Korea and Japan as tensions return with North Korea. The State [...]
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