Category: Korea
Trump offers to help ease tension in Japan-Korea dispute
US President Donald Trump on Friday offered to help ease tensions in the political and economic dispute between Japan and South Korea, which threatens global supplies of [...]
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Pompeo rejects N Korean charges on military drills
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rejected charges from North Korea’s Foreign Ministry that US plans for military exercises with South Korea are in breach of [...]
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Korea rejects Japan call for arbitration over wartime labour dispute
South Korea on Friday rejected Japan’s call for third-party arbitration over a court ruling last year ordering Japanese companies to pay compensation for using South [...]
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Trump says ready to help resolve SKorea-Japan dispute
US President Donald Trump said Friday he remained at the ready to help South Korea and Japan solve their lingering dispute over World War II-era forced labour that has [...]
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Japanese minister admonishes Korea’s envoy as dispute escalates
Japan’s foreign minister publicly admonished South Korea’s ambassador on Friday in a worsening dispute over compensation for Korean forced labourers that has [...]
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Japanese minister admonishes Korea’s envoy as dispute escalates
Japan’s foreign minister publicly admonished South Korea’s ambassador on Friday in a worsening dispute over compensation for Korean forced labourers that has [...]
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N Korea slams Japan over its trade spat with Seoul
North Korea’s state media has slammed Japan for its recent trade restrictions against Seoul over wartime slavery disputes, accusing Tokyo of “destroying the trend [...]
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Korean man kills himself as dispute with Japan escalates
An elderly South Korean man died on Friday after setting himself on fire outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul as a bitter diplomatic dispute over wartime forced labour [...]
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From beer to pens, Koreans boycott Japanese brands as diplomatic row intensifies
As soon as supermarket manager Cho Min-hyuk got to work the day after Tokyo imposed curbs on exports to South Korea, he pulled all Japanese products off the shelves. It was [...]
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Singer Psy to refund concert tickets amid prostitution allegations
South Korean pop star Psy, famous for his monster hit song “Gangnam Style”, requested on Thursday (18 July) that all tickets bought to his Psy Water Show be [...]
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‘Boycott Japan’ becomes more intense, sophisticated
Korean citizens’ boycott of Japanese products has become more intense, widespread and sophisticated in response to Tokyo’s recent decision to curb exports of [...]
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Bolton to visit Tokyo, Seoul next week to mediate trade row
With US National Security Adviser John Bolton expected in South Korea next week after stopping in Japan, experts say the visit could indicate that the US believes the trade [...]
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Japan to summon Korea envoy over World War Two labourer row
Japanese Foreign minister Taro Kono plans to summon South Korea’s ambassador on Friday, his ministry said, in a deepening political and economic row over compensation [...]
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Koreans boycott Japan beer in brewing trade row
Beer-loving South Koreans angered by a trade row with Tokyo are boycotting Japanese brews in a surge of patriotism that has even seen popular beauty bloggers targeted. Japan [...]
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Sanctions halve N Korea’s 2018 trade
North Korea’s trade was halved last year, in an apparent consequence of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the reclusive regime, a report showed Friday. [...]
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