Category: Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit N Korea later this week amid high tensions with the US
* Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea this week for a two-day visit, ahead of a possible meeting between Xi and President Donald Trump at next [...]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping To Visit N Korea This Week
Two key Asian leaders both of whom President Trump has been trying to negotiate deals with will meet Thursday, when Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea [...]
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US Forces Korea is lifting its curfew for 90 days to see if troops can behave
The US military has lifted its long-standing curfew for troops on the Korean Peninsula, if the roughly 28,500 US service members can behave. The curfew is being lifted for 90 [...]
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Pres. Moon calls on US-N. Korea working-level talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said that working-level negotiations are to be held in advance in order to make concrete progress in talks between the United States and [...]
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Chinese raids hit N Korean defectors’ ‘Underground Railroad’
A decade after leaving her family behind to flee North Korea, the defector was overwhelmed with excitement when she spoke to her 22-year-old son on the phone for the first [...]
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It’s official: US military lifts curfew for 90 days in test for troops in S. Korea
The US military temporarily lifted a 1-5 a.m. curfew for troops in South Korea on Monday, saying the suspension will be reevaluated in 90 days. The reprieve, which was to [...]
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N Korea criticises South for collaborating with ‘foreign powers’
North Korea state media condemned the South on Sunday for advocating denuclearisation in coordination with “foreign powers.” Propaganda service DPRK Today said [...]
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One year from Singapore: Will US-N Korea talks collapse or continue?
To secure a deal with Pyongyang, Trump’s team needs to raise its game Donald Trump said Friday he was in “no rush” to make a deal with North Korea, on the [...]
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Korean state visit to Sweden begins
After concluding a state visit to neighbouring Norway, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and his wife, First Lady Kim Jung-sook travelled to Sweden for another state [...]
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Commentary: Sex, violence and accusations of cover-ups rock Korea
Accusations of cover-ups of Burning Sun and other clubs in the Gangnam and Hongdae districts have shocked the nation, says journalist Gabriel Wilder. A scandal that began [...]
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Korean hotelier and booking platform valued at more than $1B
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and US-based Booking Holdings invested $180M in Yanolja Yanolja, a South Korea-based hotel operator and booking platform, says fresh [...]
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Seoul, Washington to discuss 4th inter-Korean summit
Senior South Korean nuclear negotiators will discuss with their Washington counterparts a suggestion that President Moon Jae-in meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un [...]
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S. Korea, Sweden sign MOUs on trade, economic cooperation
South Korea and Sweden have signed six memorandums of understandings (MOUs) to expand trade and cooperation in emerging industries, the government said Saturday. The MOUs [...]
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N Korean refugee: We took huge risks to help others reach freedom. Why is the US, Spain punishing us?
On February 22, 2019, I was inside the North Korean embassy in Madrid. I am a North Korean refugee. After being orphaned as a child, I faced hunger daily and fled alone as a [...]
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Kemp’s first trade mission as governor: Korea
A Georgia delegation headed by Gov. Brian Kemp is heading to South Korea to pitch the state to companies there, and visit companies that already invest here. Kemp called the [...]
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