Category: Korea
Korea-Japan trade fight risks ‘further escalation’
In an escalation of trade tensions, Japan moved to impose trade restrictions on exports of three high-tech materials to South Korea, which are critical for manufacturing [...]
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US to ‘support efforts’ by Korea, Japan to end worsening dispute
The United States will “do what it can do” to help defuse a worsening political and economic dispute between South Korea and Japan, a senior US diplomat said on [...]
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Japan-Korea dispute is called ‘disturbing and unhelpful’ for the global economy
* Tokyo and Seoul got into a trade fight after Japan restricted exports of materials critical to South Korea’s high-tech industry, citing national security concerns. * [...]
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Washington unwilling to actively mediate Seoul-Tokyo trade friction
The United States is unable to engage in the deepening trade feud between Korea and Japan, as Washington cannot pick a side with either of its major Asian allies, according [...]
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N Korea hints it will lift nuclear missile test suspension
North Korea on Tuesday suggested it might call off its 20-month suspension of nuclear and missile tests because of summertime US-South Korean military drills that the North [...]
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N Korea Diplomat reportedly alive after Korea said Kim Jong Un killed him and it’s not the first time
The diplomat tasked with leading North Korea’s latest round of nuclear negotiations with the US is once again believed to be alive after a South Korean newspaper [...]
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US will ‘do what it can’ to help resolve Korea-Japan dispute, diplomat says
Washington “will do what it can do” to help defuse a political and economic dispute between its allies South Korea and Japan, the top US diplomat responsible for [...]
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US diplomat visits Seoul as Korea, Japan dispute worsens
The United States will “do what it can do” to help defuse a worsening political and economic dispute between South Korea and Japan, a senior US diplomat said on [...]
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Korea-Japan trade fight risks ‘further escalation’
In an escalation of trade tensions, Japan moved to impose trade restrictions on exports of three high-tech materials to South Korea, which are critical for manufacturing [...]
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US hopes N Korea talks will go ahead despite Pyongyang threat
The United States said Tuesday it hoped to hold denuclearisation talks with North Korea, after Pyongyang warned that US-South Korean military exercises could affect their [...]
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How Kim Jong Un Got Mercedes-Benz Pullman Limos Home to N Korea
* Researchers at a Washington, D.C., think tank, cited by the Wall Street Journal, have offered explanations as to how a pair of Mercedes-Benz limousines ended up in North [...]
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N Korea says nuclear talks at risk if US-Korea exercises go ahead
Talks on getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons are at risk because the United States looks set to break a promise not to hold military exercises with South [...]
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Pompeo hopes US, N Korea can be ‘more creative’ in nuclear talks
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he hoped both North Korea and the United States could “be a little more creative” when the two sides restart [...]
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Korea calls Japan reports of N Korea sanctions breach ‘grave challenge’
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday Japan’s reported accusations that South Korea had exported banned goods to North Korea posed a “grave [...]
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No clear solution for Seoul as Japan tightens exports
Samsung boss demands contingency plan, business group warns of rising damage, as Tokyo readies next broadside As South Korean alarm mounts over Tokyo’s restrictions on [...]
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