Category: Korea
US military tracking Santaand any ‘Christmas gift’ from N Korea
While the North American Aerospace Defense Command stays alert for any signs of a North Korea missile launch what officials in Pyongyang have described as a “Christmas [...]
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N Korea’s Kim Jong-un: Unlikely Santa Claus
I was looking for a topic that could fit the Christmas holiday season. As I was working Christmas Eve I may have felt cranky because I ended up with an anti-Christmas subject [...]
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Korea, Japan, China leaders to promote N Korea-US dialogue
China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday [...]
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Korea’s Moon, Japan’s Abe meet for first time in months as tension lingers
Japanese prime minister Shinto Abe asked South Korea’s president on Tuesday to take steps to resolve a bitter dispute at their first bilateral talks in 15 months, a [...]
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China lifts 18-year-old ban on Japanese beef imports as Beijing seeks to warm trade ties with Tokyo
China has lifted an 18-year-long ban on beef imported from Japan in a fresh sign that Beijing is trying to warm its relationship with Tokyo, as well as feed a growing [...]
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N Korea seems likely to test long-range missile as it returns to ‘old tactics’ in talks with US
The United States needs to stop expecting North Korea to just “surrender,” said Harry Kazianis, senior director at D.C.-based think tank the centre for National [...]
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Moon, Abe agree on need to improve ties
President Moon Jae-in and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe agreed to improve bilateral relations during a rare summit meeting Tuesday. On the sidelines of a trilateral [...]
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Government to allocate 71.4pct budget in 1st half to spur economy
The Ministry of Economy and Finance plans to allocate 305 trillion won ($262 billion) in budget within the first half of 2020, in a move to spur the economy via prompt [...]
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Korean government inactive over Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive water into Pacific
Korea’s government remains idle while Japan makes plans to release radioactive water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. Multiple [...]
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Former US adviser warns of ‘imminent’ N Korea risk
Former US national security adviser John Bolton on Monday sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s North Korea policy, warning that the Asian country posed an [...]
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Number of foreign tourists to hit record high in 2019
The number of international tourists to Korea for this year is expected to reach a record 17.5 million amid efforts to draw more independent Chinese travellers and diversify [...]
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Blast at POSCO steel mill in Korea injures five
An explosion rocked POSCO’s steel mill in Gwangyang on Tuesday, knocking out a generator facility and injuring five people at the world’s fifth-largest [...]
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N Korea seeking outside information ban via smartphone
North Korea is trying to find more ways to control access to outside information as the number of its citizens with smartphones increases, according to a recent report. In [...]
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Japan’s Abe asks Korea’s Moon to act on row at first meeting for 15 months
Japanese prime minister Shinto Abe asked South Korea’s president on Tuesday to take steps to resolve a bitter dispute at their first bilateral talks in 15 months, a [...]
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Moon stresses China’s role in NK issues, says stalled dialogue harms all parties
Moon to meet Japanese PM on sidelines of trilateral meeting President Moon Jae-in on Monday stressed the importance of Beijing’s role in North Korean issues, and called [...]
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