Category: Korea
Pompeo says hopeful N Korea will keep commitments as Pyongyang deadline looms
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the Trump administration was “hopeful” North Korea will continue to work toward denuclearisation and refrain [...]
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US asks UN to discuss risk of N Korea ‘provocation’
The United States on Monday called a UN Security Council meeting this week on the risk of North Korean “provocation” as Pyongyang demands US concessions by a end [...]
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Korea shuts down 10 coal-fired power plants to curb pollution
South Korea has shut down 10 coal-fired power plants on Tuesday as part of its anti-pollution campaign, the energy ministry said. The shutdown comes after the government said [...]
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N Korea calls Trump a ‘heedless and erratic old man’
A senior North Korean official has called US President Donald Trump a “heedless and erratic old man,” the latest insult in an escalating war of words between the [...]
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Probe into alleged bribery cover-up expanding to Moon’s aides
The investigation into alleged abuse of power at Cheong Wa Dae in the closing down of’ an investigation into a former Busan vice mayor is expanding to key aides of [...]
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S. Korean singer-songwriter Kang Daniel’s fans donate RM43,000 to organisation for terminally ill children
Fans of South Korean singer and songwriter Kang Daniel donated 12.1 million Korean won (about RM43,000) to the Korea Association for Children with Terminal Diseases in [...]
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Rocketman vs. Dotard: war of words is back
Tensions are quickly rising between the United States and North Korea, which has ramped up pressure as it demands concessions by President Donald Trump’s administration [...]
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Korea jails three Samsung Electronics executives over evidence destroyed in probe of alleged fraud
A South Korean court on Monday jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its [...]
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S. Korea’s workforce to see steepest decline among key economies: WTO
South Korea’s working-age population is expected to shrink the fastest among key economies over the next two decades, a report released by the World Trade Organisation [...]
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N Korea believed to test new rocket engine to provoke US
A day after North Korea said it had performed a “very important test” at its long-range rocket launch site, there is wide speculation that it involved a new [...]
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Trump called for Seoul evacuation at height of N Korea tensions, new book says
President’s diktat was ignored by his top officials, Peter Bergen writes in Trump and his generals: The Cost of Chaos Donald Trump called for the population of Seoul to [...]
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US, N Korea on collision course as New Year deadline looms
Tensions are quickly rising between the United States and North Korea, which has ramped up pressure as it demands concessions by President Donald Trump’s administration [...]
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S Korea wants ‘rising sun flag of hatred’ banned at Olympics
The South Korean government, in a tweet last week, called Japan’s “rising sun” flag a “flag of hatred,” continuing a campaign to get the flag [...]
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UN Security Council to meet over N Korea on Wednesday at US request
The UN Security Council will meet on Wednesday, at the request of the United States, over missile launches by North Korea and the possibility of an “escalatory” [...]
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‘Old man’ Trump is ‘bluffing’ says N Korea: KCNA
North Korea on Monday accused US President Trump of “bluffing” and called him “an old man bereft of patience” as Pyongyang ramps up pressure on [...]
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