Category: Korea
US says N Korea diplomacy ‘very much alive,’ but watching rocket site
The chief US envoy for North Korea said on Monday that “diplomacy is still very much alive” with Pyongyang despite a failed summit last month, but cautioned that [...]
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The Latest: Korean airline suspends use of Boeings
he Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Australia has suspended all flights into or out of the country by Boeing 737 Max aircraft, the type that [...]
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Seoul: N Korea launch would be catastrophe for diplomacy
North Korea must not use a possible rocket launch as leverage in negotiations with the U.S, a South Korean presidential adviser said Tuesday, saying such a move could be [...]
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UN probing N Korea sanctions violations in 20 countries
UN experts say they are investigating possible violations of United Nations sanctions on North Korea in about 20 countries, from alleged clandestine nuclear procurement in [...]
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‘All-or-nothing’ US approach toward N Korea won’t workMoon adviser
The United States should seek the gradual denuclearisation of North Korea because an “all-or-nothing” strategy will not help break an impasse in talks, a special [...]
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N. Korea election sees 99.99pct turnout: KCNA
Turnout in North Korea’s single-candidate elections hit 99.99 percent this year, state media said Tuesday up from a seemingly unimprovable 99.97 percent the last time [...]
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Timeline of events in the Kim Jong Nam assassination
Malaysian prosecutors Monday unexpectedly dropped a murder charge against an Indonesian woman who had been accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea’s [...]
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US and Korea reach new cost-sharing agreement on US troops
On Friday, Harry Harris US Ambassador to South Korea and the South Korean Foreign minister signed a new cost-sharing agreement for US troops deployed in the country at a [...]
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US-N Korea tensions approach boiling point
The Trump administration which canceled two large-scale spring war games between the United States and South Korea in an effort to move along nuclear disarmament talks with [...]
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Malaysia court frees woman in N Korea murder case
An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her, in [...]
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Korea’s high-speed train that’s engineered to reach 305kmh
As I enter Seoul Station, I have half an eye out for zombies. A week before flying to the South Korean capital I watched Train to Busan, the excellent 2016 movie about a [...]
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Seoul closely monitoring N. Korea for ‘missile launch’: military
South Korea’s military said Monday it was closely monitoring North Korean facilities after a series of satellite images triggered international alarm that Pyongyang [...]
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Trump adviser: some time may pass before a third N Korea summit
US President Donald Trump is open to a third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but some time may have to go by before this takes place, Trump’s national [...]
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N Korea maintains repression, political prison campsUN expert
Despite actively pursuing diplomacy on its nuclear programme, North Korea continues to quash basic freedoms, maintaining political prison camps and strict surveillance of its [...]
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Trump says he would be disappointed if N Korea resumed testing
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would be disappointed if Pyongyang were to resume weapons testing and reiterated his belief in his good relationship with North [...]
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