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Moon, Merkel agree to enhance economic, diplomatic cooperation

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Friday to boost their countries' cooperation in dealing with various global issues while enhancing their bilateral trade ...

May 12, 2017
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Korean, British leaders voice need for cooperation on N. Korea, trade

Leaders of South Korea and Britain have called for joint efforts to denuclearize North Korea and to expand their bilateral trade, the Seoul government said Friday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in...

May 12, 2017
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Moon, Turnbull agree to jointly fight trade protectionism

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull agreed Friday to jointly deal with a spread of trade protectionism in the global market, Moon's presidential office s...

May 12, 2017
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THAAD deployment could raise cost-sharing questions: CRS report

WASHINGTON -- The deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea could raise cost-sharing questions in the United States despite Washington's agreement to pay for it, a congressional r...

May 8, 2017
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State Department: 'Track 2' meetings are independent of US government involvement

Unofficial "Track 2" meetings are routinely held "independent of US government involvement," the State Department said Sunday after reports that a senior North Korean diplomat is set to hold talks wi...

May 8, 2017
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USFK to create HUMINT unit for gathering intelligence on NK

The US troops in South Korea are pushing to set up a unit that will be charged with gathering and analyzing human intelligence on North Korea, local authorities said Sunday. Human Intelligence, know...

May 7, 2017
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Daunting diplomatic challenges with Trump, China await next S.Korean president

A whirlwind of events have reshaped the geopolitical landscape surrounding South Korea over the past months, including the deployment of a high-profile US missile defense system here and China's crus...

May 7, 2017
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Report on Japan's wartime sexual slavery of Korean women to be publicized this week

South Korea said Wednesday that it will distribute to government agencies and post online a report compiled by private-sector experts to detail Japan's wartime sexual slavery of Korean women. (Yonha...

May 3, 2017
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US expresses no desire to change THAAD agreement with S. Korea: senior official

US has expressed no desire to alter the terms of an agreement with South Korea to deploy the THAAD missile defense system, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday, following a dust-up over who sh...

May 3, 2017
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White House: Trump discusses 'very dangerous situation in N. Korea' with Putin

US President Donald Trump discussed North Korea when he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said Tuesday. (Yonhap) "They spoke about how best to resolve the very d...

May 3, 2017
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Clinton: US should be careful about negotiations with N. Korea

US should be careful about holding negotiations with North Korea, former US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said he would be "honored" to me...

May 3, 2017
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McCain: 'I don't understand' Trump's praise of N. Korea leader

US Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he can't understand why President Donald Trump said he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, expressing concern that such a remark helps th...

May 3, 2017
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White House official: N. Korea trying to use nuclear weapons for 'coercive reunification'

North Korea is trying to use its nuclear weapons as an "instrument of blackmail" to force the US to leave South Korea so as to realize "coercive reunification" of the divided peninsula, a senior Whit...

May 3, 2017
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Trump says he will take action on N. Korea if necessary without drawing red line in advance

US President Donald Trump said he will take action on North Korea "if I have to act" without drawing a red line in advance. "I don't like drawing red lines but I act if I have to act," Trump said in...

May 3, 2017
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Korea: US to pay for THAAD operation

South Korea's defense ministry made it clear Friday that the US should pay the cost of the operation of its advanced missile defense system recently deployed here. (Yonhap) In a statement, the Mini...

Apr 28, 2017
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