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• Japanese foreign ministry changes wording about Korea-Japan ties on website
• President Park lays out vision for future of Korea-Saudi cooperation
• Israeli PM Netanyahu warns U.S.-Iran deal will spark Mideast arms race

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  Seoul warns Pyongyang against future provocations as S. Korea-U.S. drills begin South Korea's defense ministry condemned North Korea on Monday for firing two short-range missiles into the East Sea earlier in the day, calling it a violation of UN resolutions, and warned Pyon...

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  Samsung unpacks new Galaxy line in Barcelona Could this be a game changer for Samsung Electronics? The specifications certainly do seem to make a strong case for that. Introduced Sunday at the Samsung Unpacked event ahead of the Mobile Wo...

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  Korea set to export homegrown reactor to Saudi Arabia (Stand-up) "Even though it's the biggest supplier of oil to Korea,... Saudi Arabia is seeking new non-oil energy sources for its rising domestic power demand. Riyadh plans to build a dozen or mo...

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  Korea passes first-ever anti-corruption bill The ruling and opposition parties put the finishing touches on Korea's first-ever anti-corruption bill before passing it through a vote in the National Assembly. (Korean) "The passag...

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  N. Korean FM claims UN human rights report is based on "lies of criminals" North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong used his platform to denounce a landmark UN report on Pyongyang's human rights abuses that was published last year. Addressing the UN Human Rights Coun...

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  Korea, Kuwait sign deals to diversify economic cooperation Kuwait, sitting on the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, is Korea's number two supplier of both crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas. But like other Middle Eastern countries, Kuwait i...

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  Iraqi forces push to recapture Tikrit from IS A major offensive is underway in Iraq... to take back the strategic city of Tikrit... from Islamic State militants. For more on this and other global stories... we connect to Eunice Kim, at the Ne...

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  Israeli PM Netanyahu warns U.S.-Iran deal will spark Mideast arms race Speaking before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday,... Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stressed that the current nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran will only help Iran develop nuclear weapo...

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  President Park arrives in Saudi Arabia It's only been four months since President Park Geun-hye met the Saudi king, who at the time was his country's crown prince and attending the G20 Brisbane Summit The presidential office of Cheo...

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  National Assembly passes comprehensive anti-corruption billWe begin at the National Assembly... where a comprehensive anti-corruption bill finally got the green light just about 30 minutes ago. The passage of this bill, first submitted to the parliament in...

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  Rival parties agree to pass comprehensive anti-corruption bill Korea's ruling and main opposition party have finally agreed to pass a comprehensive anti-corruption bill. Once signed into law,... public officials could be hit with up to three years in prison ...

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  Korean-Canadian pastor missing after aid trip to N. Korea It wasn't his first visit to North Korea. Korean-Canadian pastor Reverend Lim Hyeon-soo had made numerous trips to oversee a nursing home, a nursery and an orphanage in North Korea's northeas...