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Eyes on how two Koreas will achieve goals on economic cooperation without violating sanctions
The September inter-Korean summit declaration stipulated specific deadlines for a couple of the detailed goals for economic cooperation, raising questions on how they could be achieved despite the international sanctions on North Korea. It stated South and North Korea will hold a ground-breaking ceremony within thi...
2018-09-21 14:24:04 KST -
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Inter-Korean developments since April summit agreement
Just last Friday, the two Koreas opened their joint liaison office, following through on a major part of the April summit agreement. Located within the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a joint factory park Seoul and Pyeongyang ran together until 2016, the office started operation immediately after Friday's openin...
2018-09-18 03:39:12 KST -
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The 73rd UN General Assembly to kick off in New York on Tuesday
The United Nations will kick off its 73rd General Assembly at its New York headquarters on Tuesday. Ninety-seven world leaders and 1-hundred-96 representatives from member states will be attending this year's event. Nine agendas will be covered, including,. international peace and security and the promotion of hum...
2018-09-17 18:09:09 KST -
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Robert B. Abrams nominated as new Commander of U.S. Forces Korea
The U.S. has named four-star General Robert B. Abrams to lead the 28-thousand American troops stationed in South Korea, replacing General Vincent Brooks. Abrams is expected to take over as the Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, sometime between the end of October and the beginning of November, as his confirmation hea...
2018-09-17 10:01:45 KST -
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Co-chairing int'l forum, Seoul's FM built understanding of S. Korean policies: Foreign ministry
Over in Hanoi, Seoul's top diplomat wrapped up her job as the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN. Kang Kyung-wha attended various events including a meeting on ASEAN members' women entrepreneurs and on Asia's geopolitical outlook. The minister shared South Korea's stance on the recent situation on the Pe...
2018-09-13 18:10:11 KST -
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Inter-Korean joint liaison office to start operations on Friday
A contact office that enables communication between the two Koreas twenty-four-seven, all year round. For the first time in history, South and North Korea will be running a joint liaison office together and it will be within the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a factory park the two Koreas ran together until February 2016...
2018-09-13 06:56:21 KST -
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Inter-Korean joint liaison office to start operations on Friday
The South Korean government has made it official that the two Koreas will open their joint liaison office this week at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, just north of the border. For more, let's connect to our unification ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee. Jung-hee, fill us in. Ji-yoon, the ministry announced thi...
2018-09-12 10:47:23 KST -
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S. Korea prepares to open inter-Korean liaison office on Friday: unification ministry
The inter-Korean joint liaison office is expected to open on Friday. An unnamed unification ministry official told reporters that the ministry is working to make that happen later this week. When asked whether it could be this Friday, he said 'yes.' The official added that 50 to 100 officials each from Seoul and P...
2018-09-11 18:07:40 KST -
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No reason to be spending large amounts of money on joint U.S.-South Korea war games: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted an official White House statement on Wednesday evening, local time,saying "there is no reason to be spending large amounts of money on the joint South Korea-U.S. war games." The statement continues that Trump believes his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a v...
2018-08-30 18:02:43 KST -
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Mattis again hints at resumption of joint military exercises with South Korea
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis says plans for next year's Foal Eagle exercise with South Korea are not cancelled yet, adding to his previous remarks hinting at a possible resumption of the joint military exercises. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Mattis said the ...
2018-08-30 09:03:11 KST -
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North Korea, Japan held secret meeting in Vietnam last month, didn't inform U.S.: WP
It's being reported that North Korea and Japan held secret talks in Vietnam last month, WITHOUT informing the United States. The Washington Post reports the talks were held in July between the head of Japan's Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, Shigeru Kitamura, and Kim Song-hye, the North's senior official...
2018-08-29 18:06:21 KST -
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Seoul plans to raise annual budget on inter-Korean economic cooperation by nearly 50%
South Korea plans to spend more next year on inter-Korean cooperation in an effort to boost exchanges with North Korea as agreed at their historic summit in April. On Tuesday, Seoul's unification ministry revealed its spending blueprint for 2019. The budget for the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund rose by 14 p...
2018-08-29 09:51:30 KST
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Eyes on how two Koreas will achieve goals on economic cooperation without violating sanctions
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