N Korea Invites South President For Visit
It would be the first summit in more than a decade between Korean leaders. Mr Moon said the Koreas should “make it happen” and encouraged the north to return to negotiations with the US. The...
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Neil Armstrong Moon Bag Sells For $1.8mn In New York
A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon -- which was once nearly thrown out with the trash -- sold at auction Thursday for $1.8 million, Sotheby's said. The outer...
S. Korea To Offer North Treaty For Denuclearisation
South Korea's new government will seek to sign a peace treaty with the North if it abandons its nuclear weapons, a minister said Thursday. Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-Sung's comments came...
South Korean President Arrives In Washington
South Korea's President Moon Jae-In arrived in Washington Wednesday on his first overseas trip since taking office, for planned talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump. Moon, who backs engagement...
N.Korea Doubts Over South’s Olympic Invite
A top North Korean sports official voiced doubts over a proposal by South Korean President Moon Jae-In to form a unified Olympic team, citing political tensions and a lack of time, a report said. The...
N. Korea Calls Trump A ‘psychopath’
North Korea on Thursday called US President Donald Trump a "psychopath" as tensions soar following the death of American student Otto Warmbier, who was evacuated in a coma from North Korean detention...
S. Korean Leader Blames North For Warmbier Death
South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Tuesday that North Korea bears responsibility for the death of US student Otto Warmbier, and described its regime as irrational. Ahead of talks here next week...
South Korea’s Moon Says North Bears
South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Tuesday that North Korea bears a "heavy responsibility" for the death of US student Otto Warmbier and described its regime as irrational. The 22-year-old, who...
Trump To Host South Korea’s Moon For North Korea Talks This Month
President Donald Trump will host South Korea's new leader Moon Jae-In for talks on containing North Korea's nuclear program, officials said Tuesday, amid fresh Pentagon warnings that the Pyongyang...
Trump To Host S.Korea’s Moon For White House Talks
President Donald Trump will host his new South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In at the White House late this month for talks on containing North Korea's nuclear program, described by Washington as a...
South Korea Urges Talks On Joint Football World Cup
South Korea's football association Tuesday said it wanted talks with China and Japan about a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup along with North Korea, an initiative aimed at easing tensions in the...
S. Korea’s Moon Urges Lawmakers To Approve $10 Bn Stimulus Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth unemployment, warning the issue could otherwise become a...
S.Korea’s Moon Orders Probe Into Undisclosed US Missile Launchers
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about the arrival of four more launchers for a controversial US missile defence...
S. Korea’s Moon Names Top Ministers, Chief Security Advisor
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Sunday announced his picks for finance and foreign ministers while appointing a former diplomat as his top security advisor for his new government. Moon...
Ousted South Korean Leader Park Due To Go On Trial
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye is due to go on trial Tuesday over the spectacular corruption scandal that brought her down, the country's third former president to appear in the dock. The...
China’s Xi Calls For S. Korea Ties To Get Back On Track
Chinese President Xi Jinping told a South Korean envoy on Friday he was willing to put relations back on a "normal track" amid tensions over a US anti-missile system deployed on the Korean peninsula....
S. Korea’s Moon To Reopen Probe Into Gwangju Massacre
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In vowed Thursday to reopen a probe into a 1980 massacre of pro-democracy activists that remains a traumatic landmark in the fight to end decades of military...
China Simulates Extended Moon Stays Amid Space Drive
China plans to establish a village on the moon with Europe's help by 2036. Now, in a step towards that goal, the nation has created a 'Lunar Palace' on Earth to simulate living in isolated conditions...
China Tests ‘Lunar Palace’ As It Eyes Moon Mission
Chinese students will live in a laboratory simulating a lunar-like environment for up to 200 days as Beijing prepares for its long-term goal of putting humans on the moon. Four postgraduate students...
S. Korea’s Moon Sworn In, Says Willing To Go To North
South Korea's new president was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared his willingness to visit Pyongyang amid high tensions with the...