North Asia

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China Defends Repatriation of North Koreans

China on Monday defended its repatriation of North Koreans who have escaped across its border after a United Nations...

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N. Korean Defectors Down As Border Tightened

The number of North Koreans escaping to the South declined sharply in the first half of this year as Pyongyang...

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China Walks A Tightrope With Trump Over North Korea

The US and Chinese presidents face an awkward encounter at the G20 summit this week as rising tensions over how to deal...

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Five N. Koreans Sail Across Tense Border To S. Korea

Five North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official...

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S. Korea President Invites N. Korea To Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday invited North Korea to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, saying sports...

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N. Korea Calls Trump A ‘psychopath’

North Korea on Thursday called US President Donald Trump a "psychopath" as tensions soar following the death of...

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US Lawmakers Propose Ban On Tourist Visits To North Korea

US lawmakers submitted a bill Thursday to tightly restrict travel and ban tourism to North Korea, citing the risk that...

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Olympic Games Chief Shrugs Off Korean Tensions

Military tensions on the Korean peninsula should not prevent the nuclear-armed North sending a team to the 2018 Winter...

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GPHA To Give Stiffer Punishment To Shippers With False Documents

Mr Paul Ansah, the Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, said the port would work towards data...

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Russia Launches Ferry Connection With North Korea

The first ever ferry service linking Russia and North Korea was launched on Thursday, the company operating it said,...

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Dr. Bawumia’s Keynote Address At the Port Efficiency Conference

Keynote address delivered by His Excellency, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana on the...

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We’ll Reduce Long Clearing Hours At Ports

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stressed that the government will undertake massive reforms at the...

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US Warns Against N.Korea Travel After New Arrest

The State Department issued a sharp warning to Americans Tuesday against travel to North Korea after the arrest of a...

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US House Votes To Expand North Korea Sanctions

The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly voted in favor of broadening sanctions against North Korea,...

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North Korea Test-Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile from an area north of Pyongyang Saturday, a news agency report said, as the...

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S.Korea Tourist Numbers Plummet In China Boycott

South Korea's tourist industry has been hammered by China's boycott over the deployment of US missile defence system,...

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Trump’s Threatened ‘armada’ Still Far From N. Korea

An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...

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Mountains and Dams At Pyongyang Bus Stops

The bus stops of Pyongyang have no advertisements. Instead of exhortations to buy an energy drink or sign up to a...

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China Urges US, N. Korea Steps To Avoid ‘head-On Collision’

China on Wednesday called on North Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for the US and South...