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Seoul Approves Civilian Contact With North Korea

Contacts between North and South Korea are extremely limited, and their tense shared border is one of the few places it...

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US Fears Nuclear Arms Race In Asia-Pacific

Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North...

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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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Is It A Drone? Is It A Balloon? No, It’s A Bird, Says N.Korea

North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds in an...

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US Says Navy Ship Sails Near South China Sea Reef Claimed By Beijing

A US Navy ship has sailed in disputed South China Sea waters near a reef claimed by Beijing in the first "freedom of...

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Jury Out On North Korea Link To Ransomware Attack

Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month? That's the subject...

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North Korea Can Fire Its Ballistic Missile From ANYWHERE, Images Show

North Korea's latest missile launch showed that the county's military is able to operate weapons from anywhere in the...

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China’s UN Envoy Says ‘no Reason’ Not To Talk With N.Korea

China's UN ambassador said Tuesday that there was "no reason" to refuse dialogue with North Korea despite a series of...

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China’s Trade With N.Korea Falls As Pressure Mounts

China's imports from North Korea fell in April to a near three-year low, data showed Tuesday, as Beijing faces calls to...

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N.Korea ‘flatly Rejects’ UN Vow To Tighten Sanctions

North Korea on Tuesday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test...

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Political Princess To Courtroom Accused

The corridors of power were home to South Korea's Park Geun-Hye as a child, de facto first lady, and president. Now she...

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North Korea-Linked Hackers ‘highly Likely’ Behind WannaCry

The Lazarus hacking group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea, is "highly likely" responsible for the...

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UN Calls On North Korea To Stop Missile Tests

The United Nations on Monday called on North Korea to put a stop to its ballistic missile tests in order to open up the...

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North Korea Declares Medium-Range Missile Ready For Deployment

North Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the...

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N. Korea Confirms ‘successful’ Launch of Ballistic Missile

North Korea on Monday confirmed the "successful" launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, Pyongyang's state media...

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Tillerson Says US Pressure On North Korea In ‘early Stages’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Sunday that the United States was still in the "early stages" of applying...

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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile which travelled some 500 km, just a week after a previous launch...

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North Korea Fires ‘unidentified Projectile’

North Korea fired off an "unidentified projectile" Sunday according to South Korean defence officials, a week after its...

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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...