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Pyongyang warned it would be a "piece of cake" to destroy "gangster" South Korea, state media reported Thursday, as it...

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To Talk Or Not To Talk To North Korea?

Nuclear-armed North Korea has muscled its way onto the agenda of the G20 leaders' annual summit in Germany Thursday,...

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Energy Firms Hit By Oil Dive, N.Korea Crisis Fuels Uncertainty

Asian energy firms sank Thursday following a plunge in oil prices while equity traders remained on edge after North...

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New South Korea Football Coach Slams Predecessor’s Lack of Strategy

South Korea's new football coach criticised his predecessor Uli Stielike on Thursday, accusing the veteran German of...

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Samsung To Invest $18 Billion In Memory Chip Business

Samsung Electronics will invest nearly $18bn in its chip business, the South Korean firm said Tuesday, as it seeks to...

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Russia and China Urge North Korea To Freeze Missile Tests

Russia and China have urged North Korea to “freeze” its missile and nuclear programmes after it claimed to have...

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N.Korea’s ICBM Capability

North Korea declared Tuesday that the country had finally achieved its dream of building an intercontinental ballistic...

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Vietnam’s Capital To Ban Motorbikes By 2030

Officials in Vietnam's traffic-choked capital Hanoi vowed on Tuesday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease environment...

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N.Korea Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday, the South's military said, just days after Seoul's new leader Moon...

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South Korea’s Moon Urges IOC Help To Invite North To Pyeongchang

South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged the International Olympic Committee to help with inviting North...

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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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US Returns Looted Royal Seals To S.Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals...

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China, US Ties Sour Over N.Korea, Taiwan

Relations between China and the United States soured on Friday as Beijing fumed over US arms sales to Taiwan and US...

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Trump, South Korean President Hold Post-Dinner Talks On NKorea Policy

US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held talks Thursday on how to halt North Korea's nuclear...

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US Sanctions Chinese Bank For Laundering N.Korean Cash

The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions Thursday on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash...

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South Korean President Lobbies US Leaders On North Korea Policy

South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In lobbied US leaders on Thursday to back his policy of engagement with North...

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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...

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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...

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Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President

Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate...