US Open To Talks With North Korea
The US is open to negotiations with North Korea aimed at removing nuclear weapons from the region, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. But he said the US would use military force if necessary....
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Seoul Rejects Trump Demand It Pays For Missile System
Seoul on Friday brushed aside US President Donald Trump's suggestion that it should pay for a $1 billion missile defence system the two allies are installing in South Korea to guard against threats...
Trump Says ‘major, Major’ Conflict With North Korea Possible
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the...
At UN, Tillerson Makes Case For Tougher Stance On N. Korea
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Friday to push for a tougher response to North Korea and pile pressure on China to rein in its Pyongyang ally. Chinese...
Kia Motors Announces $1 Billion Investment In India
South Korean car maker Kia Motors said Thursday it will build a new 1.1 billion plant in India, marking its entry into one of the world's fastest growing markets as sales in neighbouring China have...
Asian Markets Go Into Reverse With Questions Over Trump Tax Plan
Asian markets took a step back Thursday after a four-day rally, tracking a weak lead from Wall Street, as traders assess the chances of Congress passing Donald Trump's massive tax cuts. As expected,...
N.Korea’s Kim Must Come To ‘his Senses’
A top US admiral said Wednesday that America wants to bring North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un to "his senses," as senators attended an extraordinary briefing at the White House. Admiral Harry Harris,...
China Urges End To US-S.Korea Military Exercises
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged an end to US-South Korean military manoeuvres Wednesday as well as a stop to North Korea's nuclear programme to calm tensions on the peninsula. He said...
N. Korea Hails ‘largest Ever’ Firing Drill
North Korea on Wednesday hailed its largest-ever firing drill, overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un to mark a key military anniversary amid high tensions in the region. Speculation had mounted that the...
US THAAD Missile Defence Equipment Enters South Korea Site
Trailers carrying US THAAD missile defence equipment entered a deployment site in South Korea early Wednesday with tensions high over North Korea's intentions, Yonhap news agency reported. Arrival of...
US Submarine Arrives In South Korea
A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft...
N. Korea Marks Military Anniversary With Firing Drill
Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday marked a military anniversary with a massive conventional firing drill, Seoul said, as a US guided-missile submarine docked in South Korea amid tensions over...
China Warns North Korea Not To ‘cross the Point of No Return’
China has warned North Korea will 'cross the point of no return' if it carries out a sixth nuclear test amid fears the secretive state can create a nuke every six weeks. Kim Jong-Un is believed to...
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, with visitor numbers from the Asian giant plummeting 40 percent in March,...
N. Korea Marks Military Anniversary With Firing Drill
Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday marked a military anniversary with a conventional firing drill, reports said, as the South announced joint naval exercises with a US aircraft carrier in the...
SK Hynix Posts Record Q1 Profit On Mobile Chip Demand
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix made record quarterly profits in the first three months of the year, it said Tuesday, with strong demand for memory chips for mobile gadgets pushing up prices. The...
Pence the Clean-Up Act In Trump’s First 100 Days
Mike Pence has spent many of his first 100 days as US vice president ironing out Trump-induced problems at home and abroad, but he's also been steadily building political capital of his own. Whether...
N. Korea Detains US Citizen
A US citizen has been arrested as he tried to fly out of North Korea, becoming the third American to be detained there, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. There was no immediate...
S.Korea Outrage Over Trump’s China Comment
Buffeted by the currents of diplomacy, South Korea is sometimes described as a "shrimp between two whales", and US president Donald Trump has touched nerves with remarks that the peninsula "used to...
New Actor Trump Heightens N. Korea Drama
Geopolitical tensions flare every spring on the Korean peninsula, but analysts say the anxiety of recent weeks has been magnified by the unpredictable new player in the annual drama: Donald Trump....