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Moon vows to find fundamental solution to N. Korean nukes at UN gathering

South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to seek ways to fundamentally resolve the North Korean nuclear issue at the upcoming UN General Assembly and pledged his country's leading role in dealing wit...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Trump, Xi agree to maximize pressure on N. Korea

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed in a phone conversation Monday to exert maximum pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile ...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
NK slams UNSC statement condemning its latest missile launch

North Korea on Monday blasted the United Nations Security Council's statement that condemned yet another firing of a mid-range missile late last week, warning that beefing up international pressure w...

Sept 18, 2017
National
North Korea nearing final development stage of ICBM: ministry

North Korea is nearing the final stage of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile and is likely to continue test-launches and nuclear experiments to perfect the technology, Seoul’s Defense M...

Sept 18, 2017
Politics
Misinterpreted Trump tweet causes online chaos amid NK tensions

Cheong Wa Dae on Monday urged South Korean media outlets to be cautious in reporting matters that concern national security and North Korea, ahead of President Moon Jae-in’s departure for New York. ...

Sept 18, 2017
North Korea
Moon heads to UN meeting as NK nukes loom over world

President Moon Jae-in on Monday left for New York to attend the UN General Assembly, where he is expected to address world leaders on the growing problem of North Korea. On the sidelines of the even...

Sept 18, 2017
North Korea
Mexico, Korea bolster commerce, security ties

The Mexican Embassy in Seoul marked its 207th anniversary of independence Friday, also celebrating thriving ties with Korea in commerce, security and everything in between over the last six decades. ...

Sept 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
‘ASEAN Culture House conduit of knowledge, understanding’

With the launch of the ASEAN Culture House in Busan on Sept. 1, the public gains a valuable platform through which to peer into the thriving lives of Southeast Asians, said the president of Korea Fou...

Sept 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
‘Costa Rica thrives on peace, cooperation with East Asia’

Across serene and pacific Costa Rica, the military has long been a thing of a bygone era. The Central American country renounced its military in 1949, and has since spearheaded a path of peace and de...

Sept 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
[Newsmaker] Number of dementia patients to surpass 2.7 million by 2050

In South Korea, some 700,000, or 1 in 10 of the elderly population, suffer from dementia, but this number will balloon to 2.7 million by 2050 amid the nation’s rapidly aging society, data from a mini...

Sept 18, 2017
Social affairs
Korea accelerating public diplomacy for 2018 PyeongChang Olympics

With the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics less than five months away, South Korea is accelerating its public diplomacy to promote the South Korea-hosted international sports event where the cultural ...

Sept 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
PM mourns passing of two firefighters killed while battling blaze

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Monday mourned the passing of two firefighters killed when a burning building collapsed a day earlier, saying the government will honor their sacrifice with maximum resp...

Sept 18, 2017
Social affairs
Former UN chief warns of military eventualities in NK

With the United Nations imposing a series of sanctions against North Korea, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the international community to brace itself for all possibilities, ...

Sept 18, 2017
National
Foreign Ministry official under fire for sexist remarks

A high-ranking official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is suspected of issuing remarks suggesting gender discrimination against women. According to a report from local newspaper the Segye Ilbo, ...

Sept 18, 2017
Social affairs
More NK threats may come with UN General Assembly

With another South Korea-US joint military exercise held Monday, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho may deliver a harsh message of defiance against the drill and his homeland’s current nuclear ...

Sept 18, 2017
North Korea

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