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S. Korean leader urges increased cooperation in summit with ASEAN

MANILA (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Monday called for efforts to diversify and upgrade relations between South Korea and Southeast Asian countries. During a meeting in Manila with his counte...

Nov 13, 2017
International
Son of Japan abductee to N. Korea hopes Trump raises issue

TOKYO -- Koichiro Iizuka only knows her as Yaeko-san, a pretty woman smiling in an old photo and in stories told by his relatives. A 16-month-old baby, he was at a childcare center in downtown Tokyo ...

Nov 5, 2017
International
Olympic organizers to provide highest quality food materials for athletes

Organizers for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Monday that they will provide the highest quality food materials for the athletes from all over the world. The alpine city of PyeongChang...

Oct 2, 2017
International
Tillerson on China visit focused on North Korea, trade

BEIJING -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Beijing on Saturday for discussions focused on trade and North Korea, along with preparations for a visit by President Donald Trump in November. ...

Sept 30, 2017
International
Trump to visit S. Korea, other Asian nations in Nov.

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump will visit South Korea as part of a trip to Asia in November, the White House announced Friday. It will be Trump's first visit to the region since he took off...

Sept 30, 2017
International
Japanese donates photo of wartime sex slave to South Korean museum

BUSAN -- A Japanese man donated a photo of a Korean victim of Japan’s wartime sex slavery to a local museum on Tuesday as an apology for what he said is an act against humanity. Jikai Taketomi, an o...

Aug 8, 2017
International
N. Korean missiles add urgency to Hiroshima A-bomb appeals

Hiroshima’s appeal of “never again” on the anniversary Sunday of the world’s first atomic bomb attack has gained urgency as North Korea moves ever closer to acquiring nuclear weapons, showing its gro...

Aug 6, 2017
International
'Whales ho!' Sailors, conservationists help keep whales safe

BOSTON (AP) -- For centuries, sailors have shouted their own language aboard: ``Hoist sail!'' ``Prepare to come about!'' ``Anchors aweigh!'' Now they're teaming up with conservationists to put a new...

Jul 9, 2017
International
[URGENT] Eleven bodies retrieved so far from German bus wreck: minister

BERLIN, (AFP) -- Emergency workers have retrieved 11 bodies so far from a bus crash Monday in southern Germany, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said, adding that work was ongoing to find anothe...

Jul 3, 2017
International
Another large-scale cyberattack underway: experts

PARIS, (AFP) -- Another large-scale, stealthy cyberattack is underway on a scale that could dwarf last week's assault on computers worldwide, a global cybersecurity firm told AFP on Wednesday. The n...

May 17, 2017
International
Putin 'ready to provide recording' of Lavrov-Trump exchange

SOCHI, (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow could provide a recording of the exchange between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US President Donald Trump, but his aid...

May 17, 2017
International
10 Korean kindergartners killed in bus crash in China

Ten South Korean kindergartners were killed in a traffic accident in China on Tuesday, after a bus they were in caught fire, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said. The accident took place at around 9 a.m. i...

May 9, 2017
International
IYF holds event for Korean miners and nurses dispatched to Germany

(IYF) The International Youth Fellowship held an appreciation event for Korean miners and nurses dispatched to Germany at the Jahrhunderthalle Kasino Hall in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday. Over 300 fo...

May 9, 2017
International
US immigration judge grants asylum to Singapore teen blogger

CHICAGO (AP) -- A blogger from Singapore who was jailed for his online posts blasting his government was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge ruled. Amos Yee, 18, has ...

Mar 25, 2017
International
Two months in, Trump suffers string of defeats

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Donald Trump suffered a bitter defeat Friday in his first major legislative challenge as Republican lawmakers shot down his effort to repeal Obamacare. It was the latest...

Mar 25, 2017
International

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