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Korean-Americans favor Clinton

Korean-American voters in the US appear to strongly favor Hilary Clinton over Donald Trump for their next president, regardless of their political inclination, a recent survey by a US-based scholar r...

Sept 6, 2016
International
Opposition to THAAD shows China's belief neighbors must give priority to Chinese interests: US expert

China's opposition to South Korea's decision to host the US THAAD missile defense system shows Beijing believes neighboring countries must put China's national interests ahead of their own, a US expe...

Sept 1, 2016
International
Seoul to focus on inclusiveness, innovation in achieving UN development goals

South Korea will focus on seeking inclusive growth of fragile countries and innovative partnerships with the private sector as Seoul joins the international community's implementation of the United N...

Aug 31, 2016
International
N. Korea's SLBM test necessitates urgent discussions during regional summit: Russel

North Korea's latest submarine missile test makes it urgent for US President Barack Obama and other East Asia leaders to discuss the threat when they hold an annual regional summit next week, the Sta...

Aug 31, 2016
International
Ikea threatens to cut investments in Russia after losing court battle

MOSCOW, (AFP) -- Swedish flatpack giant IKEA on Tuesday warned it could reduce its investment in Russia after a court ordered it to pay more than $7.8 million in damages in a long-running legal dispu...

Aug 30, 2016
International
UN health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and do...

Aug 30, 2016
International
Tensions mount as record numbers crowd French migrant camp

CALAIS, France (AP) -- Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France's port city of Calais, where they spend hours in line waiting for food and sho...

Aug 30, 2016
International
Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN

PARIS, (AFP) -- Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report wa...

Aug 30, 2016
International
Korea, Morocco agree to expand cooperation in education, culture, youth exchange

South Korea and Morocco have agreed to tighten collaboration in cultural sectors that include education, sports and youth exchanges as they seek closer bilateral diplomatic ties, the foreign ministry...

Aug 30, 2016
International
Korean Peninsula tensions key topic for Obama's talks with Xi: White House

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula will be a key topic for US President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Monday. Obama is scheduled to visit China ...

Aug 30, 2016
International
Korea excavates remains of 320 Korean War dead in H1

South Korea's defense ministry said Monday it excavated the remains of 320 soldiers killed during the Korean War in the first half, with six of them identified and returned home to their families. I...

Aug 29, 2016
International
Memorial stones set up in Japan to remember Korean victims of forced labor

A South Korean civic organization on Sunday said it has set up a memorial stone in Japan to remember Korean victims of forced labor during the Japanese colonial rule. Steppingstone for Peace said it...

Aug 28, 2016
International
Korea expresses deep condolences to quake-stricken Italy

South Korea on Thursday expressed "deep condolences" for the victims and their families affected by a deadly quake that recently hit central Italy. In a spokesman's statement, the country's foreign ...

Aug 25, 2016
International
Majority of Koreans support THAAD, worry about impact on ties with China: survey

A majority of South Koreans are in favor of the government's recent decision to place a US missile defense system on its soil, saying it is necessary to counter North Korea's growing nuclear and miss...

Aug 23, 2016
International
China, Myanmar vow closer ties after Suu Kyi visits Beijing

BEIJING (AP) -- China and Myanmar have pledged to forge closer ties as "blood brothers'' following Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Beijing, her first diplomatic trip since taking power in ...

Aug 20, 2016
International

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