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China defends N. Korea trade after its trucks haul missiles

World NewsApr 18, 2017

China is defending its trade practices with North Korea after Chinese-made vehicles were seen carrying ballistic missiles during a military parade despite international sanctions against selling mili...
Trump accepts Xi's invitation to visit China: report

World NewsApr 7, 2017

US President Donald Trump has agreed to visit China "at an early date" in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Beijing's official news agency reported Friday. In their first summit talks that o...
Fitch cuts S. Africa's credit rating to 'junk'

World BusinessApr 7, 2017

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -- Ratings agency Fitch said Friday it had cut South Africa's credit rating to junk status, citing the recent political instability prompted by a controversial cabinet reshuffle. ...
S. Korea calls for regional cooperation to thwart recurrence of N. Korea's terrorist acts

North KoreaApr 7, 2017

South Korea said Friday that it has called for close cooperation with its regional partners to thwart a recurrence of the terrorist attack that killed the estranged half brother of North Korean leade...
Assad office says US strike 'foolish, irresponsible'

World NewsApr 7, 2017

DAMASCUS (AFP) -- A US missile strike on an airbase in central Syria early on Friday was "foolish and irresponsible," President Bashar al-Assad's office said. "What America did is nothing but foolis...
N. Korea to expel Malaysian envoy in row over airport killing

North KoreaMar 6, 2017

North Korea said Monday it has decided to expel the Malaysian ambassador to Pyongyang in a deepening row over the killing of the half-brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un. The North's official ...
Carrefour's stores in Beijing halt purchase of Korean dairy products

IndustryMar 6, 2017

French retailer Carrefour's 12 stores in the Chinese capital of Beijing appears to have halted their purchase of South Korean dairy products, two officials at local distributors of the Korean goods s...
Expelled N. Korea envoy fires final salvo from airport

North KoreaMar 6, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -- North Korea's expelled ambassador fired a final salvo at Malaysia Monday over its probe into the assassination of the half-brother of Pyongyang's leader, describing the investig...
Toshiba informs SK hynix of new plan to sell stake in memory chip business

TechnologyMar 6, 2017

Japan's Toshiba Corp. has informed SK hynix Inc. of its new plan to sell stakes in its memory chip business, the South Korean company said Monday. SK hynix submitted a non-binding bid last month to ...
Figure skater Choi Da-bin wins women's short program

More sportsFeb 23, 2017

SAPPORO (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Choi Da-bin won the women's short program at the Asian Winter Games here Thursday. Choi scored 61.30 points to lead the pack of 24 skaters at Makomanai Indoor Skati...
Samsung Group to abolish key future strategy office as early as March

IndustryFeb 23, 2017

Samsung Group appears to be planning to abolish the group's key future strategy office as early as next month, a group official said Thursday, after the special prosecution team concludes its probe i...
N. Korea condemns China over comment on missile test, suspension of coal imports

North KoreaFeb 23, 2017

North Korea's state media on Thursday made a rare criticism against China over Beijing's condemnation of Pyongyang's launch of a new ballistic missile and its decision to halt imports of North Korean...
North Korea is a bad trip if you're looking to get high

North KoreaJan 11, 2017

PYONGYANG (AP) -- North Korea has been getting some pretty high praise lately from the stoner world. Marijuana news outlets including High Times, Merry Jane and Green Rush -- along with British tabl...
Germany says 2016 asylum seeker arrivals down two thirds

World NewsJan 11, 2017

BERLIN (AFP) -- Germany took in 280,000 asylum seekers in 2016, about one third of the previous year's record figure, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday. At the height of the hug...
Economic inequality top global risk: WEF

World BusinessJan 11, 2017

GENEVA (AFP) -- Rising income inequality is seen as the top risk for the global economy in 2017, with reforms to market capitalism increasingly viewed as necessary to ward off a populist backlash, th...