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Japan protests unified Korea Olympic flag with disputed isles

Japan said Monday it had lodged a protest with South Korea over the "unacceptable" use of a unified Korean Olympic flag that features a set of disputed islands. The two Koreas have agreed to march t...

February 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea's Berlin embassy used to acquire nuclear tech: spy chief

Germany's domestic intelligence agency chief has revealed North Korea has been acquiring equipment and technology for its nuclear and weapons programmes through its Berlin embassy. BfV head Hans-Geo...

February 4, 2018
North Korea
Trump accuses Justice Dept, FBI of pro-Democrat bias

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Friday attacked leaders of his own Justice Department and the FBI as politically biased in favor of Democrats. "The top Leadership and Investigators o...

February 2, 2018
World
[PyeongChang 2018] Sports court lifts life bans of 28 Russians accused of doping

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday lifted life bans on 28 of the 43 Russians accused of doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. In a decision that could allow some of them to compete i...

February 1, 2018
Olympic Games
Trump honors North Korea defector at State of Union speech

WASHINGTON -- Amid nuclear tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, US President Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of honoring a North Korean defector Tuesday as he delivered his State of th...

January 31, 2018
North Korea
North Korea slams US as 'gross violator of human rights'

North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump's administration as a "gross violator of human rights", its state media reported Wednesday. The official Korean Central News Agency released its E...

January 31, 2018
North Korea
[PyeongChang 2018] Koreas’ Olympic ice hockey team lost in translation

SEOUL (AFP) -- The unified Korean women’s ice hockey team faced an unexpected challenge at their first joint training session, reports said Monday -- vastly different hockey terminology on either sid...

January 29, 2018
North Korea
Mattis wants to keep pressure on N. Korea

HONOLULU - The United States and South Korea are going to keep tightening the screws on Pyongyang so that the hermit state gives up its nuclear program, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday. "As tw...

January 28, 2018
North Korea
Rare 'super blood blue moon' visible on Jan. 31

A cosmic event not seen in 36 years -- a rare "super blood blue moon" -- may be glimpsed January 31 in parts of western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia. The event is causi...

January 28, 2018
World News
Federer hails Chung as future top 10 player

MELBOURNE -- Roger Federer hailed Chung Hyeon as a future top 10 player Friday after the South Korean's Australian Open came to a painful end at the hands of the Swiss maestro. The defending champio...

January 26, 2018
More sports
US warns Hong Kong on illicit North Korea trade

HONG KONG (AFP) - A senior United States official warned Hong Kong authorities Wednesday they must stop the city being used as a “safe harbour” for illicit trade with North Korea, in violation of Uni...

January 24, 2018
World News
Tennis: Injured Nadal set to return in three weeks

MELBOURNE (AFP) - World number one Rafael Nadal faces three weeks out after being diagnosed with a torn inner hip muscle during his Australian Open quarter-final defeat, his management said Wednesday...

January 24, 2018
More sports
Tsunami warnings as powerful quake hits off Alaska

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the coast of Alaska early Tuesday, January 23, prompting tsunami warnings or watches as far away as California. The quake struck...

January 23, 2018
World News
One dead as volcano erupts near Japan ski resort

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese soldier was killed Tuesday and several other people injured after a volcano erupted near a popular ski resort, sparking an avalanche and leaving scores stranded -- in...

January 23, 2018
World
22 North Korean athletes will compete in 3 sports at 2018 Games: IOC

LAUSANNE -- North Korea will send 22 athletes to next month's Winter Games in the South, the International Olympic Committee said Saturday, approving a landmark deal between two nations still officia...

January 20, 2018
North Korea

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