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Diplomatic fiasco dogs Moon ahead of Trump summit

A series of foreign policy and security fiascos are posing a threat to President Moon Jae-in’s diplomacy, with internal discords on North Korea, a US missile shield and guest receptions spilling over...

June 19, 2017
Foreign Affairs
[Newsmaker] Kang faces mountain of challenges

With silver hair and a cheery smile, she stood out amid a torrent of camera flashes. As she delivered her inauguration address, younger diplomats gazed in awe, letting out whoops when she touched on ...

June 19, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Search for 7 Navy sailors ends after bodies found on ship

YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- The search for seven US Navy sailors who went missing after their destroyer collided with a container ship off the Japanese coast was called off after several bodies were foun...

June 18, 2017
Defense
To North Korea and back: Otto Warmbier's strange, sad trip

WYOMING, Ohio (AP) -- Over and over, Otto Warmbier apologized and begged -- at first calmly, then choking up and finally in tears -- to be reunited with his family. North Korean officials seated at ...

June 18, 2017
North Korea
NK claims US seized its diplomatic package, demands explanation

North Korea has claimed that the United States recently mugged its delegation carrying a diplomatic package in New York, calling on Washington to provide an explanation on what it calls a provocation...

June 18, 2017
North Korea
58 dead in central Portugal wildfires; many killed in cars

AVELAR, Portugal (AP) -- Raging forest fires in central Portugal killed at least 58 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road, in what the prime minister on Sunday called...

June 18, 2017
World
Rout by Macron's party expected in French parliament vote

PARIS (AP) -- French voters are casting ballots Sunday in the final round of parliamentary elections that could clinch President Emmanuel Macron's hold on power, as his fledgling party appears set to...

June 18, 2017
World
'Sombre' Britain prepares for historic Brexit talks

LONDON (AFP) -- Britain begins historic talks Monday on leaving the European Union while still mourning the victims of a devastating fire and reeling from an election that has badly weakened the gove...

June 18, 2017
World
Gulf crisis mediation shifts to US as Tillerson helms talks

Efforts to end a two-week-old crisis in the Persian Gulf shifted to the US, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson canceling a trip to Mexico to try to end a Saudi-led coalition’s isolation of Qatar. ...

June 18, 2017
World
German minister sees hope of 'soft' Brexit, with conditions

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's foreign minister says there may now be a chance of a "soft" British exit from the European Union that keeps the U.K. in the bloc's single market, but is warning that Britain ...

June 18, 2017
World
Macron eyes next stage in revolution in parliament vote

PARIS (AFP) -- French voters went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election set to hand a landslide victory to the centrist party of President Emmanuel Macron which would complete his stunni...

June 18, 2017
World
Pakistan investigating S. Korean in connection with IS abductions: reports

Pakistan has revoked the visa of a South Korean national and launched an investigation into him in connection with two Chinese citizens who were recently abducted and killed by the Islamic State, acc...

June 18, 2017
Social affairs
With aloof NK, civic groups hit snag in aid projects

On May 26, the Moon Jae-in government gave its first green light to a civic group’s application to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea, indicating a shift in Seoul’s approach toward the issue. T...

June 18, 2017
North Korea
Doctors report Warmbier’s brain damage while voices grow for NK travel ban

An American college student who was recently released from North Korea has suffered severe brain damage, his doctors said Thursday, adding to growing calls in the US for a travel ban to the reclusive...

June 16, 2017
North Korea
Moon says talks possible if North Korea halts tests

President Moon Jae-in said Thursday he would pursue talks with North Korea if it halts nuclear and missile tests, heralding a sweeping turnaround in Seoul’s policy that has long centered on sanctions...

June 15, 2017
North Korea

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