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North Korea Wants To Restart Nuclear Talks If Trump Wins, Says Ex-Diplomat
North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea told Reuters.
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North Korean Diplomat Defects From Cuba To South Korea: Report
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, a report said Tuesday.
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South Korea And China To Begin Diplomatic Talks On Korean Peninsula Issues
South Korea and China will hold their first round of diplomatic and security dialogue on Tuesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Monday, in line with an agreement the two nations made last month.
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Chinese Diplomats To Attend Korean War Anniversary Event In Pyongyang
North Korea is planning a "grand" Korean War armistice anniversary celebration this week that will be attended by Chinese diplomats, the first known foreign visitors since Pyongyang's 2020 pandemic border closure.
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US Top Diplomat To Visit Seoul To Discuss North Korea's Missile Launches
The US envoy for North Korea will visit Seoul next week for meetings with South Korean counterparts to discuss the international response to the North's recent intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) launches, the State Department said.
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China, Russia Thwart US Push For New Sanctions On North Koreans
China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats told AFP.
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"Peace Is Possible": South Korea President's Message To North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite public silence from Pyongyang over his attempts for a declaration of peace between the two sides.
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North Korea Breaks Ties With Malaysia Over Citizen's Extradition To US
North Korea severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia on Friday, abruptly shutting down a once-close relationship that took a major downturn following the shock assassination of Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother in Kuala Lumpur airport four years ago.
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"Magical Force": New Book Reveals Trump-Kim Letters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un deployed flattery and florid prose in the letters that forged his diplomatic courtship of Donald Trump, according to a new book on the US president.
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Kim Jong Un Invited Donald Trump To North Korea In New Letter: Report
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.
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Hyundai Motor Agrees Wage Deal, Avoids Strike For First Time In 8 Years
Hyundai Motor Co and its South Korean workers' union have reached a tentative wage deal and averted strike action for the first time in eight years, sending the automaker's shares up by more than 4 per cent . The union said it took into account "the uncertain political and economic situation" stemming from a diplomatic spat with Japan as well as a ...
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South Korean Man Dies After Self-Immolation In Front Of Japanese Embassy
A South Korean man died on Friday after setting himself on fire in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, police said, amid ongoing trade and diplomatic disputes with Tokyo.
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Trump Meets Kim Jong Un In North Korea After Crossing Demilitarised Zone
Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.
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North Korea Says Time Running Out For Talks As US Envoy Due In South
Time is running out for the United States to formulate a new strategy to revive denuclearisation talks, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Thursday, as a U.S. envoy for North Korea is due to visit South Korea ahead of President Donald Trump's trip.
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Kim Jong Un's Hanoi Hotel "Masterstroke" Undone As American Press Evicted
It had been dubbed a brilliant move in a grand game of diplomatic chess: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had booked the same hotel being used by the White House press corps during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam this week.
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North Korea Wants To Restart Nuclear Talks If Trump Wins, Says Ex-Diplomat
North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea told Reuters.
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North Korean Diplomat Defects From Cuba To South Korea: Report
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, a report said Tuesday.
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South Korea And China To Begin Diplomatic Talks On Korean Peninsula Issues
South Korea and China will hold their first round of diplomatic and security dialogue on Tuesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Monday, in line with an agreement the two nations made last month.
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Chinese Diplomats To Attend Korean War Anniversary Event In Pyongyang
North Korea is planning a "grand" Korean War armistice anniversary celebration this week that will be attended by Chinese diplomats, the first known foreign visitors since Pyongyang's 2020 pandemic border closure.
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US Top Diplomat To Visit Seoul To Discuss North Korea's Missile Launches
The US envoy for North Korea will visit Seoul next week for meetings with South Korean counterparts to discuss the international response to the North's recent intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) launches, the State Department said.
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China, Russia Thwart US Push For New Sanctions On North Koreans
China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats told AFP.
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"Peace Is Possible": South Korea President's Message To North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite public silence from Pyongyang over his attempts for a declaration of peace between the two sides.
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North Korea Breaks Ties With Malaysia Over Citizen's Extradition To US
North Korea severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia on Friday, abruptly shutting down a once-close relationship that took a major downturn following the shock assassination of Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother in Kuala Lumpur airport four years ago.
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"Magical Force": New Book Reveals Trump-Kim Letters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un deployed flattery and florid prose in the letters that forged his diplomatic courtship of Donald Trump, according to a new book on the US president.
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Kim Jong Un Invited Donald Trump To North Korea In New Letter: Report
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.
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Hyundai Motor Agrees Wage Deal, Avoids Strike For First Time In 8 Years
Hyundai Motor Co and its South Korean workers' union have reached a tentative wage deal and averted strike action for the first time in eight years, sending the automaker's shares up by more than 4 per cent . The union said it took into account "the uncertain political and economic situation" stemming from a diplomatic spat with Japan as well as a ...
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South Korean Man Dies After Self-Immolation In Front Of Japanese Embassy
A South Korean man died on Friday after setting himself on fire in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, police said, amid ongoing trade and diplomatic disputes with Tokyo.
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Trump Meets Kim Jong Un In North Korea After Crossing Demilitarised Zone
Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.
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North Korea Says Time Running Out For Talks As US Envoy Due In South
Time is running out for the United States to formulate a new strategy to revive denuclearisation talks, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Thursday, as a U.S. envoy for North Korea is due to visit South Korea ahead of President Donald Trump's trip.
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Kim Jong Un's Hanoi Hotel "Masterstroke" Undone As American Press Evicted
It had been dubbed a brilliant move in a grand game of diplomatic chess: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had booked the same hotel being used by the White House press corps during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam this week.
