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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Herald interview] ‘Denuclearization efforts on peninsula opportunity for nuclear free world’
Ahead of the inter-Korean summit this week, all eyes are again on the Korean Peninsula, as South Korea, the US and major powers strive to achieve denuclearization. If the ongoing negotiations to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons succeeds, it would boost the decades-old campaign to make the world nuclear-free, according to Alyn Ware, global coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. “Here, we have an opportunity in Northeast Asia,” Ware said during an interv
Sept. 17, 2018
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No meeting set between N. Korea, US at UN session: report
The United States has no plan yet for any talks with North Korea in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session late this month, a State Department official was quoted as saying Sunday.The official told Radio Free Asia, a Washington-based news service, that there's no related schedule "for now." (AP)The official was responding to a question about the possibility of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting Kim Yong-chol, a top North Korean communist party official, during the UN ga
Sept. 16, 2018
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Working-level talks underway to prep inter-Korean summit
Working-level talks between officials from South and North Korea are underway at the border village of Panmunjom on Friday to hammer out details of an inter-Korean summit planned for next week.Panmumjom (Ock Hyun-ju/The Korea Herald)The preparatory meeting comes four days before South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are set to sit down for their third meeting in Pyongyang from Tuesday to Thursday.At Friday’s meeting, officials are expected to discuss the size and
Sept. 14, 2018
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US to disclose North Korea’s sanctions violations: report
The US and allies plan to launch a new effort to expose North Korean violations of sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear and missile programs, according to a news report Thursday.The new effort will make the public more aware of steps taken by the US and its allies to enforce the UN sanctions against North Korea, particularly the monitoring of ships illicitly transferring refined petroleum to North Korean oil tankers in the East China Sea, CNN reported, citing two defense officials. (AP)The UN
Sept. 13, 2018
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PM calls for international support for Seoul's peace efforts
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon called Wednesday for international support for South Korea's efforts to reconcile with North Korea, saying peace on the Korean Peninsula will contribute to prosperity in Northeast Asia and beyond.Lee made the remark during a keynote speech at the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok, stressing that peace on the divided peninsula is a prerequisite for building a joint economic community in the region. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (far right). (Y
Sept. 12, 2018
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N. Korea-US summit likely by October in a third country: experts
With prospects of a second summit between North Korea and the US cautiously growing, the leaders of the two countries would likely sit down for talks in a third country by October, if the meeting takes place, analysts say. Foreign policy experts interviewed by The Korea Herald all said that the summit is likely to take place by mid-October, as both North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump would like to use the meeting to appeal to their domestic audiences. Trump, who is emb
Sept. 12, 2018
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PM Lee voices optimism for economic cooperation involving two Koreas, Russia
South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Tuesday voiced optimism for three-way economic cooperation involving the two Koreas and Russia amid Seoul's stepped-up diplomacy to facilitate Pyongyang's denuclearization."On Sept. 18, there will be a third inter-Korean summit.High-level talks between the North and the United States are also expected to resume," Lee said during his speech at the South Korea-Russia Business Dialogue in the Russian far eastern port city of Vladivostok."There will be a n
Sept. 11, 2018
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PM Lee calls for Mongolia's cooperation on East Asia railway community
South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Tuesday expressed his expectation for Mongolia's cooperation on Seoul's proposal to build an East Asian railway community aimed at promoting multilateral exchanges, trust and peace. During his meeting with Mongolia's President Khaltmaa Battulga in Russia's far eastern port city of Vladivostok, Lee also voiced hope that the two countries will make progress in ongoing talks to elevate the bilateral relationship to a "strategic partnership." Prime Ministe
Sept. 11, 2018
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US envoy for N. Korea: Starting is half the job
The US special envoy on North Korea said Tuesday that South Korea and the US need to make the most of the opportunity to achieve denuclearization amid growing momentum for a breakthrough in stalled denuclearization talks. “We have some hard work to do,” Stephen Biegun, special representative for North Korea, said in an opening speech during a meeting with his counterpart Lee Do-hoon. “But we also have a tremendous opportunity created by President Donald Trump and by President Moon Jae-in and by
Sept. 11, 2018
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Korea to send special envoy to Kofi Annan's funeral
The South Korean government said Tuesday it will send a delegate to the funeral of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan this week.Choi Young-jin, the country's former ambassador to the United States, will attend the funeral, to be held in Ghana on Thursday, as the special envoy of Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, according to her ministry. (Yonhap)Choi served as assistant secretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN while Annan was in office.He also worked as Seoul's ambassador to t
Sept. 11, 2018
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Abe reiterates hope for summit with NK leader
VLADIVOSTOK -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he wants to improve and normalize Japan's relations with North Korea through direct talks with the North's leader Kim Jong-un.The remark, made during a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok, is the latest in a series of comments Abe has made expressing hope for a summit with the North. (Yonhap)"I have a will to improve or normalize
Sept. 11, 2018
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Top S. Korean, US officials discuss N. Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met Tuesday with the new US special envoy on North Korea amid signs of Pyongyang and Washington moving to resume dialogue.Stephen Biegun, the State Department's special representative for North Korea, arrived in Seoul on Monday as part of his Northeast Asia tour.He paid a courtesy call on Kang just before talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon. (Yonhap)Biegun said his visit here is meant for consultations on ways to "make progress in denu
Sept. 11, 2018
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PM arrives in Russia's Vladivostok for economic forum
VLADIVOSTOK -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon arrived in Vladivostok on Monday to attend an annual international economic forum and hold meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.About 6,000 people are expected to attend the Eastern Economic Forum, which Putin has hosted in Vladivostok every year since 2015, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Abe and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon arrives in Vladivostok on Monday. (Y
Sept. 10, 2018
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US envoy for N. Korea visits S. Korea
The US special envoy on North Korea began his three-day trip to Seoul on Monday to meet his counterparts here amid growing momentum for a breakthrough in stalled denuclearization talks. In his first visit to Seoul since his appointment last month, Stephen Biegun, special representative for North Korea, met with his counterpart Lee Do-hoon to be briefed on South Korean special envoys’ recent trip to Pyongyang and to discuss ways to achieve denuclearization. Stephen Biegun (Yonhap) After arrivi
Sept. 10, 2018
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Korea, Indonesia to hold summit on regional, economic cooperation
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Indonesian President Joko Widodo were set to hold a summit Monday to discuss ways to increase their countries' bilateral and regional cooperation.Widodo arrived in Seoul on Sunday on a three-day state visit that reciprocated Moon's state visit to his country last year. The two leaders last met in Jakarta in November, in which they agreed to upgrade their countries' bilateral relationship to a "special strategic partnership." In a file photo taken on Nov. 9,
Sept. 10, 2018
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Moon's envoy visits China to brief on NK visit outcome
The top security adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in China on Saturday to explain the outcome of his recent visit to North Korea, officials said. Chung Eui-yong flew to Beijing earlier in the day accompanied by Qiu Guohong, the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea, to meet with Yang Jiechi, a ranking member of China's Communist Party who is in charge of foreign affairs. Chung Eui-yong arrives at Beijing, China (Yonhap) During the planned talks, Chung will share some detai
Sept. 8, 2018
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Trump denies aide removed Korea trade deal letter
US President Donald Trump denied Friday that a former aide removed a letter from his desk to stop him from terminating a US trade deal with South Korea. The Washington Post, citing a forthcoming book by one of its journalists, Bob Woodward, reported earlier this week that a former top economic adviser to Trump "stole a letter" off the president's desk. The letter was intended to withdraw the US from its free trade agreement with South Korea, the book was quoted as saying. Trump has vehe
Sept. 8, 2018
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Peninsula faces 'historic' moment for lasting peace: foreign minister
WANJU -- South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Friday that the peninsula faces a "historic moment for a lasting peace" ahead of another inter-Korean summit later this month aimed at catalyzing North Korea's denuclearization process.Kang made the remarks at a lecture two days after Seoul presidential envoys' one-day trip to the North, where they nailed down the date of the Pyongyang summit -- Sept. 18-20 -- and reconfirmed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's commitment to denuclearizat
Sept. 7, 2018
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Aide stole letter from Trump to stop withdrawal from Korea trade deal: report
WASHINGTON -- A former senior adviser to US President Donald Trump removed a document from the president's desk to stop him from signing off on withdrawing the United States from a trade deal with South Korea, a news report citing an unpublished book said Tuesday.Bob Woodward, a Washington Post journalist known for his investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal, wrote up the anecdote in his new book, "Fear," set for release next week, the paper said.Woodward also wrote, based on in-depth i
Sept. 5, 2018
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Moon, Trump to meet at UN this month: White House
WASHINGTON -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to meet during the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, the White House said.The leaders spoke by phone ahead of Wednesday's planned trip to Pyongyang by a South Korean government delegation headed by Moon's chief national security aide, Chung Eui-yong.(AP)The trip is aimed at setting the date for Moon's third meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which the two sides agreed ea
Sept. 5, 2018