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South Korea’s presidential election campaign season opens
Feb 17, 2022 08:41South Korea’s presidential campaign season opened this week, enabling candidates and supporters to rally in the streets from six in the morning until 11 at night.
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North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017 in message to US
Jan 30, 2022 09:29North Korea has launched its longest-range missile test since 2017 despite American warnings that the country could be subjected to more sanctions.
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Iran, South Korea to hold talks next month over frozen funds: Report
Jan 30, 2022 06:51Officials from Iran and South Korea will hold direct talks next month to discuss how Seoul will repatriate nearly $8 billion in Iranian funds blocked in South Korea under American pressure, according to a report published by South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency.
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Iran mobile phone imports at $2.9bn in March-December: IRICA
Jan 26, 2022 06:43Figures by the Iranian customs office (IRICA) show the country imported nearly $3 billion worth of mobile phones in the nine months to December 21 as shipments accounted for 8% of the value of total imports into Iran over the period.
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Russia slams freezing of Iran’s funds in South Korea as ‘piracy in action’
Jan 24, 2022 12:33Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov has lambasted the freezing of Iran’s funds in South Korea as “piracy in action,” as Seoul persists in blocking Iran’s access to the funds on the excuse of abiding by illegal US sanctions.
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North Korea to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests
Jan 20, 2022 09:43North Korea says it may consider resuming “all temporarily suspended” nuclear and long-range weapons tests to boost its defenses against Washington’s “military threats,” amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and renewed US sanctions against Pyongyang.
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S Korea, Japan say North Korea fires 'unidentified objects', possibly ballistic missiles toward ocean
Jan 17, 2022 08:33North Korea has reportedly carried out a new weapons test, firing two "unidentified projectiles," which could be ballistic missiles, into the sea off its eastern coast, Japan's coast guard and South Korea's military say.
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North Korea fires two more missiles after warning US over sanctions
Jan 14, 2022 11:46North Korea is reported to have fired at least two ballistic missiles just hours after hitting out a US "provocation" for new sanctions and warning of a strong reaction.
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South Korea gets US approval to pay Iranian investor: Report
Jan 13, 2022 06:18South Korea has obtained a “specific license” from the United States to be able to circumvent sanctions on Iran and pay compensations to an Iranian investor over a dispute dating back to 2010, shows a report by the country’s official news agency Yonhap.
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S. Korea must release Iran’s frozen assets regardless of Vienna talks outcome: Deputy FM
Jan 06, 2022 14:49Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri-Kani said it is South Korea’s duty to release Iran’s illegally frozen assets regardless of the result of the ongoing negotiations in Vienna on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.