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South Korea optimistic about US-North diplomacy despite halt to negotiations
Jan 14, 2020 08:09South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed new optimism about the deadlocked talks between the United States and North Korea, citing a recent birthday wish sent to Pyongyang’s leader by the American president.
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2020 Olympics qualification: Iran 3-0 China
Jan 10, 2020 03:26In volleyball and the 2020 Olympics Qualification campaign in Asia, Iran have completed a clean sweep over hosts China to advance to the semifinals as Group A leaders.
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South Korea’s Moon seeking to arrange visit by North’s Kim to Seoul
Jan 07, 2020 10:59South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he is making efforts to arrange a visit by North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un to Seoul, citing a “desperate need” for both sides to improve relations, amid a deadlock in US-North Korea talks.
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In talks with China's Xi, S Korea's Moon voices concern over stalled N Korea-US talks
Dec 23, 2019 10:51In a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed concern over stalled denuclearization talks on the Korean Peninsula as well as a recent flare-up of tensions between the United States and North Korea.
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Seoul, Washington fail to agree on cost of US troops
Dec 18, 2019 11:10South Korea and the United States have failed to agree on Seoul's contribution towards hosting some 28,500 US troops, but the US side hinted after the two days of talks ended that it will no longer stick to its $5 billion demand.
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In Seoul, US envoy for North Korea urges fresh talks with Pyongyang, dismisses Kim’s deadline
Dec 16, 2019 07:22The United States has called on North Korea to immediately return to the negotiating table on denuclearization, while rejecting an end-of-year deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to stop hostilities and make concessions to revive the stalled diplomatic process.
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South Korean protesters destroy portraits of US ambassador
Dec 14, 2019 03:56South Korean protesters have destroyed portraits of the US ambassador to their country in front of the American Embassy in the capital, Seoul, to denounce Washington’s demands for increased South Korean payment for the American military presence in their country.
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US, South Korea military cost-sharing talks fail to achieve results
Dec 07, 2019 08:22South Korea and the United States have once again failed to achieve tangible results in the latest round of military cost-sharing talks after a breakdown in negotiations last month.
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North Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles eastward: South Korea
Nov 28, 2019 09:13North Korea has launched “two unidentified projectiles” toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military says, the latest in a series of missile launches amid deadlocked demilitarization talks with the United States.
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Japan, South Korea jets shadow Russian bombers in ‘routine flight’
Nov 27, 2019 14:13Moscow says Japan and South Korea have dispatched fighter jets to warn off Russian strategic bombers that were flying over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.