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Iran’s Rouhani congratulates South Korea’s Moon on presidential victory
May 13, 2017 10:57Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has extended his congratulations to Moon Jae-in for winning South Korea’s presidential election.
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S. Korea ready for talks with North under right conditions: Intelligence chief
May 11, 2017 03:42The new head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), who is credited with the arrangement of two inter-Korean summits in the 2000s, stresses the need for a Seoul-Pyongyang meeting, but says it would be possible only when calm returns to the region.
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Moon Jae-in sworn in as South Korea’s president
May 10, 2017 04:54South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, has been sworn in a day after he was declared president in a decisive election victory.
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South Korean protesters block entrance to THAAD installation site
May 06, 2017 12:55Protests against a US-made missile system in South Korea have escalated as people block the main entrance to the installation site.
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China calls for immediate halt to US missile system in South Korea
May 02, 2017 08:23Beijing has called for the immediate suspension of a controversial American anti-missile system deployed to South Korea hours after Washington announced the system, known as THAAD, is now operational.
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South Korea rejects Trump’s call to pay for THAAD system
Apr 29, 2017 15:56South Korea has rejected a demand by US President Donald Trump that Seoul should pay for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a missile system which is being deployed in the country to allegedly deter threats from North Korea.
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South Korea, US warn of potential ‘punishment’ against North Korea
Apr 27, 2017 08:11South Korea and the United States have agreed to take “swift punitive measures” against North Korea in the event of more “provocation” on the part of Pyongyang.
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China urges peaceful solution to Korean Peninsula tensions
Apr 27, 2017 01:11China has called on all sides of the conflict on the Korean Peninsula to work for a peaceful solution and try to ease tensions between the two Koreas.
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China, Russia slam installment of US missile system in South Korea
Apr 26, 2017 08:21China and Russia voiced serious concern about the controversial transportation of an advanced US missile system to South Korea, drawing attention to the destabilizing effect of the deployment on an already fraught situation on the Korean Peninsula.
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Trump's claim that Korea was part of China sparks outrage
Apr 22, 2017 07:10US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage in South Korea with remarks that the Korean peninsula "used to be part of China."