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South Korea gets US approval to pay Iranian investor: Report
Jan 13, 2022 02:48South 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 11:19Deputy 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.
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South Korean team in Vienna for talks on debt to Iran
Jan 05, 2022 09:00South Korea says it has sent a delegation to Vienna to hold talks with Iran and other countries over how to resolve the issue of frozen Iranian assets held in the Asian country.
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South Korea seriously harmed by Iran sanctions: Envoy
Dec 21, 2021 03:01South Korea’s ambassador to Iran says the country has suffered badly from more than three years of US sanctions on Iran as he insists that Seoul has been working hard to maintain its trade and energy ties with Iran despite excessive US pressure.
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Hundreds queue for virus tests in South Korea as cases reach record levels
Dec 06, 2021 04:09Hundreds form long lines waiting to be tested for coronavirus as cases reach record highs of more than 5,000 infections daily.
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South Korea reports 3 more Omicron cases
Dec 05, 2021 12:15South Korea on Sunday reported three more Omicron coronavirus variant cases, bringing its total confirmed so far to 12, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
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Joint US-South Korea-Japan presser cancelled over disputed islands
Nov 18, 2021 09:18A joint press conference in Washington by the deputy foreign ministers of Japan, South Korea, and the US has been canceled over a territorial dispute, with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman being left to answer questions on her own.
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South Korean workers defy ban, rally for fair jobs
Nov 14, 2021 05:44Tens of thousands of workers belonging to South Korea’s largest umbrella labor union rallied on the streets of downtown Seoul, defying a city government ban on their gathering.
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North Korea conducts artillery fire drill after US-South joint exercise
Nov 07, 2021 06:04North Korea has conducted an artillery fire drill to bolster its defense capabilities days after Washington and Seoul kicked off their latest joint military aerial exercise.
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South Korean embassy’s mask donation enrages Iranians as Seoul refuses to release frozen assets
Nov 01, 2021 09:05Iranian social media users have sharply rebuked the South Korean embassy in Tehran over the donation of merely 2,000 face masks to a private Iranian hospital to help protect health personnel and patients against COVID-19, pointing out that the move comes whilst billions of dollars of the Islamic Republic’s funds remain frozen in the East Asian nation’s banks.