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North, South Korea irked by Japanese officials’ visit to controversial shrine on war end anniv.
Aug 15, 2021 09:52Tensions have flared up between Japan and the two Koreas on the anniversary of the end of World War II after two Japanese ministers paid a visit to a controversial shrine in Tokyo, seen as a symbol of Japan’s wartime legacy in East Asia.
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US-South Korea war games: North Korea warns of ‘serious security crisis’
Aug 11, 2021 11:26North Korea warns the United States and South Korea of risking a “serious security crisis” by choosing to escalate tensions as the two allies gear up to conduct joint military drills on the troubled Korean Peninsula.
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North Korea demands sanctions relief to resume talks with US: Seoul
Aug 03, 2021 10:19North Korea has called for relief from international sanctions as a precondition to resuming denuclearization talks with the United States, South Korean officials say.
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North Korea warns US-South Korea war games to hamper diplomacy
Aug 02, 2021 04:40Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has warned that a planned joint US-South Korea military exercise will undercut a renewed push for diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula, state-run media reported.
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North, South Korea in talks over reopening liaison office, holding summit
Jul 28, 2021 12:23North and South Korea are set to reopen a joint liaison office and hold a summit as part of efforts to restore inter-Korean relations, three South Korean officials have said.
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North, South Korea restore severed hotline
Jul 27, 2021 04:20North and South Korea have announced the restoration of cross-border communications, which had been severed amid rising tensions more than a year ago.
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President Rouhani urges South Korea to settle banking problems, release Iran's frozen assets
Jul 20, 2021 11:06President Hassan Rouhani said the illegal US sanctions have caused problems in ties with South Korea in financial and banking sectors, urging Seoul to make efforts to solve the issue at the earliest and allow Tehran access to its illegally frozen assets there.
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Iranian funds in South Korea used to settle debts to 40 companies: Report
Jul 16, 2021 01:08A South Korean newspaper report says funds belonging to Iran and frozen in two bank accounts in the country have been used to pay back debts to dozens of companies who had exported goods and services to Iran before the country came under US sanctions in 2018.
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S. Africa under fire for arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE amid crimes in Yemen
Jun 17, 2021 04:14The High Court of South Africa has ordered the country’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) to provide a list of companies that have supplied Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with weapons found to have been used against civilians in the Yemen war.
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North Korea slams termination of US pact curbing South Korea’s missile range
May 31, 2021 09:54North Korea has denounced the termination of a pact between Washington and Seoul that limited South Korea's ballistic missile program, describing the move as both an “aggression” and “shameful double-dealing.”