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Russia, China welcome Koreas’ agreement to talk
Jan 05, 2018 07:50Russia and China have welcomed an agreement by North and South Koreas to resume dialog after two years.
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South Korean president to meet former ‘comfort women’
Jan 04, 2018 10:01South Korean President Moon Jae-in will on Thursday meet women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, days after their plight has again cast a shadow over ties between South Korea and Japan.
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UN chief hails reopening of North-South Korea hotline
Jan 04, 2018 04:45UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has hailed the reopening of a hotline between North and South Korea, voicing hopes for further progress in defusing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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South Korea offers date for high-level talks with North
Jan 02, 2018 06:10South Korea has offered to hold high-level talks with the North on January 9, shortly after North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un said that direct dialog could take place between the two countries.
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S. Korean credit line tapped for financing Iran refinery project
Dec 31, 2017 09:13A project to optimize Iran's Isfahan Refinery will be financed by a South Korean credit line.
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China, South Korea plan multibillion-dollar upgrade of Isfahan, Abadan refineries
Dec 30, 2017 09:11Chinese and South Koreans are planning multibillion-dollar optimization and expansion of two major oil refineries in Iran, reports said on Saturday.
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China rejects Trump’s claim of North Korea oil transfer
Dec 29, 2017 13:55China has rejected allegations by United States that it helped North Korea evade United Nations sanctions, following claims by US President Donald Trump that Beijing had allowed the transfer of oil to a North Korean ship.
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South Korea kicks off two-day military drills in Sea of Japan
Dec 29, 2017 13:55South Korea has launched two-day military exercises off the islands in the Sea of Japan that are also claimed by Tokyo.
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South Korea’s president calls sex slave deal with Japan ‘flawed’
Dec 28, 2017 05:00South Korean President Moon Jae-in has described as “flawed” an agreement inked in 2015 by his predecessor and Japan to settle the issue of the wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women by Japanese troops.
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More than two dozen dead in blaze at fitness center in South Korea
Dec 21, 2017 16:18A fire at a fitness center in the scenic South Korean city of Jecheon has left 29 people dead and more than two dozen others injured.