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South Korea ready to delay joint US drills to de-escalate with North: Moon
Dec 21, 2017 03:52South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he is ready to postpone joint military drills with the United States in order to reduce tensions with North Korea, provided that the North "stops its provocations."
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North Korea says any US naval blockade would be 'act of war'
Dec 14, 2017 15:43North Korea has warned that it would take "merciless self-defensive" measures should the United States enforce a naval blockade against the country.
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China again urges dialogue to settle dispute on Korean Peninsula
Dec 14, 2017 15:36China has again warned against moves that could trigger a military conflict on the Korean Peninsula, saying a current dispute over North Korea’s intensified weapons program should only be settled through dialogue.
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Russian military delegation in North Korea
Dec 13, 2017 08:52A Russian Defense Ministry delegation has arrived in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
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UN official tells North Korea channels of communication necessary with US
Dec 10, 2017 06:16A United Nations (UN) official who recently traveled to North Korea told senior officials there that there was an urgent need to open channels of communication between Pyongyang and presumably the United States to avoid a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, the UN has announced.
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China warns against escalation on Korean Peninsula
Dec 06, 2017 15:11Chinese authorities have again warned against moves that could escalate the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, saying parties to the conflict should avoid actions that add to the already simmering tensions in the region.
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US flies supersonic heavy bomber over Korean Peninsula
Dec 06, 2017 07:55The United States has flown a supersonic heavy bomber from its Guam base over the Korean Peninsula during a joint military drill with South Korea.
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13 killed in South Korea maritime accident
Dec 03, 2017 10:05Thirteen people were killed and two were missing after a fishing boat collided with a tanker off South Korea's west coast and capsized early Sunday.
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Hyundai Rotem inks €720mn deal to build carriages in Iran
Dec 02, 2017 13:37Iranians and South Korean companies have signed a contract worth 720 million euros to jointly build 450 rail carriages for use in suburban Tehran, an official says.
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Russia urges US, two Koreas to avoid further escalation
Nov 30, 2017 09:43Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Vassily Nebenzia has called on the United States and South and North Koreas to avoid any measure that can further escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.