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After Olympic deal, South Korea floats summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
World | Jan 10, 2018, 11:07 AM ISTPresident Moon Jae-in has previously floated the idea of a summit with Kim under conditions.
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North Korea offers to send a delegation to the Winter Games in South
World | Jan 09, 2018, 12:33 PM ISTDuring the talks, the North Korean delegation said it would send an Olympic delegation, which includes officials, athletes, cheerleaders, journalists and others, South Korea’s Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung told reporters
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Indian Navy’s Rs 32,000-crore minesweeper deal nixed after talks with South Korea fail
India | Jan 08, 2018, 09:22 AM ISTAdvanced minesweepers, also known as mine counter-measure vessels (MCMVs), are specialised warships that detect, track and destroy underwater mines laid by enemy forces.
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North Korea says likely to join Winter Olympics in South: Reports
World | Jan 06, 2018, 06:09 PM ISTCiting unnamed sources, Japan’s Kyodo News service and broadcaster NHK said Chang was headed to Switzerland, where he could meet with International Olympic Committee officials.
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North Korea agrees to hold diplomatic talk with South Korea
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In small breakthrough, rival Koreas will meet for talks on Tuesday
World | Jan 05, 2018, 05:54 PM ISTUnification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun said he expects the two Koreas will use a recently restored cross-border communication channel to try to determine who will head their respective delegations next week.
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Kim Jong Un accepts Jan 9 talks offer from South Korea
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Donald Trump agreed to delay US-South Korean exercises: Pentagon
World | Jan 04, 2018, 10:36 PM ISTA Pentagon spokesman, Col. Rob Manning, said President Donald Trump agreed to the delay in consultation with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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Donald Trump claims credit for proposed North-South Korea talks
World | Jan 04, 2018, 06:59 PM ISTSouth Korea has proposed face-to-face talk with the North Koreans next week on the possibility of the latter participating in the Winter Olympics.
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North Korea should change course, end nuke program: Shinzo Abe
World | Jan 04, 2018, 03:06 PM ISTShinzo Abe told reporters Japan was watching to see the impact of sanctions against North Korea, especially at this coldest time of the year. Coal and oil are among the items targeted, making heating supplies scarce in the winter.
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North Korea reopens cross-border communications with South Korea
World | Jan 03, 2018, 04:57 PM ISTRelations between the Koreas soured under Moon’s conservative predecessors, who responded to the North’s expanding nuclear program with hard-line measures.
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Kim Jong-un ready to send athletes to South Korea for Olympics 2018
World | Jan 01, 2018, 05:24 PM ISTKim said that Pyongyang was open to talks with Seoul to discuss its participation in the Games, reports Efe.
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South Korea detains Panamanian vessel suspected of selling oil to DPRK in violation of UN sanctions
World | Dec 31, 2017, 09:01 PM ISTThis is the second case of a ship being investigated by South Korea for supplying crude oil on the high seas to North Korea after Seoul announced on Friday that it had seized a vessel sailing under a Hong Kong flag.
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Won’t give up nukes if US keeps up ‘blackmail’: North Korea
World | Dec 30, 2017, 04:36 PM ISTThe North’s official Korean Central News Agency took the oft-repeated stance as it reviewed the country’s major nuclear weapons and missile tests this year.
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South Korea holds Hong Kong ship for violating UN sanctions by transferring oil to North Korean vessel
World | Dec 29, 2017, 03:58 PM ISTSouth Korean customs authorities boarded the ship and interviewed crew members after they returned to Yeosu on Nov. 24.
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North Korea UN ambassador demands US prove ransomware claim
World | Dec 26, 2017, 04:32 PM ISTNorth Korea’s envoy in charge of U.S. affairs at the United Nations demanded Washington provide evidence to back up its claim Pyongyang was behind the Wannacry ransomware attack.
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South Korea fires 20 rounds of warning shots after North Korean soldier defects across border
World | Dec 21, 2017, 09:13 AM ISTSeoul's Defence Ministry says the shootout happened after a North Korean soldier safely arrived at a front-line South Korean guard post.
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Kim Jong-un’s top aide disappears from public life, may have been executed
World | Dec 15, 2017, 01:38 PM ISTSpeculations surrounding Hwang’s execution is rife because Kim had last week visited Mount Paektu -- something he typically does ahead of passing a death order of his top brass.
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US special envoy backs unconditional talks with North Korea
World | Dec 15, 2017, 01:29 PM ISTJoseph Yun told reporters in Bangkok that the talks could take place without preconditions and would serve Washington’s dual approach of pressure and engagement on Pyongyang over its nuclear program.
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Japan imposes new unilateral sanctions on North Korea
World | Dec 15, 2017, 11:45 AM ISTThe new sanctions come as an addition to a long list of punitive measures imposed by Japan which affect North Korean companies of different sectors and senior officials of the Kim Jong-un regime.