South Korea

South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for authorizing drone incursions into North Korea, in a case prosecutors said was part of an effort to manufacture a security crisis ahead of his…
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The United States will share closely guarded technology to help South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump announced Thursday on social media, following his meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.…
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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has asked US President Donald Trump to use his leadership to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table and ease rising military tensions on the peninsula, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Friday.…
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US President Donald Trump may meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, CNN reported. According to officials cited in the report,…
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South Korea’s military said Saturday it fired warning shots earlier this week after several North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border, prompting a sharp rebuke from Pyongyang. The incident occurred Tuesday in the…
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North Korea has firmly dismissed recent peace proposals from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, with Kim Yo Jong — the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — declaring on Monday that Pyongyang has no interest in dialogue…
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US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a 25% tariff on goods from Japan and South Korea, set to take effect from August 1, Reuters reported. The move comes as Trump also revealed plans to send letters to the leaders of a dozen…
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Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as authorities struggled to contain the country’s worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 26 people, forced at least 37,000 others to flee their homes and destroyed…
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South Korea’s Air Force said Thursday that one of its fighter jets had accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise, resulting in civilian injuries. “Eight MK-82 general-purpose bombs were abnormally…
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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last…
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