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Korea: Biden to unveil new efforts to protect South Korea from nukes
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will use this week’s celebratory state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to underscore that the US is ready…
Myanmar: Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on surprise Myanmar trip
BANGKOK: Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is on a surprise visit to military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of elder statesmen that engages in…
Yoon: South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to meet Joe Biden as doubts grow over the nuclear umbrella
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol set off on Monday for the United States and a summit with President Joe Biden at a time…
Japan: South Korea restores Japan on trade ‘white list’
SEOUL: South Korea formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment in trade on Monday, three years after the neighbors downgraded…
Seoul: Seoul says military aid for Ukraine ‘depends on Russia’
SEOUL: South Korea‘s decision on whether to send military aid to Kyiv depends on Russia’s actions, Seoul‘s presidential office said Thursday, adding that a possible…
US, allies conduct more drills in face of North Korean threat
SEOUL: The United States, South Korea, and Japan conducted a joint missile defence exercise Monday in waters near the Korean Peninsula as they expand military…
South Korea: South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers to hold first bilateral talks in 7 years
SEOUL: South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers will hold a bilateral meeting early next month for the first time in seven years, heralding closer cooperation…
S Korea paying shut-in kids to re-enter society
The South Korean government wants shut-in kids to leave the house and go outside. The country’s ministry of gender equality and family said the cabinet…
Seoul: Most Korean plaintiffs in Japan forced labour cases accept Seoul’s compensation plan
SEOUL: The bereaved families of 10 South Koreans who won court cases over being forced to work under Japanese colonial rule have accepted compensation proposed…
US intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea
SEOUL: Leaked US intelligence documents suggesting Washington spied on South Korea have put the country’s president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit…