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Hamilton Journal News
April 27, 2018
South Korea's Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong-un shook hands at the start of the first meeting between Korean leaders in over 10 years. ... to the summit to end the history of conflict and joked he was sorry for keeping Moon up with his late night missile tests, a South Korean official told Reuters.
AMBCrypto
April 27, 2018
On the other hand, 'cryptocurrency might potentially threaten fiat currencies' said South Korea's Minister of Finance and Strategy. Minister Kim Yong-Jin stated in a financial conference held at InterContinental Seoul that the crypto market is expanding and growing exponentially while also gaining stability.
CNN
April 27, 2018
High-stakes summit: The leaders of North and South Korea are meeting for the first time in more than a decade. Historic handshake: Kim Jong Un became the first North Korean leader to cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) into South Korean territory since fighting ended in the Korean War. He shook SouthÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 26, 2018
... become his country's version of Deng Xiaoping, according to former South Korean unification minister Jeong Se-hyun. Speaking to SCMP before the highly anticipated inter-Korean summit on April 27, Jeong gave insights into Kim's motives for taking a more conciliatory approach toward South Korea andÃâà...
CNBC
April 17, 2018
North and South Korea are in talks to announce a permanent end to the officially declared military conflict between the two countries, daily newspaper Munhwa Ilbo reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed South Korean official. Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un andÃâà...
CNN
April 11, 2018
Do, the South Korean official, was optimistic about the talks, pointing to a consensus among major powers that the situation on the Peninsula had been deteriorating dangerously. "If it doesn't work out, it's bad for everyone, to South Korea, China, North Korea and the US," he said. "If it does work out,Ãâà...
South China Morning Post
March 30, 2018
Don't fall for Kim Jong-un's 'trap' by offering concessions with nothing in return, former South Korea foreign minister warns ... international community should not fall into a familiar North Korean trap of making concessions without getting anything in return, a former South Korean foreign minister has warned.
Channel NewsAsia
March 30, 2018
"We swiftly removed potential conflicts between the two countries at a time when close cooperation between South Korea and the United States is more important than ever," a second senior Blue House official said. All the South Korean officials interviewed by Reuters asked not to be named due to theÃâà...
Voice of America
March 30, 2018
Officials said South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom. ... South Korea's Unification Minister told reporters Thursday that an important part of the summit will be setting up discussions between the leaders on denuclearization of theÃâà...
FXStreet
March 29, 2018
“Disclosing the details is likely to take some steam off (the review),” a government official told Reuters." "South Korea, along with China, avoided the currency-manipulator label in twice-yearly U.S. Treasury report, but was kept on a currency “monitoring list”." "The finance ministry said the ongoingÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 18, 2018
WASHINGTON: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "taking stock" of US President Donald Trump's surprise decision to accept his invitation for talks on denuclearising the Korean peninsula, South Korea's foreign minister said in an interview that aired on Sunday (Mar 18). There has been no public NorthÃâà...
Business Insider
March 12, 2018
An official at state-funded Korea Development Bank, which holds a 17 percent stake in GM Korea, said the meeting took place on Monday. GM said last month that it would shut one of its factories in South Korea and decide on the fate of the three remaining plants in the coming weeks, a decision it said will depend on theÃâà...
Yonhap News
March 12, 2018
SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong will embark on his third trip to Washington, D.C. in less than a month to make a last-ditch effort to get ... South Korea's imports of Chinese steel also fell 21 percent in 2017 compared with a year ago, according to the trade ministry.
Express.co.uk
March 12, 2018
The most likely venue will be a neutral location, with China, Japan, South Korea or UN offices in Geneva or New York possible. Christopher Hill, a former US ambassador to North Korea, said: “My advice would be the President should not journey to Pyongyang. "Nor should he invite Kim Jong-un toÃâà...
CNN
March 12, 2018
China, which appears to have been left on the sidelines as South Korea has orchestrated the rapprochement with the North, attempted to take partial credit for ... South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will also be traveling, as she visits Washington this week to meet with US Secretary of State RexÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 11, 2018
A Blue House official told reporters earlier on Sunday the truce village of Panmunjom at the inter-Korean border is a strong candidate for the U.S.-North Korea summit. Kim will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at Panmunjom before the end of April for the first inter-Korean summit in more thanÃâà...
Oneonta Daily Star
March 9, 2018
The announcement comes after a White House briefing by South Korean National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong that included an invitation from Kim. “President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization,” Chung said outside the West Wing.
TRT World
March 9, 2018
At left is South Korea National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon. (AFP). President Donald Trump has accepted an offer of a summit from the North Korean leader and will meet with Kim Jong Un by May, a top South Korean official said Thursday, in a remarkable turnaround in relations between twoÃâà...
Palm Beach Post
March 9, 2018
People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, meeting with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong in Pyongyang, North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. After years of refusal, North Korean leader KimÃâà...
WDJT
March 9, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump plan to meet in May for nuclear disarmament talks, a whiplash development that would put two leaders who've repeatedly insulted, threatened and dismissed each other in the same room, possibly in the NorthÃâà...
Roll Call
March 9, 2018
President Donald Trump has agreed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May for direct talks about that country's nuclear arms and long-range missile programs, according to a senior South Korean official. Such a meeting would be the first between an American president and a North KoreanÃâà...
The National
December 31, 1999
The participation of North Korea in the Games changed the perception of the South Korean public. “As the worsening relations between the two Koreas and the provocations prolonged, this led to the Korean general public to think poorly of North Korea,” Mr Koo said. “But as the female ice hockey teamÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
December 31, 1999
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with a member of the special delegation of South Korea's President in this photo released by North ... will depart for Washington on Thursday to brief U.S. officials on the outcome of their meeting, a South Korean administration official said on Wednesday.
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