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ABC News
April 28, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a historic summit to discuss denuclearizing the peninsula and ending the war between the two nations that started in 1950. After crossing the line dividing the demilitarized zone, the two shook hands and began theÃâà...
WRAL.com
April 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Donald Trump says he spoke with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday morning about his upcoming sit-down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea," Trump wrote on Twitter.
Channel NewsAsia
April 28, 2018
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (Apr 28) that he had spoken with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and preparations for a meeting with North Korea were being set. "Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea. Things are going very well, timeÃâà...
Firstpost
April 27, 2018
Beijing: China on Friday heaped praise on the leaders of the two Korean nations for holding a landmark summit, calling their handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula a "historic moment". North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hugs South Korean president Moon Jae-in. AP.
CBS News
April 27, 2018
Kim Jong Un walks across border to meet South Korean president -- live updates. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the inter-Korean summit at the truce village of Panmunjom, in this still frame taken from video, South Korea April 27, 2018.
Longview News-Journal
April 27, 2018
GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — The latest on the summit between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea: (All times local):. 8:20 a.m.. South Korean President Moon Jae-in has left Seoul's presidential palace for a high-stakes summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that will kick off a new roundÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 27, 2018
Kim Jong-un holds historic summit with South Korean president - in pictures. Previous slide Next slide 1 of 27 View All Skip Ad. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korea's President Moon Jae-. The leaders of North and South Korea rejoiced on Friday after pledging to work for the "completeÃâà...
Northwest Herald
April 26, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon-Jae-in will plant a commemorative tree and inspect an honor guard together after Kim walks across the border Friday for their historic summit, Seoul officials said Thursday. The talks on the southern side of theÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
April 8, 2018
SEOUL: Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was indicted for corruption Monday (Apr 9), becoming the latest of the country's ex-leaders to face criminal charges. The CEO-turned-president who served from 2008 to 2013 has been charged with bribery, power abuse, embezzlement, and taxÃâà...
New York Times
April 7, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — For decades, South Korea has been plagued by corrupt ties between government and big business, a state of affairs that dates to the country's dictatorial past and persists as it became a global economic powerhouse. For nearly as long, politicians involved in graft have been goingÃâà...
CNN
April 6, 2018
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) A South Korean court has found former President Park Geun-hye guilty on multiple counts of abuse of power, bribery and coercion and sentenced her to 24 years in prison. Park's conviction brings to close a corruption scandal which gripped South Korea, upending the country'sÃâà...
The Japan Times
April 3, 2018
SEOUL – The corruption verdict and sentencing of South Korea's ousted ex-president Park Geun-hye will be televised live, a Seoul court said Tuesday, in a case that could see her jailed for up to 30 years. The 66-year-old daughter of a former dictator was impeached and arrested in March 2017 over aÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 27, 2018
Wrapping up his first trip to the Mideast, South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday visited his nation's special forces training Emirati soldiers and pledged that peace on the Korean Peninsula would bring new business opportunities. Moon's trip to the United Arab Emirates helped solidify Seoul's tiesÃâà...
NPR
March 22, 2018
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, seen last week outside the Seoul Central District Court prosecutors' office. Kim Hong-Ji/AP hide caption. toggle caption. Kim Hong-Ji/AP. Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, seen last week outside the Seoul Central District Court prosecutors'Ãâà...
The Nation.
March 22, 2018
Nuclear Arms and Proliferation. South Korean President Moon's Gamble for Peace With North Korea Has Paid Off. Current Issue Ãâ÷ Subscribe; Search. Facebook; Twitter; Email. Toggle MenuÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 13, 2018
SEOUL – Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak appeared for questioning on Wednesday over allegations he took bribes when he was in office, following months of investigations into his family and acquaintances over the graft charges. Lee made his way before hundreds of reporters waitingÃâà...
Insidethegames.biz (blog)
March 9, 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in officially declared open the Winter Paralympic Games here this evening after a vibrant and colourful ceremony that emphasised passion and co-existence. Moon watched his country's delegation march separately from North Korea's following a dispute yesterday overÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 8, 2018
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has improved after his administration brokered new talks with North Korea, rebounding from a hit it took in the run up to last month's Winter Olympics. Moon's approval rating stands at 71 percent, the highest since mid-January, Gallup KoreaÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been steering his foreign policy through narrow gaps and around tricky obstacles during his first nine months, like a video game race car nearing the end of a level. Having dodged multiple pitfalls, he's positioned himself to act as a bridgeÃâà...
OCCRP
March 7, 2018
A former South Korean president is being summoned on allegations of bribery by prosecutors currently investigating high-level political corruption in the country, Reuters reported Tuesday. 450px-Lee Myung-bak Lee Myung-bak (Source: Henrik Hansson, CC BY-SA 3.0)In the latest corruption scandalÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 7, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday downplayed concerns that the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue will be accompanied by an easing of international sanctions and pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program. Moon made the comments in a meeting withÃâà...
CNBC
March 1, 2018
South Korea plans to send a special envoy to North Korea in response to an invitation from leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Thursday. The two presidents discussed the recent visits to the south by high-level North KoreanÃâà...
The Guardian
February 27, 2018
Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term for the former South Korean president Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for the country's first female leader and conservative icon. Park did not attendÃâà...
CNN
February 13, 2018
Seoul (CNN) The confidante of South Korea's ousted president has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in a corruption scandal that brought down the country's leader in 2017. Seoul's District Court sentenced Choi Soon-sil on Tuesday on 18 charges including abuse of power, coercion, fraud andÃâà...
CNN International
February 9, 2018
Analysts noted that Kim Yo Jong was shown holding a blue folder adorned with a gold seal, which she later placed in front of her on the table, leading to speculation in South Korean media that it could contain a personal letter from her brother to the South Korean President. Such a high-level meeting wouldÃâà...
CNBC
February 8, 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister and other senior North Korean officials who are coming to the South on Friday for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Moon's spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom also said Thursday the North Korean delegates willÃâà...
POLITICO.eu
December 31, 1999
Kim Jong Un to meet South Korean president. Historic talks planned for late April. By Zach Sayer. 3/29/18, 2:01 PM CET. Updated 3/29/18, 5:38 PM CET. Kim Jong Un of North Korea and Moon Jae-in of South Korea will meet on April 27. The agenda will primarily focus on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula,Ãâà...
