All posts tagged "China"

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping
    China’s diplomatic language towards Koreas cause stir

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — When North Korea defiantly launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, South Korea announced it would begin formal talks with the United States to deploy an advanced U.S. missile shield to South Korea to better...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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  • South Korean ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo (Yonhap)
    China summons South Korean ambassador over THAAD decision

    China summoned South Korean Ambassador Kim Jang-soo to protest against Seoul and Washington’s agreement to begin talks on deploying a U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in South Korea.. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin called...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • President Park Geun-hye meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bali, Indonesia, Monday. (Yonhap News)
    No breakthrough in Park-Xi conversation on N. Korea

    By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL (Yonhap) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rare phone call to his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, underscores growing concerns over North Korea’s defiant pursuit of missile and nuclear programs. It marked the first...

    • Posted February 5, 2016
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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (AP Photos)
    Xi Jinping calls for no nukes, no war on Korean Peninsula

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that there should be neither nuclear weapons nor war on the Korean Peninsula as he spoke by phone with President Park Geun-hye for the first time since the...

    • Posted February 5, 2016
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  • Wu Dawei, middle, China's representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs, talks to Pak Song-il, deputy director of the America department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, upon his arrival at Pyongyang Airport, North Korea, Tuesday. The visit of Wu, China's point man on North Korea, comes amid a flurry of diplomacy following North Korea's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6. North Korea says it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. ( Yonhap)
    North Korea’s rocket plans seen as disrespectful of China

    BEIJING (AP) — North Korea’s announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket made during a visit to Pyongyang by a top Chinese envoy will likely be seen as yet another sign of gross disrespect toward its...

    • Posted February 4, 2016
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  • The Chinese jets entered the zone near Jeju Island on Sunday and flew out of it after South Korea sent a warning message, according to JCS spokesman Jeon Ha-kyu.
    Two Chinese military jets intruded into S. Korea’s air defense zone: JCS

    SEOUL/BEIJING (Yonhap) — Two Chinese military planes recently entered the overlapping air defense identification zone of South Korea and China, prompting South Korea to ready a sortie of fighter jets, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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  • Wu Dawei, middle, China's representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs, talks to Pak Song-il, deputy director of the America department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, upon his arrival at Pyongyang Airport, North Korea, Tuesday. The visit of Wu, China's point man on North Korea, comes amid a flurry of diplomacy following North Korea's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6. North Korea says it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. ( Yonhap)
    Chinese nuclear envoy makes surprise visit to N. Korea: report

    TOKYO/BEIJING (Yonhap) — China’s top nuclear envoy made a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday, a news report said, amid rising tensions over the North’s fourth nuclear test last month. Wu Dawei, China’s top delegate to...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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