All posts tagged "China"

  • (Yonhap)
    Seoul pressures China with THAAD

    By Jun Ji-hye South Korea’s changing stance on the THAAD missile defense system reflects growing worries here about China’s two-faced approach toward North Korea and its nuclear program, analysts said Tuesday. President Park Geun-hye and key defense...

    • Posted January 26, 2016
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    China capital flows into S. Korean entertainment agencies

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — More Chinese companies are becoming major stakeholders of South Korean entertainment agencies, a trend that could be positive for the expansion of “hallyu,” or the worldwide popularity of Korean culture, but worrisome for its...

    • Posted January 26, 2016
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  • Yoon Soon-ku, right, director-general at the Ministry of National Defense's international policy division, shakes hands with Chinese defense ministry's Foreign Affairs Office Director Rear-Adm. Guan Youfei during working-level defense talks between the two countries in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Friday. (Yonhap)
    S Korea, China split over level of sanctions on N. Korea

    SEOUL/BEIJING (Yonhap) — China is opposed to a set of tougher sanctions on North Korea proposed by South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, a diplomatic source said Friday after key direct consultations between Seoul and Beijing. Hwang...

    • Posted January 15, 2016
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  • Kim Jong-un and his administration deny accusations of human rights violations from the United Nations. (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea to collapse if China cuts off fuel: expert

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea will face a total collapse if China cuts off all oil supplies to the neighboring nation in the wake of Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test last week, a South Korean expert said Monday....

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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  • A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. The powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    China urges restraint after US flies B-52 bomber in response to N. Korea’s nuclear test

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China on Monday urged “relevant parties” to remain calm and exercise restraint as the United States deployed a B-52 over South Korea in a show of force following North Korea’s fourth nuclear test. “We...

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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  • John Kerry
    US tells China to end ‘business as usual’ with N. Korea

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged China to end “business as usual” with North Korea after the isolated nation conducted its fourth nuclear test. Kerry told reporters that he spoke by...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • A Chinese stock investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. China plans to restrict stock sales by large shareholders once a ban imposed in July to stop a slide in prices is lifted this week. (Chinatopix via AP)
    World could face months of Chinese market aftershocks

    BEIJING (AP) — The latest trigger was currency jitters, but Thursday’s plunge in Chinese stocks was just one in a series of aftershocks from last year’s boom and bust that could shake markets for months to come....

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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