All posts tagged "China"

  • Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying speaks during a briefing at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. North Korea's main ally China said it "firmly opposes" Pyongyang's purported hydrogen bomb test and is monitoring the environment along its border with the North near the test site. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    China holds key to pressing North Korea on nuclear weapons

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Diplomatic engagement has failed to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Sanctions have been tightened with little result. And military force could be catastrophic. So what can the world do to bring Kim Jong...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo talks with his Chinese counterpart, Chang Wanquan, on the newly established hotline at the defense ministry in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2015, in this photo released by the South Korean ministry. The hotline was set up between them on the same day. The two countries launched the hotline to facilitate their cooperation on security issues in the Korean Peninsula and in the region. (Yonhap
    S. Korea, China establish military hotline

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and China set up a hotline between their top defense officials Thursday to reinforce their cooperation on security issues on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. Defense Minister Han Min-koo had...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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    China hopes S. Korea, Japan to improve ties after deal on wartime sex slaves

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China said Monday it hopes South Korea-Japan ties will improve after Seoul and Tokyo reached a landmark deal on the issue of Korean women forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese army during World...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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    N. Korea, China agree to strengthen volleyball exchange

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea and China have agreed to strengthen volleyball exchanges between each other, Chinese news website sina.com reported on Tuesday. The agreement was reached between North Korea’s Vice Sports Minister Son Kwang-ho and Liu...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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  • In this May 24, 2013, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, left, is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing when the top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. If North Korea launches a rocket into space or conducts a nuclear test in the coming weeks, marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers Party on Oct. 10, 2015, as observers suspect it may, China is certain to respond angrily, and perhaps with an unprecedented level of economic punishment. (Rao Aimin/Xinhua News via AP)
    N. Korea, China sign accord on sports exchanges for next year

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea and China have signed an accord on sports exchanges for next year, a Chinese state-run media reported on Monday, in a sign that the allies push ahead with exchanges despite canceled concerts...

    • Posted December 21, 2015
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  • North Korea's Moranbong Band had been scheduled to perform in Beijing last Saturday, but abruptly headed home hours before the concert began. (Yonhap)
    China still mum on N. Korean band’s abrupt cancellation

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday remained tightlipped on the reason for the sudden cancellation of a concert in Beijing by an all-female band formed by the North’s leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea’s Moranbong Band...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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    N. Korean girl band’s performance in Beijing canceled

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — Performances by North Korea’s all-female propaganda band in Beijing were canceled, an official at a Chinese theater where it was to perform said Saturday, with members of the band abruptly heading back to Pyongyang....

    • Posted December 14, 2015
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