All posts tagged "US"

  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye descends from the plane upon her arrival to the military airport in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Park Geun-hye is in Colombia in an official two-days visit and will then tour Peru, Chile and Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
    N. Korea criticizes President Park for US visit plan

    SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) — North Korea rebuked President Park Geun-hye on Thursday for planning to visit the United States in mid-June, saying that her move will derail a possible joint event to mark the 15th anniversary...

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center, U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim, right, and Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Ihara pose for the media before their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Envoys from S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in serious negotiations...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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  • This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) inspecting the submarine No. 748 of Korean People's Army (KPA) naval unit 167 led 7th regiment at an undisclosed location in North Korea (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Pentagon denounces NK’s submarine missile test as ‘blatant’ violation of UN resolutions

    WASHINGTON, May 11 (Yonhap) — The U.S. Defense Department on Monday denounced North Korea’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as a “blatant violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions and an example of Pyongyang’s unwillingness to comply...

    • Posted May 11, 2015
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    N. Korea threatens nuke attacks on US

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened on Monday to target the United States with its nuclear weapons, saying its front-line targets include the Pacific Ocean, not just South Korea. The communist party’s official newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun,...

    • Posted April 27, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye descends from the plane upon her arrival to the military airport in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Park Geun-hye is in Colombia in an official two-days visit and will then tour Peru, Chile and Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
    President Park to visit US later this year

    SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye will visit Washington later this year to consolidate the nations’ alliance amid a flurry of summit diplomacy between the U.S. and Northeast Asian powers involved in historical and territorial...

    • Posted April 24, 2015
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Chinese media warns against US missile-defense system in Korea

    BEIJING, April 10 (Yonhap) — A Chinese state-run newspaper warned Friday that bilateral ties between Seoul and Beijing would be “shattered” if an advanced U.S. missile-defense system is deployed in South Korea. The Global Times made the...

    • Posted April 10, 2015
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  • U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter answers reporters' question during a joint news conference with his South Korean counterpart Han Min Koo at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. U.S. Defense Secretary Carter said the U.S. has made progress against the Islamic State group in Iraq but cannot predict how long the fight will take. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)
    US not ready to discuss THAAD deployment in S. Korea

    SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday his country is not ready to begin discussions on the possible deployment of its advanced missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula. “THAAD was not...

    • Posted April 10, 2015
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