Tag: Korea
Moon Jae-in Sworn In As South Korea's President
Moon Jae-in was sworn in as the new South Korean president in the Parliament Building, hours after winning a landslide victory in the five-way presidential race, a media report said on Wednesday.....
N.Korea Threatens US, S.Korea Over Naval Drills
North Korea on Thursday strongly condemned naval manoeuvers that the US is presently carrying out with South Korea on the peninsula, and threatened to launch an "unimaginable strike" against them.....
Trump Wants World To Cut Ties With N. Korea, Wants China To Do More
US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged all countries to stop arming, financing and trading with the "murderous" North Korean regime even as he claimed that China had a solution to the Korean nuclear crisis. ....
White House Blames N.Korea For 'WannaCry' Cyber Attack
White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert has said that the US believes North Korea was behind the massive "WannaCry" cyber attack in May, the media reported.....
Nuclear Button Always On My Desk, Says Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his New Year's Day address said on Monday that his country has completed its nuclear arsenal and he has the ignition button ready "always on" his desk.....
37 Perish In South Korean Hospital Blaze
A fire gutted the ground floor of a hospital in South Korea on Friday and sent toxic fumes raging through the six-storey building, killing at least 37 people and injuring 131 others in one of the country's deadliest blazes in a decade. ....
Trump Accepts Invitation To Meet Kim Jong Un
US President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, an extraordinary development following months of heightened nuclear tension and frequent threats and insults, media reports said.....
North Korea Suspends Nuclear, Missile Tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced the immediate suspension of nuclear and missile tests, media reports said on Saturday.....
Kim Agrees To Meet Trump At Demilitarized Zone
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to meet US President Donald Trump at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, an informed source told CNN here.....
China Confirms To US Its Dual-track Approach To Deal With N.Korea
China endorsed to the US its "dual-track" approach to deal with North Korea, promoting denuclearization and establishment of a peace mechanism on the peninsula, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.....
