‘Missile set for deployment’
SEOUL"•North Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the latest step in ...
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We told you so
Last week, this column posited that the Association of South East Asian Nations summit hosted by the Philippines was an ...
Read moreWarning over nuke warhead
SEOUL"•North Korea Monday celebrated the launch of what appeared to be its longest-range ballistic missile yet tested in a bid ...
Read moreTougher sanctions urged after N. Korea missile test
SEOUL"•President Donald Trump called for tougher sanctions against North Korea after it test-fired a ballistic missile Sunday in an apparent ...
Read moreSouth Korea needs a united front with the US
His differences with US President Donald Trump may have helped win Moon Jae-in the presidency of South Korea. Now he ...
Read moreMoon Jae-In willing to go to North Korea
SEOUL"•South Korea’s new president was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared ...
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Isolation for NoKor sought
WASHINGTON"•US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged his Southeast Asian colleagues on Thursday to take further steps to isolate North ...
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Possible proxy war
The tension brewing between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or North Korea can equally serve as ...
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No walk in the park
After only a little over 100 days, US President Donald John Trump finally realized that his job is not a ...
Read moreChina-N. Korea pact looks shaky
BEIJING"•When North Korea’s founder Kim Il-Sung visited Beijing to sign a mutual defense pact with China in 1961, he was ...
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