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South Korea's Moon Jae-in sworn in vowing to address North
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South Korea's new president Moon Jae-in could rattle U.S. relations
Presidential candidates Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo are among the millions voting in South Korea's Presidential election on Tuesday. South Korea is replacing former President Park Geun-hye, who was forced from office due to a corruption scandal.
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North Korea 'detains US citizen Kim Hak-song'
North Korea says it has detained a US citizen on suspicion of "hostile acts" against the state.
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North Korea accuses CIA of plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un
NORTH Korea has accused America’s CIA of conspiring with South Korean to kill their ‘Supreme Commader’ Kim Jong-un.
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China demands ‘immediate’ halt to THAAD deployment in South Korea
The deployment of the US defense system triggered protests in South Korea, with citizens saying that it would only provoke an attack from their northern neighbor.
Donald Trump offers to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un 'under the right circumstances'
Responding to Mr Trump's comments at a daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the conditions for a meeting between the US President and Mr Kim "were not there yet" and that a number of things
Japan sends biggest warship to protect US supply vessel
Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the role of its military.
Trump keeps options open on military action against North Korea and 'smart cookie' Kim Jong-Un
Donald Trump has spoken numerous times about potential military action against North Korea, but never definitively.
Take virtual tour of downtown Pyongyang thanks to this brave Finnish reporter
A Finnish journalist has braved North Korea’s notoriously intense and paranoid security regime to smuggle out some extremely rare footage of Pyongyang without any of the pomp and propaganda.
‘Miserable end’: N. Korea threatens to sink US nuclear submarine in S. Korea
North Korea’s state-controlled Uriminzokkiri news website warned on Sunday
North Korea crisis: North 'test-fires ballistic missile'
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, the South Korean military quoted by Yonhap news agency says.
Philippines struck by strong earthquake; warning of tsunami waves
A 7.2-MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck off the coast of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines prompting a tsunami warning.
North Korea crisis: Rex Tillerson urges international response
The US is open to negotiations with North Korea aimed at removing nuclear weapons from the region, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.
Pictures show North Korea on war-footing, as US sets up missile defence in South
The display included 300 “large-calibre” self-propelled guns lining up along a beach and firing all at once.
China launches first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own amid tension over man-made islands
CHINA launched its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own on Wednesday, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defence industries and determination to safeguard its maritime territorial claims and crucial trade routes.
China's Xi calls for restraint with North Korea in call with Trump
Media reports claim North Korean authorities have arrested and detained a U.S. citizen — the third American currently held prisoner by the country. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
North Korea threatens to sink US aircraft carrier
The US and South Korea have been holding joint military exercises
North Korea 'detains American citizen'
An American citizen has been detained in North Korea as he tried to leave the country, South Korean media say.
Fearing fear itself: Kim Jong-un’s most powerful weapon
AS THE world holds its breath hoping that North Korea doesn’t blow something up next Tuesday which could provoke Donald Trump into a military response, it’s worth considering what it’s like there.
‘Demonic destiny’: Long history of US threats to N. Korea
North Korea responded by resuming its nuclear weapons program, which was on hold after a 1994 deal with the Clinton administration, expelling International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from the country, and withdrawing from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) in January 2003.
