SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – North Korea will not be part of the Tokyo Olympics this year due to concerns over coronavirus, the country’s sports ministry said on Tuesday. This has dampened South Korean hopes the Games could be a catalyst to renew suspended peace talks. It will be the first
SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) -South Korea’s foreign minister said on Saturday he hopes China will play a role in peacemaking between South and North Korea. He was seen inviting China’s president to visit as the United States and its allies admitted to continue pushing Pyongyang to denuclearise. “South Korea and China share a common goal toward […]
TOKYO (JAPAN) – With an aim to resolve the issue of Japanese abducted by the North and denuclearising the Korean Peninsula, Japan said it will coordinate closely with the United States and South Korea in dealing with North Korea, a top Japanese government spokesman said. North Korea test launched two suspected ballistic missiles into the […]
SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – North Korea said on Friday it would affect diplomatic relations with Malaysia after the Southeast Asian nation extradited a North Korean man to the United States to deal with money-laundering charges this week. Malaysia denounced North Korea’s move as unwarranted and disruptive to regional peace, adding that the extradition had been […]
SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said both pressure and diplomatic options are on the table for dealing with North Korea. He was speaking on Thursday after a senior North Korean diplomat rejected any talks until Washington changed its policies. Blinken told a joint briefing with South Korean officials in Seoul that […]
TOKYO (JAPAN): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who was visiting Japan and South Korea alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said China was acting aggressively and repressively, and accused North Korea of committing “systemic and widespread abuses” against its own people. This is the first overseas trip by top-level members of President Joe Biden’s administration
WASHINGTON (US) – The Biden administration’s review of its policy towards North Korea is likely to be completed “within the next month or so”, said a senior official of the administration on Tuesday while not agreeing to throw light on what direction it might take. The new administration, which took office in January, announced the […]
SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – South Korea’s new foreign minister said on Tuesday he was confident about coordinating North Korea policy with the United States in spite of earlier implications of differences. Chung Eui-yong, 74, assumed office as South Korea’s top diplomat, taking the place of Kang Kyung-wha, who had served in the post for nearly […]
SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – North Korea is expected to get nearly two million doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by the first half of 2021, as reported by Yonhap on Thursday. It was citing a report published by COVAX Facility on Wednesday. The COVAX Facility will provide 1.992 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines produced by the […]