All posts tagged "topstories"

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    S. Korea reaches wheelchair curling semifinals at PyeongChang Paralympics

    GANGNEUNG, South Korea, March 15 (Yonhap) — South Korea reached the semifinals of the wheelchair curling competition at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics on Thursday after finishing top of the qualifying round. The team of Seo Soon-seok, Bang...

    • Posted March 15, 2018
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  • In this file photo, the K-pop band BTS poses for the camera during a press conference at Lotte Hotel in central Seoul on Sept. 18, 2017. (Yonhap)
    BTS wins Best Boy Band at 2018 iHeartRadio awards in U.S.

    K-pop sensation BTS won two awards, including Best Boy Band, at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards in the United States. The seven-member act took home the Best Boy Band and Best Fan Army trophies at this year’s...

    • Posted March 12, 2018
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  • U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Yonhap)
    JSA is a likely option for U.S.-N.K. summit: S. Korean official

    SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) — The Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjeom, located on the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, is one of the likely venues for the agreed-upon summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and...

    • Posted March 12, 2018
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  • Chung Eui-yong (L), South Korean President Moon Jae-in's top security adviser, speaks to reporters at Seoul's Incheon International Airport before he and Suh Hoon (R), chief of the National Intelligence Service, embarked on a three-day visit to Washington on March 8, 2018. (Yonhap)
    Moon’s special envoys head to U.S. to explain outcome of N. Korea trip

    SEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s top security adviser left Thursday for the United States to explain the outcome of his recent trip to North Korea that led to what many here have...

    • Posted March 8, 2018
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    Trump, Kim agree to meet by May: Seoul envoy

    WASHINGTON, March 8 (Yonhap) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have agreed to meet by May to discuss the denuclearization of the regime, a South Korean envoy said Thursday. South Korea’s national...

    • Posted March 8, 2018
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  • The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, center, meeting in Pyongyang, the capital, on Monday, with South Korean envoys. Credit North Korean Central News Agency, via European Pressphoto Agency
    North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/world/asia/north-korea-south-nuclear-weapons.html By CHOE SANG-HUN and MARK LANDLERMARCH 6, 2018   SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that he is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons...

    • Posted March 6, 2018
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    BTS’ ‘Not Today’ video passes 200 million YouTube views

    SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) — The video for BTS’ “Not Today” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Saturday, becoming the fifth video by the K-pop sensation to hit the milestone, the group’s agency said. “Not Today,”...

    • Posted March 5, 2018
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