All posts tagged "topstories"

  • South Korean soldiers in the border-straddling village of Panmunjom on the Demilitarized Zone in April. Nearly half of the South’s population lives within 50 miles of the border, well within the range of some of the North’s artillery. Credit Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
    In North Korea, ‘Surgical Strike’ Could Spin Into ‘Worst Kind of Fighting’

    SEOUL, South Korea — The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program has long been shaped by the view that the United States has no viable military option to destroy it. Any attempt to do so, many say,...

    • Posted July 6, 2017
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  • A photograph released by North Korea’s official news agency on Tuesday that is said to show the intercontinental ballistic missile being launched. Credit Korean Central News Agency, via Associated Press
    It’s Finally Time to Deal With North Korea

    By MICHAEL E. O’HANLON New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/opinion/north-korea-military-sanctions.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Washington — After witnessing the depravity of the North Korean regime in the death of the American student Otto Warmbier and Pyongyang’s successful long-range missile test on Tuesday, Washington...

    • Posted July 6, 2017
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    Moon-Trump summit better than expected: U.S. experts

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, July 1 (Yonhap) — President Moon Jae-in produced better-than-expected results from his first summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump as he succeeded in aligning their respective approaches to North Korea, U.S. experts...

    • Posted July 6, 2017
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  • Defense Minister Han Min-koo speaks during a parliamentary session at the National Assembly in Seoul on July 5, 2017. (Yonhap)
    Seoul confirms N. Korean ICBM test

    SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s defense ministry on Wednesday confirmed North Korea’s test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), identifying it as an upgraded two-stage version of its KN-17 or Hwasong-12 missile. During a...

    • Posted July 6, 2017
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    Moon, Merkel vow to boost cooperation on N. Korea, trade

    SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) — The leaders of South Korea and Germany agreed to boost their countries’ cooperation in ending North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, vowing to use all available means, Seoul’s presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said...

    • Posted July 5, 2017
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    Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-gyo make surprise marriage announcement

    SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) — Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-gyo, stars of the 2016 hit drama “Descendants of the Sun,” announced Wednesday they are getting married in October. “Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-gyo plan to marry on...

    • Posted July 5, 2017
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  • This composite file photo shows Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II on July 5, 2017. The pictures in the right column, captured from rare video footage discovered by a local research team and the Seoul city government, show that they are the identical people from the photos on the left. (Yonhap)
    Footage of Korean victims of Japan’s sex slavery discovered after 73 yrs

    SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) — The first video footage showing women presumed to be Korean sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II was discovered in the United States, the Seoul city government said Wednesday. The...

    • Posted July 5, 2017
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