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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would halt nuclear tests and intercontinental missile launches, in a Saturday announcement welcomed by US President Donald Trump ahead of a much-anticipated summit between the two men. Pyongyang’s declaration, long sought by Washington, will be seen as a crucial step in the fast diplomatic dance on and around the Korean peninsula. It comes less than a week before the North Korean […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Kim Jong Un has halted North Korea’s nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches, as diplomatic efforts to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula gather pace. Here are the key quotes from the North Korean leader’s announcement, made at a meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, as reported by the official KCNA news agency. ‘Brilliant victory’ Kim described building North Korea’s nuclear force as a “miraculous […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A peace treaty to formally end the Korean War “must be pursued,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday, ahead of a summit next week with Kim Jong Un, leader of the nuclear-armed North. “The armistice that has dragged on for 65 years must come to an end,” Moon told media company representatives at the presidential Blue House, adding: “The signing of a peace treaty must be pursued after an […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that his CIA chief has held secret talks with North Korea’s leader in Pyongyang, as the South said it was exploring paths to a peace deal with the nuclear-armed North. Seoul’s push for discussions on formally declaring an end to inter-Korean hostilities was the latest in a series of diplomatic initiatives involving the divided Korean peninsula that would have been unthinkable just months […]
South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye will not appeal her 24-year prison sentence for corruption, reports said Monday. Park, 66, who was removed from office over a massive corruption scandal last year, was convicted of multiple criminal charges including bribery and abuse of power at a trial earlier this month. She has boycotted all court hearings since October, claiming unfair treatment. On Monday Park submitted an appeal waiver to […]
SOUTH KOREA (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally greeted a top Chinese official in Pyongyang and called for stronger ties with Beijing, state media said Sunday, as the traditional allies seek to heal battered relations. Kim met Song Tao, head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee’s international department, who was leading an art troupe to a spring festival in the North’s capital. The delegation arrived just weeks after Kim made […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s national security adviser has flown to Washington to meet his newly appointed US counterpart John Bolton, an official said Thursday in Seoul, where concerns are growing over the American’s hardline stance on the nuclear-armed North. Chung Eui-yong, who personally delivered Kim’s summit offer to Trump last month, returned to the US capital unannounced Wednesday as the two allies plan their upcoming summits with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — One person died and a dozen tourists were injured in a hot air balloon crash on South Korea’s popular resort island of Jeju Thursday morning, police said. The balloon was carrying 12 passengers and a pilot — who suffered a head injury and was later pronounced dead — police said, adding they were investigating the cause of the crash. Photos showed the deflated balloon draped over forest trees, with the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Japan’s foreign minister was in South Korea for a rare visit Wednesday, armed with a list of issues Tokyo wants to push onto the agenda of a looming summit between North and South Korea. The first such visit in more than two years comes at a time of frenetic diplomatic activity in Northeast Asia, ahead of the North’s planned summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country’s first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. The sentence followed a trial lasting more than 10 months which ended with Park being found guilty on multiple criminal charges, including bribery and abuse of power. “The amount of bribery the accused received […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was found guilty of abuse of power, bribery, and coercion by a Seoul court Friday. “The accused is guilty of abuse of power,” said Judge Kim Se-yoon, ruling that Park had forced companies to donate a total of 77.4 billion won ($72 million) to two foundations controlled by her secret confidante Choi Soon-sil. Park’s sentencing will follow the verdicts on the remaining charges […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Samsung Electronics flagged Friday a first-quarter operating profit of 15.6 trillion won ($14.7 billion), a record for any three-month period, as it benefited from soaring demand for its memory chips for mobile devices. Sales for January to March are expected to reach 60 trillion won, the world’s largest maker of smartphones and memory chips said in an earnings forecast. The profit forecast from Samsung Electronics — the flagship subsidiary of […]
