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U.S. urges China to maintain high level of sanctions pressure on North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is pressing China on the need to enforce sanctions on North Korea. The State Department says Pompeo spoke with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi this week and emphasized the importance of full enforcement of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions related to the North until i...
2018-06-30 11:51:56 KST -
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No. of Chinese tourists visiting N. Korea up 100-fold in June: Travel Agency
North Korea is becoming a holiday hotspot for Chinese tourists. According to a travel agency from that country, specializing in tours to the regime, the number of visitors in June alone, went up a hundred-fold compared to the start of the year. Group tours for students are sold out for July, ahead of the summer hol...
2018-06-29 18:02:32 KST -
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Trump dampens expectations as follow-up denuclearization talks with North Korea expected next week
Joining us in the studio to give us his insights into the current situation with North Korea, we have Dr. Bong Young-shik, from the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies. Welcome back. My pleasure. 1 - Reports are emerging today that Pompeo will be going to North Korea next week to discuss denucleariz...
2018-06-29 12:33:57 KST -
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Former special envoy to six-party talks says there is more hope than in the past
Ambassador DeTrani, thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you. With your experience in negotiating with North Korea on the nuclear issue, how would you assess the recent developments on the Korean Peninsula? There's so much work to be done here, but there's hope. 6 months ago, we were very close t...
2018-06-29 10:16:43 KST -
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Concept of "peace regime" on Korean Peninsula needs clarification: Experts
Establishing lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula was one of the agreements made between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, earlier this month. But building this so-called 'peace regime' may be easier said than done, according to experts at South Korea's Jeju Forum, who believe the term is too vague. ...
2018-06-29 09:44:29 KST -
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North Korea remains on highest tier of U.S. list of worst human trafficking nations
For the sixteenth year in a row, the United States has kept North Korea on its list of countries with the worst records on human trafficking. The State Department report put North Korea in Tier-3 of its Watch List in this year's Trafficking in Person's report. Tier-3 is the worst rank of the list. Such...
2018-06-29 07:04:44 KST -
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit North Korea next week: report
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will reportedly visit Pyongyang next week to push forward the Trump administration's efforts to denuclearize the regime. Citing unnamed U.S. officials, the Financial Times says Pompeo has cancelled a planned July 6th meeting with his Indian counterpart in Washington in or...
2018-06-29 07:04:44 KST -
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Two Koreas to form joint teams for 3 sports at Asian Games
The two Koreas have agreed to field joint teams in canoeing, rowing and women's basketball at the 2018 Asian Games that kick off in Jakarta in August. The announcement was made at a meeting on Thursday in the Indonesian capital, between the Olympic Council of Asia, the Games organizers and National Olympic Co...
2018-06-29 04:27:07 KST -
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Fmr. State Department N. Korea analyst: Rushing N. Korean denuclearization won't work
You've been at the State Department for nearly 30 years,… seeing a number of U.S. presidents come and go. What sets the Trump administration apart in terms of North Korea Policy. Is it close to successfully denuclearizing the North? The verdict is still out on whether it will be successful. But I think the summ...
2018-06-28 18:06:18 KST -
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U.S. ready to restart suspended joint drills with S. Korea: Knapper
Washington is prepared to resume its suspended military drills with Seoul's forces, if U.S.-North Korea ties do not take a turn for the better. That's according to the acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Speaking at a forum on Jeju Island, Marc Knapper highlighted America's recent decision to halt major joint m...
2018-06-28 14:22:29 KST -
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No clear North Korea denuclearization roadmap as U.S. issues mixed messages on progress
Joining us in studio today to further discuss the situation with North Korea is Professor Lee Shin-wha, from Korea University's Department of Political Science & International Relations. Welcome to the show. My Pleasure 1 - Over the last few days, there have been mixed messages coming out of the White Hous...
2018-06-28 12:22:39 KST -
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UN's special rapporteur on human rights for N. Korea to visit S. Korea next week
Ojea Quintana, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights for North Korea, is going to visit South Korea next week. Seoul's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. that Quintana will be visiting from July 2nd through the10th. He's expected to meet officials from the Foreign Affairs and Unification ministries,...
2018-06-28 09:59:22 KST
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