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Trump talks with Xi Jinping amid trade tensions
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 1 (ANI): Amid the brewing trade war between Washington and Beijing, United States President Donald Trump on Thursday had a "long and very good" discussion with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on trade.
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Kim Jong-un criticises international sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Wonsan [North Korea], Nov 1 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un strongly criticised international sanctions against his country while slamming "hostile forces" that are hampering his country's efforts in improving the lives of people.
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Moon seeks parliamentary support for Korean peninsula denuclearization
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Nov 1 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the South Korean parliament's support for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
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Seoul, Pyongyang to discuss joint bid for 2032 Olympics
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 31 (ANI/Sputnik): South and North Korean officials will discuss on Friday the possibility of submitting a joint bid for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympic Games, the South Korean Ministry of Unification said on Wednesday.
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US nuclear envoy arrives in S Korea for denuclearisation talks
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 28 (ANI): United States Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrived in Seoul on Sunday to hold talks with South Korea on cooperation over North Korea's dismantling of the nuclear weapons programme.
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S Korea will open banks after lifting of N Korea's sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
A top South Korean financial regulator has said that Seoul will only open bank branches in North Korea after international sanctions are lifted in return for concrete steps by Pyongyang to discontinue its nuclear weapon programme and achieve complete denuclearisation.
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Koreas agree to withdraw border guard posts
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 26 (ANI): North and South Korea on Thursday agreed to withdraw 11 border guard posts from either side and verify their removal by next month.
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Impossible to reopen Kaesong complex, says S Korea
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 25 (ANI): South Korea has no plans to restart the Kaesong industrial complex until international sanctions on North Korea are lifted, officials said on Thursday.
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Pyongyang Declaration will expedite denuclearisation: S Korean President
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 23 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said that the latest agreement reached at the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang last month will help to advance North Korea's denuclearisation process.
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Amid possible Kim-Putin meet, N Korean officials leave for Russia
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 22 (ANI): A group of North Korean officials left for Russia, amid mounting speculations that the leaders of the two countries will hold a bilateral summit, the North's state media said on Monday.
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Koreas to begin joint railway modernisation, connection project
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 16 (ANI): In a bid to follow-up on decisions made during the Pyongyang summit, South and North Korea have decided to begin joint projects to modernise and connect railways and roads between the two nations by late November or early December this year.
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Trump, Kanye West discuss N Korea, gun control
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): American rapper Kanye West met with President Donald Trump at the White House for lunch on Thursday (local time), and held a press conference in which the duo touched upon the 13th and Second amendments, North Korea, bringing manufacturing to the US, and
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