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S Korea declares national disaster after massive blaze engulfs 5 cities
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Apr 5 (ANI): South Korea, late on Thursday, declared a national emergency after a massive blaze engulfed five cities along its northeastern coast, leaving one dead and 11 injured.
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Tough sanctions won't convince N Korea to give up nukes: S Korea's negotia
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Apr 5 (ANI): South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Lee Do-hoon on Thursday asserted that strong and tough sanctions imposed on North Korea will not cajole the communist nation to give up its nuclear weapons and to believe in the same would be an "illusion".
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Hanoi summit ended abruptly as N.Korea wasn't 'ready for deal', says Trump
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump said that the last meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended abruptly without reaching an agreement as Pyongyang was not "ready for a deal."
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Kim may be invited to South Korea-ASEAN summit in November
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Apr 1 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a meeting with the leaders of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in November this year, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also possibly in attendance during the summit.
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US, S. Korea intend to keep momentum of talks: S. Korea minister
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Apr 1 (ANI): South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Sunday said both Seoul and Washington intend to maintain the momentum of the US-North Korea talks.
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South Korean official leaves for US ahead of Trump-Moon summit
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 30 (ANI): A senior official from the South Korean Presidential Office on Saturday left for Washington to of the summit between the two countries scheduled to be held next month.
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Restoration of N Korea's rocket launchpad almost complete: S Korea
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 30 (ANI): North Korea has almost completed the restoration of a key long-range rocket launch site in Dongchang-ri, according to South Korea's spy agency National Intelligence Service (NIS).
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Trump to meet S Korean President Moon next month
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 29 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump will meet his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in for a summit on April 11 at the White House, amidst an impasse with North Korea on denuclearisation following the Hanoi summit held recently.
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Ethiopian Max crash: Lawsuit filed against Boeing
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 29 (ANI): A lawsuit was filed against Boeing in US federal court on Thursday over March 10 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash in which 157 people were killed.
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With denuclearisation in mind, foreign ministers of S Korea, US to meet on
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 27 (ANI): Top diplomats of South Korea and the United States are set to meet and hold talks in Washington DC on Friday (March 29), during which the topic of North Korea's denuclearisation is expected to figure.
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UN allows sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to N. Korea
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 25 (ANI): In a temporary relief to North Korea, the United Nations has waived sanctions to agencies providing humanitarian assistance, including food security, access to clean water and improving children's health, to enter the communist country.
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Pyongyang removes staff from inter-Korean liaison office
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea] March 22 (ANI): Pyongyang removed staff from an inter-Korean liaison office just weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with US President Donald Trump ended abruptly without an agreement.
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