Tag: South Korea
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South Korea, China clash over U.S. missile shield, complicating conciliation
China and South Korea clashed on Thursday over a U.S. missile defence shield, threatening to undermine efforts by the new government in Seoul to overcome longstanding security differences. The disagreement over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system installed in South Korea emerged after an apparently smooth first visit to China by South Korea’s…
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Pelosi vows support to denuclearise N.Korea, plans to visit Korea border
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her South Korean counterpart vowed on Thursday to support deterrence against North Korea and achieve its denuclearisation. “Both sides expressed concerns about the dire situation of North Korea’s growing threat,” Pelosi and South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo said in a joint statement after meeting in…
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Biden arrives in South Korea for talks with President Yoon
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday, the first leg of his first trip to Asia as president. Biden was greeted at the U.S. air base at Osan by South Korean foreign minister Park Jin, and the commanding general of U.S. forces in Korea, Paul LaCamera, among other American and South Korean…
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North Korea threatens nuclear strike if South attacks
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday, said North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacks. Kim Yo Jong, who is a senior official in the government and the ruling party, said it was a “very big mistake” for South Korea’s minister of defence to…
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South Korea: The World’s First Floating City to be Completed by 2025
The world’s first floating city, which will be built off the coast of South Korea, is reported to be completed as early as 2025. Earthnews learnt that the United Nations backed latest development. The said city will be made off the coast of Busan to tackle the problem of rising sea levels. According to the…
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FG, South Korea to collaborate on Deep Blue Project
The Federal Government of Nigeria to collaborate with the Republic of Korea on the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure (Deep Blue Project). The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said this when the first Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea, Mr Choi Jong-Kun, visited him on Thursday in Abuja. The News…