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Four Japan Military Personnel Die in Plane Crash

Four crew members aboard a crashed Japanese military plane were confirmed dead Tuesday, the defense ministry said. The wreckage was found on the northern island of Hokkaido, where the LR-2 reconnaissance craft disappeared from radar Monday near Hakodate airport. It had been flying there to pick up a hospital patient ...

May 16, 2017

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South Korea, US to Hold Washington Summit in June

South Korea’s left-leaning new leader Moon Jae-In will travel to the US for a summit with President Donald Trump next month, Moon’s spokesman said Tuesday, amid high tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. The summit will be held in Washington in late June, Yoon Young-Chan said, adding that details of ...

May 16, 2017

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Philippines’ Duterte says Turkey, Mongolia could join ASEAN

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would push for the inclusion of Turkey and Mongolia in a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, dismissing concerns about their geographic location. Duterte said leaders of Turkey and Mongolia told him about their desire to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...

May 16, 2017

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UN Security Council Vows Sanctions over N. Korea Missile Test

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test and vowed strong measures, including sanctions. North Korea’s long-term bid to develop a credible nuclear attack threat to the US mainland saw it launch Sunday what appeared to be its longest-range missile yet. Pyongyang said the new ...

May 16, 2017

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North Korean envoy to Beijing Ji Jae-Ryong

North Korean Envoy: Moon’s Win Shows ‘Longing’ for Change

A North Korean diplomat said Monday the election victory by left-leaning South Korean President Moon Jae-In reflected the people’s “longing” for change. The comments by ambassador to Beijing Ji Jae-Ryong were the first official response by the North to Moon’s triumph last week, except for a four-paragraph dispatch by the ...

May 15, 2017

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N. Korea’s New Missile Has Unprecedented Range: Experts

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought US bases in the Pacific within reach. Sunday’s launch was of a “new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket” named the Hwasong-12, ...

May 15, 2017

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Russia, China Worried about Rising Tensions over N.Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping expressed concern about rising tensions on the Korean peninsula after a North Korean missile test on Sunday, Putin’s spokesman said. Meeting on the sidelines of an international forum in Beijing, Putin and Xi “discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula in ...

May 14, 2017

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South Korea and US said on Thursday that North Korea conducted what appeared to be its second failed test in a week

N. Korea Test-Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday in an apparent bid to test the South’s new liberal president and the US which have both signaled an interest in negotiations to ease months of tensions, Agence France Presse reported. The missile flew more than 700 kilometers (435 miles) before landing in ...

May 14, 2017

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N. Korea Willing to Meet with US if Conditions Right: Diplomat

A senior North Korean diplomat said Saturday Pyongyang would be willing to hold talks with the United States if the conditions are right. Choe Son-Hui, head of the foreign ministry’s North America bureau, told reporters at Beijing’s international airport that her country “will hold dialogue under right conditions” with President ...

May 13, 2017

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Soutth Korea's new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In

N. Korea Reports on South’s Presidential Election

North Korean state media reported the election of the South’s new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day delay, but at unusual length. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put out a four-sentence report late Thursday on the victory of Moon, who calls for dialogue, along with sanctions and ...

May 12, 2017