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DPRK 'likely' to join Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, says IOC official<br>

AnofficialrepresentingtheDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)attheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)saidonSaturdaythatthecountrywas"likelytoparticipate"innex

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DPRK agrees to hold high-level talks with ROK

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)onFridayacceptedanofferfromtheRepublicofKorea(ROK)toholdhigh-leveltalks,Yonhapreported.TheROKproposedholding“asenior-l

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DPRK continues contact with ROK via border hotline

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)onThursdaycontinueditscontactwiththeRepublicofKorea(ROK)throughareopenedcross-bordercommunicationschannel.Thursday'sfi

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China welcomes efforts of ROK and DPRK to ease tensions

ChinahaswelcomedcommentsfrombothSeoulandPyongyangsignalingapossibleeasingoftensionsontheKoreanPeninsula.ChinahastakennoteofthepositiveinformationreleasedbytheRe

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EU takes Czechs, Hungary, Poland to court over refugees

TheEuropeanUnionistakingtheCzechRepublic,HungaryandPolandtocourtforfailingtoaccommodatetheirfairshareofrefugeesunderaplanagreedtobythe28-countrybloc.EUnationsag

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Two die in light transport aircraft crash in Czech Republic

AlighttransportplanecrashedTuesdayneartheDiamaplantinNorthBohemianvicinityofCeskaLipainCzechRepublic,leavingtwopeopleonboarddead,regionalemergencyservicesaid.Re

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DPRK: Seoul's offer to improve ties 'lacks sincerity'

ForeignministersfromtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andtheRepublicofKoreametonSunday,YonhapNewsAgencyhasreported,addingthattheDPRKministerclaimedthatS

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China urges ROK, U.S. to stop THAAD deployment

ChinaonSaturdaystronglyurgedtheRepublicofKorea(ROK)andtheUnitedStatestorespectChina'sconcernsandstoptheirdeploymentoftheTerminalHighAltitudeAreaDefense(THAAD)sy

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China donates 1 mln USD to help Botswana after cyclone Dineo

TheChinesegovernmentdonatedonemillionUSdollarstoBotswanaafteritwasdevastatedbycycloneDineo.Botswananministeroffinanceandeconomicdevelopment,Hon.KennethMatambo,a

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New rail connection links Czech Republic with China's Yiwu

ThefirstfreighttrainbetweenPragueandYiwu,thefamouscommoditydistributionhubinChina'sZhejiangprovince,leftthecapitaloftheCzechRepubliconJuly19.Theinaugurationofth

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More than 100 killed in Central African Republic clashes

ThedeathtollfromclashesintheCentralAfricanRepubliccontinuestoclimb,withthelatestfiguresclaimingmorethan100peoplehavelosttheirlivesinthebloodshed.Thedeadlyviolen

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Panama announces establishment of diplomatic ties with China

The Republic of Panama announced on Monday that it has established formal diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

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China supports DPRK, ROK to improve ties

China reaffirmed Tuesday its support for better relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK).

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Iran woos foreign firms to develop railway projects

An international railway exhibition kicked off in Iran's capital Tehran on Monday.Iran's 5th International Rail Transportation Exhibition opened at Tehran's Permanent International Fairgrounds.

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Xi says China opposes U.S. THAAD deployment in ROK

President Xi Jinping said China opposes the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in the Republic of Korea, asking the United States to respect China's strategic security interests.

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Uzbek President Islam Karimov dies at 78 after suffering stroke

Uzbek President Islam Karimov died Friday at the age of 78 after being hospitalized following a stroke on Aug. 27, the Uzbek government confirmed.

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Statement by NPC Foreign Affairs Committee on award of South China Sea arbitration initiated by Philippines

​Following is the full text of a statement by the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's top legislature, National People's Congress, issued on Thursday, on the award of the arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration established at the unilateral request of the Philippines.