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S.Korea approves China Everbright Bank's operation in Seoul

​South Korea's financial regulator on Wednesday approved the banking operations of China Everbright Bank, a unit of the state-owned Everbright Group.

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DPRK proposes working-level talks with S. Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday proposed working-level talks with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported.

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DPRK denies responsibility for not facilitating inter-Korean talks

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday denied responsibility for not responding to Seoul's call for inter-governmental talks between the two Koreas and urged South Korea to abandon hostility first.

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S. Korea, U.S. agree on joint plan against DPRK's nuke, missile activities

​Defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States agreed on Monday to a joint operation plan against nuclear and missile threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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Park, Abe to hold 1st one-on-one summit in Seoul next week

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold their first one-on-one summit in Seoul next week on the sidelines of the trilateral leadership meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Seoul's presidential office said Wednesday.

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S. Korea regrets DPRK's refusal to security meeting invitation

​South Korea on Monday expressed deep regrets over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s refusal to Seoul's invitation to a regional security conference set to be held in September.

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S.Korea invites DPRK to Seoul-hosted regional security forum

South Korea's Defense Ministry said Friday that it has invited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to a Seoul-hosted regional security forum scheduled for September.

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S. Korea, U.S. to hold meeting on wrong anthrax delivery

​South Korea and the United States will hold a meeting for a wrong delivery in April by a U.S. military laboratory of live anthrax samples to a U.S. military base in South Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.

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U.S. ambassador to S. Korea injured, Washington condemns act of violence

​U.S. envoy to South Korea Mark Lippert was attacked by an armed man and injured in downtown Seoul on Thursday morning, local media reported.

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U.S. deputy secretary of state to visit Asia with focus on DPRK, regional issues

New U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea, China and Japan from Feb.9 to Feb.14 in his maiden overseas trip, with a focus on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and other regional issues, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.

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S. Korea, U.S. hold talks on DPRK nuclear program

​Senior diplomats of South Korea and the United States on Wednesday held talks about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear program and issues on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's foreign ministry said.

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S.Korean court rules restriction on anti-DPRK leaflet spread "legal"

A South Korean court ruled Tuesday that it is "legal" for the government to restrict the spread across the border of leaflets against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if such dispersion endangers people's safety.

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S. Korea to provide first financial aid to DPRK in 4 years

South Korea planned to provide its first financial aid, for the humanitarian purpose, to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in more than four years, Yonhap News Agency reported citing Seoul's unification ministry officials.

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S.Korea, U.S. hold talks for delaying transfer of wartime operational control

High-level military officials from South Korea and the United States started a two-day meeting to discuss the issue of delaying the transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul, a government official said Monday.

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Signal failure is cause of subway collision in S.Korea

A signal failure was the cause of a subway collision in South Korea, indicating the accident came from human errors, the Seoul government office said Saturday.

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S. Korea, Japan, U.S. intelligence sharing not to be on defense talks agenda

The issue on whether to share military intelligence between South Korea, Japan and the United States will not be on the agenda of the three-way defense talks scheduled to be held in Washington next week, Seoul's Defense Ministry said Friday.

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DPRK proposes working-level contacts for family reunion this week

DPRK proposed Monday to South Korea to hold the working- level contacts between Red Cross officials within this week, Seoul' s Unification Ministry said.