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S.Korean president orders all-out efforts to minimize effects from Brexit

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday ordered her senior advisors to make all-out efforts to minimize possible negative effects from Brexit, or British exit from the European Union (EU).

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Quotable quotes on South China Sea issue: Negotiation by directly involved parties only way out

Foreign officials, experts and organization have pointed out that the only way to a fundamental solution of the South China Sea issue is through negotiations by the parties directly involved.

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China insists direct negotiation to resolve South China Sea issue: experts

China always insists direct and peaceful negotiation with relevant countries to resolve the South China Sea issue, Chinese experts said on Friday at the Japan's National Press Club.

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Quotable quotes on South China Sea issue: China has indisputable sovereignty

Foreign officials and experts have echoed China's stance that it has indisputable sovereignty over its South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters.

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Ruling may "open Pandora's box"

A senior publicity official has warned that the possible South China Sea ruling by an arbitration panel may "set a dangerous precedent and open a Pandora's box in the sea".

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China appreciates Russia's position on South China Sea issue

China on Thursday applauded Russian officials' remarks on the South China Sea issue, calling it a just voice from the international community.

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U.S. display of military power act of hegemony

Two American aircraft carriers conducted practice drills in the waters not far from the coast of the Philippines islands in recent days. John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations let it be known on June 20 during a meeting at the Center for a New American Security that it was not at all ordinary for the United States to dispatch two aircraft carriers to one single ocean region, and that it represents the commitment of the U.S. to maintain security in this region, and that it also serves as “deterrence” for related countries.

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U.S. should stop intervention in South China Sea issue: Sri Lankan official

The United States should stop intervention in the South China Sea issue to safeguard peace, stability and security in the region, Karunasena Hettiarachchi, Sri Lanka's secretary to the Ministry of Defence, said.

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S. Korea denounces DPRK's Musudan missile launch as violation of UN resolutions

South Korea on Wednesday denounced the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s test-launches of two missiles, which were believed to be intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missiles, as it violated UN Security Council resolutions banning any test of Pyongyang's ballistic missile technology.

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S. Korea tightens security of U.S. air bases after IS threats

​South Korea has strengthened security and guards around U.S. air bases after the country's spy agency reported that the Islamic State (IS) group had included the U.S. facilities in South Korea as its target of terrorist attacks.

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Bilateral talks safest way to solve South China Sea dispute: Russian experts

The safest way to solve the South China Sea dispute is to hold bilateral talks between the parties involved and not to internationalize the issue, experts from Russia say.

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Two law experts in Britain question arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction over South China Sea dispute

Two leading experts on international law in Britain have recently published two research papers, both concluding that an arbitral tribunal which allowed the South China Sea case initiated by the Philippines against China to go ahead is not convincing in many respects.

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Amicable consultations is only way out for South China Sea disputes: Chinese envoy

The way that China and Malaysia have developed bilateral relations while managing differences serves an example that amicable consultation is the only right approach to solve the disputes over South China Sea, a Chinese envoy said Monday.

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UN chief frontrunner in S.Korean presidential hopefuls: poll

​UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ranked first in a survey of South Korean people to pick the country's next president as Ban's tenure as chief administrative officer in the United Nations ends later this year.

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Chinese embassy refutes Wall Street Journal editorial on S. China Sea

The Chinese Embassy in the United States on Thursday refuted a Wall Street Journal editorial, saying its call for stronger U.S. military response to the South China Sea issue is "reckless and alarming."

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China, ASEAN nations vow to effectively implement DOC on South China Sea

Senior officials from China and the ASEAN nations vowed on Thursday to fully and effectively implement the Declaration on Conducts of the Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).