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China stresses South-South cooperation, common development in tackling climate change

China attaches great importance to South-South cooperation in tackling global climate change, and efforts to achieve common development, a senior Chinese official said here on Monday.

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S. Korean and Chinese entertainment companies in talks for co-producing dramas: media

​China's entertainment company Yue Hua Entertainment and South Korea's YG Entertainment are in talks for co-producing dramas or movies, a local newspaper reported Thursday.

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11 more bodies recovered following S.Korean fishing ship sinking

Another 11 bodies from sunken South Korea's trawler were recovered in a rescue mission in the Bering Sea, local authorities said on Wednesday.

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One dead, 52 missing in S. Korean fishing ship sinking in Bering Sea

​A South Korean fishing ship sank in the Bering Sea Monday, with at least one person dead and 52 missing, Yonhap News Agency reported citing the fisheries ministry.

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Won-yuan market opens in Seoul, moving toward global yuan

​A market to directly trade currencies of South Korea and China, rather than brokering the two currencies with the U.S. dollar, was opened here in Seoul Monday, taking its first step toward Chinese yuan's internationalization efforts in Northeast Asia.

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SAARC strives to gain momentum with fresh integration pledges

​The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit ended here Thursday with mixed results highlighting the challenges the bloc faces in its integration process.

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S. Africa to mark 1st anniversary of Mandela's death

South Africa will mark the first anniversary of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela's death in a bid to keep his memory alive and promote social cohesion, an official said Thursday.

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Chinese couples flocking to S.Korea for wedding snaps

In a beauty salon in the Gangnam district of Seoul, 26 year-old Chinese bride-to-be Na Hongyi awaited a Korean style make-over before taking her all-important wedding photos.

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China, S. Korea, Japan to hold new talks on trilateral FTA

​China, South Korea and Japan will hold the sixth round of talks for a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) next week, after Beijing and Seoul concluded the substantive negotiations for a bilateral FTA, the trade ministry said on Sunday.

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S. Korea conducts live-fire drill near inter-Korean sea border

​South Korea's military on Friday conducted a live-fire drill in islands near the disputed inter- Korean maritime border despite the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s condemnation against it.

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Bodies of South African victims in Nigeria church collapse flown home

A cargo plane carrying the bodies of 74 South Africans, who were killed when a Nigerian church building collapsed in September, has arrived home.

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S. Africa fails to bring home remains of all Nigerian disaster victims

​The families of 11 South African victims in the Nigerian church disaster will have to wait even longer for the remains of their loved ones to be returned home, it was announced on Sunday.

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DPRK slams Seoul's ongoing military exercise

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday slammed South Korea's ongoing military exercise, codenamed "Hoguk," saying the drill is in fact a "preliminary war."

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Moody downgrades five top S. African banks

​The Moody's Investors service, a credit rating agency downgraded on Tuesday credit ratings for five largest banks in South Africa.

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S.Korean shares rise on FTA deal with China

​South Korean shares rose for three straight sessions Monday after negotiations for the China-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) reached a substantive conclusion.

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S.Korean military fires warning shots at DPRK soldiers near border

South Korean military fired warning shots Monday at soldiers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), who were coming closer to the military demarcation line (MDL), an official at Seoul's defense ministry said.

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South Sudan parties sign agreement for implementation of cessation of hostilities

​The IGAD Special Envoys for South Sudan welcomed the agreement signed by the South Sudanese government and the SPLM/A (In Opposition) of the implementation matrix and a detailed timetable to implement the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in South Sudan, said IGAD in a statement on Sunday.