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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Japan, China, S. Korea meet at geopolitical ‘turning point in history’

The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty. “Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history,” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting in Tokyo with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. The three agreed to accelerate preparations for a trilateral summit in Japan that would also include talks… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

S. Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after stand-off

South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon’s compound in the heart of Seoul. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3 martial law bid that stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant to be issued for a sitting president. “It was judged that it was virtually impossible to execute the arrest warrant due to the ongoing stand-off,” the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Trash war escalates as North Korea sends more junk balloons to S. Korea

North Korea has sent more trash-filled balloons southward, Seoul's military has said, the latest in a series of border barrages that have sparked a tit-for-tat propaganda campaign. Pyongyang launched about 350 balloons on Monday evening and then launched more late on Tuesday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in statement. Around 100 of those launched on Monday had landed in the South, mainly in northern Gyeonggi province and the capital Seoul, the JCS said. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

S. Korea's PM, top officials offer resignations over election defeat

South Korea's prime minister and senior presidential officials have offered to resign en masse, media reports said, after their conservative ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections. The results of Wednesday's election posed a huge political blow to President Yoon Suk-yeol, setting back his domestic agenda and leaving him facing an intensifying political offensive by his liberal opponents during his remaining three years in office. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Russia, N. Korea, S. Korea on tsunami alert after massive Japan quake

Russia and North Korea are on alert for potential tsunamis after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocks Japan, sending the first tsunami waves to South Korea's east coast. Emergency services in Russia's Sakhalin island near Japan declared a "tsunami alert" on Monday, saying the island's western coast "may be affected by tsunami waves." Russian authorities in the Pacific city of Vladivostok also announced an alert and ordered fishermen to "urgently get back to shore." Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Technology

N. Korea fires two missiles after S. Korea-US drills

North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast, the South Korean military stated. The launches were carried out less than an hour after Pyongyang had warned of an “inevitable” response to military drills staged by South Korean and US troops. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launches from North Korea’s capital region on Thursday. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed meets S. Korean President

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, met the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol on an official visit to Seoul. Yoon received Sheikh Abdullah alongside Park Jin, South Korea's Foreign Minister, on Tuesday, state news agency Wam reported. Sheikh Abdullah conveyed the greetings of President Sheikh Mohamed. Read More…

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