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Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party protest to South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik, top center, during a plenary session for the impeachment motion against South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
December 27, 2024, 5:03 pm
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach acting president as crisis continues
Two weeks after impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing martial law, opposition-controlled National Assembly takes the same step against acting President Han Duck-soo
By Hyung-Jin Kim
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019 (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
April 26, 2019, 11:25 am
Ending Russia trip, North Korean leader says US acting in ‘bad faith’
Kim Jong Un tells Putin: ‘Peace and security on the Korean Peninsula will entirely depend on the US future attitude’
By Anna MALPAS and KANG Jin-kyu
US President Donald Trump (R) walks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a break in talks at the second US-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 28, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
March 7, 2019, 9:20 pm
North Korea slams new US-South Korea joint drills
After Trump agrees to tone down annual war games with Seoul, Pyongyang says ongoing exercises are an ‘open challenge’ to peace efforts in peninsula
By AFP
People watch a television news screen showing a New Year speech by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on January 1, 2019. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP)
January 1, 2019, 9:22 am
North Korea could consider change of tack, Kim warns
Pyongyang ‘might be compelled to explore a new path’ if US doesn’t lift sanctions linked to nuclear program, leader warns
By Jung Hawon
US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference on the second day of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels on July 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / LUDOVIC MARIN)
July 12, 2018, 10:09 pm
Trump releases ‘very nice’ letter from Kim Jong Un
Missive dated to day Pompeo landed in North Korea for difficult talks, just before Pyongyang complained of overbearing US demands
By AFP
South Korea Unification Minister Cho Myung-Gyun (L) shaking hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son-Gwon (R) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, January 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Korea Pool)
January 17, 2018, 7:57 pm
North and South Korea agree to march under one flag at Winter Olympics
In sign of easing tensions, Pyongyang to send 550-strong delegation to the Games, 50 miles south of the peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone
By Hwang Sunghee
South Korea Unification Minister Cho Myung-Gyun (L) shaking hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son-Gwon (R) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, January 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Korea Pool)
January 15, 2018, 5:12 am
Two Koreas in fresh talks on Winter Olympics
Latest negotiations focus on the two nations’ music troupes, with possibility of groups from both sides of the DMZ performing together
By AFP
A man watches a television screen showing US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, August 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
January 9, 2018, 11:09 am
Trump administration mulling strikes in North Korea — report
US officials said to debate whether to pursue diplomatic measures or mount limited raids in ‘bloody nose’ strategy
By Michael Bachner
South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, right, shakes hands with the head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon before their meeting at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, January 9, 2018. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)
January 9, 2018, 8:39 am
Seoul: North Korea to send delegation to Olympics in South
After rare talks at the border, deal is struck for Pyongyang athletes and officials to participate in Winter Games in February
By Hyung-Jin Kim
US President Donald Trump, left, and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, November 7, 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
November 7, 2017, 12:36 pm
In Seoul, Trump calls on North Korea to ‘make a deal’
On trip through Asia, US president tones down aggressive rhetoric in nuclear standoff with Pyongyang, says ‘it’ll all work out’
By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin
US Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills on September 18, 2017. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)
September 18, 2017, 3:38 pm
US bombers buzz Korean Peninsula amid tensions with Pyongyang
South Korea says joint drill meant to ‘demonstrate deterrence’ against North Korea in wake of latest nuclear, missile tests
By AFP
Pedestrians watch the news on a huge screen displaying a map of Japan (R) and the Korean Peninsula, in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan (AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA)
August 29, 2017, 11:26 am
North Korea tensions at a ‘tipping point,’ China warns
Russia says US joint exercises with South Korea ‘played their role in provoking Pyongyang’ to fire a missile over Japan
By AFP
New South Korea's President Moon Jae-in arrives at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Kim Hong-ji/AP)
May 10, 2017, 11:32 am
South Korea’s new president willing to visit rival North
Moon Jae-in says under right conditions he’d like to discuss Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles with leaders
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
In this image made from video provided by North Korean broadcaster KRT, missiles are displayed during a parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (KRT via AP)
May 2, 2017, 10:38 pm
US: North Korea’s nukes may be a tactic for taking over South
Senior White House official says nuclear arsenal is a means of achieving goals through ‘blackmail’
By Matthew Pennington
Illustrative: A woman walks past a television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
April 29, 2017, 1:14 am
North Korea test-fires ‘unknown type’ of missile
US defense official says projectile posed no threat; South Korean news agency reports test failed seconds after launch
By Agencies
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