South Korea
U.S. special representative for N.Korea to visit Seoul to discuss missile launches
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy for North Korea will visit Seoul next week for meetings with South Korean counterparts...
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South Korea official signals leaflet balloons might again float over the North
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean official likely to oversee North Korean ties said on Thursday he...
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U.S. pushes U.N. to cut N.Korea oil imports, ban tobacco, blacklist Lazarus hackers
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is pushing the U.N. Security Council to further sanction North...
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S.Korea to expand rollout of second COVID booster shot to people over 60
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's health ministry said on Wednesday it will administer a second COVID-19 vaccine booster...
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S.Korea’s Yoon picks veteran lawmakers as foreign, unification ministers
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol picked close adviser Park Jin to be foreign...
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U.S. aircraft carrier deploys off Korean peninsula amid tensions with North
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group is operating in waters off the Korean peninsula, the...
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S.Korea’s Yoon invites ex-president he once prosecuted to his inauguration
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol invited disgraced former President Park Geun-hye to attend his inauguration...
Read moreN.Korea minister denounces U.N. suspending Russia from human rights body
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's minister of foreign affairs on Monday denounced last week's suspension of Russia from the U.N....
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy seeks military aid from S.Korea
By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday asked Seoul for any military aid...
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N.Korea celebrates 10 years of Kim Jong Un as top party leader
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea praised Kim Jong Un's leadership in developing nuclear weapons, touted his political...
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S.Korea’s president-elect nominates conservative lawmaker as finance chief
By Hyonhee Shin and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday named Choo Kyung-ho to...
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Russian crab craze in S.Korea stirs ethical debate over Ukraine crisis
By Dogyun Kim, Daewoung Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Plunging prices for Russian crab have South Koreans flocking...
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Boats, helicopters, art: Europe freezes $32 billion of oligarchs’ assets
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU governments have frozen about 30 billion euros ($32.6 billion) of assets linked to oligarchs...
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Two bodies found after S.Korea ship goes missing near Taiwan
By Fabian Hamacher and Hyonhee Shin TAIPEI/SEOUL (Reuters) -Taiwan has recovered two bodies after a ship carrying six South Koreans...
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S.Korea’s president-elect vows ‘strong deterrence’ amid N.Korea nuclear test signs
By Soo-hyang Choi (Reuters) - South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said on Thursday strong deterrence was crucial in the face...
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S.Korea’s incoming president faces backlash from BTS fans
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Unhappy fans of South Korean boy group BTS accused President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of trying...
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S.Korea’s president-elect wants U.S. nuclear bombers, submarines to return
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Advisers to South Korea's president-elect sought redeployment of U.S. strategic assets, such as nuclear...
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S.Korea’s cabinet clears way for presidential Blue House move
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's cabinet approved nearly $30 million on Wednesday to help president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol...
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S.Korea to increase international flights starting May
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it will add hundreds of international flights per week beginning in May,...
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N.Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks -KCNA
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo...
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