Author: Hyung-Jin Kim
-
S. Korea cancels Japan intelligence deal amid trade dispute
SEOUL, South Korea • South Korea said Thursday it will terminate an intelligence-sharing deal with Japan that focused on classified information about North Korea, a surprise announcement that is likely to set back U.S. efforts to bolster security cooperation with two of its most important allies in the Asian region. South Korea attributed the decision…
-
S. Korea says N. Korea has fired unidentified projectiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, less than a week after the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of U.N. resolutions. Observers say the launches were aimed at ramping up pressure on the United…
-
S. Korea says N. Korea has fired unidentified projectiles
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea on Wednesday fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, less than a week after the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of U.N. resolutions. Observers say the launches were aimed at ramping up pressure on the United States…
-
North Korea says missile test was ‘solemn warning’ to South
TOKYO • A day after two North Korean short-range missile launches rattled Asia, the nation said Friday that it had tested a “new-type tactical guided weapon” that was meant to be a “solemn warning” about South Korean weapons development and its rival’s plans to hold military exercises. The message in the country’s state media quoted…
-
S. Korea says N. Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into sea
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, the first weapons launches in more than two months as North Korean and U.S. officials struggle to restart nuclear negotiations. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles fired from the North’s eastern coastal town…
-
North Korea threatens to cancel US summit over drills
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Wednesday canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over military exercises between Seoul and Washington that Pyongyang has long claimed are invasion rehearsals. The surprise declaration, which came…
-
North Korean envoy, in South, opens door to US talks
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — A North Korean envoy making a rare visit to South Korea said Sunday that his country was willing to open talks with the United States, a rare step toward diplomacy between enemies after a year of North Korean missile and nuclear tests and direct threats of war from both Pyongyang and…
-
Lindsey Vonn scatters grandfather’s ashes near downhill course
JEONGSEON, South Korea — Lindsey Vonn came to South Korea with the goal of taking home an Olympic medal and leaving behind something even more special. She did both. The American ski great said Thursday she recently scattered some of the ashes of her grandfather, who served during the Korean War, on a rock near the…
-
Rival Koreas agree to form first unified Olympic team
SEOUL, South Korea — The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremony of next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, officials said. The agreements still require approval from the International Olympic Committee. But they…
-
North Korea to join Olympics in South Korea as tensions ease
SEOUL, South Korea — The rival Koreas took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity during rare talks Tuesday, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline. The meeting, the first of its kind in about two years, was arranged after North Korean…