Hundreds of South Korean citizens – as many as 202 – have been detained by the government since January on charges of propagating fake news and revealing private information.
The “private information” referred to is information collected by authorities under …
Continue ReadingSouth Korean students are to begin taking classes that teach them to work with artificial intelligence.
Two courses will be available as electives and will be administered to high school students, the equivalent of high school juniors and seniors …
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President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un met for a momentous summit in Singapore yesterday. It was the first ever meeting between a sitting U.S. president and a leader of the isolated nation. The goal, President Trump said, was …
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The leaders of North and South Korea met for two hours along the border between the countries in the area known as the Demilitarized Zone over the weekend.
The surprise meeting came just 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump …
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President Trump has cancelled a meeting that was set to take place next month between him and Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader. The meeting had been scheduled to take place on June 12 in Singapore.
Citing the “tremendous anger …
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His Excellency
Kim Jong Un
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Pyongyang
Dear Mr. Chairman:
We greatly appreciate your time, patience, and effort with respect to our recent negotiations and discussions relative to …
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Rapidly accelerating diplomacy between the U.S. and the Koreas hit a snag this week when North Korea canceled a set of talks scheduled with the South, then subsequently threatened to pull out of a summit set between Kim Jong Un …
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North Korea’s plan to denuclearize was not the result of pressure from the United States, the country’s news agency announced this week, adding that the U.S. was intentionally misleading the public by claiming otherwise. The U.S. government has repeatedly claimed …
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President Moon Jae-in of South Korea suggested that U.S. President Donald Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to broker a peace between North and South Korea. “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need …
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The two leaders of the Koreas met yesterday in an historic summit and promised to work together to bring an official end to the Korean War along with a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. It was an event sixty-five …
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Soon-to-be Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a secret trip to North Korea to meet with reclusive leader Kim Jong-Un last month in order to lay the ground work for a summit between Kim and President Trump, it was recently …
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The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) made headlines last month for announcing a partnership with defense company Hanwha Systems to develop artificial intelligence. There is now growing concern that the partnership will lead to the creation of …
Continue ReadingNorth Korean President Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing, China, this week and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It was the first time the two met face-to-face and the first time the reclusive leader met …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump has announced that he will be replacing Gen. H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. The President made the announcement on Twitter.
“I am pleased to announce that, effective …
Continue ReadingIn a major breakthrough on the issue of North Korea’s nuclear missile program, that country’s reclusive, and often belligerent leader, has indicated that he wants to completely halt his country’s nuclear program and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump face-to-face …
Continue ReadingIn a surprising development, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un has signaled that he is willing to enter into negotiations with United States about giving up his country’s nuclear and ballistic missile program. He also expressed willingness to suspend those …
Continue ReadingA high-ranking delegation from South Korea is in North Korea today and has met with that country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un, the South Korean government announced. The group, a 10-member delegation, was sent to Pyongyang by South Korean President …
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