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North And South Korea Reach Breakthroughs In First High-Level Talks In 2 Years
Cocooned by cameras, North Korea's negotiating team crossed the border Tuesday by foot, walking about 100 yards to a conference building for the first high-level talks with South Korea in two years. Seated across from one another at a long rectangular table, diplomats from both sides expressed the need to improve frosty ties.
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South Korea's Moon says Trump deserves 'big' credit for North Korea talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in credited U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for helping to spark the first inter-Korean talks in more than two years, and warned that Pyongyang would face stronger sanctions if provocations continued.
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South Korean justice ministry prepares to ban cryptocurrency trading, exchanges raided
South Korea's justice minister said on Thursday the government is preparing a bill to ban cryptocurrency trading, throwing the virtual coin market into turmoil as the nation's police and tax authorities raided local exchanges on alleged tax evasion.
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Bitcoin bounces off support as S. Korea backs away from ban
Bitcoin continues to show support at the $13,000 level as the price bounced off that mark twice overnight Friday. Despite South Korea jawboning about banning the trading of cryptos, buyers hit the market to raise the price to the $14K level.News out of South Korea this morning seems to saying that the Seoul government may be moving to soften the blow against the ban.
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Seoul announces free public transport to battle rising smog
The daily average density of ultra-fine dust stands above 50 micrograms per cubic meter, widely considered harmful. Beginning Monday, Seoul officials waived public transport fees during commuter hours as the daily average density of ultra-fine dust remained above 50 micrograms per cubic meter — a level that's widely considered harmful. Authorities have also limited car use for public employees, closed 360 parking lots and reduced construction work on government-funded projects.
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North Korean pop star finds fame in South Korea during Games tour
The lead singer of Kim Jong Un's favorite girl band toured Seoul Monday to scout venues for North Korea's art troupe when they perform at next month's Winter Olympics. Heavy security followed Hyon Song Wol and six other North Koreans as they traversed the South Korean capital, followed at every step by huge media scrums.
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South Korea to criminalise suicide pacts
SEOUL: South Korea is to make organising a suicide pact a criminal offence, officials said Tuesday (Jan 23), as the government seeks to reduce one of the world's highest rates of self-killing. The suicide rate in Asia's fourth-largest economy has increased sharply since 2000 to 25.6 a year per 100,000 people, twice the average for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries.
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South Korea just slapped a hefty tax on bitcoin exchanges
South Korea’s anticipated cryptocurrency crackdown began on Monday, the government closing a tax loophole that will cost existing digital coin exchanges millions in revenue. The Financial Services Commission in Seoul also announced Tuesday a ban on anonymous transactions to curb money-laundering. The legislation will come into effect on Jan. 30.
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South Korea Saga Appears to be Ending, Bitcoin Comes Out on Top
South Korea had announced plans to control and regulate the Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with one such option being considered was a ban on the trade of cryptocurrencies themselves. However after much deliberation and drama which saw a senior South Korean official being outed for insider trading with regards to the Bitcoin and a large outcry in South Korea against the ban, it seems like the South Korean government has determined such a potential ban as being largely ineffective.
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U.S. and South Korea go head-to-head on trade
The U.S. and South Korea are heading for a showdown over trade. Officials will meet in Washington this week to start talks aimed at renegotiating Korus, the free trade agreement that has linked the two economies for nearly six years. President Trump has been hugely critical of the deal, slamming it during his campaign as "horrible" and a "job killer." Since taking office, he has threatened to yank the U.S. out of it altogether.
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Can Free Public Transit Fix South Korea's Nasty Smog Problem?
When it comes to air pollution, China gets most of the attention as one of Asia’s worst offenders (and rightly so). But South Korea has a massive pollution problem all its own, earning the unenviable title of worst air quality among OECD nations—and experts predict the problem will only get worse over the next five years. So when a thick layer of yellow dust settled over the city last week, local leaders took a drastic step to confront it: declaring an air quality emergency and, for the first time ever, giving commuters free rides on public transit.
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South Korea 'Legalizes' Cryptocurrency Trading, Bans Anonymity
South Korea 'Legalizes' Cryptocurrency Trading, Bans Anonymity. In recent statements, the country's Financial Services Commission (FSC) confirmed that the trade should only allow customer transactions that match its bank account.
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North Korea cancels joint event with South
The North blames "insulting" media coverage, in a blow to hopes of better ties over the Olympics.
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N. Korea skaters draw applause during Olympic practice
A pair of smiling North Korean skaters carried out lifts, death spirals and other difficult moves during practices ahead of the Winter Olympics, drawing applause from South Korean spectators at Gangneung Ice Arena on Saturday. The duo, Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik, is the focus of intense media attention as they were the only North Korean athletes who were initially qualified to compete in the Pyeongchang Games before their Olympic committee missed a confirmation deadline.
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Drone catchers and face-detecting planes will guard the Olympics
South Korea is depending on high-tech security measures to keep the Winter Olympics safe.
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Olympics Big Loser: 'Sacred' South Korean Forest Razed For Ski Complex
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have not even begun yet but there is already a big loser if you ask environmentalists: a "sacred" South Korean forest razed to accommodate a new competitive ski complex. Thousands of trees came down from the slopes of Mount Gariwang in the northeastern province of Gangwon to make room for the new Jeongseon Alpine Center. Despite the event organizers' assurances that trees would be replaced once the games are complete, opponents remain skeptical.
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Here’s what war with North Korea would look like
A full-blown war with North Korea wouldn’t be as bad as you think. It would be much, much worse.
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Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony | Pictures
Former figure skater Yuna Kim of South Korea lights the cauldron. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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Trump and Kim impersonators thrown out of Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics security guards had to throw US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un out of the Opening Ceremony on Friday.
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At Olympics opening ceremony, Pence refuses to stand for any country except the U.S.
Athletes from North Korea and South Korea marching under the same flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games was a significant symbolic moment for many. Vice President Mike Pence, in Pyeongchang to lead the U.S. delegation, was not impressed, however. The Washington Post’s Anna Fifield described “huge cheers” when the unified Korea team entered the stadium on Friday. She also said it appeared that everyone in the VP’s box stood to acknowledge the moment — except Pence and his wife, Karen.
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