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Sept 23, 2017 North Korea

Quake detected in NK presumed to be natural: S. Korean agency

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake detected near North Korea's nuclear test site Saturday is presumed to have been a natural quake, South Korea's weather agency said.The tremor occurred at 5:29 p.m., some 20 kilometers southeast of the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test in the northeastern province where the North conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sept. 3, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. (Yonhap)"The quake has been analyzed to have occurred naturally," an agency official said. "A

[Breaking] 3.5-magnitude quake rattles N. Korea near nuclear test site

BEIJING -- A shallow 3.5-magnitude earthquake hit North Korea near the country’s nuclear test site Saturday, US seismologists said, in what China’s seismic service said was a “suspected explosion”, but Seoul deemed a “natural earthquake”. (Yonhap)The earthquake came after days of increasingly bellicose rhetoric between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s regime over Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions raised international alarm.The United States Geological Survey (USGS) sai

Sept 23, 2017
North Korea
BTS' 'Love Yourself' hits No. 14 on British albums chart

South Korean boy band BTS' latest EP "Love Yourself: Her" charted in 14th place on the British Official Albums Chart, the charts company said Saturday.It marks the first time the band has entered the chart since it reached No. 62 with "Wings" last October. (Big Hit Entertainment)"DNA," the main track from "Love Yourself: Her," took the 90th spot on the Official Singles Chart, making it the second Korean act ever to make the chart after Psy, according to the Official Charts Company (www.officialc

Sept 23, 2017
Music
France reaffirms participation in PyeongChang 2018

France has reaffirmed its plan to participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics following news reports that the country is considering skipping the event due to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula over North Korea's nuclear test and missile launches, the South Korean sports ministry said Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)"To speak our formal position, France will go to PyeongChang with its national team of players and has never me

Sept 23, 2017
Olympic Games
China imposes limit on oil supply to North Korea

BEIJING -- China announced Saturday that it will limit energy supplies to North Korea and stop buying its textiles under UN sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile development, further reducing support from Pyongyang’s last ally.Exports of refined petroleum to the North will be limited to 2 million barrels per year, effective Jan. 1, the Commerce Ministry said. Sales of liquefied natural gas are banned outright. A North Korean solder stands guard near barrels stacked up near the river ban

Sept 23, 2017
North Korea
Does NK H-bomb threat push US closer to war?

WASHINGTON — Would exploding a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific, as North Korea has threatened, push the current war of words between the US and North Korea closer to actual war?As with much that has transpired lately in the US-North Korea nuclear crisis, no one can be sure where this would lead or whether the North will even carry out its threat. It does, however, raise many questions, including: How would the North undertake such a nuclear test, what risks might it pose to Japan and how would th

Sept 23, 2017
North Korea
Ex-KAI head arrested over W500b accounting fraud scandal

The prosecution arrested a former chief of Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) Saturday as part of a probe into an accounting fraud case at the nation's sole aircraft maker.The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Ha Seong-yong, citing the possibility of him fleeing and destroying evidence. Ha Seong-yong, former chief of KAI (Yonhap)Ha has been detained on a string of charges from accounting fraud and breach of trust to embezzlement. Prosecutors believe Ha instructed KAI of

Sept 23, 2017
Industry
Trump will take 'appropriate' action in event of NK H-bomb test: Tillerson

US President Donald Trump will take the "appropriate" action if North Korea tests a nuclear bomb over the Pacific Ocean as threatened, his top diplomat said Friday.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday warned of the "highest level" action after Trump told the UN General Assembly the US will have no choice but to "totally destroy" the North if forced to defend itself or its allies. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (AP-Yonhap)Kim's top diplomat, Ri Yong-ho, told reporters in New York such

Sept 23, 2017
North Korea
Teenager charged over London Underground attack: police

British police said Friday they had charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder following last week's bombing of a London Underground train, which injured 30 people. (AP-Yonhap)Ahmed Hassan, who was arrested the morning after the attack on September 15, was also charged with use of the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a statement said. (AFP)

Sept 22, 2017
World News
Trump calls North Korea's Kim 'a madman'

President Donald Trump is again assailing North Korea Kim Jong Un, saying that he "will be tested like never before."In an escalation of the war of words between the United States and North Korea, Trump sent a predawn tweet Friday saying, "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!"Trump's broadside follows a rare statement issued by Kim, branding the US president as "deranged" and warning he will "pay

Sept 22, 2017
North Korea
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Kazakhstan discuss cooperation against NK nuke issue

Top diplomats of South Korea and Kazakhstan have discussed cooperation in their response to North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations, the foreign ministry here said Friday. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Kazakh counterpart Abdrakhmanov Kudaibergenovich met on the sidelines of the UN.General Assembly underway in New York on Thursday, according to the ministry. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Kazakh counterpart Abdrakhmanov Kudaibergenovich (Yonhap)Kang assessed that Kazakhs

Sept 22, 2017
North Korea
NK leader’s direct statement is ‘eye for an eye’ tactic: expert

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ratcheted up his harsh rhetoric against the US and allies by issuing a rare direct statement on Friday, which experts here interpreted as an “eye for an eye” tactic against his US counterpart Donald Trump. The written statement, which was released in English North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun, vowed to consider the “highest-level” of countermeasures including options of military attack against the US. This marks the first time a North Korean leader has sp

Sept 23, 2017
North Korea
Citibank Korea reappoints current CEO

Citibank Korea, the local branch of New York-based Citigroup, on Friday recommended current CEO Park Jin-hei as the sole candidate for the next term, officials said.Park is to assume his second term in office once his candidacy is confirmed at meetings of the board of directors and stockholders, both slated for next Wednesday. Citibank Korea CEO Park Jin-heiThe top official joined Citibank Korea in 1984, after graduating from Seoul National University and working at the Korea Development Institu

Sept 23, 2017
Finance
Shares extend downtrend amid US-N. Korea tension

Kospi, Kosdaq fall slightly, Samsung, SK hynix shares remain unfazed over tension

Sept 23, 2017
Finance
Moon’s talk of peace snubbed as US-NK tensions flare up again

President wraps up New York trip after summits with Trump, Abe

Sept 23, 2017
North Korea

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