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North, South Korean leaders exchange letters

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae In have exchanged personal letters, the North's official media reported Friday, despite rising tensions over Pyongyang's military provocations.

Bangkok Post

North and South Korean leaders in rare exchange of letters

Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he will keep working towards reconciliation after retiring next month.

Al Jazeera

Korean leaders exchange friendly letters despite rising tensions

Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked the South's outgoing president Moon Jae-in for his efforts to improve inter-Korean relations, Pyongyang and Seoul said Friday, in an unexpected move following signs the isolated state could resume nuclear testing.

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Leaders of 2 Koreas exchange letters of hope amid tensions

The leaders of the rival Koreas have exchanged letters expressing hope for improved bilateral relations, which have plummeted amid a freeze in nuclear negotiations and North Korea’s accelerating weapons development

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim offers rare praise for South's departing Moon

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked South Korea's outgoing president for trying to improve relations, a rare gesture of goodwill but one that analysts said may not be enough to head off growing tension between the two Koreas.

Reuters

What is S Korea's president-elect facing?

Last month, South Korean voters elected Yoon Suk-yoel as their next president. It was a hotly contested race, which Mr Yoon won by a razor-thin margin of just 0.7%. What will the conservative People Power Party candidate's victory mean for South Korea and East Asia?

Bangkok Post

BTS may perform at South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration

SEOUL: South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team is reportedly planning to use K-pop to add glitz and glamour to his administration.

Bangkok Post

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S.Korea's cabinet clears way for presidential Blue House move

South Korea's cabinet approved nearly $30 million on Wednesday to help president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol move the presidential office and residence from the traditional Blue House, clearing the way for a plan initially criticised by the current administration as rushed and a threat to national security.

Reuters

Trump finally admits he lost the election but still falsely says it was ‘rigged’

Conversation came ahead of publication of book about his presidency

The Independent UK

‘I didn’t win the election’: Trump admits defeat in session with historians

The ex-president also said that Iran, China and South Korea were happy Biden won, adding that ‘the election was rigged and lost’

The Guardian - US

North Korea Warns of Nuclear Response if South Provokes It

For the second time this week, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting its supposed preemptive strike capabilities against the North, saying her country’s nuclear forces would annihilate the South’s conventional forces if provoked. In a statement carried Tuesday by North Korea’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kim's sister: N Korea nukes could 'eliminate' South

North Korea will use its nuclear weapons to "eliminate" South Korea's army in the event they launch a pre-emptive strike, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

North Korea would ‘annihilate’ South if provoked, warns Kim Jong-un’s sister

Warning points to a rise in tensions on the peninsula after the North conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five years

The Guardian - AU

North Korea warns of nuclear response if South provokes it

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting preemptive strike capabilities against the North, saying her country’s nuclear forces would annihilate the South’s conventional forces if provoked

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N. Korea warns Seoul of 'serious threat' over missile remark

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s defense minister a “scum-like guy” for talking about preemptive strikes on the North and warned the South may face “a serious threat.”

Reuters

S.Korea's Moon to cooperate with presidential office move - Yoon's chief of staff

Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his administration will "cooperate" with President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's $40-million plan to move the presidential office from the Blue House to the defence ministry compound, Yoon's Chief of Staff said.

Tribune News Service

North Korea fires first ICBM since days of ‘fire and fury’

North Korea launched what appeared to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile in more than four years, as Kim Jong Un finally abandoned a testing freeze that had underpinned an unprecedented wave of talks with the U.S.

Reuters

The road from Trump-Kim summits to N.Korea's new ICBM test

North Korea appeared on Thursday to have returned to testing its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for the first time since 2017.

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AFP

North Korea fires new ICBM in largest test since 2017

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, Tokyo and Seoul said, a dramatic return to long-range testing that sparked outrage from neighbours and the United States.

Reuters

Moon says N.Korea's Kim violated moratorium on ICBM launches - Blue House

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had broken a moratorium on launching intercontinental ballistic missiles, strongly condemning the latest missile test, according to his office, the Blue House.

Al Jazeera

North Korea launches suspected ICBM in first such test since 2017

Launch comes just over a week after Pyongyang test-fired a missile that appeared to explode shortly after liftoff.

France 24

UN chief 'strongly condemns' North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's firing of what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to "desist from taking any further counter-productive actions," his spokesman said.

Reuters

N.Korea says tested new ICBM, prepared for long confrontation with U.S.

North Korea said it tested a new, powerful type of intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, marking an end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing in place since 2017 and drawing international condemnation.

AFP

South Korea's disgraced ex-president Park leaves hospital after prison release

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye left hospital on Thursday, three months after she was released from prison following a pardon for her role in one of the country's biggest corruption cases.

Reuters

South Korea's disgraced ex-president Park returns home after prison

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left hospital on Thursday three months after she was released from prison where she spent nearly five years following a conviction on corruption charges.

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