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South Korea's Yoon, China's Xi to hold summit in Bali -Yonhap

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali on Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Reuters

Japan and US agree to strengthen alliance amid geopolitical tensions

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed at a meeting on Sunday to strengthen their countries' alliance amid shared concerns over a rise in geopolitical tensions.

Reuters

Yoon and Kishida to continue discussions on pending issues

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed on Sunday to continue discussions for a prompt resolution of pending issues, Yoon's office said, as they seek to improve relations dogged by historical disputes.

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Japan and South Korea reaffirm efforts to resolve wartime labour disputes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday said that he and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol have reaffirmed that their countries will work towards a swift resolution of the wartime labour issue

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon says North Korea's provocations becoming more aggressive

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Sunday that North Korea is conducting more "aggressive" provocations based on confidence over its nuclear and missile programmes, calling for strong cooperation with the United States and Japan.

Reuters

Kishida stresses importance of rule of law at ASEAN+3 summit

PHNOM PENH -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed the importance of an international order based on the rule of law at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus Three summit in Phnom Penh on Saturday, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Factbox - G20 summit: Which leaders will attend Bali summit?

Heads of government from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies will meet on the Indonesian island of Bali next week, with some attending in person and others virtually.

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Biden says U.S.-ASEAN pact to address 'biggest issues of our time'

Southeast Asian heads of government held talks on Saturday with visiting global leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, who hailed the launch of a new U.S.-ASEAN pact as a critical step towards tackling "the biggest issues of our time".

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon says hopes for cooperation with China, Japan -Yonhap

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday he hopes for the early activation of a mechanism for trilateral cooperation with China, Japan, Yonhap news agency reported.

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South Korea's Yoon says forced change in Indo Pacific status quo cannot be accepted

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol told ASEAN leaders on Friday that unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force in the Indo Pacific region can never be accepted.

Reuters

US to buy South Korea artillery shells ‘for Ukraine’

South Korea insists policy against providing lethal aid to Ukraine remains unchanged, and ammunition is for US use.

Al Jazeera

South Korea's Yoon to attend ASEAN, G20 summit meetings this month

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will attend meetings of ASEAN and the Group of 20 industrialised nations this month, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

North Korea has fired a flurry of missiles. Experts warn a nuclear test could be next

The isolated communist country under Kim Jong Un recently passed a law enshrining the right to use pre-emptive nuclear strikes and making its status as a nuclear-armed nation "irreversible".

ABC News

South Korea’s Yoon Apologizes for Halloween Crush, Vows Justice

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol apologized on Monday for the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul, pledging to hold to account any officials found to be responsible for sloppy responses and to reform police and safety management systems. The Oct. 29 crush killed 156 people, mostly in their twenties and thirties,…

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Ex-South Korean Leader Plans to Give up Dogs from North Korea’s Kim

South Korea's former President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he plans to give up a pair of dogs sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a gift following their 2018 summit, citing a lack of support from his successor. Moon has raised the white Pungsan dogs named "Gomi"…

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Ex-South Korean leader plans to give up dogs from North Korea's Kim

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North Korea’s Flurry of Missile Tests Raises Alarm – But Are We Seeing Anything New?

The sustained pace of missile launches may serve as a distraction to focus the North Korean people’s gaze on the external enemy rather than their own distress and the government’s role in it.

Al Jazeera

S Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol apologises over deadly Halloween crush

South Korean president promises to hold to account officials who failed to respond to tragedy that killed 156 people.

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North Korea's flurry of missile tests raises alarm – but are we seeing anything new?

The sustained frequency and intensity of North Korea’s missile launches in recent weeks has refocused attention on the Korean Peninsula at a time when the danger of great power war seems more immediate.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon apologises for Halloween crush, vows justice

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol apologised on Monday for the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul, pledging to hold to account any officials found to be responsible for sloppy responses and to reform police and safety management systems.

The Independent UK

Public anger continues to build as mourners gather across Seoul to hold vigil over deadly Itaewon crush

People demand that president Yoon Suk-yeol step down

The Guardian - UK

Itaewon crowd crush: thousands join vigil as anger grows in South Korea

Law enforcement concedes insufficient planning as president belatedly expresses regret for disaster

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo, Seoul begin coordination to hold summit talks in S.E. Asia

The governments of Japan and South Korea have begun coordination to hold a summit meeting of the leaders of the two countries on the sidelines of international conferences to be held in Southeast Asia from Nov. 10 to 16, sources said.

Reuters

Flurry of North Korean launches demonstrates complexity of missile defences

North Korea's barrage of missiles this week was a vivid illustration of how tracking and intercepting waves of missiles at different altitudes and trajectories is a complex task - even in peacetime.

Reuters

How a night of Halloween revelry turned to disaster in South Korea

The Itaewon district in South Korea's capital is known to revelers as a place of fun, freedom and openness. But its narrow, steep streets and constrained access points proved a lethal mix for Halloween partygoers who became trapped in a crowd crush that left more than 150 people dead.

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