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Pence pouring cold water on warming ties between 2 Koreas

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 7, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. is preparing to announce the “toughest and most aggressive” economic sanctions against North Korea in the coming days, boosting pressure on the bellicose government during the Winter Olympics.

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Pence seeks to reassure allies on North Korean nuclear threat

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 6, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence is seeking to reassure and refocus American allies on the growing nuclear threat from North Korea with visits to Japan and South Korea this week.

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Pence trip to Asia, Olympics aimed at countering North Korea

Tue., Feb. 6, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence’s six-day swing through Asia, anchored by a stop at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, is set to focus less on sports than the host country’s bellicose neighbor to the North.

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Seoul: North Korea to send nominal head of state to South Korea

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 4, 2018

North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month’s Winter Olympics in the South.

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As Olympics near, Trump seeks to boost pressure on NKorea

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 2, 2018

With just a week before the Olympic Games begin on the Korean peninsula, President Donald Trump on Friday sought to increase pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear program by consulting with allies and highlighting the human rights abuses suffered by defectors from North Korea.

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Seoul: North Korea cancels pre-Olympic joint cultural event

Mon., Jan. 29, 2018

South Korea expressed regret over North Korea’s cancellation of one of the joint cooperation projects planned for next month’s Winter Olympics, a development highlighting the delicate nature of ties between the rivals split for seven decades.

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U.S. sanctions North Korean ships suspected of smuggling goods

Wed., Jan. 24, 2018

The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on six North Korean ships, 16 individuals and nine companies that it said had facilitated Pyongyang’s weapons programs in a continuing effort to further isolate the regime.

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North Korean girl band leader heads delegation to South

Sun., Jan. 21, 2018

The head of a hugely popular North Korean girl band crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea on Sunday as part of an official delegation, triggering a media frenzy as she checked potential venues for performances during next month’s Winter Olympics.

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IOC: More initiatives coming to promote Korean unity

Fri., Jan. 19, 2018

Olympics organizers on Friday welcomed an agreement between North and South Korea to unite athletes at the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and promised that “much more exciting initiatives” promoting Korean unity will emerge this weekend.

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He said-he said: 10 times that Trump has contradicted Trump

Fri., Jan. 19, 2018

Donald Trump once promised to be “very restrained” on Twitter – “if I use it at all.” He thought campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos was an “excellent guy” – until Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. The president backed Republican Roy Moore in the special election for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama. But after a Democrat won the seat, Trump said he knew the embattled GOP candidate couldn’t win.

Pence pouring cold water on warming ties between 2 Koreas

Pence seeks to reassure allies on North Korean nuclear threat

Pence trip to Asia, Olympics aimed at countering North Korea

Seoul: North Korea to send nominal head of state to South Korea

As Olympics near, Trump seeks to boost pressure on NKorea

Seoul: North Korea cancels pre-Olympic joint cultural event

U.S. sanctions North Korean ships suspected of smuggling goods

North Korean girl band leader heads delegation to South

IOC: More initiatives coming to promote Korean unity

He said-he said: 10 times that Trump has contradicted Trump

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