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S.Korea, US, Japan hold missile defence drills in East Sea
The drills took place as the three countries have been reinforcing security coordination amid Pyongyang's firing of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel ICBM last Wednesday. The exercise featured three Aegis-equipped destroyers -- the South's ROKS Yulgok Yi I, the US' USS John Finn and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Maya, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean armed service.
S.Korea slaps more unilateral sanctions on N. Korea after ICBM launch
"In response to North Korea's long-range ballistic missile launch that threatens the peace and safety of the Korean Peninsula and the international society, the government has decided to impose unilateral sanctions against four individuals and three organisations involved in nuclear and missile developments and funding," the foreign ministry said.
US nuke-powered submarine arrives in S.Korea after Pyongyang's launch
The Ohio-class SSGN, USS Michigan, entered a key naval base in Busan, 320 km southeast of Seoul, after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday in apparent protest against the massive live-fire drills that ended earlier in the day, reports Yonhap News Agency. It marks the first time the US has sent an SSGN to South Korea since October 2017.
N.Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: Seoul
Shortly before the launch, a spokesperson for the North's defence ministry issued a statement denouncing what it called the "provocative and irresponsible" drills, Yonhap news agency reported. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches from the Sunan area in Pyongyang between 7:25 p.m. and 7:37 p.m..
S.Korea, 4 others elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council
South Korea, Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term. South Korea, Algeria, Guyana, and Sierra Leone were running unopposed on Tuesday. Slovenia and Belarus contended the one seat for Eastern Europe. The five newly elected members will replace.
S.Korea seeks to win UNSC seat
South Korea, which last sat on the council in 2013-2014, aims to return to the council for 2024-2025, and the UN will vote on the bid on Tuesday, reports Yonhap News Agency.
Over 1.5 mn S.Korean people at risk of 'lonely death': Survey
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it had conducted the poll on a sample of 9,471 single-member households from November to December last year to check their circumstances that could possibly lead to a lonely death in the future, reports Yonhap News Agency.
US military shooting range's construction in S.Korea raises concerns among local
According to the KBS report on Thursday, logging work began in March on a hill in downtown Changwon, about 300 km southeast of the capital Seoul, and the shooting range will be completed in two years. However, as apartment complexes with over 1,100 units, shopping centres and industrial parks are concentrated within a radius of 1.5 km.
S.Korean Prez holds summit with Japan PM in full resumption of 'shuttle diplomacy'
The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Seoul earlier on Sunday for a two-day working visit and stopped at Seoul National Cemetery to pay his respects to Korea's fallen independence activists and war veterans before heading to the presidential office.
South Korea dismisses Japan's 'unfair' territorial claim over disputed islets
According to Japan's Kyodo News on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo lodged a protest to Seoul over the visit by Jeon Yong-gi of the main opposition Democratic Party to Dokdo earlier that day, reports Yonhap News Agency. The Seoul Foreign Ministry official said the government "dismissed the unfair claim from Japan through diplomatic channels".
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