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    Korea, Japan defense chiefs agree to cooperate on AI, maritime search and rescue

    Korea and Japan will cooperate in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies for the defense sector, the two countries' defense chiefs said Sunday. They also reaffirmed the two sides' commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and maintaining peace in the region. Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back and Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced the cooperation pledges in a joint press statement following their bilateral talks in Seoul. "The two ministers agreed to continue to seek exchanges and cooperation between their aerobatic teams (the Black Eagles and Blue Impulse) while advancing maritime search and rescue exercises for various accidents at sea and continuing discussions on cooperating in cutting-edge technology sectors, including AI," the statement released by the Ministry of National Defense read. Discussions involving the two aerobatic teams followed an exchange event between Korea's Black Eagles and Japan's Blue Impulse, when the former refueled during a layover in Okinawa, Japan, on its way to Saudi Arabia for a

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    Korea, Japan defense chiefs agree to cooperate on AI, maritime search and rescue
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    Japan's defense chief in Korea for deeper defense ties

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    Japan's defense chief in Korea for deeper defense ties
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    Vice FM attends Pax Silica Summit in Washington, discusses AI, chip supply chains

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    2 more Korean vessels clear Strait of Hormuz

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    2 more Korean vessels clear Strait of Hormuz
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    US extends national emergency declaration over N. Korean threats for another year

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    US extends national emergency declaration over N. Korean threats for another year
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N. Korean infants not properly vaccinated: unification minister

North Korean infants have not received essential vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sign of the country's poor health care system, Seoul's point man on Pyongyang said Wednesday.

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Defense chiefs of Korea, Iraq agree to bolster defense industry cooperation

The defense chiefs of Korea and Iraq agreed Wednesday to strengthen arms industry cooperation, Seoul's defense ministry said, amid signs of Baghdad's interest in a Korean-built helicopter.

Mar 20, 2024
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US hinting at 'interim steps' with NK doesn't indicate policy shift: experts

Recent remarks by senior U.S. officials indicating a readiness to consider taking "interim steps" toward denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula do not signify a major policy shift by the U.S. government, observers said, with some linking the Americans' softened rhetoric on Pyongyang to the upcoming presidential elections.

Mar 20, 2024By Lee Hyo-jin
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Experts say NK's ground engine test for new hypersonic missile may still need improvement

North Korea has successfully conducted a ground test of a solid-fuel engine for its new intermediate-range hypersonic missile, drawing praise from its leader Kim Jong-un, who stressed the military strategic value of the weapon system, according to state media, Wednesday.

Mar 20, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
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Yoon, British deputy PM agree to cooperate to promote democracy

President Yoon Suk Yeol met with British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden on Wednesday, and agreed to cooperate closely to promote and defend democracy, the presidential office said.

Mar 20, 2024
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Expert proposes new unification strategies based on existing formula

South Korea should maintain its official unification formula adopted in 1994 but needs to recalibrate detailed strategies in pushing for unification with North Korea, an expert said Wednesday.

Mar 20, 2024
Expert proposes new unification strategies based on existing formula
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US urges N. Korea to refrain from 'provocative, destabilizing' actions after missile engine test

The United States called on North Korea on Tuesday to refrain from "provocative" and "destabilizing" actions after Pyongyang claimed to have tested a solid-fuel engine for a new intermediate hypersonic missile.

Mar 20, 2024
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Support foundation for Gaesong complex set to be dismantled

The foundation meant to support the now-shuttered inter-Korean factory park in the North Korean border city of Gaesong was set to hold a board meeting Wednesday to approve its dissolution amid frosty inter-Korean ties, government officials said.

Mar 20, 2024
Support foundation for Gaesong complex set to be dismantled
Foreign Affairs

Korea discusses closer trade ties with 3 African nations

Korea's trade ministry said Wednesday it has discussed ways to expand trade cooperation with three African nations by forging Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).

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N. Korean defectors recall 'jangmadang' markets as places for desperate survival amid economic woes

For many North Koreans, local markets, or "jangmadang," have been places for their desperate survival amid chronic dearths of food and other necessities following the collapse of a state ration system in the 1990s.

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