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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The chief US trade negotiator voiced hope Thursday that Congress would approve a free Trade Agreement with South Korea before a similar pact between Seoul and the European Union takes effect July 1. President Barack Obam…

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured China's nuclear command centre on Wednesday, a Pentagon official said, as he wrapped up a visit upstaged by a bold display of Beijing's advanced weaponry. Gates got a rare look at the Second Artillery Corp…

North Korea is criticizing South Korea for pushing to strengthen defense ties with Japan, calling the cooperation a dangerous plot to invade the North. The North's government-run Uriminzokkiri website made the criticism Wednesday, two days after S…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and Japanese defense chiefs will start Military talks on accords to share intelligence and provide each other with fuel and medical support. A Defense Ministry official said Monday that the accords, if …

Seoul (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday called for an end to confrontation with the South, urging dialogue after one of the most violent years on the divided peninsula since the 1950-53 Korean War. Tension between the rival Koreas has risen sha…

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday praised a newly sealed trade deal with South Korea as a landmark agreement that promises to boost the domestic Auto Industry and support tens of thousands of American jobs. "This agreemen…

Surely, if President Obama had been scripted this afternoon he wouldn’t have let loose with such self-revaltory rant at the end of his presser. To this point, the hallmark of Obama has been his bloodlessness and lack of emotion, in almost an…

WASHINGTON/Seoul (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed at the weekend to work with Republicans and Democrats to pass a free-trade pact with South Korea that he said was a model for future agreements he would seek in Asia and around the world. …