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Police:

Seoul Mayor Found Dead Hours after Reported Missing

TEHRAN (defapress) - Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon was found dead in Seoul on Friday, hours after he was reported missing, police said.
News ID: 81502    Publish Date : 2020/07/10

Seoul Urges Pyongyang to Keep Reconciliatory Deals, Staunch Posture in Place over Threats

TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korea held an emergency security meeting on Sunday and pressed North Korea to keep reconciliatory deals as Pyongyang continued to up the ante by threatening to sever inter-Korean relations and even use military action.
News ID: 81319    Publish Date : 2020/06/14

Kim Orders North Korea Artillery Firing, Drawing Seoul Rebuke

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to practice firing artillery near a disputed sea boundary with rival South Korea, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday, drawing a quick rebuke from Seoul.
News ID: 79381    Publish Date : 2019/11/25

Seoul to Drop Tokyo from Whitelist This Week

TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korea is moving to strip Japan from its list of trusted trading partners as early as this week, but it is still open to having last-minute negotiations with Tokyo, the trade ministry said Sunday.
News ID: 78704    Publish Date : 2019/09/15

Official:

North Korea's Criticism of Seoul over Joint Drill Nothing New

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea's recent stepped-up criticism of South Korea over joint military exercises with the United States is not anything out of the ordinary, a unification ministry official said Tuesday.
News ID: 78517    Publish Date : 2019/08/27

Korea Won’t Stop Tests, Rejects Talks with Seoul Unless It Ends Drills with US

TEHRAN (defapress)- There will be no direct talks with South Korea if it continues to stage joint military exercises with the US, a senior North Korean diplomat stated.
News ID: 78355    Publish Date : 2019/08/11

Korea Won’t Stop Tests, Rejects Talks with Seoul Unless It Ends Drills with US

TEHRAN (defapress)- There will be no direct talks with South Korea if it continues to stage joint military exercises with the US, a senior North Korean diplomat stated.
News ID: 78355    Publish Date : 2019/08/11

North Korea Says Kim Supervised Weapons Tests, Criticizes Seoul

TEHRAN (defapress) - North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system,which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul.
News ID: 78342    Publish Date : 2019/08/11

North Korea Says Kim Supervised Weapons Tests, Criticizes Seoul

TEHRAN (defapress) - North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system,which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul.
News ID: 78342    Publish Date : 2019/08/11

Seoul:

North Korea Launches 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korea's military said North Korea conducted its second weapons test in less than a week Wednesday, firing two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast.
News ID: 78231    Publish Date : 2019/07/31

Seoul:

North Korea Launches 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korea's military said North Korea conducted its second weapons test in less than a week Wednesday, firing two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast.
News ID: 78231    Publish Date : 2019/07/31

Seoul:

South Korea, US Agree to Deal with Missile Launches by Pyongyang 'Prudently'

TEHRAN (defapress)- South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed on Saturday to react "prudently" to the recent missile launches by North Korea, the South Korean Foreign Ministry announced.
News ID: 77206    Publish Date : 2019/05/04

Seoul Accuses Japanese Patrol Plane of Threatening Flight

TEHRAN (defapress) - South Korea's military has accused Japan of a "clear provocation" over what it says was a threatening low-altitude flight by a Japanese patrol plane over a South Korean warship.
News ID: 75147    Publish Date : 2019/01/23

New Iranian amb. submits credentials to South Korean president

TEHRAN (defapress) – New Iranian ambassador to Seoul Saeed Badamchi Shabestari presented his letter of credentials to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday.
News ID: 74578    Publish Date : 2018/12/26

Seoul Thinks It Is Still Possible for North Korea Leader to Visit South Korea This Year

TEHRAN (defapress) - It is still possible for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to visit South Korea before the end of this year, the unification ministry said Monday, adding the government continues to make relevant preparations.
News ID: 74095    Publish Date : 2018/12/03

Kim Jong-Un May Visit Russia in November, Seoul’s Ambassador Says

TEHRAN (defapress) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may visit Russia in November, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday, citing South Korean Ambassador to Moscow Woo Yoon-keun.
News ID: 73509    Publish Date : 2018/11/05

Kim Jong-Un May Visit Russia in November, Seoul’s Ambassador Says

TEHRAN (defapress) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may visit Russia in November, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday, citing South Korean Ambassador to Moscow Woo Yoon-keun.
News ID: 73509    Publish Date : 2018/11/05

South Korea's Moon:

North Korean Leader Kim to Visit Seoul 'Soon'

TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul as part of a flurry of high-profile diplomacy aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.
News ID: 73423    Publish Date : 2018/11/01

South Korea's Moon:

North Korean Leader Kim to Visit Seoul 'Soon'

TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul as part of a flurry of high-profile diplomacy aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.
News ID: 73423    Publish Date : 2018/11/01

Seoul:

North Korean Leader Invites Pope Francis to Visit Pyongyang

TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to Pyongyang and the invitation will be delivered to the pope by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, according to president's spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom.
News ID: 72975    Publish Date : 2018/10/09

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