WHO Chief Says ‘Politicization’ of Pandemic Hurting Global Efforts
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the coronavirus pandemic is being politicized and that a lack of global leadership to fight the virus is a bigger threat...
Daily Archive: June 22, 2020
Azerbaijan’s tourism sector heavily hit by COVID-19 pandemic
Tourism sector in Azerbaijan, just like in other countries has heavily dropped due to COVID-19 pandemic, beginning from March 2020, Trend reports on June 22 referring to the Azerbaijan’s State...
Newly assigned American service member tests positive for coronavirus; total at 36
SEOUL, An American airman newly assigned to South Korea has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Monday. The latest COVID-19 case brought the total...
N. Korea preparing military parade for party anniversary: defense ministry
SEOUL, North Korea is preparing to hold a large-scale military parade to mark October’s 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party, the defense ministry said Monday, amid...
N. Korea reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers along border: military officials
SEOUL, North Korea is reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers in regions along the inter-Korean border after removing them under a 2018 summit agreement with South Korea, military officials said Monday. After the...
Trump threatened to pull troops if S. Korea didn’t give $5 bln: Bolton memoir
WASHINGTON, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull American troops from South Korea if Seoul did not pay US$5 billion under a defense cost-sharing deal, his former National Security Adviser...
Trump offered to fly Kim back to N. Korea from Vietnam: Bolton memoir
WASHINGTON, U.S. President Donald Trump offered to fly North Korean leader Kim Jong-un back to his country from the February 2019 Vietnam summit, but Kim laughed and declined, according to...
Trump said he could seek next N. Korea summit after elections: Bolton memoir
WASHINGTON, U.S. President Donald Trump said right before meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the inter-Korean border last year that he could seek his next summit with Kim...
S. Korea suggested Kim invite Trump to Singapore summit: Bolton memoir
WASHINGTON, Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has claimed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited President Donald Trump to their first summit in June 2018, at the suggestion...
Bolton memoir feared to deepen U.S.-N.K. distrust amid deadlock in nuke talks
SEOUL, The memoir of former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is feared to worsen distrust between the United States and North Korea amid their stalled nuclear diplomacy, as it...
Hot spell to prevail nationwide early this week
SEOUL, This week began with a hot spell across the nation, with the daily high temperatures forecast to soar above 35 C in Seoul and Gyeonggi, Gangwon and North Chungcheong...
Cheong Wa Dae says much of Bolton’s memoir on Korea ‘distorted’
SEOUL, The office of President Moon Jae-in on Monday dismissed former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton’s major written account of summit-level consultations on North Korea last year as...