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Stephen Biegun, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, arrives at Incheon International Airport on Monday. Korea Times file A U.S. top nuclear envoy visited South Korea on Saturday, days before the leaders of the two Koreas are set to hold a summit next week. Stephen Biegun arrived in Seoul, following his trips to Beijing and […]

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the eye of Ompong was expected to slam into Cagayan and Isabela between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. today. MANILA, Philippines — Powerful Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) pounded eastern Luzon yesterday with strong winds and heavy rains hours before its forecast landfall over the Cagayan-Isabela area […]

China, Russia and Mongolia conclude this week’s “Vostok-2018” strategic drills with a military parade on Thursday at the Tsugol training range in Russia’s Trans-Baikal region. PAN MENGQI/CHINA DAILY China and Russia vowed to further deepen military ties and improve their troops’ combat abilities to respond to various security threats, as they formally concluded the “Vostok-2018” strategic […]

Somalia outpaces most African countries in the market, despite its fragility and underdeveloped financial institutions. NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 14 – Approximately 155 million mobile money transactions worth US$2.7 billion are conducted in Somalia every month, making it one of the most active mobile money markets in the world. According to a World Bank finding, mobile money […]

FILE PHOTO: The government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria © Omar Sanadiki / Reuters Washington is seeking to obstruct moves towards peace to “artificially prolong” the conflict in Syria by saving Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists from imminent defeat, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said. The US is obviously struggling to justify its military presence on Syrian […]

President Trump is “counting down the days” until the departure of his current lead White House lawyer, Don McGahn, with whom he has clashed, according to a former White House official. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Sources say the president is likely to tap lawyer Emmet Flood to replace White House counsel Don McGahn, but some […]

Seen above is the Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine manufactured by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Core parts for the 3,000-ton underwater fleet were designed and manufactured by domestic technologies. / Korea Times photo by Lee Min-hyung GEOJE, South Gyeongsang Province ― The nation’s first 3,000-ton submarine was launched Friday on this southeastern island city, featuring […]

Relatives of victims stand outside the scene of the shooting that resulted in the deaths of six people in Bakersfield, California [Mark Ralston/AFP] An unidentified gunman shot and killed his wife and four other people in a series of shootings in California before taking his own life, police said. There was no immediate word on what […]

The two Koreas held working-level military talks at the border village of Panmunjeom, Thursday, to discuss a series of pending issues to ease military tension ahead of a planned summit between their two leaders next week.. Starting at 10 a.m., a three-member South Korean military delegation ― led by Army Colonel Cho Yong-geun ― met […]

A message is posted on a boarded up building before the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Oak Island, North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2018. The winds of Hurricane Florence weakened as the storm prepared to hit the U.S. East Coast, but forecasters warn the storm’s overall size and its ability to push ashore a storm surge […]