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S. Korean, U.S. Nuke Envoys Discuss Ways to Resume Denuclearization Talks

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States discussed ways to channel the reconciliatory mood created by North Korea’s participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics into resumption of talks aimed at “peacefully” resolving the nuclear stalemate, the foreign ministry said Monday. Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his U.S. counterpart, [...]

Senate to Hold Hearing With Focus on Warmbier’s Death

SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Senate has scheduled a hearing that is expected to focus on the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was detained in North Korea for more than a year, its website showed Wednesday. Warmbier, 22, died Monday, days after returning home in a coma following [...]