Section: South Korea
UN Security Council to meet on Ukraine crisis
The UN Security Council will meet next week to discuss the flareup of violence in Ukraine, diplomats said Friday.A meeti …read more Source: The Korea...
U.S., Britain agree to maintain ‘strong sanctions’ on Russia over Ukraine
The United States and Britain agree to maintain tough sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, President Barack …read more Source: The Korea...
Ministers end Ukraine talks without summit date
BERLIN (AFP) ― The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France ended a meeting Monday without being able to …read more Source: The Korea...
Ukraine, Russia raise stakes ahead of peace talks
KIEV (AFP) ― Ukraine fended off renewed financial pressure from Russia on Saturday by accusing Moscow of orchestrating r …read more Source: The Korea...
EU’s sanctions against Russia set to continue
PARIS (AP) ― EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways: hurting Russia as well as pin …read more Source: The Korea...
Love in limbo in rebel-held east Ukraine
DONETSK (AFP) ― When Alla Syrovatskaya’s boyfriend of some two years proposed to her she immediately began planning her …read more Source: The Korea...
Putin calls annexation of Crimea historic landmark
MOSCOW (AP) ― Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his New Year’s speech to hail his country’s annexation of Ukrain …read more Source: The Korea...
Ukraine Eyes IMF Credit Lifeline in Early 2015
Ukraine expects the International Monetary Fund to disburse new and overdue loans after a visit next month and still hopes a $17 billion bailout program can be expanded, its central bank chief said on Tuesday. Valeria Hontareva declined to give a value for the payment, even when pressed by… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Ukraine Formally Scraps Non-aligned Status
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country closer to NATO, the western military alliance. Russia views NATO expansion as a threat and President Vladimir Putin last week signed a military doctrine reiterating t… …read more Source: The...
Visa, MasterCard halt Crimea service on tougher sanctions
Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., the world’s biggest payments networks, halted services to Crimea after the U.S. escalated …read more Source: The Korea...
