Section: South Korea
U.S. asks Korea to join sanctions on Russia
A high-ranking U.S. sanctions official asked South Korea Tuesday to join Washington-led efforts to impose tougher sancti …read more Source: The Korea...
EU to impose new Russia sanctions as fighting blocks MH17 probe
DONETSK (AFP) ― The EU was set to approve punishing sanctions against Russia Tuesday over its role in the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: The Korea...
Ukraine fights prompt residents to flee
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AP) ― Panicky residents in an eastern Ukrainian town fled their homes Monday carrying a few possess …read more Source: The Korea...
U.S. Official to Persuade Seoul to Join Russia Sanctions
Peter Harrell of the U.S. State Department, arrived in Seoul on Monday. Harrell’s visit comes as the U.S. and the EU are about to step up sanctions against Russia in the wake of the downing of a Malaysian civilian airplane by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine. A government official … …read more Source: The Chosun...
MH17 military mission ‘unrealistic’
GRABOVE, Ukraine (AFP) ― The Netherlands on Sunday scrapped plans to send an international armed mission to secure the c …read more Source: The Korea...
U.S., Europe Demand Harsher Russia Sanctions
A senior British official is calling for the 2018 World Cup to be moved from Russia as punishment for the country’s role in the Ukraine crisis, as calls intensify from both sides of the Atlantic for tougher sanctions on Moscow. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg demanded stricter sanctions a… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Relatives arrive at Malaysia airline crash site
GRABOVE, Ukraine (AFP) ― The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight 17 arrived on Saturday …read more Source: The Korea...
[Newsmaker] Russia stoic on sanctions threat, analysts worried
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russia has remained stoic about the threat of tighter Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, but anal …read more Source: The Korea...
Ukraine’s P.M. resigns, complicating MH17 probe
DONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) ― Ukraine’s prime minister resigned Thursday after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging th …read more Source: The Korea...
EU to hit Russian banks over Ukraine: reports
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union may go even further than the United States in hitting Russian banks with sanction …read more Source: The Korea...
