Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: SOUTH KOREA
Kingdom, S. Korea ink cooperation agreements
Saudi Arabia and South Korea signed here on Sunday two memorandums of understanding and agreements on transportation, energy cooperation and combatting crime. The signing took place in the presence of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and South
North Korea, again, demands halt to US-South Korea war games
It’s a demand North Korea has been making for decades: The United States and South Korea must immediately suspend their annual military exercises if there is to be peace on the Korean Peninsula. And, once again, it’s a demand that
N. Korea fires short-range projectiles after U.N. sanctions
North Korea fired short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, hours after the U.N. Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. After initially describing the launches as being of “short-range
South Korea’s leader warns of North Korea collapse
South Korea’s president warned Tuesday that North Korea faces collapse if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear bomb program, an unusually strong broadside that will likely infuriate Pyongyang. President Park Geun-hye, in addressing Parliament to defend the closure of a jointly
N. Korean rocket puts object into space, angers U.S.
North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test. Critics of the rocket program say it is being used to test technology for
S. Korea, U.S. to discuss deployment of U.S. missile system
South Korean and U.S. defense officials said Sunday they would begin formal talks on the deployment on the Korean peninsula of a US missile defense system to counter the growing threat from North Korea. The announcement followed a North Korean
U.N. to hold talks on N. Korea rocket launch
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the North Korean rocket launch as requested by United States, Japan and South Korea, the U.N. press office said. The closed-door consultations of the 15-nation council
IKEA loses trademark case
There is Samsung of South Korea, Sony of Japan, BMW of Germany and IKEA of Indonesia. Wait! IKEA of Indonesia? Yes, at least in Indonesia, if not worldwide. The furniture giant, founded in Sweden in 1943, has lost a trademark
Agency: North Korea plans satellite launch this month
Weeks after its fourth nuclear test, North Korea announced plans Tuesday to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket later this month, in what critics see as a covert test of banned technology for a ballistic missile that could
N. Korea missile site activity revives talk of U.S. missile defense in South
South Korea indicated increased willingness to host an advanced U.S. anti-missile defense on Friday as activity detected at a North Korean missile site revived talk of deploying a system opposed by China and Russia. U.S. military officials have said the
Two South Korean ex-sex slaves demand direct apology from Japan PM
Two elderly South Korean women abused by Japan’s wartime military-run brothel system are in Japan to reject a recent settlement agreement between the two governments and demand that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe give them a face-to-face apology and formal compensation.
U.S., allies press China to back resolution over N. Korea nuclear test
Japan, South Korea and the United States on Saturday ratcheted up pressure on China to support the “strongest possible” punishment against North Korea, following Pyongyang’s nuclear test earlier this month. Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki, U.S. Deputy Secretary of
S. Korea fires warning shots after N. Korean drone seen
South Korea on Wednesday fired 20 machine gun warning shots after a North Korean drone briefly crossed the rivals’ border, officials said, the first shots fired in a Cold War-style standoff between the Koreas in the wake of the North’s
U.S. troops put on highest alert over North Korea
U.S. forces in South Korea were put on their highest level of alert on Monday in case of any provocation from North Korea, following North Korea’s nuclear test last week. Curtis Scaparrotti, Commander, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea
Pressure grows on Beijing to rein in North Korea
South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday in retaliation for its nuclear test, while the United States called on China to end “business as usual” with its ally. The broadcasts, in rolling
South Korea road show to promote cooperation in health sector
South Korea will hold its first-ever health care road show in the capital in January to showcase its world-class health facilities and promote cooperation in the health care sector. The road show will feature the Korean experience, especially as how
South Korea, Japan reach settlement on wartime Korean sex slaves
Japan and South Korea said Monday they had “finally and irreversibly” resolved a dispute over wartime sex slaves that has bedeviled relations between the two countries for decades. In something of a surprise development, the two countries’ foreign ministers met
High-level inter-Korean talks fail to reach agreement
Two days of rare, high-level talks between North and South Korea aimed at easing cross-border tensions broke up Saturday with no agreement and no set date for further discussions. South Korea’s chief delegate, Hwang Boo-Gi, suggested North Korean intransigence over
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