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4 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 9 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. State Department spokesperson said Friday that continued cooperation between China and Russia will make the United States and other countries "less safe," "less secure" and "less prosperous" after the leaders of the two countries issued a joint statement defending North Korea.
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5 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 9 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reaffirmed his administration's "minimum" 10 percent baseline tariff on U.S. imports, but raised the possibility of an "exception," as South Korea and other countries are striving to avoid or minimize the impact of new U.S. levies.
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5 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 9 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is conducting a probe to determine whether imported commercial aircraft, jet engines and related parts pose a national security threat to the United States, a Commerce Department notice showed Friday, a move that could lead to new tariffs on the aerospace industry.
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5 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- The conservative People Power Party (PPP) set in motion an unprecedented process to replace its presidential candidate on Saturday, as talks on merging the candidacies of its standard-bearer Kim Moon-soo and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo collapsed the previous day.
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6 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Republican congresswoman on Thursday introduced a bill requiring the president to notify Congress and provide a report on the economic and security objectives of new tariffs 48 hours before they take effect. Rep.
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6 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that it will establish a "fast-track" process to encourage greater investment in U.S. businesses from U.S. allies and partners. The move came after President Donald Trump signed the "America First Investment Policy" memorandum in February to create the process and restrict China-affiliated people from investing in America's strategic sectors, including critical infrastructure.
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6 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap)-- U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States on his election as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, saying it is a "great honor" to welcome the first American pontiff. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1955, Prevost, now named Leo XIV, was elected as the 267th pontiff to succeed Pope Francis who died on April 21.
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6 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- A top foreign policy adviser to South Korea's Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung said Thursday he stressed Lee's commitment to strengthening the Seoul-Washington alliance and trilateral cooperation with Japan if elected, during talks with senior White House officials.
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6 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The United States condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launches and calls on the recalcitrant regime to refrain from further "unlawful" and "destabilizing" acts, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Wednesday. The command issued a statement shortly after Pyongyang fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea in its first such launch since March.
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6 days ago | 
en.yna.co.kr | Song Sang-ho
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the U.N. accused North Korea on Wednesday of having "brazenly" accelerated its illegal activities after a U.N. expert panel monitoring sanctions enforcement on the recalcitrant regime was disbanded a year ago.
