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Nepal rescuers continue search for missing as identification of dead remains challenge

Eleven days post the catastrophic floods in Nepal, search teams are tirelessly looking for those still missing. Authorities are confronted with the tough task of identifying casualties, as many bodies are severely affected. Approximately 5,000 people, including several foreign nationals, are still unaccounted for after the ice-rock avalanche. The nation…

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Nepalese police say more than 150 bodies recovered – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

North Korea dismisses Trump’s bid to woo Kim Jong Un at the expense of longstanding US ally

Trump and Kim met three times from 2018-2019 but their high-stakes diplomacy eventually fell apart

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South Korea turns to China as Trump warms up to Kim

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korean officials, as US President Donald Trump’s push to revive diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reshapes the security dynamics on the Korean Peninsula.

The Times of India

Trump scales back joint military drills between South Korea and US

South Korea and the US will cut the duration of their annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies said on Wednesday, ‌after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in US participation. Trump's move could reflect his hopes to re-engage…

France 24

US-led drills to end six days early, South Korea says, amid Trump push for Kim Jong-un talks

South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise would end on 21 August at the request of the US

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South Korea to revive stalled rail project that could connect to North Korea

South Korea will restart a railway project connecting to North Korea's Wonsan city. This project aims to improve access to peace and ecological tourism sites. The government also plans to broaden the use of its Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund. Multilateral talks involving North Korea are currently difficult, according to the foreign…

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South Korea revives rail project that could link to North

SEOUL - South Korea will restart work on a railway section that could eventually link to the city of Wonsan in North Korea, the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday, reviving a project halted for a decade despite frozen relations with Pyongyang.

Bangkok Post

Jaishankar, South Korean FM discuss deepening strategic partnership in Seoul

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun in Seoul to bolster bilateral ties, with discussions focusing on trade, investment, finance and cooperation across various sectors including defence, technology and clean energy.

The Economic Times

North Korea showing 'serious increase' in ability to make nuclear weapons, IAEA says

North Korea, which conducted its first nuclear test in 2006, is under rafts of UN sanctions for its banned weapons programmes.

Euronews

South Korean foreign minister meets Cambodia's leader to push effort to fight criminal cyberscams

South Korea’s foreign minister has met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, keeping up pressure to suppress burgeoning large-scale online scam operations that have been blamed for the brutal death of a Korean student

The Independent UK

APEC leaders to open summit after Trump and Xi agreed on steps to ease trade tensions

Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are set to open their annual summit to discuss how to promote economic cooperation and tackle shared challenges

The Independent UK

Over 300 Workers Return to South Korea After Immigration Raid, but Damage to Trade Relations Is Already Done

“As things stand now,” South Korean President Lee Jae Myun said, “our businesses will hesitate to make direct investments in the United States.”

Reason

South Korean workers detained in immigration raid headed to Atlanta for flight home

Workers from South Korea who were detained last week in an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia were headed to Atlanta on Thursday, where a charter plane was waiting to take them home

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Trump tried to convince deported South Korean workers to stay and train Americans

South Korea chooses to bring ‘exhausted and in-shock’ workers home after plant raid

Euronews

US visa system is putting off investors, says South Korea president

The comments come after last week's immigration raid at a battery plant run by two South Korean firms in the US.

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South Korea sends charter plane to rescue citizens arrested at Georgia factory while Trump calls the whole mess ‘interesting’

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is "deeply concerned."

The Independent UK

South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at plant raid in Georgia

South Korea’s foreign minister is to leave for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia

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The Independent UK

Why is South Korea bringing home 300 detained workers amid massive Hyundai raid?

Raid stuns many in South Korea because the country is a key US ally

International Business Times UK

Will Hyundai Raid Spark a Diplomatic Rift Between US and South Korea?

Nearly 500 workers were detained in a massive ICE raid at Hyundai's Georgia battery plant, including over 300 South Koreans. As Seoul pushes for their release, questions loom over whether the crackdown will spark a diplomatic rift between the US and South Korea.

Al Jazeera

Anger in Seoul as Trump calls detained South Korea workers ‘illegal aliens’

Foreign Minister says ‘deeply concerned’ over detention of 300 South Koreans as opposition calls it a ‘grave matter’.

The Independent UK

South Korean president names first civilian defence minister in over 60 years

Ahn Gyu Back has served on parliament’s defence committee and chaired panel that investigated former leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration

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