WASHINGTON– North Korea’s nuclear tests and its potential use of nuclear weapons against the U.S. and its allies present a serious challenge that requires the U.S. to further enhance its extended deterrence, a White House official said Thursday. Kurt Campbell, National Security Council (NSC) coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, noted keeping U.S. allies from developing … Read more
WASHINGTON– U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim held talks this week with his Chinese counterpart to discuss North Korea’s increasingly provocative behavior, the state department said Thursday. The rare meeting was held virtually on Wednesday, according to department spokesperson Ned Price. “Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim held a video … Read more
SEOUL– The government on Thursday issued an order for striking truckers serving in the petrochemical and steel industries to return to work, as their strike entered its 15th day amid growing disruptions of supply chains. The order — approved in an extraordinary Cabinet session presided over by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo — was the … Read more
WASHINGTON– The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and seven other countries issued a joint statement Thursday, calling for an end to “extreme violence” facing Iranian women and girls protesting the death of a 22-year-old allegedly caused by the country’s morality police. “The undersigned Foreign Ministers for country members of the Global … Read more
ULSAN, South Korea– Two people were found dead in the southeastern city of Ulsan after an apparent attack by three bears that escaped their enclosure, fire officials and police said Friday. The bodies of the couple — in their 60s — who run a farm in Ulsan, 307 kilometers southeast of Seoul, were found … Read more
VistaJet Announcing signed agreement with AEG Fuels and OMV to purchase ISCC PLUS Certified Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Vienna International Airport London, December 8, 2022: VistaJet, the first and only global business aviation company, continues to push forward with its plan for more sustainable aviation solutions and announces an agreement with AEG Fuels to purchase […]
The Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal and Rising Star Award WASHINGTON, Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Sabin Vaccine Institute today honored two extraordinary scientists for their breakthrough vaccine research that changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, advanced public health, and saved countless lives. The 2022 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal was awarded […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On December 7th, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its fund CI IV and its affiliate California North Floating, LLC has been announced as the provisional winner of lease area OCS-P 0562 in the auction held by the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The auction […]