15 en Top economic policymakers from the United States and China have held talks in the wake of renewed Sino-U.S. tensions since Beijing announced stricter export controls for rare earths and Washington threatened to impose an additional 100 percent tariff. China’s state-run Xinhua News said Chinese Vice ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:36:33 +0900 International Authorities will conduct an autopsy next week on the remains of a South Korean university student who died in Cambodia after undergoing severe physical trauma. The National Police Agency and Gyeongbuk Provincial Police said Friday that two South Korean investigators plan to depart for Cambodia as early as ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:38:31 +0900 International Cambodian authorities plan to deport 59 South Korean detainees on Friday. Cambodia’s General Commissariat of National Police said in a statement the same day that it planned to deport 59 South Korean nationals who had been rescued or detained on criminal charges. The operation will be carried out in ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:19:24 +0900 International Korea's finance minister said it remains uncertain whether U.S. President Donald Trump will be persuaded to drop his demand for an “upfront” payment of 350 billion U.S. dollars as part of the trade deal reached in July. Finance Minister Koo Yun-Cheol said Thursday at the Washington headquarters of the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:20:19 +0900 International South Korea’s top officials visited the White House to discuss bilateral shipbuilding cooperation, a key component of Seoul’s 350 billion investment pledge in the United States. On Thursday, Kim Yong-beom, the office's director of national policy, and Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan met with Russell ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:00:20 +0900 International U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said U.S. President Donald Trump is still expecting to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) summit in Gyeongju later this month. Bessent told a news conference on Wednesday that as of the previous night, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:26:00 +0900 International Police are planning to establish a “Korean Desk” in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, to better respond to cases involving Korean nationals. According to a response plan submitted Thursday to Democratic Party lawmaker Wi Seong-gon, the National Police Agency plans to increase the number of officers stationed ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:26:57 +0900 International Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol says trade talks with the United States are at a fast-moving stage of coordination. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Washington on Wednesday, Koo said both sides are working at a rapid pace and emphasized the need for an all-out effort to finalize the deal. He ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:48:51 +0900 International U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated a previous claim that South Korea agreed to make an up-front payment of 350 billion U.S. dollars as part of a trade deal with the United States. During a news conference at the White House on Wednesday, Trump touted the "agreement" as an achievement of his tariff ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:39 +0900 International A joint government response team arrived in Cambodia to address the rising cases of employment scams, kidnapping and illegal detention involving South Korean nationals. The response team, led by Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Jin-a, landed at Techo International Airport late Wednesday ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:19:10 +0900 International U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and South Korea can resolve their differences over how to implement Seoul’s 350 billion dollar investment pledge, hinting that an agreement could come "in the next ten days." Bessent made the remarks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday when ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:05:25 +0900 International Cambodia said that approximately 80 South Koreans are currently in custody within its borders, where crimes targeting them are currently rising, but are unwilling to return home. Cambodian interior ministry spokesperson Touch Sokhak told China's state-run Xinhua News on Tuesday that all 80 detainees ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:04:33 +0900 International A government joint response team is set to leave for Cambodia on Wednesday to address rising cases of employment scams, kidnapping and detention involving South Korean nationals. Led by Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Jin-a, the team will depart for Phnom Penh in the afternoon. The head of the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:33:55 +0900 International The government is in communication with China to minimize the impact on Korea of Beijing’s recent sanctions on five U.S. subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean. The presidential office said on Tuesday that the government has activated a South Korea-China trade channel to work on monitoring the situation and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:21:55 +0900 International President Lee Jae Myung ordered that a government joint response team be dispatched to Cambodia on Wednesday to address rising cases of employment scams, kidnapping and detention involving South Korean nationals. The presidential office said in a news release Tuesday that the response team, led by the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:55:13 +0900 International Police said they have received 143 reports of suspected disappearance and detention of South Koreans in Cambodia during the past two years or so. The National Police Agency announced that 91 of those reported missing have since been located and confirmed safe and that the other cases remain under ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:39:47 +0900 International U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump remains on track to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea in late October as the two rival powers continue sparring over trade. In an interview with Fox Business on Monday, Bessent said tensions between the sides have ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:47:32 +0900 International China is reportedly set to implement export controls on advanced lithium batteries and synthetic diamonds following its earlier restrictions on rare earth metals.  The Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao, based in in Hong Kong, said on Monday that China has prepared a “trump card” in response to the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:57:50 +0900 International Amid a recent surge in crimes against South Korean nationals in Cambodia, the government will establish a “Korean Desk” in Cambodia to strengthen protection and investigative cooperation. The National Police Agency(NPA) announced on Sunday that it will hold a bilateral meeting with Cambodian police on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:14:05 +0900 International South Korean police plan to work with the Cambodian authorities to conduct a joint autopsy on a South Korean university student who was allegedly kidnapped and tortured to death by a criminal organization in Cambodia. The Gyeongbuk Provincial Police agency said Sunday that its investigators and others from ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:37:37 +0900 International Two South Korean nationals have been rescued in Cambodia after being held captive by a local voice phishing organization. KBS has learned that the Cambodian police secured custody of the two South Koreans, aged 35 and 27, around 2 a.m. local time on September 30 in the country’s coastal city of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:26:05 +0900 International The government plans to continue its consultations with Cambodia to ensure a prompt autopsy and repatriation of the remains of a South Korean university student who was killed after allegedly being kidnapped and tortured by a criminal organization in the country. According to Seoul’s foreign ministry on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:21:51 +0900 International Anchor: In the face of stricter export controls for rare earths from China, U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening Beijing with an additional 100 percent tariff starting next month. Trump has also suggested his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping may not take place as scheduled on the fringes of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:24:39 +0900 International A South Korean activist who was detained in Israel after attempting to approach the Gaza Strip in a military aid vessel has been released. The foreign ministry confirmed Friday that activist Kim Ah-hyun has opted for voluntary departure, a process that will bypass forced deportation, and will arrive ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:44:55 +0900 International Japan’s ruling coalition collapsed after 26 years, following a breakdown in negotiations over a political donation scandal. Japanese outlets, including Kyodo News and public broadcaster NHK, reported Friday that the junior Komeito Party will end its partnership with the Liberal Democratic Party ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:54:39 +0900 International Israel has reportedly begun withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, marking its first visible troop movements since the government approved a ceasefire deal. Gaza's civil defense agency told AFP on Friday that Israeli forces had begun pulling out of parts of the territory, including Gaza City and Khan ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:31:33 +0900 International A South Korean activist was reportedly detained in Israel while attempting to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip. A representative of civic groups, including Urgent Action by S.Korean Civil Society in Solidarity with Palestine and Gangjeong Friends, told Seoul's Yonhap News Agency on Thursday, local time, that ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:10:19 +0900 International Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, thanked North Korea for supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine. Medvedev made the statement on the Russian social media platform Max on Thursday while visiting Pyongyang to celebrate the 80th anniversary of North Korea’s ruling ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:06:05 +0900 International The government said that it hopes growing ties between North Korea and Russia will contribute to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, a day after Moscow and Pyongyang issued a joint statement effectively condoning the North’s nuclear program. South Korea’s unification ministry said Friday that ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:53:56 +0900 International The South Korean government has welcomed the first phase of United States President Donald Trump's Israel-Hamas peace deal. In a statement released on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed appreciation for President Trump’s initiative in facilitating the deal, as well as the mediation ...

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