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US: No official confirmation from Pakistan on suspension of cooperation

STATE DEPARTMENT, ISLAMABAD — The United States says it has not been officially notified that Pakistan has suspended military or intelligence cooperation with Washington. A State Department official told VOA on Wednesday...

Korea talks welcomed, but with skepticism

The United States and United Nations on Tuesday welcomed steps to ease tensions between North and South Korea after the two rival states held their first face-to-face talks in two years. Pyongyang...

North, South Korea hold rare face-to-face talks

Senior North and South Korean officials are holding their first face-to-face talks in two years after a series of North Korean missile tests and belligerent warlike rhetoric from Pyongyang. "I think we...

China says it shut down 128,000 websites in 2017

China shut down nearly 128,000 websites that contained obscene and other “harmful” information in 2017, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Monday, citing government data. Xinhua said 30.9 million illegal...

Koreas’ talks to cover Olympics only

PENTAGON — North Korea has accepted South Korea's offer of high-level talks on Jan. 9 at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, but only...

Both South, North Korea agree to talks next week

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — The rival Koreas agreed Friday to revive their first formal dialogue in more than two years next week to find ways to cooperate on the upcoming Winter Olympics...

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