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North Korea on Friday reported the opening of a new cross-border bridge linking its border city of Sinuiju with China's Dandong, highlighting its potential to strengthen economic ties between the two countries. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the North Korea-China Amnok River Bridge was held the previous day, with senior officials from both countries attending, according to the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "The bridge is the creation reflecting the invincible vitality and development of the DPRK-China friendship, which has preserved its nature despite the trials of history," the KCNA said, adding that the bridge would "enable the two countries to boost bilateral economic relations." DPRK stands for North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, China's Xinhua News Agency earlier reported the official opening of the bridge across the Amnok River, known as the Yalu River in China. North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song and Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered congratulatory speeches via video link, while Ri Ryong-nam, North Korea's ambassador to China, and W

The Defense Attaché Office of the Embassy of Egypt in Seoul hosted a reception on Thursday at its residence in Seongbuk District, Seoul, to mark the 53rd anniversary of Egypt’s Armed Forces Day. The reception was attended by more than 100 guests, including Rear Adm. Kim Kyung-cheol, commander of the Republic of Korea Navy Logistics Command, ambassadors and defense attachés from countries including the United States, Japan, Poland, the UAE and Iraq, as well as Korean defense officials, military personnel, defense industry representatives and members of the Egyptian community in Korea. Egypt commemorates Armed Forces Day on Oct. 6, marking its military operations against Israeli forces during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. In recognition of efforts to strengthen defense cooperation between Korea and Egypt, Commodore Ahmed Elhadidi, Egypt’s defense attaché to Korea, presented a plaque of appreciation to Rear Adm. Kim during the event. “Objectives achieved in support of our mutual interests over the recent period underscore the importance of continued military cooperation and the exchan

Korea and the United States held their first "two-plus-two" meeting of finance and monetary policymakers on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) ministerial gathering to strengthen coordination in responding to external uncertainties, the finance ministry said Friday. Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il and Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Shin Hyun-song met with U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh and U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Francis Brooke in Bangkok, where the G20 finance ministers' meeting was taking place, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy. The participants exchanged views on recent economic developments and ways to enhance bilateral economic and financial cooperation. Lee said the meeting was meaningful as it marked the first time the two countries had brought together senior officials from both their respective finance and monetary authorities. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not attend the Bangkok event. An official from the finance ministry said the meeting aimed to enhance coordination between the two countries' finance and monetary authorities. "The meeting

For Sunny K. Park, memories of the 1950-53 Korean War remain vivid more than seven decades later. Park, an 84-year-old Korean American entrepreneur who serves as president of the American Korean Friendship Society and the Korean War United Nations Veterans Memorial Foundation, was 8 when the war broke out in 1950. While fleeing from Seoul to Busan during the war, he witnessed scenes that would stay with him for the rest of his life — including the bodies of young foreign soldiers who had come to fight in Korea. “The bombs shattered all these people. Body parts were all over … I saw dead bodies at the rice paddy. They were about 17-18 years old,” Park said during an interview with The Korea Times, Monday. “(At the time) I didn’t quite understand why they were doing it." The war devastated the peninsula, killing millions of Koreans. Tens of thousands of international troops serving under the United Nations Command also lost their lives. Park moved to the United States in 1974 and went on to build a successful business career. As he grew older, he said he came to better understan

Brisbane City Council has approved the 206m Victory Tower, paving the way for a 284-room hotel and rooftop bar above the CBD’s oldest operating pub site.

Simon Richardson denies murder and is on trial at Minshull Street Crown Court following the death of Michael Mullins

The proposed changes could see more people having to pay for a licence

Council chiefs have been given the go-ahead to request an outside force look at how Kent Police dealt with a major fraud investigation.

Traffic is being held on the motorway

The opening date for a GP practice’s new home has been announced and its current building is to go under the hammer.

Joshua Foster as been fined for the death of his two-year-old son after the boy fell from the fourth-floor window of a hotel

Alisha Samuels was stabbed to death in Newton Heath