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A coffin for Pol Pot's memory, 50 years after Phnom Penh's fall
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» ANLONG VENG - A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a testament to the estimated two million Cambodian lives lost under his genocidal rule.
'Overwhelming': S. Korean families' grief compounded by online abuse
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» SEOUL - First, he lost his child in Seoul's Halloween crowd crush. Then came a torrent of online abuse, upending his family's once-private life and making him an internet-wide figure of mockery.
Sign o'the times: K-pop idol emerges from decades past
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» SEOUL - Thirty years ago his floppy hair, make-up, and flamboyant fashion sense outraged audiences, who threw stones at him as he performed on stage and threatened to beat him at shows.
China hosts Japan, S.Korea with eyes on nuclear North
AFP, Published on 24/12/2019
» CHENGDU, China: China hosts the leaders of squabbling neighbours South Korea and Japan on Tuesday, flexing its diplomatic muscle with America's two key military allies in Asia and seeking regional unity on how to deal with a belligerent North Korea.
Hanoi confirmed for Trump-Kim summit
AFP, Published on 09/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for a second much-anticipated summit in Hanoi, as preparations kick into high gear for the peace talks.
US envoy back from North Korea after talks on Trump-Kim summit
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» SEOUL - The special US envoy for North Korea returned to Seoul on Friday after talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang to set up the agenda for the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Three US detainees freed in N.Korea, headed home: Trump
AFP, Published on 09/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: Three American detainees have been freed by North Korea and are heading home with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday.
Trump says Kim summit date, venue to be announced soon
AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Friday that a date and venue for his landmark summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un would be unveiled soon, as he left open the prospect of future US troop reductions in the South.
Trump hints of imminent news on Americans detained in N. Korea
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that there would be imminent news about three Americans detained in North Korea, after sources said they had been relocated ahead of their possible release.
Trump hints of imminent news on Americans detained in N.Korea
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that there would be imminent news about three Americans detained in North Korea, after sources said they had been relocated ahead of their possible release.