The delegation is scheduled to begin arriving in South Korea on Jan 25

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The United States and close allies agreed on tougher "maritime interdiction" to prevent North Korea from evading nuclear sanctions

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The military build-up comes even as both Koreas engage in talks over the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

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Media reports said South Korea is seeking to form a united women's ice hockey team for the Winter Olympics, although it hasn't been confirmed.

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Washington and Pyongyang are in a standoff over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, which could be used to target the United States and its allies.

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The comments came in an interview after Pyongyang said it agreed during inter-Korean talks this week to send a large delegation

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The clampdown in South Korea, a crucial source of global demand for cryptocurrency, came as policymaker around the world struggled to regulate an asset whose value has skyrocketed over the last year.

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South Korea's Presidential Blue House said both men had said the dialogue "could naturally lead to talks between the United States and North Korea for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics."

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The only North Koreans to qualify for the Winter Olympics, Ryom Tae-Ok, 19, and Kim Ju-Sik, 25, missed the registration 30th October deadline

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The talks were held on Tuesday on the South Korean side of the demilitarised zone, which has divided the two Koreas since 1953

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He (Kim Jong-Un) was willing to hold a summit 'at any time', Moon said

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WION Morning News Brief, January 10, 2018

The US State Department said Washington would be interested in joining future talks, but stuck to its insistence that they must be aimed at denuclearisation

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North Korean officials at the first formal talks with South Korea in more than two years said their delegation for the Games would consist of athletes, high-ranking officials and a cheering squad

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For South Korean civil society, who can remember crossing borders, building relationships, and re-humanising each other, peacebuilding is still regarded as the best way to neutralise the nuclear ambitions of the North Korean leadership and improve the human rights conditions of the North Koreans.

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The South, meanwhile, proposed holding reunions during next month's Winter Olympics for families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War.

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WION Morning News Brief, January 9, 2018

Unification minister Cho Myung-Gyun who is leading the delegation

North and South Korea begin talks in truce village

The warship has taken part in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Discussions will be held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne

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Donald Trump also said that he hopes that the two Koreas take it to the next level

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Of those missing, 30 are Iranian nationals and two are from Bangladesh, according to the Chinese government. The 21 rescued are all Chinese nationals

32 sailors missing after Iranian ship collides with bulk freighter off China's east coast

Kim Jong-Un in his new year speech said his country wished success for the Olympics and would consider sending a delegation

North Korea 'likely' to join Winter Games, says IOC official

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