Sentence examples for korean position from inspiring English sources

The Kremlin, in the declaration, expressed "understanding" of the North Korean position but did not endorse it.

Another reason for the South Korean position, officials here said, is that the South's nearness to the North would make the missile system irrelevant.

"I think some Chinese are secretly hoping the North Korean position can actually help drive the U.S. forces away from the Korean Peninsula," Zhao said.

Kim Yong-hyun, a professor of North Korean studies at Dongguk University in Seoul, said he did not "see any fundamental change in the North Korean position" in the latest statement.

The next day the ROK 17th Regiment enveloped the North Korean position that had launched the attack and captured two light machine guns, one mortar, and about 30 North Koreans who appeared to be guerrillas.

Encountering only one strong North Korean position which they quickly turned, by noon on 1 November the lead battalion had reached Chonggodong, just 30 km from the Yalu River where the Americans clashed with another North Korean armoured force.

The South Korean military said its artillery response last month inflicted heavy damage on North Korean positions.

However, the later official history of the crossing said there had been "no enemy resistance" and that the North Korean positions were "lightly manned".

Under that very harsh and very bloody divide, I'm sure we were much less critical of Korean positions than had it been another time," says Cleaver.

When negotiators from Russia and Japan sought to look for common ground between American and North Korean positions, Mr. Kim accused diplomats from those two countries of lying on instructions from the United States, according to Bush administration officials.

China is clearly worried that the Japanese and Korean positions on financial issues are taking away the initiative in regional cooperation from China, which has been foremost in pressing trade pacts.