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Nov 20, 2018 Foreign Policy

S. Korea-US working group to hold first meeting

The inaugural meeting of a South Korea-US working group aimed at better coordinating their North Korea policy was set to be held in Washington on Tuesday afternoon (EST), according to Seoul’s Foreign Ministry. 　Lee Do-hoon, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, was expected to discuss the prospect of a high-level meeting between North Korea and the US, and sanctions exemptions for an inter-Korean railway project, during the meeting with his US coun

Moon says Korea’s future entwined with ASEAN, India

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday once again stressed the need to boost ties with Southeast Asian nations, and urged concerned government bodies to develop related projects. Speaking at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, Moon also said that the leaders of ASEAN and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member nations gave positive assessments of developments on the Korean Peninsula, and expressed support. President Moon Jae-in at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting (Yonhap)Moon was in Singapore and Papua New Guinea l

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Foreign Policy
President Moon to attend G20 summit in Argentina

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will travel to Argentina next week to take part in the annual Group of 20 summit, his office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.The president will leave the country on Tuesday to first visit the Czech Republic. He will head to Buenos Aires on Nov. 29 for theG20 summit slated to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 1, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom. Moon will then make a three-day state visit to New Zealand from Dec. 2. (Yonhap)"While taking part in the G20 summit,

Nov 20, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea to hold hearing on FTA with Britain

South Korea's trade ministry said Tuesday it will hold a public hearing to gather opinions on a free trade agreement with Britain following that country's exit from the European Union. Seoul signed a free trade agreement with the EU in 2011, but it has sought to strike a fresh deal with Britain once it formally leaves the 28-nation bloc in March 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a keynote speech at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in London, Br

Nov 20, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, China resume joint fishing patrol in Yellow Sea

South Korea and China will resume their joint patrols on illegal fishing activities in the Yellow Sea, some two years after a deadly clash between Korean authorities and Chinese fishermen, Seoul's oceans ministry said Tuesday.Fisheries authorities will conduct joint rounds of inspections in the provisional water zones in the Yellow Sea, an area of positive collaboration between the Asian neighbors, until Nov. 26, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. (Yonhap)The joint patrol has been suspen

Nov 20, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, China hold talks on trade remedies

South Korea and China held talks on Tuesday to discuss ways to ease trade disputes and expand investment opportunities between the two nations, Seoul's trade ministry said. Senior trade officials held the 18th bilateral trade remedy meeting in Beijing to share opinions on the latest trade issues and review the ongoing anti-dumping investigations, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said. (Yonhap)They also reviewed the implementation of the free trade agreement between the two nations, as

Nov 20, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea, Japan urged to seek wisdom of past leaders to improve ties

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Monday called for Seoul and Tokyo to look to the wisdom of past leaders to improve bilateral relations. 　Lee made the remarks at a meeting with a group of Japanese politicians that included Hideo Watanabe, acting head of a Japanese parliamentary committee on cooperation with South Korea. (Yonhap)　 Lee told the meeting that relations between South Korea and Japan reached a high point in 1998, when the then South Korean president, Kim Dae-jung, and Keiz

Nov 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea-US working group on North Korea to be launched this week

South Korea’s top nuclear envoy on Monday headed to the US, where he is expected to launch a working group with his US counterpart aimed at better coordinating their North Korea policy, amid ongoing efforts to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. 　Lee Do-hoon, Seoul’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, is to discuss the two countries’ shared strategy to deal with North Korea with Stephen Biegun, the US special representative for North Korea, during hi

Nov 20, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon returns home after APEC forum

President Moon Jae-in returned home Sunday after attending this year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.Moon's tour began Tuesday with a four-day trip to Singapore for annual regional summits, during which time Moon also held bilateral meetings on the sidelines with Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Vice President Mike Pence. North Korea was a key topic for both meetings.(Yonhap)He then left for Papua New Guinea, where he met his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to discuss peace eff

Nov 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon stays away from NK sanctions relief at ASEAN, APEC meetings

President Moon Jae-in calls for ‘inclusive growth’ among APEC countries　

Nov 18, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon, Xi agree to closely cooperate for successful 2nd US-NK summit

The leaders of South Korea and China agreed to work closely together for the success of a possible second summit between the United States and North Korea during their talks in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, Seoul's presidential office said.President Moon Jae-in and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, met to discuss peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula and other issues on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the Pacific island country."The two leaders judged that the

Nov 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon meets Australian PM, vows to maintain ties

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Yonhap)President Moon Jae-in met with the Australian prime minister on Saturday and agreed to strive to maintain solid bilateral relations as “a true friend.”During his talks with Scott Morrison in Papua New Guinea, Moon said the two nations have forged solid relationships in every field by sharing universal values, calling Australia “the optimum partner for South Korea.”He then suggested further cooperation

Nov 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korean official blasts Japan over wartime atrocities

A North Korean senior official rallied support for the Koreas’ efforts to advance peace and condemned Japan over its wartime atrocities during an international forum in South Korea on Friday. (Yonhap)Ri Jong-hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, said that the three inter-Korean summits and North Korea-US summit this year form a “declaration” heralding an era of peace. “After it committed atrocities such as mass abductions, forcible mobilization and massacre, Japan stic

Nov 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Foreign ministry official found unconscious in Singapore while accompanying Moon

SINGAPORE -- President Moon Jae-in said Friday that one of the foreign ministry officials accompanying him on his trip to Singapore was found unconscious in her hotel room following an apparent stroke.Kim Eun-young, director-general at the ministry's South Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, appears to have suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was rushed to a local hospital, Moon said in a Twitter message.Moon arrived in Singapore for a four-day visit to attend a series of annual regional summits wi

Nov 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, UAE launch high-level dialogue channel on nuclear cooperation

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates launched a high-level dialogue channel on nuclear cooperation on Friday, in another sign of their expanding partnership.The two countries held the inaugural session of the High-Level Consultation in Seoul, led by Seoul's Vice Foreign Minister, Lee Tae-ho, and Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei, the UAE minister of energy and industry.They agreed to install the dialogue channel during South Korean President Moon Jae-in's state visit to the Middle East countr

Nov 16, 2018
Foreign Policy

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