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Korea, UAE to forge deeper economic ties in energy industries

South Korea's industry ministry said Wednesday that an agreement has been reached to forge deeper ties with the United Arab Emirates in the energy segment in line with the summit between the two coun...

Feb 27, 2019
Foreign Affairs
[Diplomatic circuit] LECTURE ON KAESONG EXCAVATION

(CICI) Corea Image Communication Institute President Choi Jung-wha (third from right), Elisabeth Chabanol (fourth from right), head of the Seoul Center of the French School of Asian Studies, and New...

Feb 27, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Korea, India agree to strengthen defense cooperation, economic ties

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed Friday to strengthen military ties and defense industry cooperation between the two countries. During their summit i...

Feb 22, 2019
Foreign Affairs
FM Kang holds talks with top UAE official ahead of crown prince's visit

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held talks with a top United Arab Emirates (UAE) official on Tuesday and discussed the planned visit of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Na...

Feb 19, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Foreign ministers of S. Korea, Japan to meet in Germany this week

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan will meet this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday, amid heightened tensions between the two sides over various issues. South Korean Foreign Minis...

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Affairs
S. Korean PM thanks Austria for supporting peace process on Korean Peninsula

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Thursday expressed his gratitude for Austria's support for the peace process on the Korean Peninsula in his meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz....

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Al-Qaida-linked Uzbeks seek to infiltrate South Korea: UN

A group of al-Qaida -linked Uzbeks operating in Syria had been attempting to move to South Korea, according to a United Nations report. Members of Katibat Imam al Bukhari and Katibat al Tawhid wal J...

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Affairs
[Herald Interview] Peace treaty for Korean Peninsula should be on agenda for Trump-Kim summit, peace activist says

International Peace Bureau Co-President Lisa Pelletti Clark urges disarmament efforts

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea, US lawmakers meet ahead of 2nd Trump-Kim summit

A group of South Korean opposition lawmakers met Wednesday with a US senator handling Korea issues to discuss the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Presidential office denies sharp hikes in upcoming military cost-sharing deal with US

South Korea’s presidential office said Wednesday that Seoul and Washington had not agreed to a possible sharp increase in Seoul’s share of the costs of stationing US Forces Korea here, in response to...

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Affairs
FM Kang to discuss N. Korea summit preparations with Pompeo

South Korea's top diplomat said Wednesday she will talk about preparations for a second summit between Pyongyang and Washington in upcoming talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Poland. "R...

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Korea's parliament speaker stands by call for Japanese emperor's apology over comfort women

South Korea's National Assembly speaker said Tuesday that he stands by his earlier call on the Japanese emperor to apologize for Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women. Moon Hee-sang spa...

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Affairs
[Newsmaker] PM holds talks with Japanese lawmaker over forced labor rulings

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with a visiting Japanese lawmaker Wednesday to discuss frayed ties between the two neighboring countries in the wake of South Korean court rulings on wartime forced lab...

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Flurry of diplomatic moves take place ahead of US-NK summit

With two weeks left till the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 27-28, the four governments involved -- Seoul, Pyongyang, Washington and Hanoi -- have started moving toward their own diplo...

Feb 12, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Top US military commanders for Korea to brief Congress

The top US military commanders for Korea will brief Congress this week ahead of a second nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Adm. Philip Davidson, h...

Feb 12, 2019
Foreign Affairs

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