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November 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...

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 ...

November 19, 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. (Yonha...

November 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
UN committee condemns North Korea’s human rights violations

A United Nations committee on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s “longstanding and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights” amid ongoing diplomatic eff...

November 16, 2018
North Korea
South Korea warns Japan in row over forced labor ruling

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday expressed regret over Japan’s continued criticism of the recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of Koreans forced into labor during Japan’s colonial rule of t...

November 15, 2018
Foreign Policy
Japan's embassy meets businesses over WWII forced labor ruling

The Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Thursday held a presentation for Japanese businesses operating here over a ruling in favor of South Koreans forced into labor during Japan’s colonial rule of the Kore...

November 15, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea’s nuclear envoy seeks to visit US next week: report

South Korea’s top nuclear envoy is seeking to meet with his US counterpart as early as next week to discuss the launch of a “working group” aimed at coordinating their North Korea policy, according a...

November 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
US might resume military drills with S. Korea next spring: report

The US has told Japan it might resume large-scale joint military exercises with South Korea as early as next spring unless there is tangible progress on the denuclearization of North Korea, according...

November 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korean held captive in Libya for 4 months in good health: Foreign Ministry

A South Korean who has been held captive by an unidentified armed group in Libya since July remains healthy, an official from the Foreign Ministry said Monday, amid the government’s ongoing efforts t...

November 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
Kim Jong-un’s Seoul visit unlikely this year: experts

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul appears to be less likely to take place this year without more progress in stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington, experts sa...

November 11, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea postponed high-level meeting with US: Foreign minister

North Korea asked the US to delay a planned high-level meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-chol in New York, citing a hectic schedule, South Ko...

November 8, 2018
Foreign Policy
Democrat-controlled House could slow Trump’s NK diplomacy: experts

The outcome of the US midterm elections is unlikely to change the course of Washington’s North Korea policy but could slow the pace of the Donald Trump administration’s diplomacy with North Korea, ex...

November 7, 2018
Foreign Policy
Talks between Pompeo, senior North Korea official delayed

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned meeting with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-chol, which was due to take place in New York on Thursday, has been postponed, the State Department said...

November 7, 2018
North Korea
Japan ramps up pressure on S. Korea over ruling on forced labor

Japan has continued to ratchet up pressure on South Korea on Tuesday over a ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate South Korean victims forced to work during Japan’s colonial rule of th...

November 6, 2018
Foreign Policy
Seoul granted waiver to buy Iranian oil

South Korea was granted a waiver that will temporarily allow it to continue importing Iranian oil after the US reinstated all sanctions on Iran on Monday, according to the US State Department. The U...

November 5, 2018
Foreign Policy

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