WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― South Korea cannot agree to resume six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programs unless the illicit nature of Pyongyang’s uranium enrichment is clearly defined first, a senior official said Friday. “We have to get the (U.N.) Security Council to define the nature of this matter and take corresponding steps,” the official told South Korean reporters in Washington. “T...

The 31 North Koreans who arrived in South Korea by boat earlier this month will be sent home sometime this week, a Seoul official said Sunday. “As far as I know, the joint interrogation (by relevant authorities) is in the final phase,” the official said. “And since no one expressed a wish to defect, we will repatriate all 31 of them as early as this week through Panmunjeom (the border village).”...

Korea’s government is delaying carbon emission trading to 2015 after opposition from the industry to implement it in two years. The revised bill, which reflects feedback from businesses, will be submitted to parliament in March, Kim Sang-hyup, the presidential secretary for green growth, said Saturday. President Lee Myung-bak said on Feb. 7 the emission-trading plan will be implemented in a “fl...

Emphasis on free-trade deals has increased access for Korean exports President Lee Myung-bak’s emphasis on business diplomacy for the past three years has been catapulted Korea to the forefront of free trade and international global coordination that helped the world tide over the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Korea’s first CEO-turned-president is praised for pulling the country ou...

Stuttgart Sports Cars, Korea’s official Porsche importer, is holding a service campaign from March 2 through to March 31. During the period, the company is offering free checkup services at authorized service centers using the German carmaker’s Porsche Integrated Workshop Information System tester. The company is also offering a 10 percent reduction on parts and related labor charges, including...

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. signed a deal with German organizations to take part in the European nation’s government-led Clean Energy Partnership on Friday. Under the agreement, Hyundai Motor Group’s two carmakers will supply hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to the German government’s hydrogen automobile project. “With the MOU, Hyundai and Kia secured a chance to introduce its technology ...