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Cheong Wa Dae: S. Korea has talked enough with U.S. on GSOMIA issue

South Korea consulted with the United States often and adequately on the fate of a bilateral pact with Japan on sharing military intelligence, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday, as Washington has voiced "str...

Aug 23, 2019
Foreign Affairs
N. Korea hopes for more investment, economic cooperation with foreign countries

A senior North Korean official said Friday that Pyongyang is making active efforts to create a business-friendly environment to attract investment and foster economic cooperation with foreign countri...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
North Korea prepared for dialogue, confrontation

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said Friday the regime is ready for both dialogue and confrontation with the US, criticizing Washington for using sanctions as leverage in denuclearization ta...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Cho Kuk admits to ‘privileges,’ promises to hand over family-owned fund for charity

Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk said Friday afternoon he would hand over a private equity fund and a school foundation to a nonprofit organization to be used for charity, in response to an oppositio...

Aug 23, 2019
Politics
S. Korea officially notifies Japan of intent to end military pact

South Korea's foreign ministry called in Japan's top envoy in Seoul on Friday to officially notify Tokyo of its intent to end a bilateral military intelligence-sharing pact. First Vice Foreign Minis...

Aug 23, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Esper raises concerns over S. Korea's decision to end intel-sharing pact with Japan: ministry

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper voiced concerns Friday over South Korea's decision to terminate the intelligence-sharing pact with Japan when he spoke by phone with Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-d...

Aug 23, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Biegun departs for US amid tensions over Seoul's termination of military pact with Tokyo

US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun headed home from South Korea on Friday, a day after South Korea decided to end a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo seen as a symbo...

Aug 23, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Moon replaces five Cheong Wa Dae secretaries

President Moon Jae-in on Friday appointed five new secretaries at his office in the latest of changes in the lineup of his key aides. Moon is seeking fresh momentum in his presidency as he nears the...

Aug 23, 2019
Politics
N. Korea says it would be 'miscalculation' if US confronts Pyongyang with sanctions

North Korea's top diplomat warned Friday that it would be a miscalculation if the United States tries to use sanctions to deal with the communist regime, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said ...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea mulling inviting N. Korea to intl. security forum in Seoul

South Korea is mulling whether to invite North Korea to an annual international security forum to be held in Seoul next month, a government official said Friday. The 8th vice-ministerial Seoul Defen...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
Three South Koreans die in Hungary rail crossing crash

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -- Three South Korean citizensdied in Hungary in an accident late on Wednesday, when the carin which they were travelling was hit by a train, local policesaid on Thursday. The cra...

Aug 23, 2019
Social affairs
Govt. to strengthen radiation checks on Japanese food products

The South Korean government said Friday that it will strengthen safety checks on imported food from Japan for possible radiation. The scale of radiation contamination checks on foods will be doubled...

Aug 23, 2019
Foreign Affairs
US expresses 'strong concern,' 'disappointment' at termination of Seoul-Tokyo intel pact

The United States expressed "strong concern" and "disappointment" Thursday after South Korea withdrew from a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. Earlier, Seoul announced its decision to e...

Aug 23, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Parties show mixed reaction to govt.'s move to scrap info-sharing pact with Japan

South Korea's ruling party welcomed the government's decision to terminate its military info-sharing pact with Japan on Thursday, calling it due action against Japan's retaliatory export curbs. But ...

Aug 22, 2019
Politics
S. Korea vows staunch combined posture with US regardless of intel-sharing pact decision

South Korea will maintain a watertight combined readiness posture with the United States based on their strong alliance regardless of its decision to end the military information-sharing pact with Ja...

Aug 22, 2019
Foreign Affairs

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