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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...

Nov 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
Top officials of US, China discuss N. Korea

Top officials of the United States and China met in Washington Friday to discuss their bilateral relationship and efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons. In a press conference following ...

Nov 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, China reach 2019 fisheries agreement

South Korea and China reached an agreement on their annual fisheries quota in each other's exclusive waters for next year, the Seoul government said Friday. The agreement was reached at the 18th rou...

Nov 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korean ambassador to US to receive diplomatic service award

WASHINGTON -- South Korean Ambassador to the United States Cho Yoon-je will receive an award from a US organization in recognition of his service to foreign affairs, the South Korean Embassy in Washi...

Nov 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
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...

Nov 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...

Nov 7, 2018
Foreign Policy
Seoul criticizes Tokyo over response to forced labor ruling

A top Cheong Wa Dae official on Wednesday criticized the Japanese government’s response to a recent South Korean court ruling, saying that actions taken by Tokyo officials are aggravating the situati...

Nov 7, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon to meet Australian, Russian leaders next week

President Moon Jae-in will hold summit meetings with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Singapore and Papua New Guinea, Cheong Wa Dae sai...

Nov 7, 2018
Foreign Policy
Govt. touts diplomatic feat in new white paper

The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday published the first diplomatic white paper since the launch of the Moon Jae-in administration. The seven-chapter book introduces the government’s diplomatic accompl...

Nov 7, 2018
Foreign Policy
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...

Nov 6, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea's exemption from Iran sanctions underlines firmness of Korea-US alliance: Cheong Wa Dae

The US decision to give South Korea a waiver from complying with reinstated sanctions on Iran demonstrates that the alliance between the two countries is firm, the office of President Moon Jae-in sai...

Nov 6, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, India agree to enhance cooperation in tourism, sports

South Korea and India have agreed to increase their cooperation in tourism and sports. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-whan signed memorandums of understanding in New Delhi with his ...

Nov 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...

Nov 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon says Korea-U.S. alliance should continue forever

President Moon Jae-in said Monday the alliance between South Korea and the United States should continue forever as he met with senior American military officials stationed here. The meeting at the ...

Nov 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
2015 deal on ‘comfort women’ a political statement without legal power: Foreign Ministry

The Foreign Ministry said Monday that the controversial 2015 deal between South Korea and Japan does not directly violate the constitutional rights of victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery because t...

Nov 5, 2018
Foreign Policy

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