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N. Korea, China continue warming ties

North Korea and China continue to warm ties ahead of Pyongyang’s planned summits with Seoul and Washington, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailing Chinese art troupe’s visit to Pyongyang as “si...

Apr 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korean professor elected as CESCR member for 3rd straight term

A South Korean professor has been elected as a member of a UN committee dealing with social and human rights issues for the third consecutive term, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Shin Hei-soo, a...

Apr 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korean foreign minister embarks on 3-day trip to Central Asia

South Korea's top diplomat embarked upon a three-day trip to Central Asia on Monday to deepen bilateral ties with countries in the region, the foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha ...

Apr 16, 2018
Foreign Affairs
‘S. Korea has own solution to denuclearization’

South Korea has its own solution for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, an official from Seoul’s presidential office said Friday, as North Korea and the US appear to remain far apart on wh...

Apr 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea's top security adviser makes surprise visit to US

WASHINGTON -- South Korea's top national security adviser visited Washington on Wednesday to meet with his US counterpart, John Bolton, the White House said. The surprise trip by Chung Eui-yong, hea...

Apr 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
Seoul confirms trilateral meeting with Tokyo, Beijing in May

A trilateral summit with South Korea, China and Japan will be held in Japan in May, Seoul’s presidential office said Wednesday. The trilateral meeting, the date of which has yet to be specified, was...

Apr 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korean, Japanese FMs vow cooperation on N. Korea

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono met South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday to discuss North Korea’s nuclear issue and bilateral relations, as Japan st...

Apr 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea, US to hold regular sessions to prepare for NK summits

WASHINGTON -- South Korean and US officials in Washington have agreed to hold regular meetings to prepare for their leaders' summits with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, a senior government official said ...

Apr 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
‘Normalization of relations with N. Korea essential in denuclearization’: Perry

South Korea and the US normalizing relations with North Korea is critical to achieving denuclearization, former US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry said Tuesday. Perry, who helped defuse the...

Apr 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
Japan’s top diplomat to visit S. Korea

Japan’s top diplomat is set to visit South Korea for a two-day visit from Tuesday, his first trip to South Korea since taking the post last August, a diplomatic source said Monday. South Korea's For...

Apr 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
New consul general in Osaka vows to narrow differences on comfort women

South Korea's new consul general in Japan said Monday that he will work hard to iron out differences in perceptions among people of the two neighbors over Japan's wartime sexual slavery of Korean wom...

Apr 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea, Latvia sign preliminary agreement on opening direct air route

South Korea's transport ministry said Sunday it signed a preliminary agreement with its Latvian counterpart to open a direct air route between the two countries. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure...

Apr 8, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] S. Korea cautious about return to six-party talks

As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly agreed to return to six-party talks, South Korea reaffirmed Friday that talks on denuclearization should be discussed first among the two Koreas and ...

Apr 6, 2018
Foreign Policy
Will US-China trade war hurt efforts to solve N. Korea nuclear crisis?

The growing trade discord between the US and China is fueling concerns that it may hurt efforts to rein in North Korea’s nuclear crisis. On Tuesday, the Trump administration proposed levying 25 p...

Apr 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
The Elders vows support for S. Korean efforts to denuclearize peninsula

The Elders, an international organization of global leaders, has expressed its support for South Korea and President Moon Jae-in's efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, calling Moon's upcomin...

Apr 4, 2018
Foreign Policy

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