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[ASEAN-Korea summit] Moon requests support for peace efforts, Busan summit with ASEAN

President Moon Jae-in asked foreign ambassadors here Friday to join a "historic" peace journey on the Korean Peninsula. He also requested their keen attention to South Korea's efforts to play a bigg...

Oct 19, 2019
US likely to release report on cargo ship accident next year

The United States is likely to issue a final report next year on its joint probe with South Korea into the capsizing of a cargo ship off the US east coast, an official has said. The 71,000-ton, Mars...

Oct 19, 2019
President Moon to send letter to Abe via PM

President Moon Jae-in is expected to send a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe through Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon as part of efforts to improve bilateral relations that have plummeted over ...

Oct 18, 2019
S. Korea elected to 5th term on UN Human Rights Council

South Korea was elected Thursday to a fifth term on the United Nations Human Rights Council. In a vote by the UN General Assembly in New York, South Korea was elected to serve a three-year term star...

Oct 18, 2019
US urges S. Korea to renew intel pact with Japan: Pentagon

The United States continues to call on South Korea to renew its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a US defense official said Thursday. David Helvey, principal deputy assistant secretary...

Oct 18, 2019
Korea-US alliance is 'linchpin' for regional security: Harris

US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris on Thursday hailed the alliance between the two countries as a linchpin for Northeast Asian security and called for its further development to tackle new cha...

Oct 17, 2019
New ambassador vows to seek 'constructive role' from US in resolving tesions with Japan

South Korea's new ambassador to the United States said Thursday that he will encourage Washington to play a "constructive role" in resolving tensions between Seoul and Tokyo that led to the South's d...

Oct 17, 2019
[ASEAN-Korea summit] ASEAN-Korea Train Launch

ASEAN-KOREA TRAIN LAUNCH -- (From first, from fifth left to right) Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Korea Center Lee Hyuk, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy of Brunei Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman, KOICA ...

Oct 16, 2019
S. Korea, Australia hold vice-ministerial talks on bilateral ties

Senior diplomats of South Korea and Australia held talks in Seoul on Wednesday and discussed joint efforts to boost bilateral cooperation in a range of areas including economy and regional security, ...

Oct 16, 2019
Former consul general to Vietnam named new ambassador

Former South Korean Consul General to Vietnam Park Noh-wan was appointed its next ambassador, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Currently ambassador for international relations to South Korea’s ...

Oct 16, 2019
S. Korea, Japan to hold working-level talks amid tensions over trade, history

South Korea and Japan will hold working-level diplomatic talks in Seoul this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, in what appears to be another move to address tensions over history and trade...

Oct 15, 2019
S. Korea, US likely to hold 2nd round of defense cost-sharing talks next week

South Korea and the United States are likely to hold a new round of defense cost-sharing talks next week, diplomatic sources said Tuesday, in what would be the first meeting since a former financial ...

Oct 15, 2019
US Ambassador Harris says alliance with S. Korea remains 'strong, vibrant'

US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris said Tuesday that the alliance between the two countries remains strong and vibrant as they work together to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsu...

Oct 15, 2019
New top envoy to US formally assumes post

South Korea's new ambassador to the United States, Lee Soo-hyuck, has been formally appointed and will leave for Washington to take office next week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The appointme...

Oct 15, 2019
[News analysis] PM’s Japan trip raises hopes for Seoul-Tokyo relations, but administration remains cautious

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon’s upcoming trip to Japan is raising hopes for a way out of the impasse in South Korea-Tokyo relations, but Seoul appears cautious on the outlook. On Sunday, the Prime Mini...

Oct 14, 2019

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