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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
Korea granted waiver on Iran oil embargo: news reports

South Korea has received a waiver on the renewed US embargo on imports of Iranian oil following months of negotiations between the allies, foreign media reported Monday. The United States reimposed ...

Nov 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
Moon to attend ASEAN, APEC meetings

President Moon Jae-in will set out on a six-day trip to Singapore and Papua New Guinea on Nov. 13, to pitch his New Southern Policy and economic policies and highlight the drive to establish peace on...

Nov 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
First lady departs for India

First lady Kim Jung-sook left for India on Sunday to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a park commemorating the legendary Indian-born wife of the king of an ancient Korean kingdom. President Moon...

Nov 4, 2018
Foreign Policy
Allies to decide on next year's combined exercises before Dec. 1: defense minister

South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said Wednesday that Seoul and Washington will make a decision on plans for next year's major exercises before Dec. 1 after a working-level review. Jeon...

Nov 1, 2018
Foreign Policy
Why did it take five years for court to rule on forced labor?

Tuesday’s ruling that upheld a lower court’s ruling to compensate South Korean victims of forced labor by a Japanese firm during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula came 13 years after the ...

Oct 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
Ruling on forced labor poses dilemma to S. Korea

Seoul is facing a tough task of respecting the country’s judiciary while mitigating diplomatic fallout with Tokyo in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision that a Japanese firm should compensate fo...

Oct 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
First lady to visit India next week

First lady Kim Jung-sook will visit India without President Moon Jae-in next week to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a park commemorating the Indian-born wife of the king of an ancient Korean ki...

Oct 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
Top UAE official to visit South Korea this week

A top United Arab Emirates official will visit Seoul on Thursday to discuss setting up a trip to South Korea by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other bilateral issues, the presidential ...

Oct 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
PM says S. Korea hopes to move relations with Japan forward in future-oriented manner

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Tuesday that the government respects the Supreme Court’s ruling on wartime forced labor and hopes to move relations with Japan forward in a future-oriented manner. Th...

Oct 30, 2018
Foreign Policy
Court orders Japan firm to compensate wartime forced laborers

The top court ruled Tuesday that a Japanese steel firm must compensate four South Korean victims forced to work in its factories during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, a decision expec...

Oct 30, 2018
Foreign Policy
26,000 S. Koreans received first-time residence permits in EU in 2017: Eurostat

BRUSSELS -- About 26,000 South Koreans received their first residence permits to stay for three months or longer in European Union countries last year -- the highest number in 10 years -- the EU’s st...

Oct 30, 2018
Foreign Policy
Senior US congressman vows full support for alliance, peace process

US Rep. Mac Thornberry, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, assured South Korea Monday of bipartisan support for the alliance, Seoul's foreign ministry said. (Yonhap) The Republican cong...

Oct 29, 2018
Foreign Policy
US nuclear envoy urges ‘FFVD,’ close coordination with S. Korea

The final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea is a primary requirement for the US and South Korea to bring an end to the Korean War, a US nuclear envoy said during his visit to Seoul on M...

Oct 29, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea, US discuss strategy on N. Korea amid reports of discord

Top South Korean and US officials on North Korea met here Monday for discussions on ways to revitalize denuclearization talks amid growing concerns about a possible rift between the allies. Stephen ...

Oct 29, 2018
Foreign Policy

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