The Korea Herald

S. Korea, US need to work together in Asia but first set objectives: officials

Dec 4, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The United States and South Korea can and must work together to promote their shared values and check China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, a US diplomat said Thursday. ...
US commission claims launch of 'Quad Plus' denied by US govt.

Dec 4, 2020

WASHINGTON -- An expanded security forum has taken root in the Indo-Pacific region, a US commission reported Thursday, despite consistent US government denials of any attempt to broaden the so-called...
Cheong Wa Dae denies report of S. Korea-China-Japan summit postponement

Dec 3, 2020

The South Korean presidential office on Thursday denied a news report that an annual trilateral summit between South Korea, China and Japan, which Seoul plans to host this year, will be postponed to ...
2nd Vice FM to visit Vietnam for bilateral, Mekong talks

Dec 3, 2020

Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Tae-ho will depart for Vietnam on Thursday for bilateral talks and a multilateral business forum with the Southeast Asian partners in the Mekong region, the foreign m...
S. Korea denounces killing of Iranian nuclear scientist

Dec 2, 2020

South Korea on Wednesday denounced the assassination of a leading Iranian nuclear scientist as a criminal act that does not help bring stability and peace in the region. The foreign ministry's comme...
Berlin district council passes resolution seeking permanent installation of sex slave statue

Dec 2, 2020

BERLIN -- A Berlin district council has passed a resolution seeking to keep a statue of a girl symbolizing the victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery permanently installed at a public site, offici...
US encouraged by S. Korea-Japan efforts to address differences: Knapper

Dec 2, 2020

The United States was "encouraged" by recent efforts by South Korea and Japan to "address their differences," a State Department official said Wednesday, highlighting the need for trilateral cooperat...
US wants allies to call out 'bad behavior' from China: Knapper

Dec 2, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The United States is not asking its allies, including South Korea and Japan, to sever their ties with China but to call out bad behavior, a senior US diplomat said Tuesday. Marc Knappe...
FM Kang to visit Bahrain, UAE this week

Dec 1, 2020

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will visit Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates this week, in a move to bolster cooperation with countries in the Middle East, her office said Tuesday. Kang is set to...
S. Korea, UN disarmament office to hold joint conference on emerging weapons technologies

Dec 1, 2020

South Korea and the UN disarmament office will hold a joint conference on disarmament and nonproliferation this week, with a focus on emerging weapons, such as killer robots and hypersonic missiles, ...
Seoul, Washington hold first defense cost-sharing talks since US election

Dec 1, 2020

South Korea and the US held defense cost-sharing talks for the first time since the US presidential election, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. During the talks, held via a videoconference Monda...
FM to visit Bahrain, UAE this week

Dec 1, 2020

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will travel to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this week for a security conference and meetings with senior officials of the two countries, her office...
US has no plan to establish NATO-like security headquarters in Asia Pacific: Knapper

Dec 1, 2020

The United States has no plan as of yet to establish a NATO-like regional security headquarters in the Asia Pacific, a State Department official said in an interview video released Tuesday. Marc Kna...
S. Korea, US are not just allies but family: Ambassador Harris

Dec 1, 2020

South Korea and the United States are not just mere friends or allies but "family," and their alliance will remain ironclad based on their deeply shared values, US Ambassador Harry Harris said Tuesda...
IHO finalizes agreement on marking global sea areas in numbers amid East Sea naming row

Dec 1, 2020

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has officially adopted new guidelines to identify seas by numbers instead of names, officials said Tuesday, a decision expected to help ease a long-r...