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Foreign ministry denies report on S. Korean minister's withdrawal of WTO chief bid

Nov 5, 2020

South Korea's foreign ministry denied a news report Thursday that Seoul's Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee will soon drop out of the race for the new director-general at the World Trade Organization. Th...
Korean American woman elected to US Congress for first time

Nov 5, 2020

Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington, won her race for the US House of Representatives, becoming the first Korean American woman elected to the US Congress in its 230-year histo...
S. Korea expresses thanks to Korean War comrade countries

Nov 4, 2020

Defense ministry officials have held a series of thank-you meetings with senior envoys of the foreign countries that fought alongside South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War in commemoration of the...
[Newsmaker] US ambassador 'confident' next leader to continue to value alliance with S. Korea

Nov 4, 2020

US Ambassador Harry Harris said Wednesday that he believes whoever takes the White House for the next four years will value the alliance with South Korea and work to further strengthen it. He made t...
FM Kang likely to visit US next week for talks with Pompeo: sources

Nov 3, 2020

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is expected to visit the United States early next week for talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. Details have yet to be final...
Seoul braces for uncertainty on peninsula as US head to polls

Nov 3, 2020

As Americans head to the polls Tuesday, the South Korean government is watching closely and bracing itself for uncertainty. Whoever is elected, the result will have a lasting impact on the Korean Pen...
S. Korean diplomat appointed as advisory group member of UN emergency response fund

Nov 2, 2020

A South Korean diplomat has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Group of the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the foreign ministry said Monday, voicing hope for Seoul's expanded role...
As US election looms, S. Korea prepares for next 4 years

Nov 2, 2020

With the US presidential election drawing near, South Korean officials have been busy preparing for the next administration, trying to scrutinize key policies of the two candidates and expand contact...
[US elections and Korea] Trump vs. Biden: Key advisers give clues on future foreign policy

Nov 1, 2020

US voters this week will choose the leader of the world’s largest economic and military power, faced with the starkly different choices of incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger J...
US Amb. Harris says S. Korea, US fought 'side by side against invasion from the north'

Oct 30, 2020

US Ambassador Harry Harris has said that South Korea and the United States had fought together against "invasion from the north" during the Korean War, amid a controversy over Chinese President Xi Ji...
Biden vows not to extort S. Korea with troop withdrawal threats

Oct 30, 2020

WASHINGTON -- US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged Friday to strengthen the alliance with South Korea, rather than "extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops," and ...
US backs Yoo against rival, throwing WTO race up in the air

Oct 29, 2020

The World Trade Organization’s leadership race has been thrown up in the air, as the US blocked the Nigerian front-runner and decided to put its weight behind South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-he...
[US elections and Korea] Biden will be more rigorous on North Korea, experts say

Oct 29, 2020

Biden likely to seek stronger trilateral cooperation with Seoul, Tokyo; may take realistic approach on NK nukes
Vice FM cautions against 'limiting options' amid US-China rivalry

Oct 29, 2020

Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun cautioned Thursday against limiting South Korea's foreign policy options due to an intensifying Sino-US rivalry, stressing that Seoul stay on course to maximize na...
S. Korean candidate behind Nigerian rival in global trade-chief race

Oct 29, 2020

GENEVA -- South Korea's trade minister has failed to drum up landslide support from member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to head the global trade body, with her Nigerian rival stand...