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PM calls for measures to minimize negative effects from US sanctions on Iran

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon instructed the government Thursday to come up with measures to minimize any negative effects the restoration of US sanctions on Iran could have on South Korea's economy and...

May 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea to launch institute to commemorate 'comfort women'

South Korea plans to open a research institute in August to delve into the issue of wartime sexual violence against women as part of efforts to commemorate the Korean women sexually exploited by the ...

May 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
US continues to plan N. Korea summit: State Department

WASHINGTON -- The United States said Tuesday it continues to plan for a historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un despite the regime's threat to withdraw. ...

May 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
Korea joins int'l condemnation of terror attacks in Indonesia

South Korea and four other middle power states issued a joint statement Tuesday condemning recent deadly terrorist attacks in Indonesia "in the strongest possible terms," another show of global unity...

May 15, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea protests Japan’s Dokdo claim

South Korea on Tuesday condemned Japan’s repeated claim to the Dokdo islets in a foreign policy document presented to its cabinet, rekindling territorial and historical tensions between the two count...

May 15, 2018
Foreign Policy
South Korea, Singapore pledge joint efforts for successful US-NK summit

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Singapore vowed Monday to work together to support the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea in the Southeast Asian country, Seoul's minis...

May 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] 'North Korea's CVID impossible' says former NK diplomat

A complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea is impossible, unless the regime collapses or changes, a former senior North Korean diplomat said Monday. Given the North’s po...

May 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
Did US promise ‘economic rewards’ to NK?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s mention of “prosperity” for North Korea if it ends its nuclear weapons programs may hint at economic rewards for the cash-strapped regime. Pompeo said Friday t...

May 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
Foreign minister Kang to meet Pompeo in Washington

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is set to hold talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday in Washington, D.C., ahead of the historic summit between North Korea and the US, th...

May 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Behind Kim Jong-un’s trip to China: NK seeks to involve China in peace push

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China for the second time in less than two months signals Pyongyang’s desire for Beijing’s involvement in the denuclearization process ahead of his summit w...

May 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea's Kim, China's Xi hold 2nd summit in northern China

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their second summit in about 40 days in northeast China, the two nations' state media reported Tuesday, ahead of an anticipated s...

May 8, 2018
Foreign Policy
Another Chinese city reopens group tours to South Korea: sources

A major Chinese city on Saturday lifted its suspension of package tour programs to South Korea, which was imposed amid a diplomatic feud between the two countries, sources said. The Chinese Ministry...

May 7, 2018
Foreign Affairs
Moon, Trump to discuss NK at May 22 summit

President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump will hold a summit meeting in Washington D.C. on May 22. According to Cheong Wa Dae and White House the two leaders will discuss issues surroundin...

May 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
Bolton slams report on U.S. troop reduction as 'utter nonsense'

US President Donald Trump has not asked the Pentagon to consider reducing troops stationed in South Korea, his top national security aide said Friday, dismissing a news report on the alleged order. ...

May 4, 2018
Foreign Affairs
Seoul dismisses possible reduction of US troops in S. Korea

South Korea’s presidential office on Friday rejected reports that the US may scale down its military presence in South Korea, amid controversy over a possible withdrawal of US troops. The New Yor...

May 4, 2018
Foreign Policy

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