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FM Chung, Blinken stress close cooperation for complete denuclearization of Korean PeninsulaFeb 12, 2021New Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed close bilateral cooperation for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during their first phone ta... -
One of sailors aboard S. Korean oil tanker seized in Iran returns homeFeb 11, 2021One of the 20 crew members who were aboard a South Korean oil tanker seized by Iran last month has been released and returned home, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The Korean sailor, one of thos... -
S. Korea to keep striving to improve ties with Japan: NSCFeb 10, 2021South Korea's top national security officials agreed Wednesday, during a weekly meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, to continue efforts to improve Seoul-Tokyo relations long strained by disputes over shared hi... -
Foreign ministry vows stern measures after embassy officials implicated in assault of staffFeb 10, 2021The foreign ministry said Wednesday it will thoroughly look into an assault case involving officials at the South Korean Embassy in China and will take stern measures. The ministry confirmed that an... -
US will move on N. Korea after bringing allies to same page: PriceFeb 10, 2021WASHINGTON -- The United States will engage North Korea after its ongoing policy review is completed and US allies are brought up to speed, in terms of their approach and objective, a State Departmen... -
Seoul-Tokyo relations at lowest, affecting three-way cooperation with US: CRSFeb 10, 2021WASHINGTON -- Bilateral relations between South Korea and Japan have dipped to their lowest ebb, also affecting the countries' three-way cooperation with the United States, a congressional report sai... -
US remains committed to peace, stability of Indo-Pacific: PentagonFeb 9, 2021The United States continues to be committed to the peace and security of its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, a Pentagon official said Monday. The remarks come amid an ongoing review of the US def... -
Korean students at Harvard demand professor's apology over controversial claims on comfort womenFeb 8, 2021Korean students at Harvard University have strongly criticized a professor over his controversial claim that Japan's wartime sexual slavery was actually voluntary prostitution, demanding its immediat... -
Ruling party to seek parliamentary resolution condemning military coup in MyanmarFeb 8, 2021The ruling Democratic Party (DP) will seek the passage of a parliamentary resolution condemning the recent military coup in Myanmar, the party's floor leader said Monday. DP floor leader Rep. Kim Ta... -
FM Kang leaves office after years of daunting diplomatic tasksFeb 8, 2021Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha left office Monday after nearly four years at the helm of South Korea's diplomacy grappling with a host of daunting challenges ranging from North Korea's nuclear quand... -
Moon appoints new foreign ministerFeb 8, 2021President Moon Jae-in appointed Chung Eui-yong as his new foreign minister on Monday, Cheong Wa Dae announced. Chung, former director of national security at Cheong Wa Dae, will begin his tenure ... -
S. Korea working to bring home seized sailors in Iran as early as this weekFeb 7, 2021South Korea plans to help crew members aboard an oil tanker seized by Iran to return home as early as this week after Tehran's announcement that it will set most of them free, diplomatic sources said... -
Korean Harvard students decry professor's claims on sex slaves as 'incorrect and misleading'Feb 5, 2021A group of Korean students at Harvard Law School has decried a professor's recent controversial claims that victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery were willing prostitutes as "factually incorrect ... -
Foreign ministry restores phrase 'closest neighbor' describing Japan in white paperFeb 5, 2021The foreign ministry has restored the expression "closest neighbor" to refer to Japan in its latest white paper published this week, as Seoul pushes to improve ties with Tokyo frayed over wartime iss... -
Foreign minister says vaccine hoarding will only lengthen pandemicFeb 5, 2021Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Friday that the hoarding of vaccines by a few countries would only undermine the public interest and lengthen the pandemic. “It is especially important to keep a...
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