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Court public notice takes effect for compensation of wartime forced laborersNov 10, 2020A public notice by a court went into effect on Tuesday to proceed with a stalled legal process to liquidate the assets of a Japanese firm and compensate wartime forced laborers. The Daejeon District... -
S. Korea considering arranging Moon-Biden phone talks at 'appropriate time': foreign ministryNov 10, 2020South Korea is considering arranging phone talks between President Moon Jae-in and US President-elect Joe Biden at an "appropriate" time, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Lee Jae-woong, the minist... -
S. Korea to continue consultation with Japan on wartime forced labor amid legal compensation process: ministryNov 10, 2020South Korea will continue close consultations with Japan over the long-simmering issue of Tokyo's wartime forced labor, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as a legal process to compensate victims too... -
Kang, Pompeo reaffirm close cooperation on peninsular affairsNov 10, 2020South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed their commitment for their countries to closely cooperate on ensuring the stable management of the Korean... -
Kang, Pompeo reaffirm efforts to ensure peace on Korean PeninsulaNov 10, 2020WASHINGTON -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula, both sides said, as t... -
Senior diplomats of S. Korea, China hold virtual talks ahead of ASEAN summitsNov 9, 2020Senior diplomats of South Korea and China held video talks on Monday to discuss upcoming summits involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other bilateral issues, the foreign m... -
S. Korea, Caribbean countries to hold annual forum to discuss health care, food securityNov 9, 2020South Korea and Caribbean countries will hold their annual high-level forum later this week to discuss cooperation on health and medical care, and food security in the post-coronavirus era, the forei... -
USFK veterans' association holds alliance conference for junior American soldiersNov 9, 2020An association of American veterans who served in South Korea said Monday that it held a conference to help junior US service members better understand the alliance between the two countries and secu... -
Kang says Biden won’t return to ‘strategic patience’ with PyongyangNov 9, 2020South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha predicted that the incoming Joe Biden administration would not return to the Obama-era policy of “strategic patience” in dealing with a nuclear-armed Nort... -
FM Kang arrives in US for talks with Pompeo after Biden victoryNov 9, 2020WASHINGTON -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha arrived in Washington on Sunday for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about pending bilateral and regional issues. Kang's visit cam... -
Seoul eyes bolstering ties with new Biden administrationNov 8, 2020With Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential race, South Korea will seek to forge ties with the new administration to further bolster the alliance and make progress toward peace on the Ko... -
Foreign Ministry vows continued efforts with incoming Biden government for stronger allianceNov 8, 2020South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday it will continue efforts with the incoming government of US President-elect Joe Biden to strengthen the bilateral alliance and achieve progress in efforts f... -
Biden victory signals stronger alliance with S. Korea, different approach to N. KoreaNov 8, 2020WASHINGTON -- US President-elect Joe Biden is widely expected to restore and strengthen the alliance with South Korea while taking a different and more principled approach toward North Korea than Pre... -
S. Korea opens consulate office in Da NangNov 6, 2020South Korea opened a consulate general in Da Nang on Friday as part of efforts to meet the growing needs of its people traveling the eastern city of Vietnam. The Consulate General of South Korea in ... -
Diplomats of S. Korea, US hold talks ahead of FM Kang's visit to USNov 6, 2020Diplomats of South Korea and the United States held talks in Seoul on Friday to discuss pending bilateral and regional issues, the foreign ministry said, ahead of Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha's tr...
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