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[Newsmaker] Moon orders all-out efforts for safe evacuation of Koreans from Afghanistan

Aug 16, 2021

President Moon Jae-in instructed his government Monday to do its best for the safe evacuation of South Korea's diplomatic officials and residents in Afghanistan. He told relevant authorities to make...
S. Korea decides to temporarily close Afghan embassy, evacuates most diplomatic staff

Aug 16, 2021

South Korea has decided to temporarily close its embassy in Afghanistan and evacuated most of its diplomatic staff to a third country in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Sunday. The decisi...
Harvard professor Ramseyer denies Japanese military's forced mobilization of comfort women

Aug 15, 2021

NEW YORK/SEOUL -- A Harvard professor has claimed that Japan did not force Korean and other women into sexual slavery during World War II, renewing his much-denounced claims that the victims were act...
S. Korea voices deep regret over Suga's offerings, other leaders' visits to Yasukuni

Aug 15, 2021

South Korea on Sunday expressed deep regret over Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's sending of offerings and other leader's visits to Yasukuni Shrine on the occasion of the anniversary of the e...
Foreign ministry summons Japanese diplomat over Yasukuni visit by defense minister

Aug 13, 2021

The foreign ministry called in a senior Japanese diplomat on Friday to protest Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi's visit to a war shrine in Tokyo seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. Lee...
S. Korea extends advisory against overseas travel amid pandemic

Aug 13, 2021

The foreign ministry on Friday extended the special advisory against overseas travel for another month, citing the continued spread of the coronavirus pandemic and virus variants. The advisory, effe...
S. Korea, US join hands to bolster multilateralism

Aug 13, 2021

South Korea and the United States on Friday agreed to join forces in reinforcing multilateralism and resolving other pending global trade issues. Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo held a virtual meeting wi...
S. Korea raises travel alert for Ethiopia's South Wollo, East Gojjam

Aug 12, 2021

South Korea on Thursday raised the travel alert for two areas in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region amid escalating armed clashes in the country, recommending citizens cancel or delay plans to travel ...
Pandemic demands revamped, inclusive international order

Aug 12, 2021

A US international relations scholar discusses the future of the liberal international order, US-China rivalry and North Korea’s denuclearization
Kazakh president to visit Seoul next week

Aug 12, 2021

South Korea to welcome first foreign leader since pandemic began
Court rules against forced Korean labor victim in suit against Japan's Mitsubishi Materials

Aug 11, 2021

A South Korean court on Wednesday ruled against a victim of forced wartime labor in Japan in a damages suit launched against Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp. The Seoul Central District Court ruled...
Senior Japanese diplomat returns home after disparaging remarks against Moon

Aug 11, 2021

A senior Japanese diplomat stationed in Seoul returned home Wednesday, about a month after he came under fire for his remarks disparaging South Korean President Moon Jae-in's efforts to improve relat...
Chinese Ambassador Xing calls for concerted efforts for peninsula peace at 'complicated juncture'

Aug 11, 2021

Chinese Ambassador to Seoul Xing Haiming called Wednesday for concerted efforts to foster peace on the Korean Peninsula at a "complicated" juncture amid renewed inter-Korean tensions over the ongoing...
US holds no hostile intent toward N. Korea: State Dept.

Aug 11, 2021

WASHINGTON -- The United States holds no hostile intent toward North Korea, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday, in reaction to a statement by North Korea denouncing the US and South Korea over...
S. Korea, US begin preliminary training ahead of main summertime exercise

Aug 10, 2021

South Korea and the United States on Tuesday began a preliminary training in the runup to next week's annual summertime military exercise amid the North's warning it will take a toll on inter-Korean ...