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[Newsmaker] US scraps Victor Cha as pick for ambassador to S. Korea

Washington has abandoned plans to nominate Victor Cha as the next US ambassador to South Korea, reportedly due to his disagreement with the Trump administration’s “bloody nose” strategy against Pyong...

January 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
NK producing garments at shuttered inter-Korean industrial park: report

South Korean business owners are seeking government approval to visit the North to inspect their properties at Kaesong Industrial Complex as news reports Tuesday said North Korea is secretly manufact...

January 30, 2018
North Korea
Government to submit 347 bills this year

The government plans to submit 347 bills to the National Assembly this year, the Office of Legislation said Tuesday, as a monthlong extra parliamentary session began. (Yonhap) Nearly 68 percent of ...

January 30, 2018
Politics
26 foreign leaders to visit S. Korea during Olympics

A total of 26 heads of state or government from 21 countries, including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will visit South Korea for the PyeongChang Win...

January 29, 2018
Foreign Policy
Top-level foreign guests from 21 countries to visit S. Korea during Olympics

A total of 26 heads of state or government from 21 countries, including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will visit South Korea during the PyeongChang ...

January 29, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Feature] Undocumented foreign workers more vulnerable to accidents, abuses

For Rina, an advertisement about jobs in South Korea on social media was a chance to change her life. She imagined that she could lead a life similar to what she saw on Korean dramas and build a bett...

January 28, 2018
Social affairs
Kang in Davos, stresses Olympics’ role in easing NK tensions

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha promoted the PyeongChang Winter Olympics as a chance to defuse tensions with North Korea at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the Foreig...

January 26, 2018
Foreign Policy
Ex-UN chief says conciliatory mood on Korean Peninsula unlikely to last

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the conciliatory mood in inter-Korean relations created by North Korea’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics might not continue...

January 25, 2018
Foreign Policy
NK ice hockey team to arrive Thursday

North Korean ice hockey players are set to arrive in South Korea on Thursday to form an inter-Korean women’s hockey team for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a week earlier than anticipated. North K...

January 24, 2018
North Korea
Now is the 'best time' for NK to come out for talks with US: Seoul official

Now is the ideal time for North Korea to open talks with the US on its nuclear and missile programs, a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday, urging the reclusive regime to return to ...

January 24, 2018
North Korea
‘Excessive courtesy’ for North delegation creates stir

The South Korean government was embroiled in controversy for treating the North Korean delegation “excessively” well here during its two-day visit to the South aimed at inspecting venues and faciliti...

January 23, 2018
Foreign Policy
South Korea seeks to lead NK, US into ‘dialogue process’

South Korea will try to use the momentum generated by inter-Korean talks on Pyongyang’s participation in the PyeongChang Olympics to bring together the reclusive regime and the US for dialogue on den...

January 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
‘Peace beyond PyeongChang’ keyword for Seoul’s 2018 NK policy

South Korea is expected to try to use the momentum generated by North Korea’s participation in the PyeongChang Olympics this year to encourage the reclusive regime to the denuclearization talks. Pri...

January 19, 2018
Foreign Policy
NK sanctions a big hurdle in Pyongyang‘s participation at Olympics

South and North Korea have agreed to plans to collaborate in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month, but challenges lie ahead in making the plans materialize. South Korea is now tasked with find...

January 18, 2018
Foreign Policy
20 countries vow tougher sanctions on North Korea

Despite ongoing inter-Korean talks, 20 nations including South Korea and the US agreed Wednesday to beef up sanctions on North Korea to pressure the country to give up its nuclear and missile program...

January 17, 2018
Foreign Policy

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