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Democrat-controlled House could slow Trump’s NK diplomacy: experts

The outcome of the US midterm elections is unlikely to change the course of Washington’s North Korea policy but could slow the pace of the Donald Trump administration’s diplomacy with North Korea, ex...

November 7, 2018
Foreign Policy
Talks between Pompeo, senior North Korea official delayed

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned meeting with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-chol, which was due to take place in New York on Thursday, has been postponed, the State Department said...

November 7, 2018
North Korea
Japan ramps up pressure on S. Korea over ruling on forced labor

Japan has continued to ratchet up pressure on South Korea on Tuesday over a ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate South Korean victims forced to work during Japan’s colonial rule of th...

November 6, 2018
Foreign Policy
Seoul granted waiver to buy Iranian oil

South Korea was granted a waiver that will temporarily allow it to continue importing Iranian oil after the US reinstated all sanctions on Iran on Monday, according to the US State Department. The U...

November 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
2015 deal on ‘comfort women’ a political statement without legal power: Foreign Ministry

The Foreign Ministry said Monday that the controversial 2015 deal between South Korea and Japan does not directly violate the constitutional rights of victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery because t...

November 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
Kim Jong-un’s health good despite family history of diabetes, high blood pressure: lawmaker

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health is in relatively good condition, though he has a family history of diabetes and high blood pressure, according to lawmakers briefed by South Korea’s spy agenc...

November 2, 2018
North Korea
Liaison office chiefs from 2 Koreas hold meeting

The South Korean and North Korean heads of the inter-Korean liaison office met Friday after a month of no-shows by the North Korean side, amid delays in some of their cross-border projects. Unifi...

November 2, 2018
North Korea
Moon to take Friday off for rest

President Moon Jae-in will take a day off Friday, his spokesman said on Thursday. (Yonhap) Moon needs rest because he hasn't taken a single day off since his European trip last month and he's sched...

November 1, 2018
Politics
Sexual abuse accepted as part of ordinary life in N. Korea: report

Sexual abuse against women by officials in positions of authority has come to be part of ordinary life in North Korea, a human rights watchdog said Thursday, calling on Seoul to address human rights ...

November 1, 2018
North Korea
Why did it take five years for court to rule on forced labor?

Tuesday’s ruling that upheld a lower court’s ruling to compensate South Korean victims of forced labor by a Japanese firm during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula came 13 years after the ...

October 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
Ruling on forced labor poses dilemma to S. Korea

Seoul is facing a tough task of respecting the country’s judiciary while mitigating diplomatic fallout with Tokyo in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision that a Japanese firm should compensate fo...

October 31, 2018
Foreign Policy
Court orders Japan firm to compensate wartime forced laborers

The top court ruled Tuesday that a Japanese steel firm must compensate four South Korean victims forced to work in its factories during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, a decision expec...

October 30, 2018
Foreign Policy
US nuclear envoy urges ‘FFVD,’ close coordination with S. Korea

The final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea is a primary requirement for the US and South Korea to bring an end to the Korean War, a US nuclear envoy said during his visit to Seoul on M...

October 29, 2018
Foreign Policy
US envoy on N. Korea arrives in Seoul for talks

Stephen Biegun, the US’ special representative for North Korea, arrived in South Korea on Sunday to meet with his counterpart to discuss the countries’ shared efforts to rid the Korean Peninsula of n...

October 28, 2018
Foreign Policy
‘US, South Korea falling for Kim Jong-un’s tricks’

South Korea and the US are falling for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “tricks,” a US expert said, warning of emerging gaps between the allies amid ongoing negotiations with the reclusive country. ...

October 28, 2018
Foreign Policy

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