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Trump willing to engage NK, but stresses ‘right conditions’: envoy

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is willing to engage North Korea, but emphasized the “right conditions” as a prerequisite, Seoul’s special envoy said. Hong Seok-hyun, a former chairman o...

May 18, 2017
Foreign Affairs
With envoy dispatch, Moon kick-starts summit diplomacy

With a trade of phone calls and special envoys, President Moon Jae-in is kick-starting top-level diplomacy, bringing an end to a monthslong vacuum that sparked concerns about Seoul’s weakened voice o...

May 17, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Moon, Trump to hold first summit in June

President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Donald Trump are expected to hold their first summit next month in Washington, as they seek to coordinate North Korea policy following their respective le...

May 16, 2017
Foreign Affairs
New NK missile poses test for Moon Jae-in

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of a mid- and long-range missile capable of carrying a “large, heavy nuclear warhead” a day before, warning it could strike the US mainla...

May 15, 2017
North Korea
Moon taps senior lawmaker as envoy for Beijing forum

President Moon Jae-in on Friday tapped Rep. Park Byeong-seug of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea as chief of his delegation to attend a forum in Beijing amid spats over a US missile shield, gover...

May 12, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Moon Jae-in vows to mend ties with Xi, rejects sex slavery deal with Abe

President Moon Jae-in and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday agreed to take steps to restore the two countries’ relations strained by a dispute over Seoul’s decision to house a US missile...

May 11, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Moon Jae-in faces uphill battle on US ties, THAAD

President Moon Jae-in faces an uphill battle in navigating through a bleaker-than-ever diplomatic security landscape with diminishing strategic space in the face of North Korea’s rapidly evolving thr...

May 10, 2017
Foreign Affairs
[From the Scene] Voters hope for change, national unity

Tens of millions of South Koreans flocked to polling stations to elect their next president Tuesday, hoping for lasting political and economic reform, as well as national unity, following months of d...

May 9, 2017
Politics
[Herald Interview] Public diplomacy key to underpinning ties amid rows

After basking in its peak years, the relationship between South Korea and China has been going downhill rapidly in recent months, as Beijing embarks on economic retaliation over Seoul’s decision to h...

May 7, 2017
Foreign Affairs
[Newsmaker] US ready for secondary sanctions, more punishments against NK

The US is ready to ramp up pressure against North Korea through additional penalties, secondary sanctions and a tighter implementation of UN resolutions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesd...

May 4, 2017
North Korea
Trump’s crude, unilateral approach threatens to undercut alliance

Rekindled by his demand for Seoul to pay for the THAAD anti-missile system, US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach centered on unrefined, unilateral remarks and Twitter posts is fanning ...

May 1, 2017
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea should pay $1b for THAAD: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Friday called for South Korea to pay $1 billion for a missile shield’s deployment here, and vowed to renegotiate a bilateral free trade pact, stirring heated reactions in...

April 29, 2017
Foreign Affairs
US pushes for more sanctions, diplomacy over NK threats

The Donald Trump administration is seeking to step up sanctions and pressure as its key drivers to tackle North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, while engaging the regime through diplomacy, top ...

April 27, 2017
North Korea
Presidential candidates offer mixed reactions over THAAD

The de facto inception of the installment of a US missile shield on Wednesday was met with mixed responses from South Korea’s presidential candidates, prompting even some advocates to take issue with...

April 26, 2017
Politics
Lippert joins Boeing as vice president: report

Former US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert has joined US aviation giant Boeing as vice president of international affairs, a news report said Monday. The Politico report did not provide any de...

April 25, 2017
Foreign Affairs

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