Amid South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s weeklong tour of Southeast Asian countries that started Wednesday, a seminal report prefiguring a bright future relationship between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Korea has been released. “A survey on mutual perceptions of ASEAN and Korean youths,” co-published by the ASEAN-Korea Center and Korea Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, is ...

JAKARTA -- The leaders of South Korea and Indonesia were set to hold their bilateral summit Thursday with their discussions expected to focus on ways to improve cooperation and joint efforts to denuclearize North Korea. The summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Indonesian President Joko Widodo was set to begin later in the day, marking the first of its kind. Moon arrived here We...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to leave for Indonesia Wednesday as part of his three-nation Southeast Asia tour for bilateral summits and regional forums. The South Korean leader was due in Jakarta later in the day for a three-day visit. It will mark his first-ever state visit to a foreign country since taking office in May, according to the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. Moon a...

China is planning to send a high-level delegation to South Korea to explain the outcome of the ruling Communist Party's recent congress, the foreign ministry here said Tuesday. The move comes after the two countries announced last week that they had reached an agreement to improve bilateral ties frayed by the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea. "China...

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway began service on Oct. 30 with its first official run across Azerbaijan, Georgia and the east of Turkey, greatly facilitating regional trade as part of China’s “One Belt One Road” initiative, according to the Azerbaijani Embassy in Seoul. The 846-kilometer project -- part and parcel of the Trans-Asian Railway Network, also known as the “Iron Silk Road” -- is expected...

“I tell you that as a Muslim, regardless of your vocation, one of your duties is to practice Islam in a faithful way and encourage others to follow. This is an individual duty.”

A coalition of pro-American organizations here moved to welcome US President Donald Trump on his two-day visit to Korea starting Tuesday. “Our alliance was forged in blood and laid the foundation for freedom and the peace and prosperity of ROK. We stood and fought together in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq,” the ROK-US Friendship Association United said in a press statement. “The people o...

“The challenges of the 21st century are too complex for any one nation to face alone.”

Moving beyond 50 years of existence, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is strengthening its relations with South Korea for a mutually profitable future, said the chair of the ASEAN Committee in Seoul, presenting the ASEAN market as a competitive and trustworthy alternative to China. Cambodian Ambassador to Korea Long Dimanche, who chairs the committee comprising 10 ASEAN ambassadors, to...

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Sunday to discuss preparations for the upcoming summit between their leaders and other issues of mutual concern, the foreign ministry here said. US President Donald Trump is to arrive in South Korea on Tuesday for a two-day stay during which he will have a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. In the phone convers...

Experts on Sunday called for the leaders of South Korea and the United States to use their upcoming summit as a chance to reaffirm their strong alliance and dismiss worries over possible differences on major issues. US President Donald Trump will arrive in Seoul on Tuesday for a two-day visit as part of his first Asia trip as head of state, and will hold a summit with President Moon Jae-in later...

President Moon Jae-in welcomed the new chiefs of six diplomatic missions to Seoul on Thursday. Each of the six new foreign ambassadors to South Korea presented Moon with their credentials in separate ceremonies held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. The new ambassadors are Julian Clare of Ireland, Michael Schwarzinger from Austria, Difie Agyarko Kusi from Ghana, Matilda S. Masuka from T...

South Korea congratulated Japan on the launch of its new cabinet on Wednesday, voicing hopes for a future-oriented partnership based on the "right" understanding of shared history. Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the statement after Shinzo Abe was re-elected as Japan's prime minister following his ruling coalition's landslide victory in the snap parliamentary elections last month. "T...

“We don’t have much larger stakes in these issues like the superpowers US or China, therefore it’s easier to raise our concerns and search for solutions together. It’s more like supporting a good friend.”