The Korea Times - Article List

Site Map E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn
Site Map E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn

National

Diplomacy

Thu, July 18, 2019 | 11:35

Washington unwilling to actively mediate Seoul-Tokyo trade friction

The United States is unable to engage in the deepening trade feud between Korea and Japan, as Washington cannot pick a side with either of its major Asian allies, according to the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia.

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-07-17 17:10

US diplomat meets Seoul officials on Korea-Japan row

David Stilwell, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia policy, held a series of talks with top Seoul officials on Wednesday amid a rancorous export row between Seoul and Tokyo, and renewed friction with Pyongyang over the allies' planned military exercise.

2019-07-17 14:52

Trade war approaching critical point

Parties united in criticizing Japan's economic revenge

The leader of the main opposition party has joined the governing party in condemning Japan for its “unacceptable economic revenge,” demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stop it. Hwang Kyo-ahn, chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) - a party that generally views Japan more favorably than the ruling Democratic Party of Korea - criticized the Japanese governme...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-07-16 15:43

Trade war approaching critical point

S. Korea deports two Japanese military attaches over illegal collection of classified documents: report

South Korea deported two Japanese military attaches last month for their alleged illegal collection of confidential documents about North Korea.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-16 13:50

Mitsubishi rejects third dialogue request by Korean forced labor victims

Activists hold a rally to urge Japan's Mitsubishi to respect the Supreme Court's compensation order near the company's office in central Seoul, July 9. YonhapJapan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has rejected, for a third time, a request from Korean victims of wartime forced labor to respect a compensation order from the South Korean Supreme Court, a civic activist group s...

2019-07-16 13:15

Japan faces suspicions over illegal shipments to NK

Japan is facing growing suspicion that it shipped prohibited items to North Korea, after accusing South Korea of violating U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions by trading with Pyongyang.

Park Ji-won | 2019-07-14 21:35

Korea faces growing trade uncertainties on Japan's further export curbs

Korea is facing growing uncertainties over trade with Japan after Tokyo announced it would remove Seoul from its list of “white countries” next month, according to industry analysts, Sunday. The “white list” comprises 27 countries, including the U.S. and Germany, which are given customs shipping-clearance priority for imports from Japan.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2019-07-14 17:16

PM visits Bangladesh

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon signs a guestbook during his visit to a memorial to honor victims of Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War in Savar, Bangladesh, Sunday. / Yonhap

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-14 16:54

Korea asks Japan to lift export curbs

South Korea has asked Japan to lift export curbs and expressed deep regret over the measure, officials from Seoul's trade ministry said Saturday. The demand was made during a working-level meeting between the two neighbors in Tokyo on Friday. The meeting, which ran for nearly six hours, was the first time the two sides had met since Japan implemented strict regulations on exp...

2019-07-14 03:55

Seoul, Washington stand together to resolve Japan issue

The United States will back South Korea's responses in resolving an ongoing trade row with Japan over the latter's restrictions on the export of some high-tech resource materials, a senior presidential aide said, early Friday (KST). “I can tell you that Washington has fully acknowledged Seoul's view that Tokyo's discriminatory trade export controls is directly disrupting glob...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-07-12 16:28

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Code of Ethics