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Fri, April 19, 2019 | 19:52

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Moon wants railway to Uzbekistan via North Korea

Korea and Uzbekistan agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship to a “special strategic partnership” and enhance exchanges accordingly, President Moon Jae-in said Friday. Moon, who is visiting Uzbekistan as part of a three-nation Central Asia trip from April 16 to 23, said he hopes to see the two countries connected through a railway network. “We, as friends and brothers,...

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-19 17:12

Moon arrives in Uzbekistan, 2nd stop of 3-nation tour

President Moon Jae-in arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the second stop on his three-nation trip centered on cementing economic ties with Central Asia, Thursday.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-18 16:38

Appeals court denies request for public disclosure of documents on sex slave deal

Overturning a lower court decision, an appellate court rejected a request Thursday to make public diplomatic documents related to South Korea's 2015 deal with Japan over Tokyo's wartime sex slaves. The Seoul High Court did not specify the reason for its decision, but it appears to have judged that a possible disclosure of the documents could negatively affect Seoul-Tokyo ties.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-18 15:02

Seoul tapped to chair international medical device regulator

South Korea has been tapped to chair an international medical device regulatory organization that could help it play a role in setting industry standards going forward, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-18 11:43

Moon heads to Turkmenistan for start of 3-nation tour

President Moon Jae-in embarked on a trip Tuesday to make state visits to three Central Asian nations, including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-16 14:29

Foreign ministry seeks expansion countering Pyongyang, ASEAN

South Korea's foreign ministry is pushing to expand a team in charge of enforcing U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea to create a new division, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-16 11:57

Liberian man struggles to find foothold in father's country

Suh Kwan-woo, 31, is running out of time. Before his temporary asylum-seeker visa ends, he needs to find his Korean father, a man called Kang Nak-ki who worked for Daewoo Engineering & Construction in Liberia in the late 1980s.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-12 15:18

Korean worker killed in Nigeria gun attack: ministry

A South Korean worker in Nigeria died earlier this week, days after suffering a gunshot from a local security guard, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. The 49-year-old employee at a South Korean firm in the largest Nigerian city of Lagos was seriously wounded when the private security guard shot him Monday (local time).

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-12 13:08

Seoul welcomes WTO's ruling on Fukushima seafood ban

South Korea on Friday welcomed the World Trade Organization's decision to rule in favor of Seoul's import restrictions on Japanese seafood in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and said it would keep the ban in place going forward. The WTO appellate body overturned several points of the 2018 verdict earlier in the day, saying the Seoul government's measures are n...

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-12 10:54

Japan delays construction of new embassy building

Seoul has revoked permission for Japan to construct a new embassy building in the city, as the latter delayed construction without notification. According to Jongno-gu Office in central Seoul, the construction permission has been canceled as of March 4, about four years after the office granted permission for the project in 2015.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-04-10 17:10

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