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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 02:49
US nuclear envoy to visit South Korea, Japan next week: source
US nuclear envoy to visit South Korea, Japan next week: source
The top U.S. envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea and Japan next week amid stalled denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang, a diplomatic source here said Saturday.
2020-07-04 21:56
Japan needs to lift retaliatory export curbs: FM
Japan needs to lift retaliatory export curbs: FM
Korea and Japan are still at loggerheads over reparations for wartime forced labor and Japan's restrictions on certain materials exported to Korean companies, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Thursday. Her remarks indicated the soured relations between the two nations are unlikely to be resolved anytime soon; rather, the tension is likely to grow along with Korea's compla...
Kim Rahn | 2020-07-02 16:01
Korea-Japan conflict has no way out
Korea-Japan conflict has no way out
The rift between Korea and Japan, caused by court-ordered compensation for wartime forced laborers and other history-related issues, is showing no signs of closing as bilateral tensions are running high in more sectors, with the two sides engaging in full-on tit-for-tat spats. Since July last year when the Japanese government imposed restriction on exports of three key indust...
Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-30 16:59
  • Moon to reshuffle diplomacy, security teams
  • Korea reliant on Japan's key industrial components
Japan may add more export curbs against Korea: report
Japan may add more export curbs against Korea: report
Japan may come up with new export curbs against South Korea, which could further complicate already frayed ties between the two Asian neighbors, a trade association said Tuesday. Seoul and Tokyo have been at loggerheads since July last year, after Japan abruptly rolled out restrictions on exports of key industrial materials to South Korea, namely photoresist, etching gas and ...
2020-06-30 13:13
Japan opposes Korea's G7 participation
Japan opposes Korea's G7 participation
Japan has stepped up its efforts to prevent Korea from joining the G7 with Tokyo lobbying the United States to drop Seoul from its expansion scenario for the group of advanced economies. Diplomatic experts say its opposition was an expected response, while advising the Korean government to stay unresponsive to the neighboring country's “politically calculated” move. According...
Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-28 15:33
  • Moon to reshuffle diplomacy, security teams
  • Yonsei Uni. professor slammed over writing for Japan's rightist media
  • Japanese carmakers suffer extended setback in Korea from trade row
Seoul to expand ties with Beijing, Tokyo in marine shipping amid pandemic
Seoul to expand ties with Beijing, Tokyo in marine shipping amid pandemic
South Korea said Sunday it plans to bolster ties with neighboring countries in the field of marine shipping to overcome the pandemic-caused challenges, by utilizing smart technologies and promoting non-contact cooperation. South Korea will take part in a virtual ministerial meeting for logistics slated for Monday, and plans to request China and Japan to bolster shipping indus...
2020-06-28 11:11
S. Korea approves $75.5 million in aid for virus-hit developing nations
South Korea's finance ministry said Friday it has approved $75.5 million in health care aid for 13 nations to better combat the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-26 11:24
  • S. Korea reports 39 new cases of coronavirus infection
Seoul, Beijing boost push for cleaner air
Seoul, Beijing boost push for cleaner air
South Korea and China have strengthened efforts for a cleaner atmosphere, pouring billions of dollars into the initiative. Climate Change Strategy Division official Ahn Se-chang, from the South Korean ministry of environment, and Guo Jing, a global venture president from China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, cemented the deal via videoconferencing on Wednesday. The lat...
Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-06-25 14:38
Five Korean crew members kidnapped in waters off Benin
Five Korean crew members kidnapped in waters off Benin
Five South Korean nationals have been kidnapped by an unidentified armed group in waters off the western African country of Benin, officials said Thursday. The abduction happened at about 3:40 p.m. (Benin time) when the group attacked a 994-ton fishing vessel in waters about 111 kilometers south of the country's Cotonou Port, Seoul officials said. A total of 30 crewmen were a...
2020-06-25 09:49
Trump offered to fly Kim back to N. Korea from Vietnam: Bolton memoir
U.S. President Donald Trump offered to fly North Korean leader Kim Jong-un back to his country from the February 2019 Vietnam summit, but Kim laughed and declined, according to Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton.
2020-06-22 15:14
  • Cheong Wa Dae says much of Bolton's memoir on Korea 'distorted'
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