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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 04:13

Trump in dilemma over Korea, Japan trade scuffle

The United States is in a growing dilemma over whether to actively engage in the intensifying trade row between South Korea and Japan, as Seoul is considering abolishing a major security agreement with Tokyo to deal with the latter's “unilateral economic revenge.”

2019-07-21 17:13

US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

Pro-democracy activist urges umbrella labor to drop vested rights

President Moon Jae-in and his administration are advised not to underestimate the “high-handed and militant” attitude of the nation's largest umbrella labor union, a renowned pro-democracy activist said in an interview with The Korea Times. Chang Ki-pyo, president of the New Civilization Policy Institute, said it is high time for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU...

2019-07-21 17:07

US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is expected to convey Washington's message that nullifying a military agreement between Seoul and Tokyo “isn't desirable” in terms of moving forward with the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, a presidential aide told The Korea Times, Sunday.

2019-07-21 16:50

'We have to stand together to counter Japan'

The country's ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) asked the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) to stand together to counter the ongoing trade friction with Japan, urging the LKP to pass an extra budget bill to cope with Tokyo's “discriminatory export curbs.”

2019-07-21 16:09

US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

Protesters condemn Japan's export curbs

More than 1,000 protesters took to the streets Saturday to condemn Japan's Shinzo Abe administration for its economic retaliation against Korean Supreme Court rulings ordering compensation for individual wartime forced laborers. Activists from around 100 civic groups, including one of the main umbrella trade unions and the Korea Alliance for Progressive Movements (KAPM), rall...

2019-07-21 16:04

US to request Seoul's restraint on Korea-Japan row

Typhoon Danas to hit southern regions of Korea

Typhoon Danas is expected to land on the Korean Peninsula early Saturday morning, bringing torrential rain, the national weather agency said Friday. In particular, southern regions have been put on high alert for the season's fifth typhoon.

2019-07-19 18:12

[INTERVIEW] Mr. Abe, you are not Trump

A globally known Korean economist warned Korea and Japan over their looming trade war, reminding them that their dispute is destroying the free-trade system of which they are the two greatest beneficiaries. “Japan has risen from the ashes as the defeated nation in World War II and it is the free trade born in the post-war new liberal global order that has enriched it and made...

2019-07-19 14:18

Gov't, parties united to fight trade war

President Moon Jae-in and leaders of the country's political parties called on Japan, Thursday, to immediately cancel its export restrictions targeting Korean firms ahead of possible additional trade-related “sanctions” threatened by Tokyo in the coming weeks. They also agreed to establish a pan-national agency consisting of officials from government and the parties to streng...

2019-07-18 22:10

Korea-Japan dispute spreads to security

Ministries overshadowed by Cheong Wa Dae (reporter's notebook)

Ministries overshadowed by Cheong Wa Dae (reporter's notebook)

2019-07-18 18:46

David vs. Goliath: South Chungcheong's battle against coal

On the morning of July 4, Dangjin Energy Center Chief Lee In-soo was at a community center in Daehoji Township in Dangjin, explaining why and how the agricultural community of 2,850 could and should switch to clean energy.

2019-07-18 17:36

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