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Top diplomats of S. Korea, Ecuador hold phone talks on COVID-19 response

Sept 24, 2020

The top diplomats of South Korea and Ecuador held telephone talks Thursday to discuss joint responses to the new coronavirus and the ongoing campaign of Seoul's trade minister for the director-genera...
In call with Suga, Moon urges Japan to resolve forced labor issue

Sept 24, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday called on the Japanese government to work together with South Korea to seek a solution to the issue of wartime forced labor. In his first telephone conversation wit...
Let's live on: BTS urges the world's youth to persevere in pressing times of COVID-19

Sept 24, 2020

K-pop super group BTS on Wednesday presented a special message at the 75th United Nations General Assembly, urging the world's youth to remember and seek out their dreams despite the challenges that ...
Pompeo to visit S. Korea next month

Sept 24, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely visit South Korea next month, government sources said Wednesday. "I heard Pompeo will come to Korea early next month," a source said. "It will be probab...
KDCA head, Bong Joon-ho included on TIME 100 list of influential people

Sept 23, 2020

Jeong has been serving as the "field commander" of the country's fight against COVID-19, which is said to be a global example. Many agree that she has gained public trust for her relevant role and wo...
S. Korea, US hold nuclear security working group session

Sept 23, 2020

South Korea and the United States held a video-linked session of their Nuclear Security Working Group on Wednesday to discuss cooperation on the minimization of the use of highly enriched uranium and...
New defense minister pushing to visit US next month for first talks with Esper: officials

Sept 23, 2020

Defense Minister Suh Wook is likely to visit the United States next month for his first talks with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, officials said Wednesday. Discussions are under way with the US ab...
Moon calls for fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccine at UN

Sept 22, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Monday called for the fair distribution to all countries of vaccines and therapeutics against COVID-19, stressing that “solidarity and cooperation” will prevail against the v...
[Newsmaker] Seoul mediates again in diplomat’s alleged groping of New Zealander

Sept 22, 2020

The Foreign Ministry has resumed mediation between one of its diplomats and a male staffer in New Zealand who accused the diplomat of groping him in late 2017. The ministry said it has informed th...
BTS to deliver 'message of hope' at 75th UN General Assembly

Sept 22, 2020

K-pop superstar BTS will deliver a special message at the 75th United Nations General Assembly this week, returning to the annual UN gathering as a speaker in two years, according to UNICEF's South K...
Trump says Samsung, LG building plants in US thanks to his tariffs on imports

Sept 22, 2020

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Monday that South Korean home appliance makers Samsung and LG are building plants in the United States to avoid tariffs he imposed on imports, claiming cr...
Countries issue joint statement calling for fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines

Sept 21, 2020

South Korea, the European Union and 13 other countries issued a joint statement Monday calling for "a sufficient and equitable" worldwide distribution of coronavirus vaccines. The statement by the F...
Suga hopes for 'forward-looking' ties with S. Korea in letter to President Moon

Sept 21, 2020

Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, expressed hope for "forward-looking" relations with South Korea as "important neighbors" in his recent letter to President Moon Jae-in, Cheong Wa Dae said ...
IHO's expected new numerical system likely to help resolve East Sea naming dispute

Sept 21, 2020

An international organization on maritime data is expected to adopt new guidelines later this year to refer to all seas by numbers, rather than specific names, officials said Monday, a move expected ...
S. Korea expresses ‘deep regret’ as Japan’s Abe visits wartime shrine

Sept 20, 2020

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed deep regret over former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead. The shrine honors 14 Japanese leaders con...