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Feb 14, 2019 Foreign Policy

Foreign ministers of S. Korea, Japan to meet in Germany this week

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan will meet this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday, amid heightened tensions between the two sides over various issues.South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will hold talks with her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Kang and Kono are expected to touch on various issues of mutual concern, from North Korea to bilateral ties. Foreig

S. Korean PM thanks Austria for supporting peace process on Korean Peninsula

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Thursday expressed his gratitude for Austria's support for the peace process on the Korean Peninsula in his meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. "I explained to Kurz that the Korean Peninsula is heading towards to a future of peace," Lee said in a joint press conference with Kurz. "Chancellor Kurz also promised to cooperate with the international community to support the denuclearization of North Korea and the implementation of peace on the

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Policy
Al-Qaida-linked Uzbeks seek to infiltrate South Korea: UN

A group of al-Qaida -linked Uzbeks operating in Syria had been attempting to move to South Korea, according to a United Nations report. Members of Katibat Imam al Bukhari and Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad, each of which consists of 200 to 300 militants, have made requests to enter the country via Turkey, according to the report on the Islamic State group and al-Qaida released by the UN Security Council early this month. (AFP/Yonhap)The report said that the militants chose Korea due to the relativ

Feb 15, 2019
Foreign Policy
[Herald Interview] Peace treaty for Korean Peninsula should be on agenda for Trump-Kim summit, peace activist says

International Peace Bureau Co-President Lisa Pelletti Clark urges disarmament efforts

Feb 15, 2019
Foreign Policy
S. Korea, US lawmakers meet ahead of 2nd Trump-Kim summit

A group of South Korean opposition lawmakers met Wednesday with a US senator handling Korea issues to discuss the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Rep. Na Kyung-won, floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, led a delegation to a meeting with Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific.Rep. Na Kyung-won (Yonhap)The conservative party leader said she is hopeful for

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Policy
Presidential office denies sharp hikes in upcoming military cost-sharing deal with US

South Korea’s presidential office said Wednesday that Seoul and Washington had not agreed to a possible sharp increase in Seoul’s share of the costs of stationing US Forces Korea here, in response to recent remarks by US President Donald Trump that the cost burden would keep growing.Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said Trump’s statement -- made just days after the two countries signed a preliminary defense cost-sharing deal, raising South Korea’s share by 8.2 percent -- should not be treat

Feb 14, 2019
Foreign Policy
FM Kang to discuss N. Korea summit preparations with Pompeo

South Korea's top diplomat said Wednesday she will talk about preparations for a second summit between Pyongyang and Washington in upcoming talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Poland."Reviewing the North Korea-US summit preparation process will be the most important agenda item," Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told reporters as she headed to Warsaw.She plans to meet with Pompeo on Thursday on the sidelines of an international ministerial meeting on peace and security in the Middle E

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Policy
Korea's parliament speaker stands by call for Japanese emperor's apology over comfort women

South Korea's National Assembly speaker said Tuesday that he stands by his earlier call on the Japanese emperor to apologize for Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women.Moon Hee-sang sparked controversy after he told Bloomberg last week that Japanese Emperor Akihito should issue a personal apology for his country's forced mobilization of Korean sex slaves during World War II. He also called the emperor "the son of the main culprit of war crimes." (Yonhap)During a parliamentary session

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] PM holds talks with Japanese lawmaker over forced labor rulings

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with a visiting Japanese lawmaker Wednesday to discuss frayed ties between the two neighboring countries in the wake of South Korean court rulings on wartime forced labor victims. Lee and Fukushiro Nukaga, a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, had an 80-minute breakfast meeting from 8 a.m. at the prime minister's office in Seoul, according to Lee's office. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (Yonhap)The meeting was arranged at Nukaga's request, it added. They

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Policy
Flurry of diplomatic moves take place ahead of US-NK summit

With two weeks left till the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 27-28, the four governments involved -- Seoul, Pyongyang, Washington and Hanoi -- have started moving toward their own diplomatic goals.Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang tweeted on Monday: “At the invitation of HE. Mr. Ri Yong-ho, Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will pay an official visit to the DPRK from Feb. 1

Feb 13, 2019
Foreign Policy
Top US military commanders for Korea to brief Congress

The top US military commanders for Korea will brief Congress this week ahead of a second nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Adm. Philip Davidson, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, and Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of US Forces Korea, will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, according to its website.Adm. Philip Davidson (left) and Gen. Robert Abrams (AP)The hearing comes days after South Korea and the United States si

Feb 12, 2019
Foreign Policy
S. Korean PM expects 2nd US-NK summit to deliver concrete results

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Saturday that he expects the second summit between the United States and North Korea to deliver concrete results.Lee made the remarks at an international peace conference in Seoul hours after US President Donald Trump confirmed that his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27-28. (Yonhap)“I expect the second US-N. Korea summit to produce more concrete results than the first summit,” Lee said. “The South

Feb 10, 2019
Foreign Policy
US lawmakers urge Pompeo to seek longer-term defense deal with S. Korea

Two US lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to seek a longer-term cost-sharing agreement for the stationing of American troops in South Korea.In a letter dated Wednesday, Reps. Grace Meng and Norma Torres said a one-year deal does not sufficiently reflect the importance of the US alliance with South Korea. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) looks on as US President Donald J. Trump (right) launches the White House global women initiative by signing a national security memoran

Feb 9, 2019
Foreign Policy
African Development Bank calls for cooperation with S. Korea in tech, agriculture, energy

The president of the African Development Bank expressed hope that South Korea and Africa can increase personnel exchanges and technology sharing in the fields of agriculture, energy and drones, the finance ministry said Friday.　Akinwumi Adesina made the comments in a meeting in Seoul with Hong Nam-ki, the minister of economy and finance, according to the ministry. (Yonhap)　Hong told Adesina that South Korea will continue to expand its cooperation with Africa.　Asia‘s fourth largest economy has ma

Feb 8, 2019
Foreign Policy
US envoy back from North Korea after talks on Trump-Kim summit

SEOUL (AFP) - The special US envoy for North Korea returned to Seoul on Friday after talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang to set up the agenda for the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.　Stephen Biegun‘s three-day trip was expected to have explored a wide range of denuclearisation issues in preparation for the much-anticipated summit in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28.　Biegun landed at Osan US Air Base Friday evening, foreign ministry spokesman Noh Kyu-duk told AFP.

Feb 8, 2019
Foreign Policy

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