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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...

Feb 8, 2019
Foreign Policy
South Korea, US to sign provisional defense cost-sharing pact Sunday

South Korea will ink a provisional agreement with the US for the cost of maintaining US troops here Sunday, wrapping up nearly yearlong negotiations, according to a source Friday. Under the deal, Se...

Feb 8, 2019
Foreign Policy
US NGO launches campaign urging family reunions for Korean-Americans

A US nongovernmental organization has launched a campaign urging President Donald Trump to discuss possible reunions of Korean-Americans with their long-lost relatives in North Korea when he meets th...

Feb 8, 2019
Foreign Policy
Biegun due back in Seoul on Friday: sources

The US envoy for North Korea is expected to fly back to South Korea on Friday to share the outcome of his Pyongyang visit, diplomatic sources have said. Stephen Biegun has been in North Korea since ...

Feb 7, 2019
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] After 2 years of rancor, Trump to appeal for unity in speech

After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, President Donald Trump will call for unity and cross-party cooperation in Washington during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, a messag...

Feb 6, 2019
Foreign Policy
Leaders of S. Korea, Qatar hold summit over bilateral ties

President Moon Jae-in and Qatar’s emir held a summit Monday to discuss ways to expand economic ties and promote bilateral cooperation, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. As part of his firs...

Jan 28, 2019
Foreign Policy
Japan's minister repeats Dokdo sovereignty claim in parliamentary speech

Japan's top diplomat stated again Monday that Dokdo, a pair of rocky islets in the East Sea over which Seoul maintains effective control, belongs to his country, a remark Koreans regard as reckless. ...

Jan 28, 2019
Foreign Policy
Abe vows 'decisive' approach toward N. Korea to normalize ties

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday made public his determination to have talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a bid to normalize bilateral diplomatic relations. In a policy speech...

Jan 28, 2019
Foreign Policy
Foreign Ministry keeps travel ban in place for parts of Mindanao, Philippines

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that it will maintain its restrictions on travel to certain areas of the Philippines because of political instability, poor public secu...

Jan 24, 2019
Foreign Policy
Korea, Britain discuss Brexit emergency measures

South Korea's industry ministry said Thursday it has reached a consensus with Britain to promptly prepare follow-up measures as London moves to leave the European Union. The Ministry of Industry, Tr...

Jan 24, 2019
Foreign Policy
South Korea-US military cost-sharing deadlock drags out as US demands $1 billion

South Korea’s struggle to reach an agreement with the US for the cost of maintaining US troops here intensified when the gap between the total amount of Seoul’s contributions demanded by the US and t...

Jan 23, 2019
Foreign Policy
US ambassador puts pressure on Cheong Wa Dae over USFK costs: report

The Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday that the US ambassador to South Korea visited Cheong Wa Dae last month, but declined to comment on a news report that the top envoy’s visit was designed to pres...

Jan 22, 2019
Foreign Policy
Two Koreas and US officials gather in Stockholm to develop agenda for Trump-Kim summit

US President Donald Trump said Saturday that the US and North Korea have made progress in their denuclearization talks, while officials from the two countries have begun negotiations to craft details...

Jan 20, 2019
Foreign Policy
No Davos meeting for Pompeo, Foreign Minister Kang as Trump calls off US delegation

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha’s planned meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will not materialize as US Presid...

Jan 18, 2019
Foreign Policy
Foreign minister: South Korea and US share common goal of complete denuclearization

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa reaffirmed Wednesday that the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a shared goal of South Korea and the US, stressing close cooperation between the two...

Jan 16, 2019
Foreign Policy

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