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August 23, 2019 Defense

Scrapping GSOMIA raises questions about intel-sharing capability, alliance with US

The South Korean government is attempting to ease concerns that the country’s decision to abandon a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan will weaken its alliance with the US and cooperation ...

North Korea prepared for dialogue, confrontation

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said Friday the regime is ready for both dialogue and confrontation with the US, criticizing Washington for using sanctions as leverage in denuclearization ta...

August 23, 2019
North Korea
South Korea-US defense cost-sharing deal may begin mid-Sept.

South Korea and the US are expected to launch defense cost-sharing talks in mid-September, according to a Foreign Ministry official, amid a growing concern here over US President Donald Trump’s push ...

August 22, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Blue House expects imminent resumption of US-NK talks

The US and North Korea are expected to resume denuclearization talks soon, Kim Hyun-chong, a deputy director at the presidential National Security Office, said Thursday after a meeting with a top US ...

August 22, 2019
North Korea
Kang, Kono fail to mend fences

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan remained at odds in their bilateral meeting held in China on Wednesday, reiterating their respective stances on Tokyo’s wartime forced labor and trade c...

August 21, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Kang and Kono to seek diplomatic breakthrough in Beijing

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will meet her Japanese counterpart in China in another attempt to ease tensions with Tokyo after a diplomatic feud developed into a trade row and now thre...

August 20, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Seoul summons Japanese envoy over radioactive water disposal plan

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Monday sought a detailed explanation on Japan’s reported plan to release radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, while expressing safety co...

August 19, 2019
Foreign Affairs
KOICA holds events to mark World Humanitarian Day

The state-run Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has launched a series of events in Seoul to mark the United Nation’s World Humanitarian Day to honor the contribution of people working on...

August 19, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Late North Korean leader wanted US troops to stay in Korea even after unification

The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il supported the continued presence of US troops on the Korean Peninsula even after the eventual unification of the two Koreas, a veteran lawmaker said Sunday. ...

August 18, 2019
North Korea
Biegun’s Seoul visit raises expectations for resumption of working-level nuclear talks

A visit to South Korea by the US special envoy for North Korea this week has sparked speculation that he may meet Pyongyang’s officials to resume stalled denuclearization talks at the inter-Korean bo...

August 18, 2019
North Korea
[Anniversay Special] ‘Human rights, free trade key to overcoming diplomatic row with Japan’

South Korea should target Japan’s “abandonment” of the universal values of human rights and free trade to resolve their escalating dispute, according to professor of Japanese studies Lee Won-deog. M...

August 14, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Bolton urges S. Korea to cough up $4.8b as cost-sharing for US troops: report

US National Security Advisor John Bolton urged South Korea to ramp up its share of costs for stationing American troops here during his visit to Seoul last month, revealing his country’s spending rec...

August 9, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Top diplomats from South Korea, China, Japan to gather in Beijing to discuss N. Korean missile tests

Discussions are underway for a foreign ministers’ meeting later this month in Beijing, where South Korea, China and Japan can discuss issues concerning Northeast Asia ahead of a trilateral summit exp...

August 7, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Esper to raise Homuz, cost-sharing in Seoul

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo will hold a meeting with US counterpart Mark Esper in Seoul on Friday, amid Washington’s growing calls for allies to support protecting shipping routes from Iranian ...

August 5, 2019
Defense
Seoul crafts Japan countermeasures

Korea is gearing up to fire back at Japan after the neighboring country removed its fast-track export status, while seeking ways to mitigate the economic impact of the trading restrictions as the two...

August 4, 2019
Foreign Affairs

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