The 59th National Assembly’s “Africa New Era Forum” & Korea-Africa Congress Forum was held in National Assembly meeting room on July 3, 2019.Under the main theme of “The Rising Continent, Africa is Calling”, the forum was initiated on September 13, 2013, having Lee Ju-young, Vice-Speaker of the Parl
The United States has briefed South Korea in detail on "important" issues related to the outcome of weekend talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Cheong Wa Dae official said Monday. Trump and Kim agreed Sunday to restart working-level nuclear negotiations in a
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, a major South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate, said Monday it has officially started the process to earn approval from anti-trust regulators for its proposed takeover of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co.Hyundai Heavy said it has submitted a request for f
South Korea's trade minister said Monday the government plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Japan's decision to tighten the rules for exports of semiconductor and display materials to Seoul, amid a simmering diplomatic row over wartime force labor. "South
Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea and President Donald Trump of the United States held a "historic meeting" at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas and agreed to resume dialogue for denuclearization, the North's official news agency reported Monday. During the
Trump meets Kim Jong-un at Panmunjom, inter-Korean border village
Ambassador Andrei Popkov of the Republic of Belarus in Seoul said, “Korea was among the first countries to recognize independent Belarus, we established diplomatic relations 27 years ago, and enhancing of the close bilateral relations is among the priorities for the Belarusian foreign policy.”
President Donald Trump of the United States said today that he will travel to the inter-Korean border together with President Moon Jae-in later in the day.President Trump made the announcement during a meeting with a group of South Korean business leaders at a Seoul hotel. It marks the first officia
South Korea's industrial output edged down 0.5 percent in May from a month earlier due in part to decreased oil refining, government data showed Friday.The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed oil refining fell 14 percent in May from a month earlier, while production in the service sector in
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made it clear that security assurance is his key demand in terms of corresponding measures for denuclearization, Russian President Vladimir Putin told South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their talks here Saturday. Putin was briefing Moon on the outcome of his Ap
North Korea said Saturday that a proposal by U.S President Donald Trump to meet its leader Kim Jong-un at the inter-Korean border is a "very interesting suggestion." "We see it as a very interesting suggestion, but we have not received an official proposal in this regard," North Korea
Pocheon Mayor Park Youn-kook explained that during the past year, Pocheon, a city in northern Gyeonggi Province, has achieved “great achievements” in multiple aspects. He drew attention to the planned extension of Seoul Subway Line 7 to Pocheon and the plan to construct a pumped storage hydroelectri
With a number of high mountains covered by dense pine forest, the most clean air and clear waters, Cheongsong County is recognized as a premium clean region.Commercializing such clean air, splendid natural landscape and tourism attractions, the County government is concentrating efforts on attractin
Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's commitment to denuclearization and reconciliation with South Korea remains unchanged, according to Cheong Wa Dae. Xi briefed Moon on the results of his visit to Pyongyang last
A body found in Hungary's Danube River last week has been confirmed to be a South Korean woman missing from a deadly tour boat sinking, the foreign ministry in Seoul said Friday. That brought the number of South Koreans still unaccounted for in the May 29 sinking to two, with 24 other Koreans an
South Korea's industrial output edged down 0.5 percent in May from a month earlier due in part to decreased oil refining, government data showed Friday. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed oil refining fell 14 percent in May from a month earlier, while production in the service sector i
By Chief Editorial Writer Choe Nam-suk“When a new change for the future aims at a better tomorrow everyone dreams and hopes for, the change can have true value.” This greets you when you enter the website of the Hyongsung Business Group in Seoul, who ranks 22nd in the jaebeol hierarchy in Korea in 2
A day or two before the New Year’s Day some years ago, Korea’s leading daily, Dong-A Ilbo, carried a story and pictures on Hilton Tailor in the ‘International Town,’ of Itaewon in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. There the writer called Chairman Lee Duk-roh of Hilton Tailor Myeongjang which, in English, is tantam
Woongjin Group, a midsize conglomerate in South Korea, said Thursday it has decided to resell its water purification affiliate in order to improve the group's financial health.The group said it plans to sell a 25.08 percent stake in Woongjin Coway, the nation's largest home appliance rental
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's leading carmaker, said Wednesday it has signed an initial pact with Saudi Arabia's national oil company, Saudi Aramco, to cooperate on hydrogen energy.On Tuesday, Hyundai Motor Executive Vice Chairman Chung Euisun signed a memorandum of understanding with Ahm