South Korea and Japan failed to defuse a deepening trade and diplomatic row on Thursday, the eve of Tokyo's widely expected decision to strip Seoul of a preferential trade status in a move sure to aggravate the already high tensions. After the talks with her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, in T
The United States is aware of reports of a missile launch from North Korea and will continue to monitor the situation, a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday ahead of the expected resumption of denuclearization negotiations with the regime. The response comes after South Korea's Joint Chie
North Korea on Wednesday fired multiple unidentified projectiles off its east coast, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, the second such launch in less than a week. The projectiles were launched from the Hodo peninsula in South Hamgyong Province on the country's east coast, the JCS said, adding that
South Korea's team of rescue and recovery workers dispatched to Hungary in May to cope with a tourist boat disaster will wrap up its monthslong operations this week, the foreign ministry said Monday. Seoul also decided to disband its disaster management headquarters for the boat sinking on Tuesd
The United States on Monday sanctioned a Vietnam-based North Korean on suspicion of supporting North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program in violation of U.N. sanctions. The U.S. Treasury Department announced the measure on its website, saying the individual, Kim Su-il, is tied to the Nor
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that countries around the world will join a U.S.-led maritime force off the coast of Iran, after a South Korean newspaper reported that the Asian country plans to send a naval unit to the Strait of Hormuz. Pompeo did not mention any countries by name i
Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Reporter Paul KimFor the first time in a long, long time, the President of the Republic of Korea cancelled his summer vacation due to the pressing need to handle a critical situation surrounding the country. President Moon Jae-in has cancelled his five-day scheduled summ
President Moon Jae-in said his government will push for talks with North Korea on excavating troop remains in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which bisects the peninsula. In a message to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement that put a de facto end to the Korean War, Moon stresse
Two South Korean fishermen returned home unharmed Sunday, 11 days after they were detained by North Korea on a Russian fishing ship, the Ministry of Unification said. They were on board the 300-ton crab-catching vessel, the Xiang Hai Lin 8, along with 15 Russian crew members, when it was detained by
Diplomats from South Korea and Vietnam have held a meeting in Vietnam to discuss ways to prevent violence against marriage immigrants in Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister for Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Lee Sang-jin and Vu Viet Anh, direc
On July 19, the 5G communication network was officially launched by the President of Latvia, Egils Levits. Since September 2018, when the first 5G Tech Forum (5G Techritory) was held in Latvia, the 5G network has been in “test mode”. It is now available to anyone with a device supporting 5G technolo
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will use a series of multilateral talks in Thailand next week to step up diplomacy to reverse Japan's recent export control measure against South Korea, a foreign ministry official here said Thursday. Kang is set to attend the annual ministerial gatherings, involv
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that he expects working-level talks with North Korea to resume in a couple of weeks despite the regime's missile launches earlier the same day. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Pompeo downplayed the two short-range ballistic missile lau
[코리아포스트 손다솜 기자] 주한 라트비아 대사관은 7월 19일 에길스 레비츠 라트비아 대통령에 의해 5세대 이동통신(5G) 서비스를 공식적으로 라트비아에서 시작했다고 24일 밝혔다.라트비아에서 최초의 5G 기술 포럼 (5G Techritory)이 개최된 2018년 9월 이후로 5G 네트워크는 "테스트 모드"에 있었으나, 이제 5G 기술을 지원하는 장치를 가진 사람이라면 누구나 사용할 수 있다.라트비아의 이동 통신 사업자인 “라트비아 모바일 텔레폰”(LMT)과 TELE2는 5G 네트워크에 대한 완전한 서비스 접속을 제공하는 반면
South Korea's deputy trade minister attending a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting has slammed Japan's export curbs as a "diplomatic retaliation," as Seoul sought to draw international support in its trade feud with the neighboring country. After raising the Japanese export curbs at th
The United States is aware of reports that North Korea has launched a short-range projectile, a senior U.S. government official said Wednesday, declining to comment further. Earlier, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North had fired two projectiles from near its east coast city of Won
[코리아포스트 최남석, 최득하 부회장, 김정미 실장] 어제 저녁 서울 소공동롯데호텔 크리스탈 대연회장에서는 콜롬비아 공화국의 독립기념일을 뜻깊이 기념하기 위해 후안 칼로스 카이자 로세로 대사부부가 큰 연회를 베풀었다.이날 행사에는 외교부 윤순구 차관, LG CNS 백성훈 상무, LIG 넥스원 이현수 해외사업본부장, (주)부영 신현석 상임고문 등 많은 하객이 참석을 하여 대성황을 이루었다. 콜롬비아는 대한민국에는 대단히 중요한 나라이다. 1950년 한국전 당시, 우리나나가 위험에 처했을 때, 콜롬비아는 중남
Four Chinese nationals and a Chinese company have been indicted on charges of helping North Korean entities involved in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, charged Chinese businesswoman Ma Xiaohong
South Korea on Tuesday dismissed Japan's renewed claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo amid military tensions caused by a Russian warplane's violation of its airspace near the rocky outcropping in the East Sea. Earlier in the day, the Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft trespa
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he thinks North Korea was "perplexed" by the high priority the United States placed on retrieving the remains of American troops from the North. Pompeo made the remark at a national convention of veterans in Orlando, Florida, as he spoke of the Trump