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
President Moon Jae-in said Monday his government will redouble its push for innovative growth in South Korea's manufacturing sector, especially by nurturing globally competitive startups, as part of a long-term response to Japan's trade pressure. He pointed out that Tokyo's export restri
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there was "very positive" correspondence recently with North Korea and that the two sides will meet for nuclear talks when the communist regime is ready.Trump's remark comes after he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held an impromptu meeting at the in
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton will make a two-day visit to Seoul this week for consultations with top government officials, Cheong Wa Dae announced Sunday amid trade tension between South Korea and Japan. Chung Eui-yong, chief of the presidential national security office, plans to hold
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton left for South Korea and Japan on Saturday, a U.S. official said, amid a growing trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over wartime forced labor.White House National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said on Twitter that Bolton "departed today for
The office of President Moon Jae-in accused Japan on Friday of breaching international law with unilateral export restrictions against South Korea, saying it is considering "all options," including a review of a bilateral military information-sharing pact. Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chi
South Korea's economy could suffer a setback from Japan's export restrictions, the finance minister said Thursday, as an escalating standoff between South Korea and Japan shows no signs of abating. Japan has tightened regulations on exports to South Korea of three materials -- resist, etchin
South Korea is considering "various scenarios" for what to do about an escalating row over Japan's wartime forced labor, depending on how Tokyo reacts after its deadline for an arbitration panel on the issue expired on Thursday, officials said. Tokyo gave Seoul until Thursday to respond to its
President Moon Jae-in and the heads of five major political parties agreed to launch a bipartisan task force to cope with Japan's use of trade as a means of retaliation over a historical issue. The decision came during three-hour-long talks Moon held with the ruling and opposition party leaders
The United States will do "what it can" to help resolve an increasingly rancorous diplomatic spat between South Korea and Japan, a senior American diplomat said Wednesday. David Stilwell, new assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, made the remarks in the wake of Seoul'
Samsung Electronics Co. has begun testing etching gas critical for the production of semiconductors, a source familiar with the issue said Wednesday, as South Korea is struggling to cope with Japan's export restrictions. Since July 4, Japan tightened regulations on exports to South Korea of resi
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Busienss Editor Kim Neung-hyun, Reporters Kim Jung-mi, Son Da-som, Kim Do-kyunKorean companies are welcome to invest in variouos national development projects in Indonesia as the country needs investment in people in order to develop skills and knowledge required in t
A North Korean nuclear negotiator, reported to have been executed as punishment for the failed summit in Hanoi with the United States, appears to be alive, South Korea's state intelligence agency told lawmakers here Tuesday. Citing multiple sources, a Seoul-based newspaper reported in late May t
The United States looks forward to resuming talks with North Korea, the State Department said Tuesday, after Pyongyang warned that the prospect of talks would be affected if the U.S. goes ahead with a military exercise with South Korea. The North's foreign ministry issued the warning Tuesday, ar
Trade tensions between South Korea and Japan are escalating as Tokyo seems to be preparing to expand the scope of its export controls beyond high-tech materials to a wide spectrum of areas, which could disrupt the global supply chain, industry watchers said Monday. Japan began applying stricter expo
President Moon Jae-in on Monday vowed not to succumb to Japan's economic pressure, warning that the neighboring country will suffer greater economic damage should their trade stand-off continue. He stressed that Tokyo's tougher export restrictions, which target firms here, will be counterpro