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
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
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will not be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his trip to Asia this week but may speak to him "in a different form."Trump made the remarks as he left the White House for Osaka, Japan, where he will attend the Group of 20 summit before tra
Yonhap News Agency was set to hold an annual forum in Seoul on Thursday to explore viable paths to a lasting peace on the peninsula amid renewed hopes for the resumption of stalled nuclear negotiations with North Korea.Under the main theme of "New Korean Peninsula Regime for Shared Prosperity," th
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun was set to visit South Korea on Thursday ahead of President Donald Trump's trip to the Asian ally aimed at exploring ways to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table.On Friday, Biegun is expected to meet his South Korean counterpart,
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "at some point," further casting doubt on a possible summit during his trip to the peninsula this week.Trump will visit Seoul on Saturday and Sunday after attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan, prompting s
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will travel to South Korea this week ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the ally nation, the State Department said Monday.Biegun will be in Seoul from Thursday to Sunday and meet with South Korean officials before joining Secreta
The United States said Friday it will use sanctions against North Korea for its "horrible" record on human rights and religious freedom.Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom, told reporters that the situation in North Korea is "deplorable" and cited the exam
Hue is in Seoul for the first talks between the deputy prime ministers of the two countries, an arrangement set up following last year's state visit to Vietnam by South Korean President Moon Jae-in.Hong, who doubles as South Korea's deputy prime minister, said Seoul will set up a "cooperati
Delta Air Lines Inc.'s surprise move to invest in Hanjin KAL, the parent company of its joint venture partner Korean Air Lines Co., will help its partner fend off growing pressure from a local activist fund to improve its corporate governance, industry sources said Friday.On Thursday (U.S. time)
President Moon Jae-in instructed the military Thursday to look thoroughly into why it failed to spot a North Korean fishing boat that crossed the border and reached a local port, according to his office.Moon issued the order directly to Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo just before they attended an
The United States said Wednesday it hopes to resume nuclear talks with North Korea and imposed new sanctions on the regime the same day.In the morning, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun used a public speech to emphasize that the "door is wide open" to negotiations, and wit
South Korea has proposed to Japan that companies from both countries create a joint fund to compensate victims of Tokyo's wartime forced labor, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.Seoul made the proposal as Tokyo has been ratcheting up pressure on it to accept the request for the formation of an a
South Korea's top nuclear negotiator arrived in the United States Tuesday for talks on North Korea and recent developments on the peninsula.Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, began a four-day visit to Washington amid renewed hope for denucleariza
The world is focused on achieving North Korea's denuclearization, the White House said Monday in response to news of Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Pyongyang.Xi is to make a state visit to North Korea on Thursday and Friday, his first as China's president."Our goal is
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Russia held talks in Moscow on Monday over issues related to North Korea and bilateral relations, officials said.During the meeting, foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, shared their assessments of the recent situation o
The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosts an Uzbek-Korean Business Forum at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on June 20, 2019.Invited to this Forum are the executives of business companies involved in the petroleum, gas, chemical, petro-chemical, geological, and mineral industrial fields. I
Following an eight-day tour of Finland, Norway and Sweden, President Moon Jae-in returned to South Korea on Sunday, where a pile of tough tasks remains unresolved.The keywords of his discussions during the state visits were peace, innovation and inclusive growth.Moon secured firmer support for the K