Returning from a trip to the United States for consultations on Japan's recent export curbs, a top Cheong Wa Dae official said U.S. officials expressed understanding of Seoul's position on the matter. Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae's National Security Office, said he "ade
President Moon Jae-in offered a public apology Sunday for an apparent failure to keep his campaign pledge to raise South Korea's minimum wage to 10,000 won (US$8.48) per hour by 2020. Moon delivered the message through his chief of staff for policy, Kim Sang-jo. "As the president, it's very
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment to a bill calling for a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War, advocacy groups said Friday.The text, led by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Brad Sherman (D-CA), was passed Thursday as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fisca
Japan reaffirmed on Friday that it has no intention to lift export curbs against South Korea, indicating that the trade row between the neighbors could last longer than expected, Seoul's trade ministry said.During a working-level meeting in Tokyo earlier in the day, the Japanese side claimed tha
An opposition lawmaker claimed Thursday he has identified data from a Japanese agency showing that Japanese firms allegedly smuggled strategic items to North Korea that include hydrogen fluoride, a material subject to Tokyo's export curbs on South Korea. The revelation came in an apparent bid to
The United States has offered to hold trilateral high-level talks with South Korea and Japan to resolve a growing trade spat between the Asian nations, but Tokyo has yet to respond, a top South Korean presidential official said Thursday. Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae's National S
The United States wants to see the complete elimination of North Korea's weapons of mass destruction that begins with a freeze on their production, the State Department said Tuesday. The comment comes ahead of the expected resumption of negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons prog
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday ratcheted up the pressure on Japan to stop heading toward a "dead end" with "politically motivated" export restrictions against South Korea. Speaking at a meeting with dozens of local business leaders at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, he stressed that the government i
The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States have held phone talks to discuss Tokyo's recent export control measure against Seoul and diplomacy for North Korea's denuclearization, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. During the 15-minute talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mi
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun has no plans to meet with North Korean officials during his trip to Europe this week, the State Department said Tuesday. Negotiations on North Korea's denuclearization are expected to resume in the coming days after U.S. President Donald
The latest encounter between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the inter-Korean border was a meeting, not a summit or a negotiation, the State Department said Tuesday. The impromptu meeting in the Demilitarized Zone on June 30 had raised questions about whether it wa
President Moon Jae-in called on Japan on Monday to withdraw its recent export control against South Korean firms, describing it as an attempt to limit trade for a political purpose. Breaking his strategic reticence on the sensitive issue, Moon said his administration will first make "calm" efforts
The South Korean government has stepped up preparations for the possibility of Japan expanding retaliatory export curbs, a related ministry official said Saturday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in January made a list of 100 industrial products that could be targeted by Japan's export
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Friday that the United States has a "very nice" relationship with North Korea following his diplomatic engagement with the regime's leader, Kim Jong-un.Trump returned this week from a visit to South Korea, where he held an impromptu meeting with Kim on the
In a meeting with President Moon Jae-in, SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son on Thursday stressed the need for South Korea to invest aggressively into the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, according to Cheong Wa Dae.Moon had a 90-minute meeting with Son at the presidential compound, 50 minutes
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with VC Cho Kyung-hee, Reporter Paul KimAmbassador Emma Françoise Isumbingabo of the Republic of Rwanda in Seoul said, “Over the past two decades the relations between Rwanda and Korea have grown attaining the level of “Key Partner Country” for development cooperati
In a meeting with President Moon Jae-in, SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son on Thursday stressed the need for South Korea to invest aggressively into the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, according to Cheong Wa Dae. Moon had a 90-minute meeting with Son at the presidential compound, 50 minute
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday denounced Japan's decision to restrict exports of semiconductor and display materials to South Korea as a retaliatory measure that is unreasonable and contrary to common sense.On Monday, Japan announced that it will tighten regulations on exports to S
The long-fraught ties between South Korea and Japan are plunging to a new low, as their intractable historical issues are bleeding into the economic domain, with voices for reconciliation drowned out by domestic politics, nationalism and mutual distrust. On Monday, Tokyo blindsided Seoul by announci
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed their commitment to the bilateral alliance and the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea during their summit in Seoul last weekend, the State Department said Tuesday. Trump's two-day visit to South Kore