U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that talks to get South Korea to increase its contribution to the upkeep of U.S. forces in the country have begun. "South Korea is a very wealthy nation that now feels an obligation to contribute to the military defense provided by the United States of

Chairperson Tanzila Narbayeva of the Senate of Oliy Majlis (parliament) in Uzbekistan paid a first visit to the Republic of Korea on August 6, 2019, and met with President Ban Ki-moon of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) at the Lotte Hotel Seoul. Ban is also well known as the former Secretary

South Korea and the United States will stage joint military drills as scheduled despite warnings from North Korea, the South Korean military authority said Sunday. The joint drills will begin Monday with a computer-simulated command post exercise (CPX) to cope with any emergency on the Korean Penins

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Saturday blasted Japan for its decision to remove South Korea from a whitelist of trusted trading partners, saying that it "crossed a line it should not have.""(The decision) is the second retaliation after the country imposed export restrictions on key chip material

The United States "recommends" South Korea and Japan seek "creative solutions" to resolve a growing trade dispute between the two nations, a State Department official said Friday.Earlier Friday (Seoul time), Japan decided to remove South Korea from its "whitelist" of nations given preferential

A joint discussion on a roadmap of Preferential Trade Arrangement (PTA) was held between Pakistan and South Korea to beef up bilateral trade, investment and bilateral economic relations.Minister Abdul Razak Dawood of Pakistan for Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production and Investment visited Korea

A fishing boat apparently operated by North Korea's military has been towed into a South Korean port for investigation after "mistakenly" sailing across the inter-Korean sea border, the military authorities here said Sunday. Three North Koreans, one wearing the communist nation's military

우리나라와 중미지역의 대표적인 산림환경국가인 코스타리카와의 산림협력이 본격적으로 시작된다.산림청(청장 김재현)은 오는 30일(현지 기준 29일) 코스타리카 아레날 화산 국립공원에서 ‘한-코스타리카 산림협력 양해각서’를 체결한다고 26일 밝혔다.이번 양해각서는 지난 2016년 코스타리카측의 산림협력 양해각서 체결 제안으로 마련됐다. 양해각서 체결식에는 김재현 산림청장과 까를로스 마누엘 로드리게스(Carlos Manuel Rodriguez) 코스타리카 환경에너지부 장관이 참석한다.주요 협력 내용은 산림보전, 산림보호 및 산림관리, 산림

South Korea and Russia held a working-level meeting in Seoul on Thursday over a Russian warplane's recent violation of Korean airspace, the defense ministry here said, amid conflicting accounts of the incident from the two countries. On Tuesday, the Russian A-50 early-warning jet intruded into K

South Korea and the United States have been considering staging a joint military exercise next month as scheduled but under a different name, sources said Sunday, amid warnings from North Korea that the drill could affect its nuclear talks with Washington. The allies were known to have planned to co

South Korea and the United States have been considering staging a joint military exercise next month as scheduled, but under a different name, sources said Sunday, amid warnings from North Korea that the drill could affect its nuclear talks with Washington.The allies were known to have planned to co

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he is willing, if needed, to help resolve escalating tensions between South Korea and Japan.Speaking to the White House press corps in the Oval Office to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, Trump said South Korean President Moon Jae-

South Korea and the United States are preparing to stage a joint military exercise this fall, the Pentagon said Tuesday, after North Korea warned the drill will affect the prospects of working-level nuclear talks between the two countries. The North's foreign ministry issued the warning Tuesday,

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo called for measures to tighten discipline among soldiers following revelations that a Navy officer forced one of his subordinates to make a false confession during a probe in a manhunt case, the defense ministry said Sunday. Jeong issued the order after being briefe

U.S. officials have expressed concern that tensions between South Korea and Japan over Tokyo's export restrictions against Seoul are not conducive to trilateral cooperation between the three countries, Seoul's deputy national security adviser said Saturday.Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Che

The United States and North Korea are anticipated to announce the schedule of their working-level talks next week, the special security adviser to President Moon Jae-in said Saturday.The remark came after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim held an impromptu meeting at the inter-

The labor and business sectors entered the final stretch of talks to set the minimum wage for next year on Wednesday, as labor representatives ended a boycott of a meeting over the business circle's demand for a cut in the hourly pay. Initially, the labor sector proposed 10,000 won (US$8.47) for

Japan has restricted exports of high-tech materials to South Korea due to a "collapse" of mutual trust, Tokyo's ambassador to Seoul was quoted as saying Monday. Ambassador Yasumasa Nakamine, however, said his country is not seeking the suspension of exports beyond the removal of preferential t

A South Korean man has been under investigation on charges of stealing a device used in military explosives while serving in the Army and collecting or uploading video clips related to the Islamic State (IS) militant group, defense ministry officials said Friday.The 23-year-old man, identified only

The government has been under fire following revelations that the military failed to detect the small wooden boat carrying four North Koreans until it traveled all the way to the port of Samcheok, about 130 kilometers away from the eastern sea border, and a civilian alerted police about it on June 1