The U.S. Department of State on Tuesday stressed U.N. member countries' enforcement of anti-North Korea sanctions after Pyongyang's top envoy to the world body renewed calls for the return of a seized ship suspected of violating sanctions.But it said that Washington is still open to nuclear
South Korea's foreign ministry and the Danish embassy hosted a bilateral forum on environmental cooperation and sustainable development in Seoul on Tuesday, the ministry here said.On the occasion of the official visit to Seoul by Danish Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, Crown Princess Mary, th
South Korea will look prudently into Japan's request for the formation of an arbitration panel involving a third-country member to address the long-simmering issue of Tokyo's wartime forced labor, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.Earlier in the day, the ministry received a formal req
President Moon Jae-in had phone talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, days after a South Korean hostage in Libya was released with the help of the UAE authorities.Moon expressed his gratitude to the UAE government and the crown prince, who
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wanted to remove only one or two of the five nuclear sites in his country during their summit in Hanoi in February.Trump made remarks in an interview with Fox News on Sunday (Washington time), reiterating his vow not to allow
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Monday with Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, Crown Princess Mary, as they were on a visit to Seoul to mark the 60th anniversary of the two sides forging diplomatic ties.The Danish couple are leading a delegation with the aim of promoting bilate
The presidential office said Sunday that its efforts to create jobs have begun to bear fruit, citing some recent data."Given various statistics, the employment situation is improving, compared with that of last year. It is (still) difficult but hopeful," Jung Tae-ho, senior secretary to President
A South Korean man who was abducted in Libya last year has been released, Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday. The 62-year-old worker at a local firm was taken hostage by a group of around 10 armed militants on July 6. The man, identified only by his surname, Joo, was freed unharmed on Thursday (
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton referred to North Korea as a "pressing" challenge on Thursday after talks with Singapore's top diplomat.Bolton wrote on Twitter that he met with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Washington to discuss the two countries' ties.
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee left the United States Thursday after making a last-minute pitch for South Korea's exemption from potential U.S. tariffs on imported cars and parts.At the end of her five-day trip to Washington, Yoo said she met with U.S. trade officials to underscore Se
South Korea will be exempted from potential U.S. tariffs on imported cars because the two sides have renegotiated their bilateral free trade agreement, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order later this week that gives the European Union and Ja
President Donald Trump of the United States will visit Seoul next month for a summit with President Moon Jae-in of Korea and is expected to discuss with Moon focusing on North Korea and the bilateral alliance. This was announced by Seoul and Washington on Wednesday.The U.S President’ss visit will be
By Kim Jung-miSpecial Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon held an ROK-US meeting of top negotiators on the North Korean nuclear issue with U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, and co-chaired a bilateral working group meeting on May 10, 20
The U.S. President Donald Trump met with Chairman of Lotte Group Shin Dong-binat the White House on Monday. He became the first Korean conglomerate leader hostedat White House.Shin went to the U.S. to attend a ceremony for the completion of ethylene plant built by Lotte's chemicals arm in Louisi
South Korea will revise the travel warning system for conflict-prone regions in Africa and the Middle East, following the kidnapping of a South Korean woman in western Africa, a foreign ministry official said Monday.The decision comes after a middle-aged Korean woman was freed last week after a near
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he doesn't think North Korea's launches of short-range missiles this week were a breach of trust, although that could happen in the future.In a phone interview with Politico on Friday, Trump was asked whether he was angry or frustrated by the firings and
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington's diplomacy with Pyongyang is focused on ensuring that it never again has to "reopen the North Korean nuclear file." Pompeo made the remarks at an event marking the 40th anniversary of the U.S. think tank Claremont Institute on Satur
The Seoul government confirmed Saturday that a South Korean woman was freed by an overnight French military rescue operation in Burkina Faso.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the South Korean national, who is in her 40s, was one of the four hostages who were kidnapped in the Sahel region of the A
South Korea and the United States were set to hold a "working-group" meeting in Seoul on Friday to discuss North Korea's missile launches, humanitarian assistance and other issues, officials here said. Lee Do-hoon, the ministry's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and securi
The United States has for the first time seized a North Korean vessel suspected of transferring coal and machinery in violation of sanctions on the regime, the Justice Department announced Thursday.The 17,061-ton Wise Honest, one of the North's largest bulk carriers, was intercepted by foreign m