South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that the summit between North Korea and Russia is expected to be helpful to a regional peace process. Meeting here with a top aide to President Vladimir Putin, Moon also appreciated Putin's efforts for a political and diplomatic resolution to the
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will coordinate their next steps to achieve North Korea's denuclearization when they meet at the White House this week, a senior U.S. government official said Thursday. Abe will be in Washington on Friday for an official working
President Moon Jae-in will meet with a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Seoul on April 25, 2019, coinciding with Putin's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, is scheduled to pay a courtesy call
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on April 24, 2019 that he "absolutely" sees a path leading to the dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.Pompeo made the remark in an interview with CBS News, saying there was more "nuance" in February's no-deal summit between Pres
The agenda for the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to focus on peace efforts on the peninsula, economic cooperation and bilateral ties, observers said on April 24, 2019.The Kremlin has confirmed that their first summit will take
By Choe Chong-dae Korea has become a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-religious society. People in Korea are free to lead a religious life according to their own choice and convictions, whether as adherents of the major religions, namely Christianity, Buddhism and Confucianism, or oth
Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul on Monday met with Russia's Ambassador to South Korea Andrey Kulik and discussed North Korea and other issues ahead of a widely expected summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was part of a series of meetings Min
The United States will continue to help South Korea find alternatives to imports of Iranian oil, a senior U.S. official said Monday. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon made the remark in an interview with Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News TV, shortly after Washing
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik, VC Cho Kyung-hee, Reporter Son Da-som Ambassador Hayder Shiya Albarrak of the Republic of Iraq in Seoul said, “We have excellent collaboration between Iraq and Korea in the bilateral field and multilateral fields, and now we are focusing on economic area be
By Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu, reporter, The Korea Post“Korea has amazing potential for increased cooperation for mutual benefit and this is because the economies of the two countries are complementary to each other from each stage of development,” said CEO Miguel Carrillo of Hamkke Consulting.Speaking at
South Korea expressed words of consolation Monday to the people and government of Sri Lanka over the deadly Easter Sunday bombings that claimed over 200 lives in the South Asian country. "We offer our condolences and consolation to those who were killed in the April 21 explosions and their families
President Moon Jae-in could deliver a message from U.S. President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if a new inter-Korean summit takes place, a presidential official said Sunday. CNN reported earlier, citing unidentified sources, that Moon has a message from Trump to relay to the North
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Uzbekistan's historic city of Samarkand on Saturday for a joint excursion with his Uzbek counterpart, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, that highlighted the long history of the countries' bilateral relationship.The trip came one day after Moon and Mirziyoyev a
North Korea's weapons test this week did not involve a ballistic missile, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Thursday, hours after Pyongyang announced the launch. The test-firing of what the North called a new "tactical guided weapon" took place Wednesday under the supervision
The United States said Thursday that it stands ready to continue nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, a response to Pyongyang's calls on Washington to change tack and replace its top negotiator. The two countries have made little headway since a second summit between U.S. President Donald
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow agreed Wednesday to continue increasing their countries' energy cooperation while also expanding their bilateral ties to new areas, including education.In their first bilateral summit, Moon and Berdimuhamedow note
South Korea's foreign ministry said on April 16, 2019 that it has decided to issue its highest-level travel restriction to ban travel by its citizens in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine state that borders Bangladesh, citing high safety risks.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, on April 17, 2019 to discuss ways to improve the countries' bilateral ties.The summit will follow a welcome ceremony for Moon, who arrived here Tuesday on a three-day state visit. It w
By Vice Chairman Choe Nam-sukSejong University (President Bae Deg-Hyo) and Sejong Research Institute (Chairman Lee Yo-Seop) jointly held the Sejong Forum at the Sejong Hotel in Seoul on April 11, 2019. Professor Lee Kang Young from the Department of Physics Educations at Gyeongsang National Universi
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he aims to strike a "big deal" with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program while keeping sanctions in place for now. Trump made the remark at the start of a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House, which came weeks after his