By Editor Lee Sam-sun with Reporter Son Da-som The Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (SCJ), led by Chairman Lee Man-hee, has recently issued a statement where he called upon the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) to join the Christians in Korea w
President Moon Jae-in will have a summit meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar in Seoul during the Emir’s visit to Korea on Jan. 27-28.This was disclosed by Presidential Spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom on Jan. 22. Kim said President Moon and Emir Al Thani will have a summit meeti
The U.S. government has demanded a 41 percent hike this year in South Korea's contribution toward the stationing of American troops here, while Seoul insists on a small increase, a diplomatic source said Wednesday. The U.S. is also calling for a one-year contract, versus Seoul's desire for i
The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan will hold bilateral talks in Switzerland on Wednesday, attending a global forum, Seoul's foreign ministry said. It remains unclear whether the meeting between Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her counterpart, Taro Kono, to be held on the sidelines of
A Seoul court will hold a hearing Wednesday to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae over a massive power abuse scandal involving the country's top court. Yang, 71, is due to appear at the Seoul Central District Court for a 10:30 a.m. hear
North Korea and the United States ended their working-level consultations in Sweden on Monday (local time) to break the impasse over denuclearization talks amid apparent preparations underway for another summit of their leaders. A vehicle carrying U.S. Special Representative Stephen Biegun was seen
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Reporters Jung-mi Kim, Youngwoong LeeAmbassador Damir Kusen of the Republic of Croatia in Seoul said, “My country highly welcomes any interest of Korean companies for direct investments, either in Croatian infrastructure, transport or energy sector, car manufacturing
The United States has yet to confirm that a top North Korean official is en route to Washington to discuss a second summit, with only hours to go before he lands. Kim Yong-chol, known as a close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, boarded a flight in Beijing on Thursday and is expected to arriv
The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and China agreed Thursday on the need to maintain momentum in efforts to resolve the North Korea issue.In talks here with China's Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou, Lee Do-hoon, Seoul's chief delegate to the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear p
North Korea's nuclear missiles continue to a pose an "extraordinary threat" to the United States despite efforts to build peace with the recalcitrant regime, the Pentagon said in a new report Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the 2019 Missile Defense Review at the Pentagon as a to
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Reporters Song In-sung, Song Da-som Ambassador Rodolfo Solano Quirós of the Republic of Costa Rica in Seoul said, “Currently, cooperation efforts in many areas, as a result of the expectation of the Free Trade Agreement, have already begun between the correspon
Senior North Korean and U.S. officials may meet in Washington, D.C. later this week for consultations on a second summit, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Tuesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to greet Kim Yong-chol, a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The source pointed ou
A body, believed to be that of one of two missing people who were aboard a recently capsized boat, was discovered inside the vessel, the Coast Guard said. The 9.77-ton Mujeok, carrying 14 people, capsized after running into a 3,000-ton freighter in waters about 80 kilometers south of Yokji Island la
Despite having held military talks, South Korea and Japan failed to narrow differences Monday in stand-offs over a recent radar incident, an informed source said. General-grade representatives from the two sides met in Singapore in a bid to resolve "mutual misunderstandings" over a dispute regardi
A huge fire tore through a 21-story hotel in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, on Monday, leaving one employee dead and at least 19 others injured.The 53-year-old hotel worker was found dead on the first basement level of the Ramada Encore Cheonan hotel, authorities said. Nineteen people, includi
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan recently declareed: “We have named the year 2018 to be ‘The Year of Support of Active Entreprenuership, Innovative Ideas and Technologies’. Within the State Prorgram we have implemented 76 thousand projects worth of 21 trillion soums and 1 b
Ambassador Antoine Azzam of Lebanon said, “As we celebrate this dear national occasion and on behalf of the government and the people of Lebanon, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and deep appreciation to the Republic of Korea for assisting Lebanon and contributing in its recovery.&raqu
“Close cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea is very important and introduction of the new technologies and cooperation in that area between the two countries is also very important for the benefit of the two countries,” said Ambassador Vitaliy Fen of Uzbekistan in
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Ms. Cho Kyung-hee, Sua KimThe people of Myanmar, who had lived in successive kingdoms of magnificence and dignity for millennia, became a colony in the late 19th century when the colonialism had a strong influence all over the world. In 1885, Myanmar lost its independ
By The Korea Post staff reporters Young-woong Lee, Daniel LeePresident Ivan Duque Marquez of the Republic of Colombia may make an Official State Visit to the Republic of Korea in the second half of next year. This was disclosed at a press conference Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Holmes Trujillo