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
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Feature Writer Ms. Sohn Jung-heePresident M. Zamam of the Bangladesh Community Korea (BCK) and Secretary General Arif Choi hosted the 4th BCK Award and Victory Day 2018 celebration meeting at the Sapphire Ballroom of the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Dec. 16, 2018.
By Ms. Nobonita HoqueThough Bangladesh and the Republic of Korea (south), two Asian nations, are miles apart, they have lots of commonalities, such as the fact that both are festive in nature. Throughout the year Korea celebrates a number of festivals, so does Bangladesh. There is a proverb in Benga
By Minister of Justice Dr. Foziljon Otakhonov of the Republic of Uzbekistan.Independent Uzbekistan is gradually moving along the path of building a democratic legal state and a civil society with a socially oriented stable market economy and an open foreign policy. With the election of Shavkat Mirzi
The following article was contributed to The Korea Post media for publication by the Embassy of Kenya in Seoul on the occasion of the the 55th anniversary of independence this year.—Ed.Kenya attained independence in 1963 and Dec. 12, 2018 marks the 55th anniversary as an independent state. Thi
The following article was contributed to The Korea Post media by the Embassy of Turkey in Seoul for publication.—Ed.This week Istanbul will host two separate but related international conferences on mediation. One will be devoted to the state of play in the conflict map and capacity for mediat