Presdient Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (south) sought to secure international support and assistance for his endeavor to denuclearize North Korea and improve relations and cooperation with the North in a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres."President Moon expressed gratitud

President Moon Jae-in of Korea left for the United States on Sept. 23, 2018 for a summit meeting with President Donald Trump, where he will likely seek to broker a second U.S.-N. Korea summit. Moon's trip comes in the wake of his visit last week to Pyongyang where he held his third summit with C

The United States on Thursday dismissed North Korea's conditional offer to dismantle a key nuclear site, saying denuclearization must come before concessions. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed a willingness in this week's joint summit agreement with South Korean Presid

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that there has been "tremendous progress" with North Korea following another summit between the two Koreas' leaders. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Pyongyang on Tuesday and Wednesday and jo

South Korean President Moon Jae-in left for Pyongyang on Tuesday for a historic summit with Kim Jong-un aiming to mediate stalled U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks and move forward inter-Korean relations.Moon's flight left Seoul Air Base in Seongnam at around 8:40 a.m., also carrying some 110 other

The South Korean economy's ability to create new jobs has fallen to the lowest levels in over eight years, official data showed Sunday.Data by the Bank of Korea and Statistics Korea revealed that the gross domestic product (GDP) elasticity of employment for Asia's fourth-largest economy reac

A group of more than 90 South Koreans began a trip Sunday to North Korea to make preparations, largely logistical, for the upcoming inter-Korean summit.President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to travel to Pyongyang from Tuesday till Thursday for what would be his third meeting with the North's leader

South and North Korea launched their joint liaison office on Friday, securing a platform for round-the-clock communication that is expected to help foster cross-border exchange and ease tensions.The liaison office was launched in the North's border town of Kaesong, with around 50 people each fro

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will fly directly to North Korea next week for his third bilateral summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, an official from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday."President Moon and the (South Korea) delegation will visit Pyongyang using the direc

A former U.S. nuclear negotiator called on the Donald Trump administration Thursday to include the issue of North Korea's human rights in negotiations over the regime's nuclear weapons program.The call by Victor Cha, former deputy head of the U.S. delegation to six-party denuclearization tal

Making a pitch for its New Southern Policy, South Korea is striving to harmonize it with similar geopolitical initiatives, especially the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy.Last November, the Moon Jae-in administration declared its core diplomatic policy of improving strategic ties with countr

South and North Korea will officially launch their joint liaison office this week aimed at fostering cross-border exchange and contacts, the unification ministry here said Wednesday.The liaison office will be launched in the North's border town of Kaesong on Friday, with around 50-60 people each

U.S. President Donald Trump has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un calling for a second meeting between the two, and planning is already under way, the White House said Monday.Trump said last week that he is expecting a letter from Kim amid stalled negotiations to dismantle the r

The government held an emergency meeting of Cabinet ministers Sunday to discuss measures to stem the spread of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) following the country's first MERS case in three years.Health authorities said Saturday that a 61-year-old man was confirmed to be inf

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday ordered his top security officials to visit China and Japan to explain the outcome of their visit to North Korea this week, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.Chung Eui-yong, Moon's top security adviser, will travel to China this week to perso

A patient in Seoul was diagnosed on Saturday with the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea since 2015.The 61-year-old man, whose personal information was withheld for privacy reasons, was diagnosed with the disease at about 4 p.m. Saturday, the Korea Centers for Disea

The South Korean government will seek to secure the National Assembly's support for the inter-Korean agreement on rapprochement and cooperation reached at the countries' leaders' summit in April, an official from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday.The government plans to s

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Friday that the ongoing peace process with North Korea must be kept alive so as to turn the tension-filled waters around the western sea border into a "sea of peace and prosperity."Lee made the remark during a ceremony marking Coast Guard Day, noting that there has

South Korea's top monetary policymaker will attend a meeting of the world's central bank governors in Switzerland next week, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Friday.BOK Gov. Lee Ju-yeol is scheduled to leave for the northwestern Swiss city of Basel on Saturday for the meetings of the Bank of Int

South and North Korea are expected to open their liaison office at the North's Kaesong Industrial Complex next week, a government official said Friday.Baik Tae-hyun, spokesman of the Ministry of Unification, said that discussions are under way to fix the opening date for the inter-Korean liaison