U.S. President Donald Trump's strategy on North Korea's denuclearization is "going very hard and seeing what happens," analogous to his handling of trade deals with other countries, a former U.S. diplomat said on Oct. 22, 2018. During a lecture in Seoul, Joseph Yun, former U.S. special rep
The two Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command agreed Monday to withdraw firearms and guard posts at the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) this week, Seoul's defense ministry said. It is part of the results of the second round of working-level talks among North Korea
Officials from the presidential office, the government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) held a meeting Sunday to discuss ways to tackle irregularities at private kindergartens. The closed-door meeting came amid growing public uproar sparked by revelations of preschool owners' corruption by a
Despite the possible suspension of the upcoming joint air defense exercise with the United States, South Korea will carry out its own air drill as scheduled in December, an official of the defense ministry here said on Oct. 21, 2018. The annual Seoul-Washington air exercise, Vigilant Ace, which had
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Brussels on Oct. 18, 2018 for a two-day visit to attend a multilateral forum of Asian and European leaders. Moon is scheduled to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on Oct. 19, 2018 and hold bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Germ
Pope Francis expressed his willingness on Oct. 18, 2018 to visit North Korea if officially invited, also saying he will "certainly" respond to such an invitation from the communist state. The remarks came in a meeting with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who paid a courtesy call on the pope to
South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a special mass for peace on the Korean Peninsula at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2018. The mass was presided over by its top diplomat, Pietro Parolin, in honor of Moon, a Catholic, whose peace drive has revived cooperation between the two Koreas and talks to de
President Moon Jae-in summoned the Christian love for humanity and the European spirit of unity to inspire peace on the divided Korean Peninsula on Oct. 17, 2018, as the South Korean leader preached his policy to engage and denuclearize the rival North at the Vatican. Moon attended a rare special ma
South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to hold a bilateral summit with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Oct. 17, 2018, one day after he arrived here on an official visit that will also include his visit to the Vatican. The Moon-Conte summit will be held later in the day, following Moon
South Korea will continue to enforce international sanctions on North Korea, but it also believes that improved inter-Korean ties can contribute to the North's denuclearization, Seoul's top envoy to Washington said on Oct. 16, 2018. Speaking at a forum, Ambassador Cho Yoon-je addressed a per
President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (south) on Oct. 15, 2018 stressed the need to ease international sanctions against North Korea when and if the communist state takes practical steps to denuclearize. The call came in a bilateral summit with French President Emmanuel Macron where the Sou
The rise in collateral mortgages slowed in the month following a government clampdown on increasing housing prices, the latest data indicated on Oct.16, 2018, although market watchers say it is premature to say the trend will continue. Lending records by leading commercial banks put the total collat
The Republic of Korea (south), North Korea and the United Nations Command will be in trilateral consultations on Oct. 16, 2018 to disarm the Joint Security Area (JSA) at the truce village of Panmunjom, the heavily fortified border area between the ROK and NK, the Defense Ministry of the ROK announce
South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday for talks that will likely focus on North Korea amid his efforts to peacefully denuclearize the communist state. Moon arrived in Paris on Oct. 13, 2018 on a four-day state visit. The Moon-Macron summit
The Republic of Korea (south) and North Korea are set to hold high-level talks on Oct. 15, 2018 to discuss the implementation of the summit agreement which their leaders reached last month.Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon heads a 5-member delegation to the talks that will begin around 10 a.m. at
A senior Chinese diplomat on attended a reception at the South Korean ambassador's residence in Beijing on Thursday in the latest sign of improved relations between the two neighbors.Bilateral ties had been icy over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea. China -- South Kore
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will deliver the invitation when he meets the pope next week, a presidential official said Tuesday.Kim said he will "ardently welcome the pope if he visits Pyongyang." Kim made the co
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after the U.S. midterm elections slated for early next month."It'll be after the midterms (on Nov. 6). I just can't leave now," Trump said as he flew to Iowa for a political rall
Former President Lee Myung-bak of the conservative political camp was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Oct. 5, 2018 additionally with a fine of 13 billion won (US$11.5 million). on a number of corruption charges. The sentencing him the fourth former South Korean President to be criminally convicte
Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon and ruling Democratic Party Chairnman Lee Hae-chan left Seoul on Oct. 4, 2018 for Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, leading a group of Seoul government officials to take part in an event to jointly celebrate the anniversary of the 2007 inter-Korean summit.A de