Uzbekistan has adopted a state program on combating corruption for the period 2017-2018. It occurred on February 2, 2017, when president of the republic Shavkat Mirziyayev signed the resolution “On the measures aimed at implementing the provisions of the Law of Uzbekistan 'On Combating Corruptio
U.S. Pacific Commander Adm. Harry Harris said Thursday that it is only a matter of time until North Korean leader Kim Jong-un perfects his intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities."KJU is not a leader who's afraid to fail in public. And so, you know, I talked about Thomas Edison. He trie
On April 20, 2017, a number of guests gathered at the residence of Ambassador and Mrs. Gonzalo Ortiz of Spain in Seoul on the occasion of the awarding of the decoration of the Order of Isabella the Catholic by King Felipe VI of Spain to Vice President Chi Chang-Hoon of Korean Airlines and former Pre
By Sean KimStaff reporter Ambassador Sharifzoda Yusuf of the Republic of Tajikistan said, “I would like with great pleasure to emphasize that mutual relations of Tajikistan and Korea which were built based on strong traditions of friendship and mutual respect are being developed in the framework of
The following article was contributed to The Korea Post media for publication by Professor Kim Jong-Do of Myongji University in Seoul in the interest of promotion of relations, friendship and cooperation between Korea and the Middle East countries.—Ed. Middle East with its ancie
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday warned North Korea against testing America's mettle with its saber-rattling, saying Washington will defeat any use of military force with an "overwhelming and effective" response.During a press conference with South Korea's Acting President and Prim
North Korea's vice foreign minister said that the country will conduct another nuclear test at any time upon the leadership's decision, a news report said Friday.In an interview with the Associated Press, Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol said that the situation on the Korean Peninsula was
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group heading to the Korean Peninsula has "no particular objective in its current course."Tillerson made the remark during a joint news conference in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Last week's U.S. missile strikes on Syria show President Donald Trump will also be different from his predecessors in dealing with North Korea, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday.Spicer made the remark during a discussion at the Newseum in Washington after MSNBC's Greta V
Japan's top envoy to South Korea will pay a visit to a senior foreign ministry official on Monday in an apparent bid to voice his country's demand for full implementation of a 2015 deal reached to resolve a rift over Tokyo's sexual slavery of Korean women during World War II, the foreign
The U.S. military is capable of intercepting North Korean missiles before they reach U.S. targets, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday."I am confident in our ability to employ the Ground-based Midcourse Defense eleme
U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, kicking off a series of crucial first meetings where he plans to focus on reducing the trade deficit with the world's No. 2 economy and getting Beijing to exercise genuine pressure on North Korea.Trump and the first la
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will try to persuade China to use its leverage over North Korea when he holds meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping starting later in the day.Trump told Fox News after an event honoring wounded soldiers that North Korea and trade will be the most imp
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to use his upcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to bring an end to "unwarranted and unfair" retaliatory measures Beijing has taken against South Korea for hosting the U.S. THAAD missile defense system.A total
There is a very important attribute of virtue among the ladies in Korea, which is called Naejo (literally, ‘domestic support’). Naejo is among the items of the highest virtue and value in the Korean society accountable throughout the history of the country for helping her husband and/or children mak
South Korea's liberal Democratic Party on Monday renewed its call for a parliamentary inspection of the ongoing deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, raising suspicion that the government may have pressured a local company to agree to offer land to host the missile shield unit.The largest
South Korea, the United States and Japan on Monday began a combined naval exercise against North Korea's growing submarine threats, Seoul's defense ministry announced.The three-day training was kicked off in the waters between South Korea and Japan near Jeju Island, involving an Aegis system
How to deal with North Korea will be "the most important conversation" when U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday."No longer take the excuses from China that they're concerned to
The top Russian envoy in South Korea called on all relevant countries on Wednesday to exercise restraint from any action that could heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid growing anxiety that North Korea's additional nuclear test is imminent.In a forum held in central Seoul, Russian Amba
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan picked North Korea as one of the four biggest threats facing the United States, saying the communist nation is churning out anti-American invective while testing nuclear weapons and missiles."We are living in very dangerous times. ISIS still threatens our troops abroad