The top American diplomat for East Asia was set to meet a series of senior South Korean officials in Seoul on Wednesday amid a U.S. push to forestall the looming expiration of a military intelligence-sharing pact between Seoul and Tokyo.Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell arrived here Tuesda

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with VC Cho Kyung-hee, Reporter Sung Jung-wook The Korea Post recently interviewed Chairperson Flavia-Athena Kloos of the Ambassadors’ Spouses Association in Seoul (ASAS), who arrived in Korea in 2016. Mrs. Kloos is the spouse of the ambassador of Romania in Seoul.—E

The United States Monday underscored its commitment to free trade with the Indo-Pacific region after a bloc of nations led by China struck a major trade deal without U.S. participation.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world's largest free trade agreement, was announced earlie

By Artur Valeev and Ms. Ikbol YusupovaIn May 2018, at the thirtieth session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), Uzbekistan submitted its Third National Report as part of the Universal Periodic Review. Following the consideration of the National Report of Uzbekistan, the HRC Working Group on the Unive

The United States and North Korea do not appear to have had behind-the-scenes discussions since their working-level denuclearization negotiations ended without an agreement in Sweden earlier this month, South Korea's ambassador to the U.S. said Thursday.Lee Soo-hyuck made the remark after meetin

Seven South Koreans were still unaccounted for Friday morning, hours after a chopper carrying them crashed into waters near the Dokdo islets in the East Sea, according to local fire authorities.It took off from Dokdo at around 11:26 p.m. Thursday and fell into the water. An injured person from a fis

By Chairman M. Abdusalomov of the Central Election Commission of UzbekistanThe most important factor in the open and transparent democratic elections is the participation of observers from other states and international organizations.Therefore, international election observation has been widely acce

U.S. President Donald Trump called South Korea a "major abuser" and claimed the U.S. ally should pay US$60 billion a year for the stationing of American troops in the country, according to a memoir published Tuesday.Guy Snodgrass, former chief speechwriter and communications director to former U.S

South Korea said Friday it has decided to give up its developing country status at the World Trade Organization in a concession to the United States over reform of the global trade body.The announcement came as U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing to make sure that self-declared developing c

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon left for Japan on Tuesday to attend the Japanese emperor's enthronement ceremony amid frayed ties between South Korea and Japan over the issue of Tokyo's wartime forced labor.Lee embarked on a three-day trip to Tokyo, whose itinerary includes a meeting with Japanes

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has bounced back to 45 percent after Cho Kuk's resignation as justice minister, a weekly poll showed Monday.According to Realmeter, the rating gained 3.6 percentage points on-week to 45 percent. It conducted the phone survey of 2,505 people nationwide,

A suspected virulent avian influenza (AI) case has been reported in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, authorities announced Sunday, as South Korea has been struggling to curb the spread of African swine fever for months.A case of AI H5 virus has been confirmed in wild bird feces, sampled near a cree

Prosecutors said Sunday they have requested a Seoul court to issue arrest warrants for seven progressive college students on charges of breaking into the U.S. ambassador's residence.Seventeen members of a progressive college student group used ladders to climb over the wall of the Habib House in

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo pledged on Oct. 18, 2019 to strive to clinch a "win-win" deal in defense cost-sharing talks with the United States.Last month, the allies began negotiations on a fresh Special Measures Agreement (SMA) that will determine how much Seoul should pay for the stationin

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday raised the need to expand the government's investment in the construction sector in a bid to help revitalize the economy.He also said it is important to accelerate expansionary fiscal policy in response to the deepening problems facing Asia's fourth-biggest

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said Washington will fully take into account South Korea's position on possible auto tariffs, South Korea's finance ministry said Friday.Mnuchin made the remarks in Washington on Thursday (local time) during a meeting with South Korean Finance Minis

The United States will address North Korea's security interests if the regime gives up its nuclear weapons program, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, beckoning Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks.David Stilwell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, test

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon is likely to meet one-on-one with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his trip to Tokyo next week, though the plan has yet to be finalized, a Seoul official said Wednesday.Lee plans to visit Tokyo to attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony, slate

A U.S. defense analyst on Tuesday dismissed North Korea's possible pursuit of a nuclear retaliatory strike capability using a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) as unviable for now, noting vulnerabilities of its easily traceable underwater platform.Bruce Bennett, a senior defense analys

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a message of sympathy Monday to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the huge damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis, Cheong Wa Dae said. Moon delivered a message of "deep condolences and consolation" to the prime minister and Japanese people, ac