South Korea will work to greatly expand its economic ties with Southeast Asian countries and enhance their joint efforts to ensure prosperity and peace in their shared region, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday.The pledge came in a meeting with 500 business leaders from 10 member countri
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday for bilateral talks that are widely expected to focus on ways to improve the countries' ties.The Moon-Li meeting is set to start at 5:30 p.m. in Manila, where they have both been taking part in a regional foru
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a derisive message on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in response to Pyongyang's repeated insults against him."Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?'" Trump said in a tweet
The leaders of South Korea and China on Saturday reaffirmed their joint efforts to peacefully resolve North Korea's nuclear problem in a summit highlighting the recent normalization of bilateral ties estranged by the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.The leaders "shared
The United States is currently having an assortment of direct contact with North Korea, but little progress has been made toward any serious dialogue, a senior South Korean diplomat said Friday."Exchanges and contact are regularly ongoing between the U.S. and North Korea through a New York channel
South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged efforts to promote free trade in the Asia-Pacific region Friday, voicing support for the early conclusion of a regional trade deal known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).He made the call during a meeting with a group of economic advis
U.S. President Donald Trump's pitch for a "Indo-Pacific" cooperation system has South Korea walking a tightrope as Seoul strives for a bigger say in America-led regional diplomacy while not risking alienating emerging superpower China.Trump administration officials have increasingly used the t
Additional opening of the market following a possible amendment to the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States is not likely to have a visible impact on the South Korean economy because the two countries have already scrapped tariffs in many sectors, a study showed Friday.At a public heari
South Korea will hold a public hearing on the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States to gather opinions from various circles before it officially takes steps to revise the five-year-old deal, the government said Thursday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy will host the public hear
Three U.S. aircraft carriers will soon conduct a rare combined exercise in the Western Pacific, the U.S. military announced Thursday, as President Donald Trump is traveling to Asia.The three carriers -- USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt -- are also expected to train together w
U.S. President Donald Trump should use his visit to Beijing to underscore that North Korea's denuclearization is in both countries' interests, a Republican senator said Wednesday.Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) made the call hours before Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were to meet over Nort
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday denounced North Korea's nuclear adventurism and "cruel dictatorship," warning it not to "underestimate" U.S. strength.In his speech to South Korea's National Assembly, Trump also reiterated his mantra of "peace through strength" and called on Ch
North Korea condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to South Korea on Wednesday, saying that the move is aggravating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, igniting the risk of a nuclear war.But the North's state media has yet to make official comments on the summit between President Moon J
South Korea and the United States are expected to speed up the process to amend their free trade pact as U.S. President Donald Trump called for fair deal that can correct the imbalance in the movement of goods between the two countries during the summit meeting on Tuesday.On the first day of his two
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to deliver a speech at South Korea's National Assembly on Wednesday, the first such address by an American head of state in nearly a quarter century.In his 20-minute address, Trump is expected to talk about his vision for the South Korea-U.S. alliance, North Ko
U.S. President Donald Trump struck a markedly different tone Tuesday as he called on the North Korean regime to "make a deal" on its nuclear weapons program.Speaking in Seoul, some 40 kilometers from the North Korean border, Trump refrained from the language that has defined his handling of the No
The presidents of South Korea and the United States agreed Tuesday to completely remove the limit on the payload of South Korean ballistic missiles, a move aimed at building up their joint deterrence against provocative North Korea.The agreement came at a bilateral summit between President Moon Jae-
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Seoul's planned purchase of U.S. military equipment Tuesday, saying it will help narrow his country's trade deficit with South Korea.The remarks came at the start of an expanded summit with President Moon Jae-in, following their one-to-one talks.Trump sai
U.S. President Donald Trump visited a major American military base in South Korea on Tuesday, the first official activity of his two-day state visit here.Shortly after flying into the country from Japan on Air Force One, Trump moved to Camp Humphreys, the new home of the U.S. Eighth Army, in Pyeongt
South Korean President Moon Jae-in made a surprise visit to a U.S. military base to personally welcome U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a move that highlights the two countries' alliance of over 60 years.The previously unannounced visit came as Trump began his two-day state visit to Sou