With President Moon Jae-in set to mark his 100th day in office this week, the geopolitical situation on the Korean Peninsula and Seoul's relations with major powers remain tricky, posing a grave challenge for the new leader down the road.Moon came into office on May 10 with urgent missions to ad
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- In less than 100 days since taking office, new South Korean President Moon Jae-in appears to have successfully turned the boat around, mostly for the better, but also with many challenges that include escalating tension with communist North Korea.The changes initiated by M
President Moon Jae-in has championed job creation and increased household income as a way to put South Korea on the path of sustainable economic growth that can benefit all people.Moon has vowed to create 810,000 "quality" jobs in the public sector during his single five-year term in office that e
The leaders of the United States and China once again called on North Korea on Saturday to stop its provocative actions, which recently have sparked high tensions on the Korean Peninsula, while vowing to cooperate on a peaceful resolution to the North's nuclear issue.After the phone conversation
The Ministry of Defense said Saturday the advanced U.S. missile defense system deployed in a southern town won't cause any adverse effects to the local environment.Earlier in the day, the defense and environment ministries conducted their joint environmental survey of electromagnetic radiation a
Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo on Saturday ordered the military to fight back "resolutely and confidently" against any North Korean provocation, the ministry said.Song made the remark during his visit to Yeonpyeong Island, a Yellow Sea island close to the inter-Korean border. The mini
The South Korean government on Saturday began a formal environmental survey on the advanced U.S. missile defense system deployed in a southern town amid a fierce protest by local residents and activists, officials said.The defense and environment ministries were to conduct their joint study of elect
President Moon Jae-in's top security adviser has reportedly canceled his summer vacation plans in consideration of rising military threats from North Korea, an official at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday.Chung Eui-yong, the head of the Presidential National Security Office, w
South Korea's foreign ministry has created an online bulletin board on its intranet to collect cases of its diplomats abusing their power over lower-ranking and lower-paid contracted staffers at overseas missions, a source said Friday.The move comes amid mounting accusations that thousands of co
U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up tensions with North Korea Friday, saying the military is "locked and loaded" to deal with North Korea's provocations."Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely," he tweeted. "Hopefully Kim Jong Un w
A senior government official in charge of science innovation offered to step down Friday over her involvement in a stem cell research fraud scandal a decade ago, dealing yet another blow to President Moon Jae-in."I sincerely apologize for causing such disappointment and controversy," Park Ky-young
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that North Korea will be met with "fire and fury" if it continues to threaten his country, issuing a strong rebuke against a country that has reportedly succeeded in miniaturizing nuclear weapons."North Korea best not make any more threats to the United
North Korea's foreign minister dismissed South Korea's recent offer for talks as "lacking sincerity" during his brief encounter with Seoul's top diplomat on the sidelines of an Asian security forum in Manila on Sunday, according to a Seoul government source.North Korea's Ri Yong-ho
The number of South Koreans traveling to China plunged from April through June of this year amid the diplomatic row over Seoul's decision to deploy U.S. anti-missile defense systems on its soil, tourism industry data showed Sunday.The total visitors going to China fell by 50 to 60 percent in the
China has recently appointed Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou to double as the top envoy on North Korean issues, diplomatic sources here said Friday.Under the decision, Kong will replace Wu Dawei, former special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, who retired from foreign service, ac
The government plans to increase policy loans to further help low-income people buy homes, despite recent measures aimed at cooling down the real estate market, officials said Friday.The plan is designed to step up support for low-income earners who seek to buy a home they will live in, although the
President Moon Jae-in's approval rating continued to remain high at over 70 percent with a majority of people here also endorsing the president's move to deploy a U.S. missile shield as soon as possible despite his earlier objections, a survey showed Friday.In a survey conducted by Gallup Ko
Former Co-chairman Ahn Cheol-soo of the splinter opposition People's Party declared in Seoul this afternoon that he will run for its upcoming leadership election. The party is scheduled to elect its new leader on Aug. 27. He said, “If I had in mind my candidacy for the next Presid
South Korea and the United States are closely coordinating their approach toward North Korea based on a mutual sense of urgency against its nuclear and missile threats, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid worries that Seoul could be bypassed in relevant discussions."The governments of South Kor
South Korea and the United States have agreed to open negotiations to revise a bilateral ballistic missile guideline to allow the former to develop a more powerful missile amid North Korea's continued provocations, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday.President Moon Jae-in