Thousands of members of an estimated total of over radical groups, including Minju Nochong (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions) and Chamyeo Yeondae (People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), gathered at the Gwanghwamun Square in front of the Capitol Building in Seoul on June 24, 2017, and
Former U.S. Congressman Mike Honda was awarded a state medal from South Korea's government Monday for his efforts to help improve Korea-U.S. relations and heal the wounds of Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.Honda, who served as a House member representing California from 2001
By Lee Kyung-sik, Publisher-Chairman of The Korea PostPresident Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea and President Donald Trump of the United States are slated to have a summit meeting during Moon’s visit to the US beginning on June 29, 2017. How will it fare? Many Korean experts say it is going to
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have called on President Donald Trump to use the upcoming summit with South Korea President Moon Jae-in to reaffirm the firmness of the alliance and to expedite a full deployment of the THAAD missile defense system.A total of 18 senators, led by Sens. Cory Gardner
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is expected to pitch for the benefits of the two countries' bilateral free trade pact during his upcoming trip to the U.S., but may face some tough challenges in talks with his counterpart Donald Trump who has been calling for the renegotiation of the landmark
Director Victor D. Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the United States may be appointed new American ambassador to the Republic of Korea in Seoul. Concurrently a professor at the Georgetown University, Dr. Cha is reported to be currently undergoing a pre-appointment checku
South Korea's new culture minister said Friday he will support the country's tourism industry which has been hit by Beijing's trip restriction over a diplomatic row with the Seoul government. During his meeting with industry officials, Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan said he will i
U.S. President Donald Trump will do "whatever it takes to protect America" from North Korean threats if Chinese efforts to rein in the provocative regime don't work, the White House said Thursday.Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders made the remark during a press gaggle in response to a questi
North Korea carried out a test of a rocket engine that could be used in an intercontinental ballistic missile, a U.S. official was quoted as saying Thursday.The official told Reuters that the U.S. believes the test could be for the smallest stage of an ICBM rocket engine.No further details were give
South Korean President Moon Jae-in stressed the need to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table while telling the communist North that denuclearization was the "right path" to ensure its safety in a recent interview published Wednesday.In his interview with The Washington Post, the new Sou
A Seoul court will decide as early as late Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for the daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's longtime friend at the center of a massive corruption scandal that removed Park from office.The Seoul Central District Court said it began a hearing on Chung
Ramping up pressure on North Korea will be a key topic for this week's high-level security talks with China that will bring together the top diplomats and defense chiefs of the two countries, a senior State Department official said Monday.Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary of state for E
South Korea's spy agency on Monday launched an in-house reform committee to head its efforts to insulate itself from politics and regain public trust.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) committee set up two task forces under its wing each tasked with probing the agency's illegal involvem
South Korea's finance minister met his Chinese counterpart on Friday as Seoul vowed to fully support a China-led infrastructure bank's efforts to build sustainable infrastructure.Kim Dong-yeon held talks with China's Finance Minister Xiao Jie on the sidelines of an annual meeting of a Ch
South Korea's police chief apologized for the death of a farmer on Friday, one day after a hospital confirmed that he had died from injuries sustained when he was hit by police water cannon."I offer my sincere apology and send my deepest condolences to the late Baek Nam-gi and the bereaved fami
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for sustainable and people-oriented investment by a China-led regional development bank and vowed to share his country's development experience to help less developed countries in the region."Today, the world is directing its attention to the
A comatose American college student released from North Korea this week has severe brain damage and is in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness," a doctor was quoted as saying Thursday.Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old University of Virginia student, returned to his Ohio home in a coma earlier this we
The National Assembly on Thursday adopted reports on the results of confirmation hearings for President Moon Jae-in's picks for the interior and oceans ministers, clearing the way for their official appointments.The adoption of the report is a key part of the parliamentary confirmation process b
President Moon Jae-in of Korea visited the ROK-US Combined Forces Command in Yongsan, Seoul yesterday, met with General Vincent K. Brooks, commanding general of the ROK-US Command, and declared: “We (Korea and the US) go together!”In a separate development on the same day, the Presidential Mansion o
The Chinese government has recently asked the South Korean government for a permission to inspect the THAAD (terminal high altitude area defense) installations of the United States deployed in the Seongju area 296 kilometers southeast of Seoul. This was reported by a leading Korean-language daily, C