WASHINGTON, July 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone separately with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday and discussed growing threats from North Korea, the White House said."President Trump raised the growing threat posed by North Kore
Outspoken Hong Joon-pyo, former governor of pro-conservative Southeastern province of Gyeongsangnam-do won a landslide victory at the national convention of the pro-west, conservative Liberty Korea Party national convention at Namyangju city today. Hong and his followers all but took over all the su
President Moon Jae-in returned Sunday from the United States where he had a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on North Korea, alliance and trade issues.Upon arrival, he issued a statement to the nation stressing the summit has set the stage for South Korea to play a bigger role in resolving No
Former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo was set to face an inquiry Sunday from his party's fact-finding team, which is looking into the party's fraudulent allegation about President Moon Jae-in's son during the election campaign earlier this year. Park Joo-sun, interim leader
The United States blacklisted a Chinese bank as a "primary money laundering concern" Thursday for helping North Korea access the U.S. and the international financial system, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.The designation of the Bank of Dandong can have powerful effects in efforts to cut th
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called for efforts to upgrade the economic ties between South Korea and the United States to a "strategic partnership" that seeks to jointly develop new global markets for their products and services."I hope economic cooperation between South Korea and the Unite
“By now, you must be aware that the parents of President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea were among the 14,000 refugees who boarded the SS Meredith Victory of the United States Navy,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Madam Kang Kyung-wha to men and officers of the 2nd US Infantry Division on Ju
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