Japan's move to restrict tech material exports is an elaborate scheme to pressure South Korea's key industry amid a bilateral diplomatic row, but the ripples could spread to both sides if the measures are broadly applied and last for a long time, industry watchers said Tuesday. The Japanese
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed their commitment to the bilateral alliance and the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea during their summit in Seoul last weekend, the State Department said Tuesday. Trump's two-day visit to South Kore
A joint Uzbek-Korean business forum and cooperative exchange with the participation of entrepreneurs of the two countries was held in Lotte Hotel Seoul on June 20, 2019.The purpose of this event was to promote the establishment of trade relations between Uzbek and South Korean companies, to work out
Ambassador Luis Henrique Sobreira Lopes of Brazil in Seoul said, “I am very pleased to welcome all of you to my house for this Brazil Barbecue Day. This event gives us the opportunity to share one of the finest Brazilian traditions: the “churrasco”, as we call it in Portuguese.”Ambassador Sobreira L
Ambassador Rodolfo Solano Quiros of Costa Rica in Seoul hosted an informal, friendly dinner for his close friends (ambassadors, diplomats and Korean friends) at the Oak Room Restaurant of the Millennium Seoul Hilton in Seoul on June 28, 2019. It was a very cozy, friendly dinner cum a
The historical tri-partite summit meeting among the leaders of two Koreas and the United States at the Panmunjom Truce Village on June 30, 2019 was truly good news for the Korean people. President Moon Jae-in conceded many things to President Trump and Chairman Kim, and played a low-profile role obv
Hyosung Group is strengthening its partnership with Saudi Aramco, a comprehensive petrochemical company, for cooperation in the carbon fiber, including the construction of new plants.Hyosung Chairman Hyun-Joon Cho signed an MOU with Amin H. Nasser, the CEO of Saudi Aramco, a global petrochemical com
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted his thanks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for hosting him in Seoul last weekend, saying it was "great" to also meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while there. "Thank you to President Moon of South Korea for hosting the American Delegatio
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., a major South Korean shipper, said Monday it will join a major ocean carrier alliance next April in a bid to boost its competitiveness in the industry. Hyundai Merchant said it will become an official member of THE Alliance, and will work with Hapag-Lloyd AG of Germany,
South Korea's trade minister said Monday the government plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Japan's decision to tighten the rules for exports of semiconductor and display materials to Seoul, amid a simmering diplomatic row over wartime force labor. "South
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he looks forward to seeing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again soon, following their surprise meeting at the inter-Korean border a day earlier. Trump returned to Washington on Sunday after making history as the first sitting U.S. president to set foot i