A special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a series of meetings with U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday as he forged ahead with his mission to reaffirm and further strengthen the alliance between the two countries under the new government in Seoul.Special envoy Hong Seok-hyun arr
A special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in China on Thursday for discussions on a summit between the countries' heads of state and ways to contain North Korea.Also high on the agenda for the special envoy, Lee Hae-chan, was a prolonged row between Seoul and Beijing over the
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that South Korea is the "most important" country that shares strategic interests, adding he will move toward building future-oriented ties between the Asian neighbors.Abe made the remarks during a meeting with Moon Hee-sang, a special envoy of South
President Moon Jae-in on Thursday hinted at reinvestigating the military's bloody crackdown of a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju in 1980.The new liberal leader attended an annual ceremony marking the citizens' armed resistence against then coup leaders in the city, located 350 kilometers s
A special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in embarked on his trip to China on Thursday for discussions on a summit between the countries' heads of state and ways to contain North Korea.Also high on the agenda for the special envoy, Lee Hae-chan, was a prolonged row between Seoul and Bei
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday tapped a well-known critic of large conglomerates as the new chief of the corporate watchdog Fair Trade Commission (FTC).Kim Sang-jo, a economics professor from Seoul's Hansung University, has been nominated as the new head of the FTC, according to the presiden
The United States military stationed in South Korea has informed the host country of its detection of a recent North Korean missile launch, but important facts were omitted in the information sharing, sources said Wednesday.Following North Korea's ballistic missile launch on early Sunday, the U.
President Moon Jae-in's special envoys began embarking on trips Wednesday to discuss possible summit talks between the new South Korean leader and his counterparts in the United States, Japan, China and Russia.Rep. Moon Hee-sang of the ruling Democratic Party headed to Tokyo where he was expecte
The United States will further strengthen sanctions on North Korea and go after third-country entities supporting the communist regime, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday.Speaking before an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council convened to discuss the North's
South Korean President Moon Jae-in's special envoy will leave for China later this week to deliver the president's message and discuss cooperation, the Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday.On Monday, Moon named former prime minister Lee Hae-chan as his special envoy to China. He is tasked w
South Korea and the United States agreed Tuesday to work toward the "complete" denuclearization of North Korea, also vowing to seek new and practical ways to rid the communist North of its nuclear weapons, Seoul officials said.The agreement came at a meeting between South Korean officials and U.S.
South Korea's Defense Minister Han Min-koo warned Tuesday that his country will launch a pre-emptive strike if there are clear signs of an imminent North Korean missile attack.His remarks came two days after the communist state fired another ballistic missile, which it claimed was a mid- to long
The United Nations Security Council on Monday condemned North Korea for its latest ballistic missile test, warning that it will implement further sanctions over its provocative acts.In a statement, adopted unanimously, the 15-member council urged the communist nation to show "sincere commitment to
Presidential office Cheong Wa Dae named its chief spokesman Tuesday, filling its short list of new presidential officials with three public relations aides.Park Soo-hyun, a former lawmaker and spokesman of the ruling Democratic Party, has been named the chief spokesman for Cheong Wa Dae, Yoon Young-
South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Tuesday to promote trilateral cooperation to tackle North Korea's belligerence highlighted by another ballistic missile launch last weekend.The regional powers strongly denounced Pyongyang for the missile test, as their working-level defense offici
Senior White House officials were set to hold talks with their South Korean counterparts in Seoul on Tuesday on a possible summit between their leaders and ways to deal with communist North Korea.The U.S. delegation, led by National Security Council (NSC) director for East Asia Matt Pottinger, was s
The ruling Democratic Party on Monday carried out a major personnel shake-up as part of its post-election reform efforts, which it said aim to better support new President Moon Jae-in.It appointed third-term lawmaker Lee Choon-suak secretary-general and another third-term lawmaker Kim Tae-nyeon poli
North Korea said Monday it has successfully tested-fired a new mid-to-long-range ballistic missile that can carry a large nuclear warhead, claiming that the U.S. mainland is within its striking range.North Korea said that a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead" can fit on its new ground-to-ground mis