President Yoon Suk Yeol agreed during phone talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday to promote bilateral and trilateral cooperation together with the United States, Yoon's office said.The 15-minute conversation, which was initiated at the request of the Japanese side, followed
The finance chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan acknowledged "serious concerns" over the recent "sharp" depreciation of the South Korean won and Japanese yen during their first trilateral talks in Washington on Wednesday, in a coordinated message to help address growing market volatil
Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), stepped down Thursday to take responsibility for the crushing defeat in the parliamentary elections.Han, a former justice minister and a confidant of conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol, has led the PPP's election campaign since late
Ruling party chief Han Dong-hoon emphasized his trusting relationship with President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday, apparently aiming to soothe public concerns in the wake of a clash between the two as April's parliamentary elections near.Tensions had escalated earlier between the two over how to handl
President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday he will support the expansion of medical personnel to address the shortage of health care providers in remote areas and essential medicine, doubling down on a plan fiercely opposed by doctors' groups.Yoon, however, also promised to reduce the legal risks caused
Rival parties said Thursday they were fine-tuning a bill that would grant small businesses an additional two-year grace period from the workplace safety law penalizing employers for serious industrial accidents.Should the negotiations go well, the bill could pass through a plenary meeting of the Nat
President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday that the North Korean regime is an "irrational group" that has legalized the preemptive use of nuclear weapons and will likely carry out multiple provocations to interfere with South Korea's April parliamentary elections.Yoon's remark came as North Korea has ra
President Yoon Suk Yeol and ruling party chief Han Dong-hoon will have lunch at the presidential office Monday, an official said, their second meeting in less than a week after clashing over allegations involving first lady Kim Keon Hee.Han of the People Power Party (PPP) will attend the luncheon to
LONDON, Nov. 22 -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signed the "Downing Street Accord" on Wednesday, raising the two countries' security and economic ties to the highest level as they vowed to jointly confront North Korea's nuclear threat, strengthen supply
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport (MOLIT) announced yesterday that Minister Won Hee-ryong will visit Nigeria on the October 19-20 as Presidential envoy.During his visit, Minister Won will meet with the Nigerian President, Vice President and other top officials and deliver a letter of
A motion at the National Assembly to appoint Lee Kyun-yong as Chief Justice was rejected by the National Assembly on today (October 6) at the initiatives of the main opposition Democratic Party.This is the first time a Supreme Court nominee has not been approved by the National Assembly since Chung
During his working visit to New York on Sept. 20, 2023, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan had a meeting with the President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea.The topic of discussion at the meeting was the prospects for further development of the Kazakh-Korean strategi
The following article was provided by the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.On September 19, the general political debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly began at the Un
President Yoon Suk-yeol, who recently returned from a state visit to the U.S., on April 30 called the bilateral alliance with America "God's blessing and a valuable legacy for our future generations."Senior Secretary to the President for Public Relations Kim Eun-hye said in a news release that the p
"We must all join forces to fight bravely so that the precious system of democracy and law, which has been protected by blood and sweat, should not be destroyed by false camouflage," Yoon Suk-yeol said in a speech at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. on April 27 (local time).U.S.
By Kim Jong-do (director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, Korea University)Twenty-eight Koreans living in Sudan departed from the Korean Embassy in Khartoum, the capital, at dawn on April 23, and ran a long distance of 33 hours and 1,200 kilometers at risk to arrive in Port Sudan on the
The following article has been provided by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.The Government of Azerbaijan, taking into account the continued systematic and large-scale misuse of th
The following article and picture materials have been provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.On 22-24 March, the Water Conference of this structure was held
The following article and picture materials have been provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.By Nadir Tilavoldiev, Deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the O
The following article and picture materials have been provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.A regular meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of th