South Korea's unification ministry said Monday it will seek inter-Korean talks after gauging North Korea's reaction to President Moon Jae-in's latest proposal to bring peace to the divided peninsula.Moon unveiled his broad vision for improving inter-Korean relations during his speech in
Leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States agreed to work together for tougher sanctions by the international community against North Korea for its latest missile provocation that hinted at its ability to target most countries in the world, South Korea's presidential office said Friday.
The leaders of South Korea and Germany agreed to boost their countries' cooperation in ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, vowing to use all available means, Seoul's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said Thursday.The agreement by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and German Chanc
South Korean President Moon Jae-in departed for Germany on Wednesday for the upcoming Group of 20 summit where he was expected to discuss ways to rein in North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile technologies with other global leaders. His departure came one day after North Korea claime
South Korea and the United States staged a massive combined ballistic missile exercise Wednesday aimed at sending a warning message to North Korea, the South's military said a day after the communist country claimed a successful long-range missile test. The allies fired a barrage of miss
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
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
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
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
Rival parties failed Monday to adopt reports on the results of parliamentary confirmation hearings for President Moon Jae-in's top government and judicial nominees, casting clouds over his efforts to swiftly form his government.The ruling Democratic Party sought to adopt the reports on Fair Trad
President Moon Jae-in on Sunday named five new ministers, including a new vice prime minister and minister for education, and a new defense minister.Kim Sang-kon, a former school superintendent of Gyeonggi Province, has been tapped as the new education minister, who will double as a vice prime minis
The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend involved in a corruption scandal returned to South Korea on Wednesday, after she was extradited from Denmark where she was in custody for five months.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, arrived at Incheon Internat
South Korea's industrial output backtracked in April from a month earlier due to the decline in the production of chips and cars, government data showed Wednesday.Production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries fell 2.2 percent on-month in April, retreating from a 1.2 per
Creditors of cash-strapped Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. are set to inject fresh funds into the embattled shipyard next week, later than earlier scheduled, due to the delay in the debt rescheduling scheme, industry sources said Wednesday.According to the sources, the state-run Korea D
The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend was arrested on a plane to South Korea on Wednesday in connection with a massive corruption scandal.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, was arrested by prosecutors on the flight from Amsterdam to Seoul after being
National Intelligence Service (NIS) director-nominee Suh Hoon said Monday that if appointed he will try to completely insulate the spy agency from domestic politics as pledged by President Moon Jae-in."The NIS is not an organization designed to protect any political power," Suh told a confirmation
The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend has been booked on a flight to Seoul this week after avoiding the prosecution's summons for months, a local news channel reported Monday.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, has been held at a detention center
U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed on North Korea's latest missile launch, a White House official said Sunday."The United States government is aware. The president has been briefed," the unidentified National Security Council official said, according to White House pool reports.South
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a four-point policy plan on North Korea revolving around using "every possible pressure" while looking for a diplomatic solution, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday.A bipartisan group of South Korean politicians met with Joseph Yun, the U.S. special repr
President Moon Jae-in on Thursday broke the mold of the top presidential secretariat meeting, telling his aides to stop wasting time taking notes of his remarks and feel free to challenge his views.Presiding over a meeting of his senior secretaries for the first time since his inauguration two weeks