Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday denounced Japan's decision to restrict exports of semiconductor and display materials to South Korea as a retaliatory measure that is unreasonable and contrary to common sense.On Monday, Japan announced that it will tighten regulations on exports to S

Yonhap News Agency was set to hold an annual forum in Seoul on Thursday to explore viable paths to a lasting peace on the peninsula amid renewed hopes for the resumption of stalled nuclear negotiations with North Korea.Under the main theme of "New Korean Peninsula Regime for Shared Prosperity," th

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun was set to visit South Korea on Thursday ahead of President Donald Trump's trip to the Asian ally aimed at exploring ways to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table.On Friday, Biegun is expected to meet his South Korean counterpart,

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "at some point," further casting doubt on a possible summit during his trip to the peninsula this week.Trump will visit Seoul on Saturday and Sunday after attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan, prompting s

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will travel to South Korea this week ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the ally nation, the State Department said Monday.Biegun will be in Seoul from Thursday to Sunday and meet with South Korean officials before joining Secreta

Hue is in Seoul for the first talks between the deputy prime ministers of the two countries, an arrangement set up following last year's state visit to Vietnam by South Korean President Moon Jae-in.Hong, who doubles as South Korea's deputy prime minister, said Seoul will set up a "cooperati

Delta Air Lines Inc.'s surprise move to invest in Hanjin KAL, the parent company of its joint venture partner Korean Air Lines Co., will help its partner fend off growing pressure from a local activist fund to improve its corporate governance, industry sources said Friday.On Thursday (U.S. time)

President Moon Jae-in instructed the military Thursday to look thoroughly into why it failed to spot a North Korean fishing boat that crossed the border and reached a local port, according to his office.Moon issued the order directly to Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo just before they attended an

The United States said Wednesday it hopes to resume nuclear talks with North Korea and imposed new sanctions on the regime the same day.In the morning, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun used a public speech to emphasize that the "door is wide open" to negotiations, and wit

South Korea has proposed to Japan that companies from both countries create a joint fund to compensate victims of Tokyo's wartime forced labor, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.Seoul made the proposal as Tokyo has been ratcheting up pressure on it to accept the request for the formation of an a

South Korea's top nuclear negotiator arrived in the United States Tuesday for talks on North Korea and recent developments on the peninsula.Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, began a four-day visit to Washington amid renewed hope for denucleariza

The world is focused on achieving North Korea's denuclearization, the White House said Monday in response to news of Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Pyongyang.Xi is to make a state visit to North Korea on Thursday and Friday, his first as China's president."Our goal is

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Russia held talks in Moscow on Monday over issues related to North Korea and bilateral relations, officials said.During the meeting, foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, shared their assessments of the recent situation o

Following an eight-day tour of Finland, Norway and Sweden, President Moon Jae-in returned to South Korea on Sunday, where a pile of tough tasks remains unresolved.The keywords of his discussions during the state visits were peace, innovation and inclusive growth.Moon secured firmer support for the K

President Moon Jae-in met with the bereaved family of Lee Hee-ho, a former first lady, immediately after returning from a weeklong trip to Northern Europe on Sunday.Moon and first lady Kim Jung-sook headed straight to the house in Donggyo-dong, located in western Seoul, from a military airport in Se

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Korea Kang Kyung-wha extended her appreciation to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for paying special attention to Korean companies, including by attending the opening ceremony of a Korean investment company’s factory in Serbia in November last year. She ma

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a "beautiful" and "very warm" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Trump told reporters at the White House that he received the letter on Monday, the first known correspondence of its kind since the two men's summit in Vietnam i

The outgoing deputy commander of the United Nations Command (UNC) received an honorary Korean name from a pro-alliance group here in recognition of his dedicated service, the command has said.Lt. Gen. Wayne Eyre was given the Korean name "Ye Young-soo" from the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Frie

This article is published on the occasion of the National Day of the Philippines on June 12, 2019 amidst continuously fast-growing ties between the two countries.—Ed. By Senior Editorial Writer Kim Hyung-dae It has been 70 years since the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Republic of Philippines

Seven South Koreans were killed and 19 others went missing after a tourist boat sank in Hungary's Danube River, the foreign ministry here said Thursday.A total of 33 Koreans and two Hungarian crew members were aboard the cruise when it collided with another vessel and sank in the river in Budape