The United States wants to ensure that progress in denuclearizing North Korea is not outpaced by efforts to improve inter-Korean ties, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Nov. 20, 2018.Pompeo's remark underscores U.S. concerns that a recent flurry of inter-Korean activity could undermine
By The Korea Post Reporter Park Ye-seonMembers of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) will start a general strike beginning on Nov. 21, 2018. This was reported by Korean-language media this morning, including Korean-language business daily, Korea Economic Daily.In protest against what the
Police said on Nov. 19, 2018 they are referring Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung's wife to the prosecution, recommending an indictment for slandering election rivals of the influential liberal politician.Police last week identified the owner of the Twitter ID "Hyekyunggung Ms. Kim," who le
A North Korean propaganda outlet blasted the United States on Nov. 19, 2018 for sticking to "maximum pressure" in pushing for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, calling it a "medieval-era" tactic that would never work on the North."The U.S. has forgotten the objectives agreed upon during
Minister Sung Yunmo of Trade, Industry and Energy met with Ambassador Harry B. Harris of U.S. at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov.16.Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said recently.During the meeting, Minister Sung and Ambassador Harris discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countri
A senior North Korean official on Friday asked Asia-Pacific nations to actively support the two Koreas' peace efforts at an international forum in South Korea.In an address at the 2018 International Convention for Peace and Prosperity in the Asia Pacific in Goyang, north of Seoul, Ri Jong-hyok,
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Nov. 15, 2018 that the U.S. will not require North Korea to submit a list of its nuclear arsenal before a second bilateral summit, but that the two sides will have to come up with a plan to identify the weapons during the meeting.Pence made the remarks in an in
A United Nations committee on Nov. 15, 2018 adopted a resolution calling for accountability for gross human rights violations in North Korea.The U.N. Third Committee, which oversees humanitarian issues, passed the document by consensus without a vote.It is expected to pass the U.N. General Assembly
The National Assembly is scheduled to hold a plenary meeting on Nov. 15, 2018 to handle economic bills, but it is uncertain whether it can convene due to deepening partisan wrangling. Rival parties earlier agreed to hold the meeting at 2 p.m., but conservative parties are threatening to boycott parl
South Korea's ambassador to the United States said on Nov. 14, 2018 that he expects the U.S. and North Korea to soon reschedule last week's canceled high-level talks. The planned New York meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Yong-chol, was
South Korea's chief economic policymaker on Tuesday urged parliament to approve a record budget proposal for 2019, stressing that the budget approval is necessary to help resolve chronic problems such as low birth rate and dismal job conditions. Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon paid a visit to flo
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon voiced his concern over Canada's provisional safeguard measures against the country's steel products in a meeting with the Canadian Senate Speaker on Nov. 13, 2018. Lee met George Furey at his office in Seoul and told the senator that concerns are grow
U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed a news report on North Korea's hidden missile bases as "inaccurate," amid growing skepticism over Pyongyang's willingness to follow through on its denuclearization commitment. Citing a report issued by Beyond Parallel, a group at the Center for Str
The commander of United States Forces Korea (USFK) said on Nov. 11, 2018 he supports an inter-Korean military agreement on reducing tension. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, who took command as head of U.S. troops here last week, made the remarks as he visited the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilit
Cheong Wa Dae sent a gift of 200 tons of tangerines to North Korea, in return for the North's mushrooms in September following the summit between the two leaders in the North's capital city of Pyongyang, the presidential office said Sunday.According to the text message sent by presidential s
President Moon Jae-in sacked the finance minister and his chief policy adviser Friday after the two top economic policymakers openly displayed a serious rift over how to handle the slumping economy. Moon named Hong Nam-ki, an economic technocrat who is currently serving as chief of the Offic
Young Kim appeared certain to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 7, 2018, becoming the first Korean-American woman to serve in Congress. The 56-year-old Republican garnered 51.3 percent of the vote against 48.7 percent by Democrat Gil Cisneros in California's 39th district,
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Nov. 7, 2018 that he expects to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "sometime early next year." Trump's remarks came hours after the U.S. announced the postponement of Thursday's scheduled meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean
A South Korean man who had just returned from a four-month business trip to Iraq died after showing symptoms resembling those of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Incheon City authorities said on Nov. 6, 2018. The 60-year-old man died at a hospital in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, aft
The United States on Nov. 5, 2018 granted a waiver to South Korea and seven other nations after renewing its ban on imports of Iranian oil.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the temporary exemptions were being given based on "specific circumstances" and to ensure a well-supplied oi